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Energy Audits of Local Government Buildings (Louisiana DNR)
Abstract
This paper describes innovations instituted
in an ongoing energy auditing program for local
government buildings in Louisiana. In order to
provide as many audits as possible with the funds
available, a two-pronged effort was initiated to
reduce the cost of conducting audits and generating
audit reports while maintaining high quality
results: (1) senior mechanical engineering students
were employed and trained as auditors and (2) a
microcomputer-based software system was developed
to automate much of the analysis, economic decision
making, and composition required for the audit
reports.
In addition to providing a valuable educational
tool for the students and a streamlined cost
effective means of generating audit reports for
local governments, this project can potentially
improve the energy efficiency by as much as 1,768
MMBTU/yr per building. These numbers are extrapolated from the results of this program performed
in 1986 before the development and use of the
microcomputer-based software system.
Citation
Bruce, A. C.; Lowther, J. D.; Tarver, E. (1987). Energy Audits of Local Government Buildings (Louisiana DNR). Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu); Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu). Available electronically from https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /6491.