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dc.creator | Bruce, A. C. | |
dc.creator | Lowther, J. D. | |
dc.creator | Tarver, E. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2008-05-16T16:10:22Z | |
dc.date.available | 2008-05-16T16:10:22Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1987 | |
dc.identifier.other | ESL-HH-87-09-21 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/6491 | |
dc.description.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. | en |
dc.publisher | Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu) | |
dc.publisher | Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu) | |
dc.title | Energy Audits of Local Government Buildings (Louisiana DNR) | en |
dc.contributor.sponsor | Louisiana Tech University | |
dc.contributor.sponsor | Louisiana Department of Natural Resources |
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H&H - Symposium on Improving Building Systems in Hot and Humid Climates
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