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The Brazos Valley Energy Conservation Coalition, Part of the Rebuild America Program in Texas: Program Update
Abstract
The Rebuild America program is network of
community-based partnerships that rebuilds
communities by promoting the efficient use of
energy. Rebuild America is coordinated at the
national level by sponsorship through the Office of
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at the
United States Department of Energy (USDOE). The
Brazos Valley Energy Conservation Coalition
(BVECC) has been a Rebuild America since 1996.
Since 1996 BVECC has contacted 57 facilities in
Texas about joining Rebuild America. Twenty-five
of these facilities have authorized BVECC to conduct
walk-through audits, and fourteen preliminary walkthrough
audits have been performed. As of June
1999, nine facilities have joined the Rebuild
America program covering a total of 8 million square
feet of conditioned area. The total estimated project
costs for retrofits at these 9 facilities are over $1 1
million, with annual savings of $2.6 million and an
estimated 4.3 year payback. This paper presents an
overview of the BVECC Rebuild America program
in Texas, including a description of the program,
conservation measures installed at the participating
facilities, a description of the savings measurement
methodology and a discussion of indoor
environmental measurements.
Citation
Yazdani, B.; Haberl, J. S.; Culp, C.; Turner, W. D.; Claridge, D. E.; Myers, M. (2000). The Brazos Valley Energy Conservation Coalition, Part of the Rebuild America Program in Texas: Program Update. Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu); Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu). Available electronically from https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /6795.