As part of an overall energy management program, the central steam plant at the University of Connecticut at Storrs has a fuel contract method in which vendors bid on a specification based on heating value as opposed to just volume. (Author/MLF)

Describes Atmospheric Fluidized Bed (AFB) combustion that many persons believe to be a way to burn coal cleanly and efficiently and is especially significant for colleges and universities. (Author)

Presents information to make intelligent purchasing decisions on heating, air conditioning, and ventilating equipment. (Author)

The effect of rising fuel and utility costs is being measured by the reduction of educational programs. (MLF)

Brief accounts of four winners in the 1983 "American School and University's" Energy Conservation Contest. Two colleges and two schools turned to alternative fuels (sawdust, waste oil, wood pellets, and corncob pellets) and reduced heating costs. (MLF)

Underground geothermal water from an artesian well supplies heat for rural Haakon School District in Philip (South Dakota). The same water is then piped to the downtown business district a few blocks away and sold as fuel to participating merchants. (Author/MLF)

In Mamaroneck, New York, a whole series of "common sense" little procedures are being put into effect to cut down on fuel consumption. The program, originally started as a dollar saver, should help alleviate the fuel crunch. (Author)

The second part of the article published in "American School and University," December 1984 (EA 518 236), outlines specific steps administrators need to take to determine whether or not a direct purchase of natural gas is going to benefit their schools. (MLF)

Some of the findings from a survey of 498 school districts--a sample drawn to represent the nation as a whole, ten regions and six size groups. Information includes consumptions and cost of different fuels, as well as details on total budgets, number of students, and square footage. (Author/MLF)

Direct purchase of natural gas may help schools and universities avoid increases when price controls on new natural gas are removed. For an educational institution to take advantage of the new regulations, gas must be purchased and transportation arranged, either individually or through a consortium. (TE)

Outlines steps in forming transportation priorities to meet decreased fuel allotments. (MF)

A high school/elementary school complex in Grand Marais, Minnesota, switched from an oil burning unit as the source of steam heat to a new plant using waste wood products. This provides the school with a locally produced heat source. (Author/MLF)

Georgetown University is demonstrating a new approach to burning coal. Its fluidized bed steam generating plant is showing reliability and efficiency within all emission limits. (Author/MLF)

Skidmore College (New York) has demonstrated that waste oil can be burned, undiluted, as a primary fuel, and that it is environmentally safe and cost-efficient. (Author/MLF)

Wood pyrolysis is a process that burns wood without air, producing gas and oil that are then burned for heat. Now being tested at Maryville College, Tennessee, the process is expected to cut fuel costs, solve a waste disposal problem, and produce charcoal for sale. (Author/MLF)