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Download full textGudgeon, R.L. – 1967
A comprehensive discussion of single fuel source generation of power and heating requirements is presented. Definition and explanation of system concepts includes--(1) heat pumps, (2) steam turbines, (3) gas turbines, and (4) gas and diesel engines. Concept cost evaluation factors described are--(1) load pattern, (2) campus configuration, (3) fuel…
Descriptors: Air Conditioning, Air Conditioning Equipment, Equipment, Equipment Utilization
Day, C. William; And Others – Nation's Schools, 1974
A discussion by an educator, an energy consultant, an architect, and a superintendent of facilities planning on how schools can reform maintenance and operations procedures towards efficient fuel use. (Author/DN)
Descriptors: Building Operation, Cost Effectiveness, Efficiency, Energy
Peer reviewedBrooks, Kenneth; Huston, Bruce – CEFP Journal, 1977
An analysis of comparative costs and fuel requirements for summer and winter school operation. (MLF)
Descriptors: Air Conditioning, Climate Control, Costs, Elementary Secondary Education
Marsee, Jeff – 1979
After reviewing the physical plant environment and temperature control equipment at Eastfield College (Texas), this paper explains how redirected efforts toward energy conservation can result in important cost/usage savings. Electricity billing rates are explained to provide a stronger usage strategy for cost effectiveness. Two methods of reducing…
Descriptors: Air Conditioning, Building Operation, Climate Control, Community Colleges
Better Heating-Cooling Council, Berkeley Heights, NJ. – 1973
This document analyzes the causes of a discrepancy between expected electric costs of $19,460 annually based on full occupancy and usage, compared with a 1972 total billing of $49,819, and the fear of a 1974 $53,000 electric bill. A review was made of detailed proposals for 1967 and 1968 submitted to the building commettee to guide them in…
Descriptors: Bids, Building Systems, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis
General Electric Co., Philadelphia, PA. Space Div. – 1974
General Electric Company was one of four contractors who received a contract in early January 1974 to design, build, and install a solar heating experiment in a public school. The overall objective of this program was to obtain data that would assist in evaluating the applicability of solar heating systems in large metropolitan areas. This data…
Descriptors: Blueprints, Climate Control, Construction Materials, Cost Effectiveness
AAI Corp., Baltimore, MD. – 1974
In the middle of January 1974, AAI Corporation received a contract to conduct a solar heating proof-of-concept experiment (POCE) for a public school building. On March 1, 1974, the experiment began as Timonium Elementary School, in Maryland, became the first school in the United States to be heated by solar energy. In this brief period, the…
Descriptors: Blueprints, Capital Outlay (for Fixed Assets), Construction Materials, Cost Effectiveness
