Energy conservation in Maryland public schools, 1978-1981

Technical Report · Fri Sep 10 00:00:00 EDT 1982

OSTI ID:6309316

The energy consumption of public schools in Maryland is reviewed. It is proved that energy consevation can produce very significant savings in schools. It is not possible to generalize these findings to the schools of the nation, but there is no known factor tht would indicate a systematic difference between energy conservation potential in Maryland and in other states. The Maryland data do not reflect any clear effect of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (NECPA) Institutional Conservation Program (ICP) on energy conservation in Maryland schools. For schools that participated in the energy audit (EA) and the technical assistance (TA) phases, the percentage of energy saved was no more than for those schools that participated in the preliminary energy audit (PEA) phase. Compared to data for 1980, schools that participated in the energy conservation measure (ECM) phase in 1981 experienced a 7 percent increase in energy use; whereas, the schools participated in the PEA phase (or not at all) showed an 11 percent decline. For the same period of comparison, energy costs increased for all groups by 20 percent.

• Research Organization: Unified Industries, Inc., Springfield, VA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC01-80CS64007
• OSTI ID: 6309316
• Report Number(s): DOE/CS/64007-T4; ON: DE83008458
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
29 ENERGY PLANNING
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SCHOOL BUILDINGS
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COST
DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS
ENERGY AUDITS
ENERGY CONSERVATION
GRANTS
MARYLAND
AUDITS
BUILDINGS
EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES
FEDERAL REGION III
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USA
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