Measured energy savings from using night temperature setback
- Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (United States)
- Fort Devens, MA (United States)
The measured energy savings resulting from using night temperature setback in typical light-construction wooden office buildings was determined. Researchers installed monitoring equipment in a six-building sample of two-story wooden buildings at Fort Devens, Massachusetts. Data obtained during both single-setting and night-setback operating modes were used to develop models of each building's heat consumption as a function of the difference between inside and outside temperature. These models were used to estimate seasonal savings that could be obtained from the use of night-setback thermostat control. The measured savings in heating energy from using night temperature setback for the six Fort Devens buildings ranged from 14% to 25%; the mean savings was 19.2%. Based on an energy cost of $0.65/therm of natural gas, the estimated average cost savings of using automatic setback thermostats in these buildings is $780 per year per building.
- Research Organization:
- Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC06-76RL01830
- OSTI ID:
- 7128142
- Report Number(s):
- PNL-SA-20552; CONF-921021-4; ON: DE93005028
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 15. world energy engineering congress (WEEC), Atlanta, GA (United States), 13-15 Oct 1992
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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