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Title: Space Heaters, Computers, Cell Phone Chargers: How Plugged In AreCommercial Buildings?

Abstract

Evidenceof electric plug loads in commercial buildings isvisible everyday: space heaters, portable fans, and the IT technician'stwo monitors connected to one PC. The Energy Information Administrationestimates that office and miscellaneous equipment together will consume2.18 quads in 2006, nearly 50 percent of U.S. commercial electricity use.Although the importance of commercial plug loads is documented, its verynature (diverse product types, products not installed when buildinginitially constructed, and products often hidden in closets) makes itdifficult to accurately count and categorize the end use.We auditedsixteen buildings in three cities (San Francisco, Atlanta, Pittsburgh)including office, medical and education building types. We inventoriedthe number and types of office and miscellaneous electric equipment aswell as estimated total energy consumption due to these product types. Intotal, we audited approximately 4,000 units of office equipment and 6,000units of miscellaneous equipment and covered a diverse range of productsranging from electric pencil sharpeners with a unit energy consumption(UEC) of 1 kWh/yr to a kiln with a UEC of 7,000 kWh/yr. Our paperpresents a summary of the density and type of plug load equipment foundas well as the estimated total energy consumption of the equipment.Additionally, we present equipment trends observed and provide insightsto how policy makers can target energy efficiency for thismore » growing enduse.« less

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Research Org.:
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE; US Environmental Protection Agency. Office ofAtmospheric Programs. Climate Protection PartnershipsDivision
OSTI Identifier:
913164
Report Number(s):
LBNL-62397
R&D Project: 43EZ01; TRN: US200802%%566
DOE Contract Number:  
DE-AC02-05CH11231
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: 2006 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency inBuildings, Less is More, En Route to Zero Energy Buildings, PacificGrove, CA, August 13-18, 2006
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
32; BLOWERS; COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS; COMPUTERS; EDUCATION; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; KILNS; MONITORS; SPACE HEATERS; TARGETS; US ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION

Citation Formats

Sanchez, Marla, Webber, Carrie, Brown, Richard, Busch, John, Pinckard, Margaret, and Roberson, Judy. Space Heaters, Computers, Cell Phone Chargers: How Plugged In AreCommercial Buildings?. United States: N. p., 2007. Web.
Sanchez, Marla, Webber, Carrie, Brown, Richard, Busch, John, Pinckard, Margaret, & Roberson, Judy. Space Heaters, Computers, Cell Phone Chargers: How Plugged In AreCommercial Buildings?. United States.
Sanchez, Marla, Webber, Carrie, Brown, Richard, Busch, John, Pinckard, Margaret, and Roberson, Judy. 2007. "Space Heaters, Computers, Cell Phone Chargers: How Plugged In AreCommercial Buildings?". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/913164.
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title = {Space Heaters, Computers, Cell Phone Chargers: How Plugged In AreCommercial Buildings?},
author = {Sanchez, Marla and Webber, Carrie and Brown, Richard and Busch, John and Pinckard, Margaret and Roberson, Judy},
abstractNote = {Evidenceof electric plug loads in commercial buildings isvisible everyday: space heaters, portable fans, and the IT technician'stwo monitors connected to one PC. The Energy Information Administrationestimates that office and miscellaneous equipment together will consume2.18 quads in 2006, nearly 50 percent of U.S. commercial electricity use.Although the importance of commercial plug loads is documented, its verynature (diverse product types, products not installed when buildinginitially constructed, and products often hidden in closets) makes itdifficult to accurately count and categorize the end use.We auditedsixteen buildings in three cities (San Francisco, Atlanta, Pittsburgh)including office, medical and education building types. We inventoriedthe number and types of office and miscellaneous electric equipment aswell as estimated total energy consumption due to these product types. Intotal, we audited approximately 4,000 units of office equipment and 6,000units of miscellaneous equipment and covered a diverse range of productsranging from electric pencil sharpeners with a unit energy consumption(UEC) of 1 kWh/yr to a kiln with a UEC of 7,000 kWh/yr. Our paperpresents a summary of the density and type of plug load equipment foundas well as the estimated total energy consumption of the equipment.Additionally, we present equipment trends observed and provide insightsto how policy makers can target energy efficiency for this growing enduse.},
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url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/913164}, journal = {},
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place = {United States},
year = {Wed Feb 28 00:00:00 EST 2007},
month = {Wed Feb 28 00:00:00 EST 2007}
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