U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Laboratory, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Technical Report · Sun Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 2002

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/15002870· OSTI ID:15002870

This case study was prepared as one in a series for the Laboratories for the 21st Century program, a joint endeavor of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy's Federal Energy Management Program. The goal of this program is to foster greater energy efficiency in new and retrofit laboratory buildings in both the public and the private sectors. The energy-efficient elements of the laboratory featured in this case study-EPA's National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Laboratory, Ann Arbor, Michigan-include the addition of digital controls for heating and cooling equipment, variable-air-volume supply and exhaust systems, energy recovery systems, water conservation equipment, and the use of a fuel cell to supplement grid-supplied electricity with a nonpolluting source of power. These features and upgrades were installed as part of an Energy Savings Performance Contract; the result has been a 60% drop in energy costs and a 50% reduction in domestic water use at the laboratory.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: US Department of Energy (US)
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-99-GO10337
• OSTI ID: 15002870
• Report Number(s): DOE/GO-102002-1630; TRN: US200420%%147
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: 1 Dec 2002; Related Information: Laboratories for the 21st Century: Case Studies
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

30 DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
AVAILABILITY
ELECTRICITY
ENERGY ACCOUNTING
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
ENERGY MANAGEMENT
ENERGY RECOVERY
EXHAUST SYSTEMS
FUEL CELLS
HEATING
LABORATORY BUILDINGS
PERFORMANCE
US EPA
WATER
WATER USE
LOW-ENERGY BUILDINGS
EPA
FEMP
FEDERAL ENERGY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
BUILDINGS