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Title: Preparation of public housing energy efficiency publications for the Atlanta Housing Authority

Abstract

The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) has produced and evaluated the effectiveness of pamphlets prepared to encourage utility cost conservation. The target population for this project is not only public housing residents but also the public housing maintenance staff (who also have a dramatic impact on facility energy costs). Because the majority of the problems associated with excess resident utility costs occur during extreme cold weather of the heating season, heating conservation was the focus of this study.

Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Atlanta Public Housing Authority, GA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
205051
Report Number(s):
DOE/R4/10604-T1
ON: DE96005685
DOE Contract Number:
FG44-92R410604
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Aug 1995
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION; 29 ENERGY PLANNING AND POLICY; RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; EDUCATIONAL TOOLS; PUBLIC BUILDINGS; LOW INCOME GROUPS; EDUCATION; FINANCING

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NONE. Preparation of public housing energy efficiency publications for the Atlanta Housing Authority. United States: N. p., 1995. Web. doi:10.2172/205051.
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abstractNote = {The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) has produced and evaluated the effectiveness of pamphlets prepared to encourage utility cost conservation. The target population for this project is not only public housing residents but also the public housing maintenance staff (who also have a dramatic impact on facility energy costs). Because the majority of the problems associated with excess resident utility costs occur during extreme cold weather of the heating season, heating conservation was the focus of this study.},
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