The environmental and economic benefits of avoided energy consumption in the buildings sector

Conference · Sun Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1989

OSTI ID:5052943

Nicholls, A ^[1]; Secrest, T ^[2]; Abel, F ^[3]

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1. Pacific Northwest Lab., Washington, DC (USA)
2. Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (USA)
3. USDOE Assistant Secretary for Conservation and Solar Energy, Washington, DC (USA). Office of Buildings and Community Systems

The mission of the Office of Buildings and Community Systems (OBCS) of the US Department of Energy (DOE) is to lead a national effort to achieve the maximum, cost-effective energy productivity in the building sector.'' To this end, OBCS sponsors research, development, and technology transfer across a broad array of building and community systems areas. For example, OBCS is funding research into the development of more efficient HVAC equipment, tighter building envelopes, and improved district heating and cooling systems. OBCS has estimated that successful commercial development and consumer adoption of these technologies in the building sector could save as much as 11 quadrillion Btu (quad) of primary energy per year by the year 2010 compared with a no OBCS'' base case. The objective of this paper is to estimate, in broad terms, the environmental and economic impacts to the nation from energy savings of this magnitude. The analysis indicates that such energy conservation provides a number of substantial benefits to the United States. 5 refs., 8 tabs.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE/CE
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 5052943
• Report Number(s): PNL-SA-17324; CONF-8910162--7; ON: DE90005538
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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