Comprehensive community planning for energy management and conservation. First interim report. Volume I. Technical report

Technical Report · Thu Mar 31 23:00:00 EST 1977

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5286065· OSTI ID:5286065

The objective of the project is to develop a methodology which will enable community planners and/or energy analysts to evaluate the impact of proposed planning measures on the energy use and supply patterns existing in the community. To do this, the project team is developing an overall methodology, and two major analytical tools that are used within that methodology. The overall methodology contains guidelines for examining existing energy usage and supply patterns in the community, defining community energy goals, and identifying action alternatives capable of achieving those goals. Once action alternatives are identified, the two analytical tools are used to evaluate the alternatives. The first analytical tool, the Community Characterization Procedure (CCP), enables the user to estimate the likely impact of proposed alternatives on the physical makeup of the community. The second analytical tool, the Energy Analysis Procedure (EAP), enables the user to quantitatively analyze the impact that anticipated physical changes will have on the energy usage and supply patterns existing. When the physical and energy impacts of proposed alternatives are determined, the methodology then provides the user with guidelines for assessing the implementability of alternatives, ranking and comparing them, and making a final selection of action items.

• Research Organization: Hittman Associates, Inc., Columbia, Md. (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5286065
• Report Number(s): HIT-693(Vol.1)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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