Energy conservation in Maryland public schools. Analysis of 1982 data in relation to the 1978-81 study

Technical Report · Fri Mar 11 04:00:00 EST 1983

OSTI ID:6206476

The analysis of Maryland schools energy use data through 1981 (dated September 10, 1982) indicated that schools that participated in the Institutional Conservation Program (ICP) did no better in saving energy than schools that did not participate. Indeed in the year following receipt of ICP energy conservation measure (ECM) grants, the energy use of schools that received the grants actually increased significantly. No variable perceptible in the data or in external data, such as weather records, could be found to explain this perverse finding. Accordingly, an additional year's data was analyzed to see if: (1) the perverse energy use records of the ECM buildings reversed themselves, (2) the ECM energy use pattern provided evidence that major energy savings that did not occur in the first year occurred in the second year after receipt of ECM grants, and (3) the savings accrued by other categories of ICP participants and nonparticipants continued during 1982. Buildings that initiated ECM's in 1981 (based on grants received in 1980) had achieved savings that exceeded those of all other categories of participants and nonparticipants by 1982. Because this finding reverses the results of analysis of data from 1978 to 1981, it is reasonable to conclude that during 1982 the benefits of ECM's approved in 1980 did not demonstrate their effects until 1982.

• Research Organization: Unified Industries, Inc., Springfield, VA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC01-80CS64007
• OSTI ID: 6206476
• Report Number(s): DOE/CS/64007-T1; ON: DE83008770
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
291000 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Conservation
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
320103* -- Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization-- School
Municipal
& Other Public Buildings-- (-1987)
BUILDINGS
DEMAND
DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS
EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES
ENERGY CONSERVATION
ENERGY CONSUMPTION
ENERGY DEMAND
FEDERAL REGION III
GRANTS
MARYLAND
NORTH AMERICA
SCHOOL BUILDINGS
USA