Reading the energy meter on development. The interaction of land use and energy conservation

Technical Report · Mon Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1976

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6265145· OSTI ID:6265145

This study, through a case study approach, has documented on a national basis the crucial role that urban design and land use planning have towards achieving meaningful energy conservation. With a set of study areas representative of present and future development patterns, and a variety of climatic, transportation, and market conditions, the major energy saving sectors within feasible design actions are identified as: land use mix and configuration; spatial arrangement affecting transportation requirements; and energy system technology. Within each of these sectors a list of energy conserving design measures was tested in two of the study areas: in Tucson, Arizona and Mt. Pleasant, New York. These two sites are typical of national suburban and urban growth patterns and are considered prototypical of forecasted growth areas in the next decades given an energy conserving approach to land development and urban renewal. Their development patterns and energy conserving measures have been generalized.

• Research Organization: Conklin and Rossant, New York (USA); Flack and Kurtz, New York (USA); Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6265145
• Report Number(s): DOE/TIC-10639
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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