Implementation of EADCs' recommendations to conserve energy and save dollars (1981-1982)

Technical Report · Fri Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1983

OSTI ID:6371517

Kirsch, F W

Small and medium-size manufacturers are continuing to realize very attractive financial returns by implementing most of the specific energy conserving and dollar saving measures recommended by the Energy Analysis and Diagnostic Centers that performed energy audits in their plants. This report documents and describes this implementation and also presents an analysis of its financial worth directly to the manufacturers and indirectly to the federal government, in the form of tax revenues generated by the incremental earnings of the private sector. A preceding report included an accounting and an analysis of the total Btu conservation and dollar savings identified by the 5 EADCs while performing energy audits in the plants of 165 small and medium-size manufacturers during that time. By contacting this same group of manufacturers again, the EADCs were able to evoke detailed responses from 125 of them about what they have implemented or scheduled for implementation. The data from these responses, including the associated benefits and capital costs, form the basis for this report. Because statistical tests show very similar patterns of energy sources and categories of use among the 125 respondents and the 165 plants, the implementation data are considered representative of all the plants. Also included are in-depth examinations of the rates of implementation found for energy conservation opportunities involving each of the energy sources and categories of energy use (production, services, HVAC, and housekeeping).

• Research Organization: University City Science Center, Philadelphia, PA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC01-78CS40091
• OSTI ID: 6371517
• Report Number(s): DOE/CS/40091-T11; ON: DE85000477
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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AUDITS
ECONOMICS
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EVALUATION
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