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Title: Energy conserving site design case study: Shenandoah, Georgia. Final report

Abstract

The case study examines the means by which energy conservation can be achieved at an aggregate community level by using proper planning and analytical techniques for a new town, Shenandoah, Georgia, located twenty-five miles southwest of Atlanta's Hartsfield International Airport. A potentially implementable energy conservation community plan is achieved by a study team examining the land use options, siting characteristics of each building type, alternate infrastructure plans, possible decentralized energy options, and central utility schemes to determine how community energy conservation can be achieved by use of pre-construction planning. The concept for the development of mixed land uses as a passively sited, energy conserving community is based on a plan (Level 1 Plan) that uses the natural site characteristics, maximizes on passive energy siting requirement, and allows flexibility for the changing needs of the developers. The Level 2 Plan is identical with Level 1 plan plus a series of decentraized systems that have been added to the residential units: the single-family detached, the apartments, and the townhouses. Level 3 Plan is similar to the Level 1 Plan except that higher density dwellings have been moved to areas adjacent to central site. The total energy savings for each plan relative tomore » the conventional plan are indicated. (MCW)« less

Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Shenandoah Development, Inc., GA (USA)
OSTI Identifier:
6881916
Report Number(s):
DOE/CS/20349-1
DOE Contract Number:  
AC01-78CS20349
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION; 14 SOLAR ENERGY; 29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY; PLANNED COMMUNITIES; DESIGN; ENERGY CONSERVATION; BUILDINGS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; GEORGIA; GREENHOUSES; HUMAN POPULATIONS; IMPLEMENTATION; LAND USE; LIFE-CYCLE COST; PASSIVE SOLAR COOLING SYSTEMS; PASSIVE SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS; PUBLIC UTILITIES; SITE SELECTION; SOLAR RADIATION; SOLAR WATER HEATERS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TROMBE WALLS; APPLIANCES; COMMUNITIES; COST; ECONOMICS; EQUIPMENT; HEATERS; HEATING SYSTEMS; NORTH AMERICA; POPULATIONS; RADIATIONS; SOLAR COOLING SYSTEMS; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS; SOUTHEAST REGION; STELLAR RADIATION; USA; WALLS; WATER HEATERS; 320600* - Energy Conservation, Consumption, & Utilization- Municipalities & Community Systems- (1980-); 140900 - Solar Thermal Utilization; 291000 - Energy Planning & Policy- Conservation

Citation Formats

. Energy conserving site design case study: Shenandoah, Georgia. Final report. United States: N. p., 1980. Web. doi:10.2172/6881916.
. Energy conserving site design case study: Shenandoah, Georgia. Final report. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/6881916
. 1980. "Energy conserving site design case study: Shenandoah, Georgia. Final report". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/6881916. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/6881916.
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abstractNote = {The case study examines the means by which energy conservation can be achieved at an aggregate community level by using proper planning and analytical techniques for a new town, Shenandoah, Georgia, located twenty-five miles southwest of Atlanta's Hartsfield International Airport. A potentially implementable energy conservation community plan is achieved by a study team examining the land use options, siting characteristics of each building type, alternate infrastructure plans, possible decentralized energy options, and central utility schemes to determine how community energy conservation can be achieved by use of pre-construction planning. The concept for the development of mixed land uses as a passively sited, energy conserving community is based on a plan (Level 1 Plan) that uses the natural site characteristics, maximizes on passive energy siting requirement, and allows flexibility for the changing needs of the developers. The Level 2 Plan is identical with Level 1 plan plus a series of decentraized systems that have been added to the residential units: the single-family detached, the apartments, and the townhouses. Level 3 Plan is similar to the Level 1 Plan except that higher density dwellings have been moved to areas adjacent to central site. The total energy savings for each plan relative to the conventional plan are indicated. (MCW)},
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year = {Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1980},
month = {Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1980}
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