Project Conserve: a pilot project in homeowner energy conservation. Final report. [Topeka, Kansas and Danbury, Connecticut]

Book · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1974

OSTI ID:7294651

Project Conserve is an information-incentive program to encourage homeowners to voluntarily enhance the thermal efficiency of their homes. Data supplied by the homeowner on a questionnaire are processed by computer to produce an impartial report containing the costs and savings of do-it-yourself or contractor installed energy conserving retrofit actions: storm windows, storm doors, ceiling insulation, weather stripping/caulking or thermostat set back. Estimates of projected impact of Project Conserve indicated that, at the end of a three-year period residential heat loss in the country could be reduced by 490 million therms per year. The savings in heating fuel consumption to replace this loss would be even larger when accounting for the efficiency of the heating system. (auth, modified abst.)

• OSTI ID: 7294651
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
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Consumption
& Utilization-- Residential Buildings-- (-1987)
BUILDINGS
CONNECTICUT
EFFICIENCY
ENERGY CONSERVATION
ENERGY CONSUMPTION
FUEL CONSUMPTION
HEATING
HOUSES
INFORMATION
KANSAS
MIDWEST REGION
NORTH AMERICA
NORTH ATLANTIC REGION
RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
SPACE HEATING
THERMAL EFFICIENCY
USA