High-Efficiency Rooftop Air Conditioners: Small Commercial ACs Could Add Up to Big Energy Savings
Abstract
This paper describes a technology procurement conducted by DOE, PNNL, and the Defense Logistics Agency to increase the availability of energy-efficient, packaged, unitary ''rooftop'' air conditioners. The procurement encourages air conditioner manufacturers to produce equipment that exceeds federal energy efficiency standards by at least 25 percent at a lower first cost. Program developers have also sought to aggregate market demand by organizing groups of large-volume buyers of air conditioning equipment. A Cost Estimator tool developed by PNNL to help consumers determine the cost effectiveness, based on local climate conditions, of purchasing energy efficient air conditioners for their own facilities is also described.
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 860100
- Report Number(s):
- PNNL-SA-36374
Journal ID: ISSN 0199-8595; EENGDO; BT0303000; TRN: US200523%%205
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-76RL01830
- Resource Type:
- Journal Article
- Journal Name:
- Energy Engineering
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 100; Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 0199-8595
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION; 29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY; AIR CONDITIONERS; AIR CONDITIONING; AVAILABILITY; CLIMATES; ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS; MANUFACTURERS; MARKET; MARKETERS; ORGANIZING; PROCUREMENT; Unitary air conditioners; market transformation; energy conservation; Defense Logistics Agency; DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy; Federal Energy Management Program; FEMP
Citation Formats
Hollomon, J Bradford, and Gilbride, Theresa L. High-Efficiency Rooftop Air Conditioners: Small Commercial ACs Could Add Up to Big Energy Savings. United States: N. p., 2003.
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Hollomon, J Bradford, & Gilbride, Theresa L. High-Efficiency Rooftop Air Conditioners: Small Commercial ACs Could Add Up to Big Energy Savings. United States.
Hollomon, J Bradford, and Gilbride, Theresa L. 2003.
"High-Efficiency Rooftop Air Conditioners: Small Commercial ACs Could Add Up to Big Energy Savings". United States.
@article{osti_860100,
title = {High-Efficiency Rooftop Air Conditioners: Small Commercial ACs Could Add Up to Big Energy Savings},
author = {Hollomon, J Bradford and Gilbride, Theresa L},
abstractNote = {This paper describes a technology procurement conducted by DOE, PNNL, and the Defense Logistics Agency to increase the availability of energy-efficient, packaged, unitary ''rooftop'' air conditioners. The procurement encourages air conditioner manufacturers to produce equipment that exceeds federal energy efficiency standards by at least 25 percent at a lower first cost. Program developers have also sought to aggregate market demand by organizing groups of large-volume buyers of air conditioning equipment. A Cost Estimator tool developed by PNNL to help consumers determine the cost effectiveness, based on local climate conditions, of purchasing energy efficient air conditioners for their own facilities is also described.},
doi = {},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/860100},
journal = {Energy Engineering},
issn = {0199-8595},
number = 3,
volume = 100,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 2003},
month = {Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 2003}
}
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