Abstract
The energy efficiency of any device is judged according to the energy it consumes per unit of product or service generated. Such a device can be anything from a furnace to a steel mill. Similarly, any building or facility could be considered a device used by its occupants to generate products or services, and its energy consumption could be evaluated in terms of the level of that activity. Service institutions, such as institutions of higher education, may deliver a variety of services whose relative values are difficult to quantify. Data Envelopment Analysis, a tool heretofore used primarily in management science, can find benchmark input consumption levels for productive entitles with multiple inputs and outputs. These benchmark levels are based on the actual performances of other entities with comparable mixes of inputs and outputs. Each facility should be able to deliver fixed output levels while using a fraction of its actual energy inputs. Data envelopment analysis finds this fraction, the technical efficiency, for each entity in a group. For each facility, the analysis also yields an efficient peer group of facilities whose energy-efficient practices it could emulate. This method allows evaluation of each facility's energy efficiency with reference to the most
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Carnes, D, Hunn, B D, and Jones, J W.
The use of data envelopment analysis for evaluating building energy consumption in terms of productivity.
United States: N. p.,
1998.
Web.
Carnes, D, Hunn, B D, & Jones, J W.
The use of data envelopment analysis for evaluating building energy consumption in terms of productivity.
United States.
Carnes, D, Hunn, B D, and Jones, J W.
1998.
"The use of data envelopment analysis for evaluating building energy consumption in terms of productivity."
United States.
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title = {The use of data envelopment analysis for evaluating building energy consumption in terms of productivity}
author = {Carnes, D, Hunn, B D, and Jones, J W}
abstractNote = {The energy efficiency of any device is judged according to the energy it consumes per unit of product or service generated. Such a device can be anything from a furnace to a steel mill. Similarly, any building or facility could be considered a device used by its occupants to generate products or services, and its energy consumption could be evaluated in terms of the level of that activity. Service institutions, such as institutions of higher education, may deliver a variety of services whose relative values are difficult to quantify. Data Envelopment Analysis, a tool heretofore used primarily in management science, can find benchmark input consumption levels for productive entitles with multiple inputs and outputs. These benchmark levels are based on the actual performances of other entities with comparable mixes of inputs and outputs. Each facility should be able to deliver fixed output levels while using a fraction of its actual energy inputs. Data envelopment analysis finds this fraction, the technical efficiency, for each entity in a group. For each facility, the analysis also yields an efficient peer group of facilities whose energy-efficient practices it could emulate. This method allows evaluation of each facility's energy efficiency with reference to the most efficient facilities.}
place = {United States}
year = {1998}
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title = {The use of data envelopment analysis for evaluating building energy consumption in terms of productivity}
author = {Carnes, D, Hunn, B D, and Jones, J W}
abstractNote = {The energy efficiency of any device is judged according to the energy it consumes per unit of product or service generated. Such a device can be anything from a furnace to a steel mill. Similarly, any building or facility could be considered a device used by its occupants to generate products or services, and its energy consumption could be evaluated in terms of the level of that activity. Service institutions, such as institutions of higher education, may deliver a variety of services whose relative values are difficult to quantify. Data Envelopment Analysis, a tool heretofore used primarily in management science, can find benchmark input consumption levels for productive entitles with multiple inputs and outputs. These benchmark levels are based on the actual performances of other entities with comparable mixes of inputs and outputs. Each facility should be able to deliver fixed output levels while using a fraction of its actual energy inputs. Data envelopment analysis finds this fraction, the technical efficiency, for each entity in a group. For each facility, the analysis also yields an efficient peer group of facilities whose energy-efficient practices it could emulate. This method allows evaluation of each facility's energy efficiency with reference to the most efficient facilities.}
place = {United States}
year = {1998}
month = {Jul}
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