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Title: Measuring energy-saving retrofits: Experiences from the Texas LoanSTAR program

Abstract

In 1988 the Governor`s Energy Management Center of Texas received approval from the US Department of Energy to establish a $98.6 million state-wide retrofit demonstration revolving loan program to fund energy-conserving retrofits in state, public school, and local government buildings. As part of this program, a first-of-its-kind, statewide Monitoring and Analysis Program (MAP) was established to verify energy and dollar savings of the retrofits, reduce energy costs by identifying operational and maintenance improvements, improve retrofit selection in future rounds of the LoanSTAR program, and initiate a data base of energy use in institutional and commercial buildings located in Texas. This report discusses the LoanSTAR MAP with an emphasis on the process of acquiring and analyzing data to measure savings from energy conservation retrofits when budgets are a constraint. This report includes a discussion of the program structure, basic measurement techniques, data archiving and handling, data reporting and analysis, and includes selected examples from LoanSTAR agencies. A summary of the program results for the first two years of monitoring is also included.

Authors:
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  1. Texas A and M Univ., College Station, TX (United States). Energy Systems Lab.
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Texas A and M Univ., College Station, TX (United States). Energy Systems Lab.
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
219427
Report Number(s):
ORNL/SUB-93-SP090/1
ON: DE96007104
DOE Contract Number:  
AC05-84OR21400
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Feb 1996
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION; 29 ENERGY PLANNING AND POLICY; BUILDINGS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS; GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS; PUBLIC BUILDINGS; OFFICE BUILDINGS; RETROFITTING; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; TEXAS; FINANCING; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; DATA ANALYSIS

Citation Formats

Haberl, J S, Reddy, T A, Claridge, D E, Turner, W D, O`Neal, D L, and Heffington, W M. Measuring energy-saving retrofits: Experiences from the Texas LoanSTAR program. United States: N. p., 1996. Web. doi:10.2172/219427.
Haberl, J S, Reddy, T A, Claridge, D E, Turner, W D, O`Neal, D L, & Heffington, W M. Measuring energy-saving retrofits: Experiences from the Texas LoanSTAR program. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/219427
Haberl, J S, Reddy, T A, Claridge, D E, Turner, W D, O`Neal, D L, and Heffington, W M. 1996. "Measuring energy-saving retrofits: Experiences from the Texas LoanSTAR program". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/219427. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/219427.
@article{osti_219427,
title = {Measuring energy-saving retrofits: Experiences from the Texas LoanSTAR program},
author = {Haberl, J S and Reddy, T A and Claridge, D E and Turner, W D and O`Neal, D L and Heffington, W M},
abstractNote = {In 1988 the Governor`s Energy Management Center of Texas received approval from the US Department of Energy to establish a $98.6 million state-wide retrofit demonstration revolving loan program to fund energy-conserving retrofits in state, public school, and local government buildings. As part of this program, a first-of-its-kind, statewide Monitoring and Analysis Program (MAP) was established to verify energy and dollar savings of the retrofits, reduce energy costs by identifying operational and maintenance improvements, improve retrofit selection in future rounds of the LoanSTAR program, and initiate a data base of energy use in institutional and commercial buildings located in Texas. This report discusses the LoanSTAR MAP with an emphasis on the process of acquiring and analyzing data to measure savings from energy conservation retrofits when budgets are a constraint. This report includes a discussion of the program structure, basic measurement techniques, data archiving and handling, data reporting and analysis, and includes selected examples from LoanSTAR agencies. A summary of the program results for the first two years of monitoring is also included.},
doi = {10.2172/219427},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/219427}, journal = {},
number = ,
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place = {United States},
year = {Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1996},
month = {Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1996}
}