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The Energy Implications of Removing a Dropped Ceiling
September 16, 2010
Does E Source have any energy-saving recommendations for remodeling a commercial space that has had a dropped ceiling removed?
Content type: Ask E Source | Document ID: TAS-AskES-26 | Author: Leland Keller
Cost of Prototype Energy-Efficient Homes
August 31, 2005
What is a reasonable cost premium for a prototype, or demonstration, energy-efficient home featuring precommercial technologies?
Content type: Ask E Source | Document ID: TAS-TN-8-05c | Author: Peter Criscione
Improving the Energy Performance of Green Buildings
July 1, 2005
Researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory recently helped design, construct, and monitor six low-energy buildings. But when they analyzed the buildings' actual performance, they found that all six were using more energy than had been predicted.
Content type: Core Report | Document ID: ER-05-11 | Author: Rachel Reiss
LEED Scores Early Successes but Faces Big Challenges
March 1, 2004
The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) rating system, created by the U.S. Green Building Council, is increasing in popularity. Already, other government agencies and several energy service providers (ESPs) are using it to help market their efficiency and renewable energy programs. ...
Content type: Core Report | Document ID: ER-04-03 | Author: Rachel Reiss, Jay Stein
Energy Performance Workshops: Making the Integrated Design Process Fast and Effective
May 1, 2002
The four- to six-hour Energy Performance Workshops conducted by BC Hydro for integrated building design teams working on commercial buildings enable fast, informed decisions and result in cost-effective buildings that are remarkably energy-efficient. The secret is skilled workshop guidance and software ...
Content type: Core Report | Document ID: ER-02-08 | Author: Larry Kinney
Electric Chiller Buyer's Guide: Water-Cooled Centrifugal and Rotary Screw Chillers
July 1, 1997
Despite a wave of chiller conversions and replacements before the CFC production moratorium at the end of 1995, the CFC supply situations remain acute. The pace of conversions and replacements has since slowed and existing stockpiles of virgin and recycled CFCs are being depleted more rapidly than ...
Content type: Core Report, Research | Document ID: TU-97-7 | Author: Lynn Fryer
Steering the Destiny of Controls: BCBC's Controls Design Manual
February 1, 1996
Traditionally, most of the detailed design work for building control systems is done by the mechanical contractor after the contract for a system (or building) has been awarded. Little input from the user's perspective is sought or included in the design of most control systems.
Content type: Core Report, Research | Document ID: TU-96-1 | Author: Amy Gahran
Hot-Climate House Predicted to Need No Air Conditioner, Cost Less to Build
November 1, 1993
A new house designed for Pacific Gas and Electric Company's Advanced Customer Technology Test for Maximum Energy Efficiency (the "ACT2" experiment) is challenging some traditional tenets of energy economics. It illustrates how a whole-system approach can yield greater cost-effective energy savings ...
Content type: Core Report, Research | Document ID: TM-93-5 | Author: Amory Lovins
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