Applying Energy Conservation Retrofits to Standard Army Buildings: Project Design and Initial Energy Data

Abstract

This report describes the initial and continuing efforts in a project demonstrating the energy performance of theoretically-based retrofit packages on as-found, standard-design Army buildings. Four standard building designs are being investigated: a motor vehicle repair shop, the Type 64 (L-shaped) barracks, an enlisted personnel mess hall, and a two-company, rolling-pin-shaped barracks for enlisted personnel. The Army has over 840 of these particular buildings. The objective of the project is to test the energy and cost performance of the retrofit packages, which include such measures as installing wall or ceiling insulation, replacing and/or blocking windows, partitioning areas of differing temperature, modifying air handling equipment, modifying boiler controls, replacing lights, etc. To this end, energy data has been gathered from retrofitted and identical but nonretrofitted buildings for a test/ reference comparison. Keywords: Buildings, Maintenance, Modification, Building codes, Energy conservation, Structural engineering, Retrofitting, Rehabilitation, Reusable equipment. (JES)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA198953

Entities

People

  • Edward O. Allen
  • Eileen T. Westervelt
  • G. R. Northrup

Organizations

  • Construction Engineering Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Construction
  • Data Acquisition
  • Data Analysis
  • Databases
  • Detectors
  • Dining Halls
  • Energy Conservation
  • Energy Consumption
  • Gas Meters
  • Information Processing
  • Measurement
  • Pressure Transducers
  • Standards
  • Transducers

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy Engineering.
  • Facility/Structural Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics