Improved Planning and Programming for Energy Efficient New Army Facilities

Abstract

This report describes research on ways to place more emphasis on energy conservation in the early stages of Army construction planning. Decisions made then can have substantial effects on the energy use characteristics of the entire project. Conservation strategies are currently considered in the late design details cannot compensate for oversights that have been frozen in the project specifications. A new method for selecting conservation strategies is discussed, along with methods for calculating energy savings. The strategy selection methods has been implemented in an expert system. Keywords: Energy conservation; Buildings; Expert systems.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA202086

Entities

People

  • Dahtzen Chu
  • Linda Lawrie
  • Lynn Krajnovich

Organizations

  • Construction Engineering Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Army Facilities
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Construction
  • Control Systems
  • Cost Analysis
  • Cost Estimates
  • Department Of Defense
  • Energy Conservation
  • Energy Consumption
  • Energy Efficiency
  • Engineering
  • Heat Energy
  • Organizational Structure
  • Technology Transfer
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy Engineering.
  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Systems Analysis and Design