Energy User News articles from April 1998

Energy User News archives from April 1998

National accounts plan to use fewer suppliers.
April 1, 1998... NORTH SALEM, N.Y.--Energy managers of large national multisite operations plan to significantly reduce the number of energy suppliers they use when full retail choice for electricity becomes available, according to a recent survey. The...

"Intelligent workplace" uses a third less energy.(building addition at Carnegie Mellon University)
April 1, 1998... PITTSBURGH, Pa.--Billed as the "office building of the future," a recently completed rooftop extension to an existing building at Carnegie Mellon University here consumes just one-third the energy of comparable work space by using the latest...

University reclaims $62,000 through heat recovery.
April 1, 1998... OTTAWA--After installation of a plate-type, air-to-air heat recovery system cut energy costs and maintenance time in an auditorium in 1994, the University of Ottawa here installed six more units over the last three years to reduce total energy...

Submetering project earns 5-month payback.(Phoenix Plaza office buildings)
April 1, 1998... PHOENIX--The installation of an electrical submetering system is helping building managers at Phoenix Plaza--a pair of multitenant, high-rise office buildings here--more accurately track and bill energy use, resulting in a payback for the...

Switch to dual fuels helps historic museum save $6,584 per year.(Lowell, MA's Mack Building)
April 1, 1998... LOWELL, Mass.--Last July, the Mack Building here was the focus of an HVAC retrofit project, including the installation of gas-fired furnaces, that is expected to reduce utility costs by about $6,584 per year. The Mack Building is a...

Study: HVAC maintenance and training does pay.(Special Report: Whole Building Optimization)
April 1, 1998... SACRAMENTO, Calif.--A great deal of attention is focused on new energy-efficient technologies and major retrofit projects. The energy impact of day-to-day operations and maintenance practices receives much less attention. These daily routines...

Improving efficiency through automated diagnostics.(Special Report: Whole Building Optimization)
April 1, 1998... RICHLAND, Wash.--Studies show that as much as 30 percent of energy consumed by commercial buildings in the United States is wasted, to a cost of about $70 billion. Much of the waste can be attributed to an inability to optimally control,...

Gas cooling show offers seminars, expo, and tours.(Gas Cooling Technology Conference and Exposition)
April 1, 1998... PHILADELPHIA--Nearly every aspect of gas cooling technology and services--from various types of chillers to the software that controls them--will be discussed and displayed at the Gas Cooling Technology Conference and Exposition here May 7-8....

Explaining the art of landing nat. gas contracts.
April 1, 1998... ALEXANDRIA, Va.--John M. Studebaker, principal with the Studebaker Group Inc., a national utility consulting group here, has more than 25 years of experience with manufacturing industries and related utility programs. He is a frequent...

Evaluating the potential for steam turbine cogeneration.(includes mail-in quiz)(EUN/APEM Training Series III)
April 1, 1998... While steam turbine cogeneration is a highly technical, complicated, and demanding process, determining the feasibility of application in an institutional or commercial facility is not a difficult engineering study. All that is required is the...