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Energy Conservation in New Buildings: Opportunities, Experience, and Options

Energy Conservation in New Buildings: Opportunities, Experience, and Options More than one third of US energy is consumed in buildings, where it is used mostly for space conditioning and water heating (1). The Department of Energy (DOE) (2) forecasts that the rate of new nonresidential construction will accelerate from 1.4 billion square feet annually to a rate of 2.0 billion in 2000. The rate of new residential construction is expected to decline from recent rates of about 2.3 million units (approximately 3.5 billion square feet) per year to about 2.0 million in 2000. Each of these newly constructed buildings represents a commitment to consuming a certain amount of energy for a half century or longer (about twice as long as the energy facilities that serve them). The primary energy required to operate new buildings constructed in a typical year is estimated at 0.75 quads annually. 1 Assuming half of this is supplied by base load electricity and half by synthetic fuels (both for direct use furnaces and for peak electricity generation), the corresponding schedule for constructing energy supply facilities can be determined. It calls for licensing one new 600 MW electric power plant every 30 days, and one large (250,000 mcf/day) synthetic gas plant every 90 days. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Annual Review of Environment and Resources Annual Reviews

Energy Conservation in New Buildings: Opportunities, Experience, and Options

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Annual Reviews
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Copyright 1981 Annual Reviews. All rights reserved
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1543-5938
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10.1146/annurev.eg.06.110181.001215
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Abstract

More than one third of US energy is consumed in buildings, where it is used mostly for space conditioning and water heating (1). The Department of Energy (DOE) (2) forecasts that the rate of new nonresidential construction will accelerate from 1.4 billion square feet annually to a rate of 2.0 billion in 2000. The rate of new residential construction is expected to decline from recent rates of about 2.3 million units (approximately 3.5 billion square feet) per year to about 2.0 million in 2000. Each of these newly constructed buildings represents a commitment to consuming a certain amount of energy for a half century or longer (about twice as long as the energy facilities that serve them). The primary energy required to operate new buildings constructed in a typical year is estimated at 0.75 quads annually. 1 Assuming half of this is supplied by base load electricity and half by synthetic fuels (both for direct use furnaces and for peak electricity generation), the corresponding schedule for constructing energy supply facilities can be determined. It calls for licensing one new 600 MW electric power plant every 30 days, and one large (250,000 mcf/day) synthetic gas plant every 90 days.

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Annual Review of Environment and Resources – Annual Reviews

Published: Nov 1, 1981

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