ISSN:0199-8595    

DOI:10.1080/01998595.1999.10530452

出版商:Taylor & Francis Group    

年代:1999

数据来源: Taylor

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As part of the energy assistance program to help Ukraine shut down the Chernobyl nuclear reactors, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) asked the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) to identify and appraise industrial energy efficiency projects in Ukraine. The industrial sector currently accounts for over 60 percent of Ukraine's energy consumption. Most industrial enterprises in Ukraine use energy very inefficiently because the former communist system provided few incentives to conserve energy or even account for its cost. Since 1994, however, the country's energy prices have risen close to world levels, and Ukraine finds itself saddled with very high energy costs. The Ukrainian government is also under pressure to lower natural gas imports and reduce the country's trade imbalance with Russia. As a result, incentives to save energy in Ukraine are now great, and the market for energy efficiency products is growing. The Ukrainian government estimates that this market will generate from $700 million to $ 1 billion of new product sales by the year 2000. However, few industrial enterprises have the money necessary for large-scale energy-efficiency improvements. Therefore, one of the main goals of this DOE-funded program is to help the most promising enterprises obtain financing for energy efficiency projects from a variety of financial institutions, or through new, creative financing mechanisms.

ISSN:0199-8595    

DOI:10.1080/01998595.1999.10530453

出版商:Taylor & Francis Group    

年代:1999

数据来源: Taylor

摘要:

Compressed air can be a manufacturing facility's most expensive utility. Estimates and actual measurements of compressed air systems indicate ten to thirty-five percent of all compressed air generated is lost to leakage or improper use. Proper maintenance, sound design, and appropriate use of compressed air all contribute to cost effective and energy efficient compressed air systems.

ISSN:0199-8595    

DOI:10.1080/01998595.1999.10530454

出版商:Taylor & Francis Group    

年代:1999

数据来源: Taylor

摘要:

Funding for capital projects within organizations has traditionally come from internally generated sources. Companies would determine their allowable funding for capital projects based on anticipated sales and expenditures. Each unit within the company would then determine those projects that they would like to see completed, estimate the costs for the projects, and then rank them in some order of priority. Distribution of available capital funds was thus made on some rational set of rules. Projects such as energy saving projects, which did not improve manufacturing processes, productivity, or keep the facility from falling down usually had such a low priority that they were typically deferred, maybe even rarely ever implemented.

ISSN:0199-8595    

DOI:10.1080/01998595.1999.10530455

出版商:Taylor & Francis Group    

年代:1999

数据来源: Taylor

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This article summarizes a methodology developed to evaluate the energy savings impact of HVAC maintenance training for community colleges in California. The methodology was developed in a study conducted jointly by Servidyne Systems, Inc. and the California Energy Commission. The study involved: 1) a review of previous literature on attempts to quantify training and preventive maintenance impacts; 2) creation of a simplified calculation model for estimating energy savings that could be attributed to HVAC maintenance training; 3) application of the model to nine sample community colleges, using data taken from energy audits of the colleges; 4) calculations of the range of energy savings that could be anticipated through training at the nine colleges; and 5) field surveys to evaluate HVAC equipment conditions and document typical maintenance problems at community colleges that could be addressed by a training program.

ISSN:0199-8595    

DOI:10.1080/01998595.1999.10530456

出版商:Taylor & Francis Group    

年代:1999

数据来源: Taylor

摘要:

Last year, the Alliance to Save Energy, the Department of Energy's Office of Industrial Technologies, and a cadre of private companies and associations formed an innovative “Steam Partnership” with the goal of developing a new DOE technical assistance program on steam efficiency. In 1997, the Steam Partnership began to define the appropriate activities, tools, and services of a public-private program on steam. Modeled after the successful Motor Challenge program and the newly launched Compressed Air Challenge program, “Steam Challenge” will highlight the importance of steam system efficiency and provide information and technical assistance to industry. This article highlights the potential savings available through steam efficiency, introduces the Steam Challenge program, summarizes the program's accomplishments, and describes the program's future goals and activities.

ISSN:0199-8595    

DOI:10.1080/01998595.1999.10530457

出版商:Taylor & Francis Group    

年代:1999

数据来源: Taylor