Overview of Commercial Building Partnerships in Higher Education

Schatz, Glenn¹ 

[1] Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Washington, DC (United States)

关键词: education;    higher education;    energy modeling;    commercial buildings;    universities;    CBP;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1219947
RP-ID  :  CSO 25266
PID  :  OSTI ID: 1219947
Others  :  Other: 6143

美国|英语

来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

Higher education uses less energy per square foot than most commercial building sectors. However, higher education campuses house energy-intensive laboratories and data centers that may spend more than this average; laboratories, in particular, are disproportionately represented in the higher education sector. The Commercial Building Partnership (CBP), a public/private, cost-shared program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), paired selected commercial building owners and operators with representatives of DOE, its national laboratories, and private-sector technical experts. These teams explored energy-saving measures across building systems???including some considered too costly or technologically challenging???and used advanced energy modeling to achieve peak whole-building performance. Modeling results were then included in new construction or retrofit designs to achieve significant energy reductions.