Title

Demonstrated Energy Savings Of Efficiency Improvements To A Portable Classroom

Abstract

Florida has over 25,000 portable classrooms in use around the state. Energy costs for these structures exceed $20 million a year - or about 11% of all energy-related expenditures for educational facilities. Research has also shown interior ventilation rates in these classrooms typically fall far below the recommended levels in ASHRAE Standard 62-1989. Our goal in this project was to reduce energy use and to improve the physical learning environment in portable classrooms. A middle school in Volusia County Florida was chosen for the two year study. Two portables were highly instrumented and a year of base-line data was collected before a series of retrofit measures were sequenced into the classrooms.

Publication Date

12-1-2000

Publication Title

Proceedings ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings

Volume

3

Document Type

Article; Proceedings Paper

Socpus ID

0034581601 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/0034581601

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