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UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUN
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20
LOGISTICS AND COMMUNICATIONS
DIVISION 1 Y .
B-178205
SEP 1 '1973
The Honorable Arthur F. Sampson LM09607
Administrator of General Services '
General Services Administration
Washington, D. C.
Dear Mr. Sampson:
In the Spring of 1973, the General Accounting Office initiated
a survey of the potential for energy conservation in Federal office
buildings in California. As a resUlt of the survey,'a review was
begun on June 11 in General Services Administration (GSA) Regions 1,
3, 4, and 9. Because energy conservation is a growing National
concern, we wanted to determine how effectively certain Federal
directives were being carried out, and assess the potential for
further energy conservation in Federal office buildings.
On June 29, 1973, the President directed that all departments
and agencies review activities which place demands on energy resources
and determine how demand should be reduced. He established a goal for
the Federal Government of reduction of expected demand for energy by
7 percent over the next year. In order to reach this goal, your office
has issued an order which would strengthen the Government-wide energy
conservation program by requiring specific changes in operating practices
in the 10,000 GSA managed buildings.
Because of the action you are taking, we are deferring our review
for the present time. We believe, however, that our initial observations
resulting from visits to eight GSA-owned or operated buildings may be
of interest to you, as they support the need for renewed emphasis on
energy conservation practices.
Our observations relate to the major energy consuming operations
in centrally air conditioned buildings, namely illumination, air handl-
ing, cooling, and heating. We noted instances where utility costs per
net square foot varied by more than a factor of two for buildings in
the same building class and in the same climate zone. While tenant
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