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Evaluation of the Plan to Conserve Energy in Federal Bnildings
through Retrofit Progrsas. END-78-2; 5-178205. December 22,
1977. 114 pp.
Report to Secretary, Department of Eaergy; by flonte Canfield,
Jr., Director# Energy and Kinerals Div.
Tssue irea:. nergy: Effect of Federal Efforts on Energy
Conservation (1607); Facilities and Material aanagement:
operation and Maintenance of Facilities (7C8).
Contact: Energy and minerals Div.
Budget PALuctions Natural Resources, Environment, and Energy:
Energy (305).
qisato o iWncazned; General Services Advinist'ation; Pobtal
Service; Veterans Administration.
Congressional Relevance: House Committee on Interior and Insular
Affairs; Senate Committee on Energy and Natural hvsources.
Authority: Energy Policy and Conservation Act (P.L. 94-163).
Department of Energy Organization Act (P.L. 95-91).
Executive Oxder 11912. Bxecutive Order 12003. ORB Circular
A-94. Office of Federal Procurament Policy Letter 76-1.
Buildings casuae about 391 of the total energy used by
the Federal Goverameat. Energy conservation in these facilities,
therefce, is essential in any program to reduce the
Governsentfs use ot energy. The Department of Energy (DOE) has
developed a comprehensive plan to reduce energy use in existing
Federal buildings through retrofit programs.
Findings/Couclusions: DOE's draft plan defines retrofit as
chanqes made tn a tuilding or its eguipment to increase energy
efficiency. The plan proposes that each Federal agency owning or
operating buildings: reduce energy consumption by 20% compared
to 1975 consumption, perform retrofit surveys on all federally
owned buildings by 1981, establish formal operating and
maintenance guidelines for energy management, and prepare a
10-year plan for retrofitting existing buildings.
Recommendations: The Secretary of Energy should develop a method
for evaluating and selecting projects which will account for
benefits over a project's expected life and consider the time
value of mcaey; establish a procedure whereby prcposed retrofit
projects of all agencies will be centrally approved by DOE to
ensure that Qnly those projects generating the greatest benefits
are funded; include a section in the plan requiring personnel
developing bid packages to consider energy efficiency when
purchasing or replacing building equipment; include a
requirement for agencies to use the retrofit handbook developed
by DOI for performing initial building surveys; develop specific
procedures for agencies to follow to support the need for an
Energy Management Systan; and develop a definitica for retrofit
projects to distinguish then from normal repair and alteration
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