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089521 1 (1973-09-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacvnt0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON REGIONAL OFFICE FIFTH FLOOR 803 WEST BROAD STREET FALLS CHURCH, VIRGINIA 22046 SEP ? 1973 Mr. Frank Wille, Chairman Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Washington, D.C. 20429 Dear Mr. Wille. The General Accounting Office has been reviewing the potential for energy conservation in Federal office buildings. We had begun to study the energy consumption at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) building in Washington, D C , when the President requested that each agency establish a plan to reduce the demand for energy by 7 percent over the next year The FDIC plan was submitted on August 10, 1973. In examining the FDIC plan we are impressed with your agency's intent to move forward affirmatively towards energy conservation. Particu- larly interesting is the concept of appointing conservation monitors to increase employee participation in the program and which could lead to further conservation efforts on the part of employees in their private lives. Similarly commendable are your efforts to reduce lighting through increased use of natural light sources and the turning off of lights in areas where they are not being used. In view of the recentness of your plan, we have deferred further review effort at this time. We do, however, have some observations on the FDIC building which could help In your energy conservation efforts. The FDIC plan does not provide for the energy savings possible by shutting down the main air-conditioners when the building is unoccupied during evening hours, over weekends, and on holidays. Air-conditioners in the FDIC building are operated on a 24-hour-a-day basis during the cooling season In most Federal buildings managed by the General Services Adminis- tration (GSA) in the Washington, D.C , area, air-conditioners are not operated when the buildings are unoccupied. A similar practice could be adopted by FDIC without any adverse effect since the data processing area is served by an independent air-conditioner. Although the savings from not operating the air-conditioners can not be readily quantified because of the varying capacities at which the air-conditioners are operated and the effect of inside temperature settings and outside weather conditions on energy consumed, the potential for savings appears significant.

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