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089378 1 (1975-03-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacvir0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE REGIONAL OFFICE cc UROOM 403. U.S. CUSTOMHOUSE, 610 SOUTH CANAL STREET CHICAGO, ILLINOlS 60807 MAR 2 7 1975 Mr. Donald Swanson, Postmaster United States Post Office 909 W. Euclid Avenue Arlington Heights, Illinois 60004 Dear Mr. Swanson: We have completed a review of the energy conservation efforts undertaken at the United States Post Office located in Arlington Heights, Illinois. Our objectives were to determine how effectively energy conservation measures were implemented at the Post Office and to identify potential areas for effective long-term energy conserva- tion by more efficient operating procedures and capital improvements. Specifically, we were concerned with the development of a coordinated long-range conservation program, controls to reduce energy consumed in the facility and by vehicles, and the impact of energy on operations. Although we found evidence of efforts being made, we found no coordinated long-range energy conservation program at the Post Office. Without such a program, which should include an adequate energy-use information system, it is difficult to assess the progress made in reducing overall energy consumption. The Postal Service was committed to effecting a 10-percent overall reduction in energy usage during fiscal year 1974 as compared to fiscal year 1973. The Arlington Heights Post Office, however, did not meet this goal. One factor, in our opinion, that prevented the goal from being met was the lack of continuing oversight. Although a postal official had been informally acting as the Energy Conservation Officer, his efforts were devoted only on an as needed basis and did not provide for continuous monitoring of energy consumption. For example, we found that fiscal year 1974 natural gas consumption was about 19-percent greater than in fiscal year 1973. Monitoring of energy consumption should have disclosed this earlier, so that actions, such as a building survey by the utility company, could have been undertaken. BEST DOCUMENT AVAILABLE

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