Title :
A comparison of energy efficiency metrics for school buildings
Author :
Tanatammatorn, Napong ; Anderson, Timothy R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Eng. & Technol. Manage., Portland State Univ., Portland, OR, USA
fDate :
July 31 2011-Aug. 4 2011
Abstract :
A set of 49 elementary, middle, and high schools from a single school district are examined using five existing metrics and compared with the data envelopment analysis, DEA, benchmarking tool. The DEA results are then decomposed to examine the impact of scale efficiency and the results are compared to another a study of buildings in Taiwan.
Keywords :
building management systems; educational institutions; energy conservation; DEA benchmarking tool; Taiwan; data envelopment analysis; energy efficiency metrics; school buildings; Benchmark testing; Buildings; Correlation; Educational institutions; Energy consumption; Energy management; Indexes;
Conference_Titel :
Technology Management in the Energy Smart World (PICMET), 2011 Proceedings of PICMET '11:
Conference_Location :
Portland, OR
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1552-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-890843-24-3
