IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/energy/v12y1987i10p1029-1043.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Field studies of energy savings in buildings: A tour of a 15-year research program at Princeton University

Author

Listed:
  • Socolow, Robert H.

Abstract

A 15-yr research program is reviewed which features field measurements of the energy performance of buildings. Focused studies have been conducted in detached houses, in apartment buildings, and in office buildings; in all cases, physical models developed in the absence of measurement have been found to lack features of central importance, and unforeseen opportunities to achieve cost-effective energy savings have been discovered. Field studies, moreover, have documented actual savings achieved through planned retrofits of buildings, improving the credibility of recommended interventions and permitting the retrofit enterprise to have self-correcting features. A now widely used ‘scorekeeping’ methodology which estimates energy savings from inputs of energy consumption and local weather is also described.

Suggested Citation

  • Socolow, Robert H., 1987. "Field studies of energy savings in buildings: A tour of a 15-year research program at Princeton University," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 12(10), pages 1029-1043.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:12:y:1987:i:10:p:1029-1043
    DOI: 10.1016/0360-5442(87)90059-4
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0360544287900594
    Download Restriction: Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1016/0360-5442(87)90059-4?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Lee, Dasheng & Cheng, Chin-Chi, 2016. "Energy savings by energy management systems: A review," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 56(C), pages 760-777.
    2. Zhu, L. & Hurt, R. & Correa, D. & Boehm, R., 2009. "Comprehensive energy and economic analyses on a zero energy house versus a conventional house," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 34(9), pages 1043-1053.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:12:y:1987:i:10:p:1029-1043. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Catherine Liu (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/energy .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.