Life-cycle cost analysis of energy efficiency design options for residential furnaces and boilers
| Autor: | Camilla Dunham Whitehead, James E. McMahon, James Lutz, Alex Lekov, Steve Meyers, Peter Chan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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Engineering
Operations research business.industry Mechanical Engineering Boiler (power generation) Building and Construction Pollution Energy analysis Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Environmental Energy Technologies Reliability engineering Life-cycle cost analysis General Energy Cost analysis Economic impact analysis Electrical and Electronic Engineering business Operating cost Civil and Structural Engineering Efficient energy use |
| Zdroj: | Lutz, James; Lekov, Alex; Whitehead, Camilla Dunham; Chan, Peter; Meyers, Steve; & McMahon, James. (2004). Life-cycle cost analysis of energy efficiency design options for residential furnaces and boilers. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Retrieved from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/1s58310q |
| ISSN: | 0360-5442 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.energy.2005.02.002 |
| Popis: | In 2001, the US Department of Energy (DOE) initiated a rulemaking process to consider whether to amend the existing energy efficiency standards for furnaces and boilers. A key factor in DOE's consideration of new standards is the economic impacts on consumers of possible revisions to energy-efficiency standards. Determining cost-effectiveness requires an appropriate comparison of the additional first cost of energy efficiency design options with the savings in operating costs. DOE's preferred approach involves comparing the total life-cycle cost (LCC) of owning and operating a more efficient appliance with the LCC for a baseline design. This study describes the method used to conduct the LCC analysis and presents the estimated change in LCC associated with more energy-efficient equipment. The results indicate that efficiency improvement relative to the baseline design can reduce the LCC in each of the product classes considered. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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