Page 8B THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, MAR. 24, 1976
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Study focuses
on reduction
of fuel costs
A detailed engineering study,
to reduce energy consumption
in campus buildings by at least
30 percent has been initiated at
Texas A&M.
Dr. Swiki Anderson, assistant
professor of mechanical en
gineering, heads a team study
ing energy consumption levels
of Texas A&M buildings and de
termining the measures which
will produce the greatest sav
ings.
If the goal of a 30 percent fuel
reduction can eventually be at
tained, it would mean tremend
ous monetary savings. Fuel
used for heating and air-
conditioning and for generating
electricity in 1973 cost about
$1.2 million. Despite current
conservation practices, this fi
gure is expected to rise to more
than $7 million in 1977.
This means that fuels will cost
nearly six times as much for
these tasks as they did only four
years earlier. A 30-percent re
duction of projected fuel costs in
1977 would amount to a savings
of more than $2.1 million.
Part of the increase in the
amount which Texas A&M pays
for fuel is due to higher enroll
ments and more buildings in
operation, but most comes from
the higher cost for fuel itself.
For example, the university
spent about $76 per student for
these fuel needs in 1973. The
projected fuel cost per student
in 1977 is $296, nearly a fourfold
increase in four years.
Anderson is using the 15-
story Oceanography and
Meteorology Building as the
model for his study. Put into
service in 1973, the building is
one of the campus’ major
e ne rgy-consu mi ng faci 1 i t i e s.
About 4.3 million kilowatt hours
per year are needed for the
building. The fuel and related
maintenance costs amount to
about $ 130,000 a year at current
fuel rates.
Anderson and his co-workers
have conducted detailed
monitoring of the energy-
consumption patterns in the
Oceanography-Meteorology
Building.
The next step will involve
computer techniques. A prog
ram will be established to corre
late with the actual energy con
sumption patterns of the build
ing. The computer program can
then be subjected to the many
variables involved in the
energy-consumption pattern.
This will produce a detailed
analysis of the conservation
measures which can be taken
and the amounts of energy and
money which can he saved b\
each measure.
Support for the projects
from the Texas Engines
Experiment Station, Centt,
Energy and MineralResou, . , n (
and the Physical Plant P, A.,
By I
Anderson says f
the study of the Oceai
phy-Meteorology ..
not be completely applica
all other large buildini
cause each building is A—- ,
and has unique character els of u
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But we do think we, L at ion
transfer many of the ene, use
conserving practices wi| l ma gr
from this study to otherij | s j nc l
ings.”
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