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Central Energy Systems - Applications to Economic Development
Abstract
The City of San Antonio's Office of Public
Utilities has developed an innovative process to
assess predesign energy conservation strategies
for new buildings. This assessment also provides
direction for the community's overall economic
development objectives. The process utilizes two
computer-aided programs to evaluate quickly and
cost effectively the energy efficiency of new
buildings. The City uses the Predesign Energy
Program (PREP) to analyze efficiency in new
individual buildings during the conceptual stage
of design. The second program, Central Energy
Systems Analysis Program (CESAP) analyzes energy
efficiency for a group of buildings and
determines if a new district heating and cooling
(DHC) system would be a cost effective
application to serve the development project's
energy requirements. The combination of these
programs have given the City of San Antonio the
ability to: (1) help builders, owners and
architects to reduce energy and construction
costs; and (2) evaluate the feasibility of new
district heating and cooling systems as a means
to promote economic development within the City of
San Antonio.
Citation
Myers, M. S.; Diserens, S. E. (1985). Central Energy Systems - Applications to Economic Development. Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu); Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu). Available electronically from https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /6828.