Technical Report
Evaluation of the Multi-Family Pilot Project
In the fall of 1984 Minnegasco and the Minneapolis Energy Office (MEO) initiated the Multifamily Pilot Project (MFPP) to demonstrate the effectiveness of an energy conservation installation program for multifamily buildings.
Date: August 1, 1986 | Author: Mary Sue Lobenstein, George Peterson | Category: Multifamily, Program Design
Technical Report
Converting Steam Heated Buildings to Hot Water Heat: Practices, Savings and Other Benefits
As part of an effort to gather reliable information on conservation measures for multifamily buildings, the conversion of steam heating systems in older buildings to hot water heating systems was investigated.
Date: July 1, 1986 | Author: Mary Sue Lobenstein, Martha Hewett, Timothy Dunsworth | Category: Multifamily, Behavior
Technical Report
Heating Cost Allocation: Centrally Heated Rental Housing, Energy Conservation Potential and Standards Issues
Economic analysis showed that the owners could achieve a one year payback while increasing tenants’ total average costs by only five dollars per month. Owners reported generally positive tenant reactions and no long term increase in turnover or vacancy.
Date: June 1, 1986 | Author: Martha Hewett | Category:
Technical Report
Characterization of 5 to 9 Unit Residential Buildings in Minneapolis
A study done by the Minneapolis Energy Office (MEO) characterizing 5 to 9 unit residential buildings in Minneapolis was conducted as one segment of an overall multifamily baseline study.
Date: March 1, 1986 | Author: Maureen Quaid, Timothy Dunsworth, Martha Hewett | Category: Multifamily, Program Design
Technical Report
Achieving Even Space Heating in Single Pipe Steam Buildings
The Minneapolis Energy Office has been involved with research and testing of steam heated apartment buildings for four years. This paper summarizes and reports the results of our testing and the conclusions of our work to date.
Date: December 1, 1985 | Author: George Peterson | Category: Multifamily
Technical Report
Measured vs Predicted Savings from Single Retrofits
Energy savings from single retrofits in one-and two-unit homes have been investigated in order to provide more reliable estimates to homeowners who are considering a conservation investment.
Date: September 1, 1985 | Author: Martha Hewett, Timothy Dunsworth | Category: Residential
Technical Report
Calibration of an Outdoor Reset in a Steel Fire Tube Boiler with a 3-way Mixing Valve
The Minneapolis Energy Office installed outdoor resets and 3-way mixing valves in three hot water multi-zone buildings with steel fire tube boilers in order to determine the cost and savings of this retrofit.
Date: August 1, 1985 | Author: Michael J. Koehler | Category: Multifamily
Technical Report
Data Quality Considerations in Using the Prism Program
We have found PRISM to be quite user-friendly and to normally produce realistic and robust estimates, but our testing and production experience also shows that its results can be quite erroneous if insufficient attention is given to several crucial data quality issues.
Date: August 1, 1985 | Author: Timothy Dunsworth, Martha Hewett | Category: Residential
Technical Report
Single Pipe Steam Air Venting
The Minneapolis Energy Office conducted experiments both in the laboratory and in the field to investigate the properties of single pipe steam air venting.
Date: June 1, 1985 | Author: George Peterson | Category: Multifamily
Technical Report
Superinsulation – Questions of Cost Effectiveness
The energy use and economics of a group of superinsulated and conventional houses were studied. Conventional construction was found to use considerably less energy than is generally assumed. The economic advantage of superinsulation is therefore less.
Date: March 1, 1985 | Author: George Peterson | Category: Residential