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Solar Electric Power in Portland: Gary and Ulrike Calaba of Portland want to leave the world in better shape. The Calabas use the electricity produced by their solar electric system to reduce the amount they buy from Portland General Electric (PGEAt the end of each month, PGE bills them for their net energy consumption under...; Tags: Portland, agreement; Case studies
Commissioning Solves Building Problems That Robbed State Police of Comfort, Healthy Air: With 24 state buildings to maintain totaling 3.5 million ft2, the Oregon Department of Administrative Services DAS is all too aware of the time and money required to keep buildings working - and people safe and comfortable - when building systems aren't installed correctly during construction. The commissioning process for...; Tags: worker; Case studies
State Agency Uses Tax Dollars Wisely: The Oregon Department of Administrative Services DAS is the central administrative agency of state government, working to, effectively implement policy and financial decisions made by the Governor and the Oregon Legislature. When DAS began experiencing high energy use in their own Public Service Building and problems with their HVAC system...; Tags: Construction, HVAC, agency, public service, tax, financial; Case studies
Commissioning Helps Portland State University: When Portland State University PSU had to replace a chiller in its Science II building, they wanted to get to the end result - a smooth-running chiller system - as soon as possible. The Oregon Office of Energy assisted them in achieving their goals with support from the NW Energy...; Tags: Portland State University, HVAC, programming; Case studies
District Verifies Delivery of a Green Energy-Efficient School: When the North Clackamas School District outside of Portland, Oregon received voter approval to build a new high school, they decided to ensure the building would offer the best in energy efficient and environmentally friendly design. The district used the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design...; Tags: natural gas, school district, leadership; Case studies

Case Study: Energy-Saving Technology: This paper highlights a case study on energy systems. Some Oregon ranchers have found that solar-powered water pumping is a cost-effective way to give their cattle a drink. A feasibility study showed a solar photovoltaic PV system to be cheaper over its lifetime than running a power line to the...; Tags: Manufacturing, photovoltaics, powerline, beverage; Case studies
Microhole Technologies Initiative - The Microhole Initiative: This article introduces the Microhole Technology Initiative. The Department of Energy is charting the future of drilling research during the next decade. Under the new microhole initiative, it will pursue a major research program in the area of drilling and using smaller diameter wells less than two inches. The cost...; Tags: National Energy Technology Laboratory; White papers
Measuring Performance and Benchmarking Project Management at the Department of Energy: Benchmarking is an integral part of process improvement that provides a mechanism for making comparisons of project and program performance internally and externally. To be successful, benchmarking should be implemented as a structured, systematic process based on an understanding of critical success factors. Benchmarking can be applied during various phases...; Tags: National Academy of Sciences, benchmarking, process improvement, risk management, project management, performance; White papers 2005-07-01
Preventing Nuclear Smuggling: DOE Has Made Limited Progress in Installing Radiation Detection Equipment at Highest Priority Foreign Seaports: Since September 11, 2001, concern has increased that terrorists could smuggle nuclear weapons or materials into this country in the approximately 7 million containers that arrive annually at U.S. seaports. Nuclear materials can be smuggled across borders by being placed inside containers aboard cargo ships. In response to this concern,...; Tags: Government Accountability Office, seaport, Department of Energy; White papers 2005-03-01
U.S. Department of Energy: Human Capital Management Strategic Plan - FY 2005 Action Plan: The Department of Energy DOE achieved a "green" status score for its accomplishments in implementing the human capital initiative of the President's Management Agenda PMA. During FY 2005, DOE will build on the results achieved over the past three years. To accomplish this, the Department's Chief Human Capital Officer has...; Tags: U.S. Department of Energy, Department of Energy, human capital, human capital management, strategy; White papers 2004-11-29
Electricity Retail Price Fact Sheet: The restructuring of the electric power industry is transforming the historically monopolistic industry into one that will have increased competition in its generation and retail sales components, thereby changing the way electricity is priced, traded, and marketed in the United States. This fact sheet focuses on the retail electricity market...; Tags: Sales strategy, Sales force management, Department of Energy, sales, industry; White papers 2004-10-27
Electricity Supply and Demand Fact Sheet: The U.S. electric power industry is in transition as it moves toward a competitive environment in the wholesale and retail markets. Competitive markets are expected to encourage investments in new electric generating capacity to meet growing customer needs. These evolving markets are also expected to ensure that sufficient future capacity...; Tags: Department of Energy, environment, industry; White papers 2004-10-22
White Paper on an Energy Efficiency System for New Brusnwick: To address growing energy demand and environmental concerns the Province will design and implement a new energy efficiency delivery system. It will help New Brunswickers to use energy more efficiently, to control energy expenses and to reduce their impact on the environment. It will provide information and education on energy...; Tags: energy efficiency, incentive, environment; White papers 2004-09-01
Electricity Transmission Fact Sheet: Electricity transmission lines provide the transport highways to move electricity from the generation sources to concentrated areas of customers. From there, the distribution system moves the electricity to where the customer uses it at a business or home. The transmission systems are unique because they are designed to move this...; Tags: Department of Energy, storage; White papers 2003-08-19
Greening Federal E-Procurement: It has been observed that Federal government spends over $250 billion annually in direct purchases, over $240 billion annually in grants whereas state/local governments spend nearly $400 billion annually in purchases. But, a question which arises is that why Green Purchasing? This is because to develop demand for greener products...; Tags: Department of Energy, ordering system, e-procurement, government, agency; Presentations 2003-06-05
Digging Into Department Of Energy (DOE): This article is about Selecting the right central composite design for response surface methodology applications. Research and development are the heart and soul of improvement efforts in manufacturing, and it's fast becoming standard practice to employ design of experiments methods in industrial R&D. To successfully carry out any designed experiment,...; Tags: Research & Development, QCI International, R&D, manufacturing; White papers 2001-12-14
Performance-Based Management at the Department of Energy: The Department of Energy DOE is the largest single government agency that sponsors science and technology investments in these areas. Field and Laboratory personnel were assembled to design an effective performance-based management implementation approach for the Procurement and Property Management functions. They modeled their approach on the "balanced scorecard" (this...; Tags: Performance management, Department of Energy, property management, Balanced Scorecard, procurement, performance; White papers 2000-12-07
Seal Durability in Insulating Glass Units: Summary of Technical Issues and Recommendations to the Department of Energy: The content of this report is based on discussions with 13 experts in the field of IGU seal durability and performance. The principal degradation mechanisms of seal failures are loss of adhesion between the sealant material and the glass or spacer or rapid permeation of gases through the sealant material...; Tags: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, durability, manufacturing, performance; White papers 2000-12-04
Volume 5: Straw, Poultry Litter and Energy Crops as Energy Sources: Although wastes and other biological materials have been used as fuel for many years, a renewed UK interest in this technology has arisen with the increase in fuel prices and the problems of disposing of wastes in an economic and environmentally acceptable way. Waste combustion could generate energy savings equivalent...; Tags: industry; White papers 2000-04-11
Electrical Safety: Electrical Safety Handbook presents the Department of Energy DOE safety standards for DOE field offices or facilities involved in the use of electrical energy. It has been prepared to provide a uniform set of electrical safety guidance and information for DOE installations to effect a reduction or elimination of risks...; Tags: Quality, Regulations, Department of Energy, handbook, regulation, standards, environment; White papers 1998-01-01