Start Date
4-1980 8:00 AM
Description
The subject of energy conservation has not been a popular topic for scientific research and testing in the past as the cost of energy was so low that efficiency was generally not a consideration. However, following the Arab Oil Embargo of 1973, energy use did become important and homeowners began asking serious questions about energy conservation. As many of these questions reached state and federal agencies it became clear that existing research was totally inadequate and often conflicting. The situation was particularly bad in Florida where air conditioning, not heating is the primary environmental factor. This paper describes the State of Florida's efforts to provide a research facility to answer some of the fundamental questions of how energy is used and reduced in a warm, humid climate.
Tl DP-Basic Research for Answering Florida's Residential Energy Conservation Questions
The subject of energy conservation has not been a popular topic for scientific research and testing in the past as the cost of energy was so low that efficiency was generally not a consideration. However, following the Arab Oil Embargo of 1973, energy use did become important and homeowners began asking serious questions about energy conservation. As many of these questions reached state and federal agencies it became clear that existing research was totally inadequate and often conflicting. The situation was particularly bad in Florida where air conditioning, not heating is the primary environmental factor. This paper describes the State of Florida's efforts to provide a research facility to answer some of the fundamental questions of how energy is used and reduced in a warm, humid climate.
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