Project Report
Low Cost Furnace Efficiency Program
10,000 Furnaces Later
Paper presented at 1986 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings Conference
Paper Dated: August, 1986 - Revised June 1989
By: John Proctor and Bobbie Foster
Abstract
A low cost heating system efficiency improvement system was pioneered in the summer of 1982. That program showed a 12% heating savings and details of that program are described in the 1984 ACEEE paper, "Low Cost Furnace Efficiency Improvements". The results of that work showed promise, but left unanswered questions.
- Can this technology and the administrative system necessary to accomplish it be transferred to other agencies from the organization that developed it?
- Which portions of the program were responsible for the majority of the savings?
By December of 1985 over 10,000 heating systems had been treated under the low cost program in Colorado. Over 10 agencies on those furnaces shows that success of this program depends on proper administration and a prioritized technical package.
This paper discusses the administrative portion of the programs because they are the least understood and most important part of the programs. Without them the best technical package will result in only mediocre savings, administrative headaches, liability problems and possible unsafe conditions inside the clients homes. This administrative system is now used on three programs
- The furnace program
- The boiler program
- The "House Nurse" program
Also see Immediate Impact ManagementTM and Program Design
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