Water Conservation
WATERGY: A Water and Energy Conservation Model for Federal Facilities
By
Dr. Sharon deMonsabert, P.E. Associate Professor, Urban Systems Engineering George Mason University Fairfax, VA 22030-4444 Phone: 703-993-1747 Fax: 703-993-1706 Barry L. Liner Consultant - Management Practice Water Research Center (WRc inc.) 7700 Leesburg Pike, Suite 400 Falls Church, VA 22043 Phone: 703-918-9573 Fax: 703-749-7962
Presented At
CONSERV'96
Orlando, Florida January 6, 1996
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: The authors would like to thank Mark Ginsberg, Director of the Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) for the funding and support of this research; Katherine Mayo of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), without whom this project would not have been successful, for her overall guidance; and Rick Albani, Director of Technical Services, Vista Consulting Group (703-827-9752), for his help in providing information about water and wastewater utility operations.
WATERGY: A Water and Energy Conservation Model for Federal Facilities
Dr. Sharon deMonsabert, P.E. Barry L. Liner
PURPOSE Federal facility managers have more information on energy systems than they do on water usage and conservation practices. Through financial assistance and education, FEMP hopes to give these managers a clearer determination of the impact water use has on energy consumption. Although many software tools exist for the evaluation of energy conservation measures alone, WATERGY will analyze the potential of water savings, and associated energy savings associated with water conservation, at Federal facilities. This paper serves as an overview of the water-energy relationship assumptions which were used in the development of WATERGY. INTRODUCTION Water conservation can be defined as any action that reduces water use of loss in which the resources used to generate the savings have a lesser value than the resources saved. These resources include fuel oil, natural gas, coal and other energy
By
Dr. Sharon deMonsabert, P.E. Associate Professor, Urban Systems Engineering George Mason University Fairfax, VA 22030-4444 Phone: 703-993-1747 Fax: 703-993-1706 Barry L. Liner Consultant - Management Practice Water Research Center (WRc inc.) 7700 Leesburg Pike, Suite 400 Falls Church, VA 22043 Phone: 703-918-9573 Fax: 703-749-7962
Presented At
CONSERV'96
Orlando, Florida January 6, 1996
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: The authors would like to thank Mark Ginsberg, Director of the Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) for the funding and support of this research; Katherine Mayo of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), without whom this project would not have been successful, for her overall guidance; and Rick Albani, Director of Technical Services, Vista Consulting Group (703-827-9752), for his help in providing information about water and wastewater utility operations.
WATERGY: A Water and Energy Conservation Model for Federal Facilities
Dr. Sharon deMonsabert, P.E. Barry L. Liner
PURPOSE Federal facility managers have more information on energy systems than they do on water usage and conservation practices. Through financial assistance and education, FEMP hopes to give these managers a clearer determination of the impact water use has on energy consumption. Although many software tools exist for the evaluation of energy conservation measures alone, WATERGY will analyze the potential of water savings, and associated energy savings associated with water conservation, at Federal facilities. This paper serves as an overview of the water-energy relationship assumptions which were used in the development of WATERGY. INTRODUCTION Water conservation can be defined as any action that reduces water use of loss in which the resources used to generate the savings have a lesser value than the resources saved. These resources include fuel oil, natural gas, coal and other energy