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  title info:
    title: Development of a method for recording energy costs and uses during the construction process
  name:
    name part: Arnold, Althea Gayle.
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: Beltran, Liliana O.
    role:
      role term: thesis advisor.
  name:
    name part: Holland, Nancy L.
    role:
      role term: thesis advisor.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: txu
    date issued: 2010
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource.
  abstract: Rising energy costs should be a concern to contractors, designers, and owners. It is difficult to make a quantity takeoff for energy usage because these costs are imbedded in the materials, equipment, or overhead costs. This research examines energy consumption during the construction process, sets forth methods for recording this energy consumption and establishes a program for the recording and analysis of this data. An energy study of electricity, gasoline, and diesel consumption was made for the construction of three buildings to determine what data was available. After available data was evaluated, and the Energy Data Analysis program developed, three other construction sites were visited to determine how readily energy data can be recorded using the program. Four construction energy phases were identified from this research. The four phases are: 1) site clearing and preparation, 2) building structure, 3) interior finishes, and 4) commissioning. The main type of energy consumption during Phase 1 is diesel fuel for earth moving equipment. The energy uses for Phases 2 and 3 varied considerably among the projects studied and were difficult to quantify. However, the energy use during these phases was low compared to other phases and for many projects may not be economical to evaluate. During Phase 4, electrical energy demand was high due to Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) commissioning requirements and power up of all electrical power uses including lighting. These few construction projects are not enough to make definitive conclusions about what percentage of the total project cost is spent on energy. This research found that construction energy costs vary during different phases of the building process and can be a significant part of that phase (as high as 5.7% of the cost). The Visual Basic program developed during this research will facilitate future energy studies on construction sites. When the program is applied to a project, it identifies …
  note: by Althea Gayle Arnold.
  note: "Major Subject: Architecture"
  note: Title from author supplied metadata (automated record created 2010-03-12 12:08:51).
  note: Electronic resource.
  note: Doctor of Philosophy Texas A&M University 2008 http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2648
  note: Includes bibliographical references.
  note: Text (Dissertation)
  subject:
    topic: Major architecture
  subject:
    topic: energy
  subject:
    topic: conservation
  subject:
    topic: Construction
  subject:
    topic: sustainability
  subject:
    topic: electrical energy
  identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2648
  record info:
    record content source: TXA
    record creation date: 100428
    record change date: 20151201150144.0
    record identifier: in00002581119