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Review Of Chilled Water And Electric Energy Use At The West And North/South Buildings Of The Orange County Convention Center, Florida Solar Energy Center, Charles Withers, Jr.
Review Of Chilled Water And Electric Energy Use At The West And North/South Buildings Of The Orange County Convention Center, Florida Solar Energy Center, Charles Withers, Jr.
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The Orange County Convention Center (OCCC) has the 2nd largest convention facility utilization in the nation. Two primary buildings provide about seven million square feet of conditioned space to one million visitors per year. In efforts to reduce energy conservation, OCCC began implementing several energy conservation measures beginning in 2005 and continuing over the last 2 years with plans to continue additional efforts in the future. Examples of the types of energy conservation involved changing lighting and HVAC schedules and control methods, replacement of motors with higher efficiency, and turning off power to other unused equipment. An analysis of monthly …