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Updating Purchasing Specifications For Energy-Efficient Commercial Boilers For The Federal Energy Management Program, Arturo Avila, James Lutz
Updating Purchasing Specifications For Energy-Efficient Commercial Boilers For The Federal Energy Management Program, Arturo Avila, James Lutz
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The Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) and the Environmental Energy Technology Division (EETD) at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) are conducting a research project that aims to update the current purchasing specification for energy-efficient commercial boilers. Data available on the internet was used to document the efficiencies, prices and other relevant data on commercial boilers. Boiler models were classified according to their fuel use (gas or oil) and if they produced hot water or steam. Boilers were ranked from highest to lowest thermal efficiency. Scatter plots were used to assess the ranges of efficiencies over a range of boiler capacities …