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Technical Bulletins: Energy Efficiency Conservation Block Grant Program In Tennessee, Warren Nevad, Hillary Nevad

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This publication examines the elements, goals and project outcomes of the State of Tennessee Energy Efficiency & Conservation Block Grant Program (EECBG), as well as the environmental and economic benefits associated with local governmental implementation of this program.

Technical Bulletins: National Energy Conservation Act, Mtas

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This Technical Bulletin provides information about the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (NECPA) and its grant programs to promote energy conservation in four sectors of public and private non-profit buildings constructed prior to April 20, 1977.

Technical Bulletins: Nasa-Developed "Power Factor Controller", Mtas

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This Technical Bulletin provides information about a "Power Factor Controller," on which NASA owns the patent. According to NASA's Tech Brief MFS-23280, this device saves power on most electric motors, ranging from 65 percent in a no load condition to zero under full load.

Technical Bulletins: Transient Voltage/Power Surge Suppressors, Mtas

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

According to professional electrical engineering organizations, tests by engineering schools and actions by some state attorneys general, there is no merit to the claim that transient voltage and power surge suppressors will reduce electricity costs. This report summarizes the data obtained by the Council of Better Business Bureaus on these devices.

(The report was reprinted in its entirety from a Report by the Council of Better Business Bureaus, Inc. , 1150 17th Street, N. W. , Washington, DC 20036, dated May 1977.)

Technical Bulletins: Energy Conservation Code, Mtas

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

Chapter 888 of the 1978 Public Acts adopted by reference the Code for Energy Conservation in New Building Construction, and required all cities and towns to enforce this code effective Jan. 1, 1979. For the information of municipal officials this law was reproduced by MTAS as it had been codified in the Tennessee Code Annotated.

Technical Bulletins: Tn. Energy Authority Asks Cities' Help With 55 Mph Campaign, Mtas

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This Technical Bulletin announces the Tennessee Energy Authority's appeal to cities for help in promoting voluntary compliance with the 55 mph speed limit.

Technical Bulletins: Selected Short Bibliography On Energy Conservation By Local Governments, Mtas

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

Selected Short Bibliography on Energy Conservation by Local Governments. Includes such titles as Handbook of Energy Policy for Local Governments, Energy Saving Check List for Industrial and Commercial Companies(complied by Knoxville Utilities Board based on survey of practices of board customers), and Energy Conservation in Buildings: New Roles for Cities and Citizen Groups (National League of Cities).

Technical Bulletins: Solar Demonstration Grants Available, Mtas

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

Announcement of the Federal Department of Energy's third Program Opportunity Notice (PON) for innovative solar commercial projects.

Technical Bulletins: A Voluntary Energy Conservation Program That Worked, Mtas

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

A planned, well-executed program for conservation can save both energy and dollars. Such a program was developed and followed by the First National Bank of Memphis. Listed in this Technical Bulletin are some things done at First National's main office, operations, and 36 branch bank buildings to reduce the consumption of natural gas and electricity. Each item is followed by a brief description of the result of the change made.

Technical Bulletins: The Energy Situation, Victor C. Hobday

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

In this Technical Bulletin, MTAS Executive Director Victor C. Hobday addresses energy policy and conservation within local governments.

Technical Bulletins: Suggested Outline For An Energy Conservation Program, Mtas

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

The following outline, taken from the National Bureau of Standards' Energy Conservation Program Guide for Industry and Commerce (NBS Handbook 115, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1974), was reproduced by MTAS as a means of possibly assisting Tennessee cities in formulating energy conservation programs.

Technical Bulletins: Street Lighting, Energy Conservation, And Crime, Mtas

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This Technical Bulletin looks at the debate over the merits of saving energy by turning off street lights.

Technical Bulletins: Local Government Energy Conservation Measures, Mtas

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

In this bulletin, MTAS listed various practices, beyond the temperature-speed reduction requests of the President, that some Tennessee municipalities were adopting to reduce energy usage.