Evaluation of Renewable Energy Alternatives for Highway Maintenance Facilities

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• Creators:
  Elzarka, Hazem ; Andrews, Taylor
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Cincinnati. Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering and Construction Management
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Renewable energy sources
  • Maintenance facilities
  • Highway facilities
  • Energy consumption
  • Greenhouse gases
  • Best practices
  • Decision support systems
  • Evaluation
  • Air quality management Research Hub
  • Energy
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA/OH-2013/13
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Ohio;United States
• Edition:
  Final Report
• Corporate Publisher:
  Ohio. Department of Transportation. Office of Statewide Planning and Research
• Abstract:
  A considerable annual energy budget is used for heating, lighting, cooling and operating ODOT maintenance facilities. Such facilities contain vehicle repair and garage bays, which are large open spaces with high heating demand in winter. The main goal of the project was to recommend renewable energy and energy efficiency strategies for ODOT maintenance facilities that will reduce energy costs and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The research team developed a 3-phases screening process for evaluating renewable energy technologies and developed a decision support tool for use in each phase.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  SJN 134706
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/26844/dot_26844_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 7.25 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ca0a26bfec8c117d271461fa23656d2679185b0083e639e941e7f87b2be0b290f2aba1b00a6177409abc5cc10b90aa5b8e16469cded36bf62f8dd4f98ec1be53