This study is the result of an eight-year analysis of changes resulting from converting a 204-unit apartment complex from a billing system that included gas costs in the rent to individual payment of these costs by the residents. This conversion involved the installation of a Btu metering and allocation system at an apartment complex in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Occupancy, gas consumption, and cost-to-tenant comparisons were made for the period immediately prior to the conversion (June 1982 to June 1983) and for every 12-month period thereafter. The results of this case study indicate an increase in occupancy from 92% to 99%, an average annual decrease in heating-season gas consumption of 2% from the base period, and an average annual decrease in summer-season gas consumption of 13%. All consumption comparisons were adjusted for both heating degree-days and fluctuations in billing period.
KEYWORDS: meters, gas consumption, summer, winter, flats, USA, case studies, tenants, comparing, history, converting, degree days, energy consumption, heat meters
Citation: Symposium, ASHRAE Transactions, vol.97, Pt. 1, New York 1991
Product Details
- Published:
- 1991
- Number of Pages:
- 4
- File Size:
- 1 file , 730 KB
- Product Code(s):
- D-18394
