Renewable Energy Guide for Highway Maintenance Facilities

This report presents a guide for the planning, design, and operation of new and retrofitted highway maintenance facilities that are sustainable and energy efficient over their service lives through the effective use of energy capture technologies. In this project, the term “highway maintenance facility” was defined as a building used to garage, repair, and maintain vehicles and equipment, with associated storage, shop, office, and other occupied spaces. The term “energy capture technology” refers to the use of both active, renewable (such as wind, solar, and ground-source) energy sources and passive (such as solar-thermal) building and site modifications. The development of the guide comprised several major tasks. The research team first conducted an extensive review of the worldwide literature on the use of renewable energy technologies to heat and cool, light, and provide electrical power for maintenance facilities operated by highway agencies as well as organizations such as transit agencies and the military. The literature review was supported by a survey of state, local, and municipal highway agencies, organizations with similar missions, and technology vendors to determine (1) energy capture technologies currently employed at highway maintenance facilities, (2) existing or planned highway maintenance facilities where energy capture technologies can be effectively employed, and (3) strategies for financing projects incorporating renewable energy sources. Finally, the survey results were used to identify case studies of the use of renewable energy technologies in highway and non-highway maintenance facilities. The guide provides information specific to regional and facility-functional requirements and is suitable for possible adoption by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO). It provides an extensive set of case studies illustrative of the use, benefits, and costs of renewable energy technologies in a variety of geographic and climatic regions in the United States. The guide fully documents the results of the research and includes an appendix for estimating the costs and capabilities of several renewable energy sources and a glossary of terms.

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• Authors:
  • Lorand, Robert
  • Cohen, Joseph
  • Mello, Jake
  • Panich, David
• Publication Date: 2013

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Glossary; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 246p
• Serial:
  • NCHRP Report
  • Issue Number: 751
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0077-5614

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Electric power generation; Energy conservation; Heating, cooling and ventilation equipment; Highway maintenance; Lighting systems; Maintenance facilities; Renewable energy sources; Sustainable development
• Subject Areas: Energy; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Terminals and Facilities; I15: Environment; I60: Maintenance;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01483426
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780309259118
• Report/Paper Numbers: Project 20-85
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Jun 7 2013 1:19PM