Improving Energy Efficiency of Facilities

The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) has entered into an agreement with the Purdue University Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) to perform energy assessments on six sites. The six sites were selected to represent a variety of types of buildings typical for INDOT’s portfolio. These include the Research and Development Building in West Lafayette, the Crawfordsville Administration Building, the Falls City Sub-District, the Greensburg Unit, the Frankfort Sub-District Building, and the Central Materials and Testing in Indianapolis. This energy assessment report identifies, evaluates, and prioritizes energy-saving projects. Purdue MEP provided a comprehensive energy assessment of each site, and many energy efficiency measures (EEMs) were identified, with the potential to save in annual energy costs. The authors also researched available incentives from local utilities and calculated the payback period for each EEM. As a result of the assessments, six reports have been generated in order to: (1) Provide a benchmarking analysis to show energy performance relative to similar buildings; (2) Provide insight into the historical energy usage patterns of the facility; (3) Present recommended energy efficiency measures (EEM) for consideration; (4) Provide analysis to determine first order approximate costs and savings for each EEM; (5) Discover opportunities for incentives that may be available to help fund energy improvements. In collaboration with the energy assessments, Purdue MEP worked with INDOT to provide instruction and facilitation in the Energy Star Portfolio Manager tool.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.5703/1288284316356
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/isbn/9781622604500
• Corporate Authors:

  Purdue University

  Joint Transportation Research Program
  West Lafayette, IN  United States  47907-2051

  Indiana Department of Transportation

  100 N Senate Avenue
  Indianapolis, IN  United States  46204

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Weger, Kelly
  • Handy, Jim
• Publication Date: 2016-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 51p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Costs; Energy conservation; Energy consumption; Evaluation and assessment; Facilities; Recommendations; Savings
• Identifier Terms: Indiana Department of Transportation
• Subject Areas: Energy; Terminals and Facilities; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01633278
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9781622604500
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA/IN/JTRP-2016/29
• Contract Numbers: SPR-3946
• Files: TRIS, ATRI, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Mar 15 2017 9:37AM