An Environmental Analysis of Proposed Efficiency Improvements for the Edwin L. Jones Cancer Research Building
Abstract
In the fall of 2009 Duke University initiated an energy audit of the Edwin L. Jones
Cancer Research Building. The audit recommended a series of potential efficiency improvements,
using energy cost reductions as the primary decision criteria. This project investigates
the potential impact of proposed improvements on Duke’s climate neutrality goals by
quantifying the associated greenhouse gas reductions. The project also evaluates mechanisms
for pricing these benefits and prioritizing other campus facilities for future audits.
Project results indicate that implementing the proposed Jones Building improvements
could reduce total non-transportation campus emissions by approximately 1% and that
similar improvements to all campus research facilities could reduce emissions by more
than 10%.
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