Appendix A
THE 1996 ENERGY SURVEY OF FLORIDA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Please return this survey to:
D. Parker
Florida Solar Energy Center
1679 Clearlake Road
Cocoa, FL 32922-5703
March 1996
A. | Background Information |
1. School District ____________________
2. School name ____________________
3. Street ____________________
4. City ____________________
5. Zip Code ____________________
6. Telephone ____________________
7. Principal ____________________
8. Maintenance Coordinator ____________________
9. Year originally built? ____________________
10. Major additions? (yr.) ____________________
B. | School Type and Characteristics |
Note: We are aware that some items, such as number of portable classrooms, may change frequently.
1. School type:
a. Elementary
b. Middle/Jr. High
c. High School
d. Vocational
e. Community College
2. a. Gross floor area of all premanent buildings? ____________________
b. Conditioned floor area of all permanent buildings? ____________________
(excluding portable classrooms)
3. Number of operated portable classrooms?____________________
a. Total floor area of portable classrooms? ____________________
4. Gymnasium? Yes No
5. Auditoriums? Yes No
6. Media Centers? Yes No
7. Cafeteria? Yes No
a. If Yes, approximately how many meals are prepared on the average school day?___________
b. How many meals are served? ____________________
c. Is this a satellite serving facility ; or a main cooking facility .
8. Number of refrigerators or freezers? ____________________
9. Approximate number of students (maximum) during year? ____________________
10. Average number of faculty/teachers? ____________________
11. Number of administrative/clerical and other staff?____________________
12. Athletic facilities with showers? Yes No
13. Swimming pool? Yes No
a. Heated? Yes No
C. | Operation and Schedule |
1. Number of days per year with students? ____________________
2. Year round school? Yes No
3. Closed summers? Yes No
4. Special summer school? Yes No
a. Average number of students? ____________________
5. Number of non-school days with faculty?
6. Night school or adult education? Yes No
7. Schedule during school year: Time (NA if not applicable)
a. Maintenance staff arrives ____________________
b. Faculty/staff arrives ____________________
c. Students arrive ____________________
d. Students depart ____________________
e. Faculty departs ____________________
f. Night school staff arrives ____________________
g. Night students arrive ____________________
h. Night school students depart ____________________
i. Night school staff departs ____________________
j. Maintenance staff departs ____________________
8. Are administrative offices open year round? Yes No
a. If no, what dates so they open ____________________
close ____________________
b. Time open ____________________
c. Time closed ____________________
9. Is the school air conditioned during non-school hours? Yes No
a. During non-school days? Yes No
b. Over summer break and on holidays? Yes No
10. If the school is air conditioned during non-school periods, which of the following are conditioned during these times. (Check all that apply):
a. Most of buildings and facilities
b. Library/media center
c. Gymnasium
d. Administrative offices
e. Cafeteria
f. Other
11. What is the most common cooling temperature maintained inside classroom facilities? (Important! please verify by measurement if possible)
a. In use ____________________
b. Non-occupied periods ____________________
12. What is the most common heating temperature maintained inside facilities?
a. In use ____________________
b. Non-occupied periods ____________________
13. How are interior temperatures maintained (check all that apply):
a. Individual manual thermostats
b. Central thermostats
c. Locked? Yes No
d. Clock thermostats
e. Energy management system
f. Direct Digital Controls (DDC) Yes No Not sure
14. Are windows ever opened for natural ventilation rather than using mechanical cooling? Yes No
15. What is the design mechanical ventilation rate per student (cfm)?
____________________
Don't know____________________
16. Approximately how old is the main HVAC system? ____________________yrs.
17. Previous problems at your facility with excessive humidity (eg. mold/mildew)?
Yes No
18. Have there ever been complaints of poor indoor air quality?
Yes No
19. Previous complaints from students and staff regarding indoor temperatures?
Yes No
20. Have thermostat settings been changed in the last year due to comfort
complaints? Yes
No
21. Is an active energy educational awareness program in place?
a. At your school? Yes No
b. At your district? Yes No
D. | Energy Systems |
(In this section, the facility manager will be asked about a number of technical items, many with which they may be unfamiliar. Please check all that apply and leave blank if unsure. Don't worry if there are questions no one can answer. Do the best you can, but realize that you are not expected to be familiar with all the described systems. Where there are multiple buildings, please check all that apply or give information that is most generally applicable.)
Building
1. Insulated roof or ceiling:
2. Gravel over built up roof
3. Single ply membrane
4. Color: (Light , Medium , Dark )
5. Modified bitumen (tar paper)
6. Asphalt shingle
7. Insulated walls
8. Windows in classrooms
9. No windows in classrooms
10. Tinted or solar control glass
11. Skylights
HVAC
12. Central chillers:
Reciprocating , Screw , Centrifugal , Yes, but don't know type
13. Packaged or split system ACs
14. Roof-top units
15. Heat pumps
16. Water loop heat pumps
17. Window or wall air conditioning units
18. Strip electric resistance heating
19. Heat pump heating
20. Furnace heating system
21. Boiler heating system
22. Cooling tower(s)
23. Variable frequency drives
24. Constant volume air distribution
25. Variable air volume system
26. Fan coil system
27. Ceiling return plenum
28. Dehumidification heat pipes
29. Enthalpy wheel
30. Demand ventilation control (CO2 sensors)
31. Gas absorption cooling
32. Low temperature air system
Lighting
33. Standard fluorescent lighting fixtures
34. Fluorescent fixtures with electronic ballasts
35. Clock or other automatic scheduling
36. Incandescent exit lighting
37. Fluorescent exit lighting
38. Occupancy sensors
39. Outdoor security lighting
40. Motion sensor control of outdoor lighting
41. Parking lot lighting
42. Athletic field lighting
Controls
43. Fully manual controls
44. Clock controls
45. Operating clock control? Yes No
46. Energy management system (EMS)
47. Operating EMS? Yes No
Miscellaneous
49. Ceiling fans in classrooms? Yes No
50. Computer labs? Yes No
E. | Energy Data |
1. What is the primary heating fuel for the facility?
a. Electric
b. Natural gas
c. Oil
d. Propane
e. Solar
2. What is the primary water heating fuel?
a. None, no hot water
b. Electric
c. Natural gas
d. Oil
e. Propane
f. Solar w/backup
F. Very Important! Please attach all utility billing records for each month of 1995 for all fuels that apply:
1 Electricity
2 Natural gas
3 Oil
4 Propane
Primary person completing this survey:
Name: ____________________
Title: ____________________
Telephone: ___________________
Other Comments: __________________________________________________________
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