Author: Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1437940293
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Alaska Home Energy Survey
Author: Alaska. Division of Energy and Power DevelopmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dwellings
Languages : en
Pages : 7
Book Description
Do it Yourself Alaska Home Energy Workbook
Author: Alaska. Division of Energy and Power DevelopmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dwellings
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
Your Home Energy Audit
Author: Alaska. Division of Energy and Power Development. Residential Energy Conservation ProgramPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dwellings
Languages : en
Pages : 14
Book Description
Energy-efficient Homes in Alaska
Author: Yasmeen HossainPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dwellings
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Global climate change is largely caused by greenhouse gas emissions from anthropogenic sources. The building industry is responsible for over 40% of global carbon emissions. Almost half of the energy consumption in buildings is from space heating and cooling. The incorporation of energy efficiency in homes has a large potential to mitigate future climate change impacts while at the same time aiding household members to adapt to the effects of global change. This dissertation explores this potential in Alaska, where in addition to climate change impacts, residents are vulnerable to high oil prices affecting not only their energy security, but also their health, food security, and sense of place. This interdisciplinary dissertation explores the viability of Alaskan energy-efficient homes from social, economic, and environmental perspectives. In the following chapters, I first use a conceptual model of energy security that is adopted from the food security literature to determine that a significant segment of Alaska is in an energy-insecure state. This is predominantly due to expensive fuel, overreliance on fuel imports, inefficient uses of heating fuel, and a legacy of inefficient homes. Next, I provide a historical survey of Alaskan homes from pre-contact dwellings to modern era homes. Some of the pre-contact homes' energy efficiency features have been reintroduced in some modern homes, such as a small square-foot-to-occupant ratio, passive solar design, arctic entrance, round or octagonal building layout, using earth berming, sand dunes, and snow banks as natural insulation, permafrost lined cellars, subterranean building style, thermal mass, and shared stone walls between rooms. Third, I discuss interviews conducted with homeowners of highly energy-efficient homes and other stakeholders in the building-, real estate- and financing industry, which reveal several barriers to the adoption of this building style innovation. The predominant barriers are lack of information and education on this building style by homeowners, designers, and builders; economic disincentive due to a low appraisal value; and a psychological mindset resisting change. Finally, I use a case study of a highly energy-efficient home in Dillingham, Alaska to exemplify the carbon payback point. Using a life cycle assessment approach, I calculated that within 3.3 years the highly energy-efficient house has reached carbon parity when compared to a conventional counterpart house. Collectively, I build on these findings to recommend improvements in education about the benefits of energy efficiency, an overhaul of the appraisal system, and a careful consideration of the psychological aspects of embracing innovations in an effort to facilitate wider adoption of highly energy-efficient homes in Alaska.
Alaska Energy Authority Community Power System Survey
Author: RSA Engineering, IncPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electric power systems
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Alaska Power Survey
Author: Alaska Power Administration. Executive Advisory Committee for the 1974 Alaska Power SurveyPublisher: [Juneau] : The Committee
ISBN:
Category : Electric power distribution
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Do it Yourself Alaska Energy Workbook for Restaurants
Author: Alaska. Division of Energy and Power DevelopmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Restaurants
Languages : en
Pages : 67
Book Description
Do it Yourself Alaska Energy Workbook for Retail Stores
Author: Alaska. Division of Energy and Power DevelopmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Stores, Retail
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
Do it Yourself Alaska Energy Workbook for Apartment Buildings
Author: Alaska. Division of Energy and Power DevelopmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Apartment houses
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Do it Yourself Alaska Energy Workbook for Hotel & Motel
Author: Alaska. Division of Energy and Power DevelopmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hotels
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description