Open Ceiling Plans Provides Reduction in Energy Expenditures
The U.S. Department of Energy has finally seen the light with the opportunity available in reduction of stress on our electrical grid and product through daylighting. In June 2008, TIAX LLC published a report that was commissioned by the U.S. DOE Building Technologies Program titled Commercial Building Toplighting: Energy Savings Potential and Potential Paths Forward.
This report defines the cost-effective opportunity available to building owners that provides reduction in energy expenditures with rapid returns on investment while providing relief to our increasingly taxed electrical infrastructure around the country. The report’s biggest finding was that nationally, the largest opportunity with the fastest payback is found in building utilizing open ceiling plans in industrial distribution, warehousing, manufacturing and retail where the cost of implementation has been found to be less than $1.50 per square foot versus commercial and educational spaces where drop ceilings with plenum space reduce efficiency and require well or tubular skylights, increasing costs to approximately $4.50 per square foot. Though daylighting is effective in all applicable spaces, the paybacks in open ceiling plans can be less than 2 years.
For more information on the TIAX report on Commercial Building Toplighting, click here.
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