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University
of Nebraska at Omaha Gets Federal Energy Technology Grant
In September,
the U.S. Department of Energy announced the University of Nebraska at Omaha
was one of 21 research projects selected to advance energy efficiency and
fossil energy technologies.
The UNO project will design, implement and validate a prototype monitor
that tracks occupancy and control indoor environment services in buildings.
Emphasis of the research is on:
- evaluating
feasibility, performance and economics associated with occupancy detection
and indoor environment control based on multiple distributed occupancy
detectors;
- developing
new algorithms based on network analysis; and
- developing
a prototype-control system based on the first two phases.
The
prototype will be field-tested in a private office, an open-plan
office and a classroom. The grant from the U.S. Department of Energy totaled
$321,440. The University will provide $107,340 in matching funds.
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America's Houses Are Growing Bigger
According
to the National Association of Home Builders and the Census Bureau, houses
in America are getting ever larger. In the past 100 years, typical homes
have grown from 800 square feet to more than 2,300 in 2002, a near quadrupling.
In 1900, a standard home measured just 40 feet x 20 feet, and families were
a lot larger then. Over the next five decades, the typical home only increased
to 983 square feet. Just 20 years later, typical homes added 500 square
feet more. The next 20 years in 1990 yet another 500 square
feet had been added. A typical home in 1990 now totaled nearly 2,100 square
feet.
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