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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