We are pleased to introduce a new department to CBS News. In each issue, you will find a brief update on projects being conducted by our new Applications Team.
The Houston air traffic control tower
The A-Team has completed the first phase of work to help the Federal Aviation Administration become more energy-efficient (CBS News, Fall 1994). Phase one includes a detailed energy audit of an example of each type of facility in the FAA building stock, located in the Houston metropolitan region.
Electricity balance: Houston tower
Phase two of the work for the FAA has begun with an energy audit of the Seattle air route traffic control center. This phase will involve research and development teams at LBNL, whose members will build a baseline computer simulation model of the Center. This model, plus others we expect to do in the future, will allow priorities to be set on future energy audits that contractors will perform on FAA buildings during the next ten years. The A- Team also provided design assistance recently for a new air traffic control tower in Grand Junction, Colorado.
--Geoffrey Bell
Geoffrey Bell
The Applications Team
(510) 486-4626; (510) 486-4101 fax
This work is supported by the Federal Aviation Administration.