The Gas-fired Future: Boom or Bust?

1 For examples of the degree to which buildings have conservation features such as multiple glazing and exterior or interior shading and awnings the reader is referred to "A Look at Commercial Buildings in 1995: Characteristics, Energy Consumption and Energy Expenditures," DOE/EIA - 0625 (95), October 1998. For information on conservation practice in the residential sector see "A Look at Residential Energy Consumption in 1997," DOE/EIA - 0632 (97), November 1999. This study interestingly enough reported that such conservation practices as lowered thermostat settings increases with a higher household income level. The U.S. use per customer may rise because of larger houses when income rises but conservation awareness increases as well. For evidence of the degree to which the research community has disregarded conservation effects the reader should compare this later volume with such predecessor volumes based on research conducted in the 1980s as "Housing Energy Consumption and Expenditures 1993," DOE/EIA - 0512 (94), October 1995. For examples of conservation practices in the manufacturing sector the reader is referred to "Manufacturing Consumption of Energy 1994," DOE/EIA - 0512 (94), December 1997.

2 EPRI, "Energy Markets and Generation Response," Quarterly Update on New Power Plants, December 2000.