We preformed cost calculations on different methods to make Gordon Library at WPI more energy efficient. We focused mainly on the insulation of windows and walls, the analysis of different methods to decrease the amount of energy used by computers and televisions, and the feasibility of installing a photovoltaic system on the roof. The windows and walls both proved to have viable payback options while the photovoltaic system proved to have long run cost benefits. The Technology in the Library, if switched from logged-out mode to

Creator

• Mocadlo, Ryan
• Shooshan, Ryan
• Waring, Lauren
• Mao, Jian

Contributors

• Savilonis, Brian J.

Subject

• Power the World

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Language

• English

Identifier

• GPS1298

Year

• 2009

Date created

• 2009-01-01

Resource type

• Poster

Rights statement

• In Copyright

License

• Creative Commons BY-NC Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International