If Buildings Were Built Like Cars- The Potential for Information and Control Systems Technology in New Buildings

Authors

  • Barney L. Capehart University of Florida
  • Harry Indig KDS Energy
  • Lynne C. Capehart Consultant

Abstract

This article compares the technology used in new cars with the
technology used in new buildings, and identifies the potential for apply-
ing automotive technology in new buildings. The authors draw on their
knowledge of both new cars and new buildings to present a list of sen-
sors, computers, controls, and displays used in new cars that can pro-
vide significant opportunities for our new buildings. Methods for inte-
grating this new technology into new buildings are also discussed. The
authors hope that their use of new car technology as a model for new
building technology will stimulate recognition of the potential for new
buildings, and ultimately lead to the implementation of similar techno-
logical improvements in new buildings.

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Author Biographies

Barney L. Capehart, University of Florida

Barney L. Capehart, Ph.D., CEM, is a Professor Emeritus of industrial and systems engineering at the University of Florida in Gainesville, FL. He has broad experience in the commercial/industrial sector having served as the founding director of the University of Florida Energy Analysis and Diagnostic Center/Industrial Assessment Center from 1990 to 1999. He personally conducted over one hundred audits of industrial and manufacturing facilities, and has helped students conduct audits of hundreds of office buildings, small businesses, government facilities, and apartment complexes. He regularly taught a University of Florida course on energy management, and currently teaches energy management seminars around the country for the Association of Energy Engineers (AEE). He is a Fellow of IEEE, IIE and AAAS, and a member of the Hall of Fame of AEE. He is the co-author of Guide to Energy Management, author of the chapter on energy management for the Handbook of Industrial Engineering, and wrote the chapter on energy auditing for the Energy Management Handbook.
Capehart@ise.ufl.edu

Harry Indig, KDS Energy

Harry Indig, BSME, MSME, has worked in the automotive industry for over twenty-five years. During this time he became involved in energy and alternate fuels. He specializes in testing, systems development, and project management, and has completed numerous challenging positions in product development at Ford Motor Company in testing as a technician, technologist, and product engineer. General Motors Corporation sponsored Harry’s master thesis in the fabrication of an inwardly opposed engine and Harry worked in the engineering laboratories and in design and release for GM trucks. Harry worked on projects designed for development several years in the future. As energy engineering became intertwined with the automotive industry, Harry became more interested in the applications and needs for energy alternatives in the United States. He has joined the Association of Energy Engineers and has started a company, KDS Energy Alternatives, LLC, which is working on anaerobic digestion energy process. Harry is an active member in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers. He is the author of several SAE papers.
HIndig@Comcast.net

Lynne C. Capehart, Consultant

Lynne C. Capehart, BS, JD, is a consultant in energy policy and energy efficiency and resides in Gainesville, FL. She received a B.S. with high honors in mathematics from the University of Oklahoma, and a JD with honors from the University of Florida College of Law. She is coauthor of Florida’s Electric Future: Building Plentiful Supplies on Conservation; the co-author of numerous papers on PURPA and cogeneration policies; and the co-author of numerous papers on commercial and industrial energy efficiency. She was project coordinator for the University of Florida Industrial Assessment Center from 1992 to 1999. She is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Pi Mu, and Sigma Pi Sigma.
Lynneinfla@aol.com

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Published

2023-07-11

How to Cite

Capehart, B. L. ., Indig, H. ., & Capehart, L. C. . (2023). If Buildings Were Built Like Cars- The Potential for Information and Control Systems Technology in New Buildings . Strategic Planning for Energy and the Environment, 24(2), 7–27. Retrieved from https://journals.riverpublishers.com/index.php/SPEE/article/view/20153

Issue

2004: Vol 24 Iss 2 2004-2005

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