Energy Conservation and Cost Savings Related to Highway Routine Maintenance (Revised)

摘要

The report includes a summary of the first two phases and a detailed discussion of the final phase. The final phase of the study focused on a trend analysis of energy use in routine maintenance and development of an optimization approach that can be used to determine the optimal assignment of various equipment types to different activities. The use of the approach was illustrated through an example application. A set of energy conservation guidelines was then outlined for possible implementation.