Replication and Evaluation of Selected Innovations Developed Within the Urban Technology System: Report III, Technology Replication Packages

摘要

Three replication projects developed by the Urban Technology System (UTS) are reported: telephone cost control innovations for implementation; solar hot water heating; and project control systems. Overall objectives of these projects are the evaluation and replication of selected innovations in local government service delivery and a determination of critical factors which enhance or impede the replication process. The telephone project involved reviewing a jurisdiction's current or existing telephone system. This information was used to consider options and factors inherent in making major changes to that telephone system. The solar heating package is structured to provide guidelines for implementing solar hot water heating in public housing based on detailed technical information obtained from experience in a four-unit building in St. Petersburg, Florida. The project control system replication package discusses schedules, reports, and monitoring systems involved in project control and suggested procedures for implementing a project control system.