10.2190/88U9-8VJX-UYLA-9YLN 88U98VJXUYLA9YLN 2 Energy Conservation by Industrial and Commercial Users: Two Surveys 201 213 20020509 20020509 20020509 20020509 88U98VJXUYLA9YLN.pdf http://baywood.metapress.com/link.asp?target=contribution&id=88U98VJXUYLA9YLN 3 Stuart Oskamp Claremont Graduate School Industrial and commercial energy consumption is about 55 per cent of the U. S. total, but conservation efforts in those sectors have rarely been studied, and there are widely conflicting reports of their effectiveness. This study analyzed 133 published accounts of individual companies' energy conservation and concluded that they showed relatively good savings for most industries and excellent savings for commercial and public buildings. To check on the representativeness of these published accounts, a regional survey study was conducted by interviewing high-level officials of fifty-four Southern California chemical companies, chosen as a stratified random sample. Though many of the smaller companies had not conducted conservation efforts, companies of all sizes which had done so estimated average energy savings of 7 per cent or more per year—an encouraging level. However, due to rising production, total energy use is not declining, and strenuous additional conservation efforts are essential. R. Stobaugh and D. Yergin (Eds.), <i>Energy Future: Report of the Energy Project at Harvard Business School</i>, Random House, New York, 1979. P. C. Stern and G. T. Gardner, Psychological Research and Energy Policy, Unpublished manuscript, Institution for Social and Policy Studies, Yale University, 1979. J. Sweeney, Boosting Energy Research, <i>APA Monitor</i>, p. 3, 20, December 1977. R. A. Winett and M. S. Neale, Psychological Framework for Energy Conservation in Buildings: Strategies, Outcomes, Directions, <i>Energy and Buildings</i>, 1979. Conservation Lack Disappoints IEA, <i>Energy User News</i>, p. 5, Oct. 8, 1979. C. Berg, Energy Conservation through Effective Utilization, <i>Science, 181</i>, pp. 128-138, 1973. Doubtful DOE Seeks Conservation Data, <i>Energy User News</i>, p. 4, Oct. 8, 1979. Big Guns Urge Wide U. S. Conservation, <i>Energy User News</i>, p. 3, Oct. 22, 1979. J. Milstein, U. S. Steps Up the Race to Save Energy, Newsfeature, U. S. Department of Energy, 1979. Energy Dept. Lists Consumers of One Trillion Btus, <i>Energy User News</i>, pp. 4-6, Feb. 19, 1979. National Petroleum Council, Committee on Energy Conservation, <i>Potential for Energy Conservation in the United States: 1974-1978—Industrial</i>, National Petroleum Council, Washington, D. C., 1974. U. S. Department of Energy, Office of Industrial Programs, <i>Annual Report, Industrial Energy Efficiency Program: July 1977 through December 1978</i> (UC-95f, DOE/CS/0111), U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1979. Sodium Lights Approved for Ga. Power Building, <i>Energy User News</i>, p. 4, June 4, 1979. Chemical Manufacturers Association, <i>Energy Newsletter</i>, p. 2, July 18, 1980.