Table 2:
Life Cycle Energy Cost Savings
by City for Ten and Thirty Year Periods
with Climate and Energy Costs

. Atlanta Boston

Chicago

Cleveland


Dallas-
Ft. Worth

 Denver El Paso Houston

Climate (WSO unless noted otherwise) (1)

.

.
.

.

.

.
.

.
Heating degree Days HDD65 3025 5596 6459 6179

2420

6023

 2672

1548
Cooling Degree Hours CDH74 16803 5358 6606 4772 36294 5908 22966 30474
Energy Costs Fall 1999(2) . . .. . . . . .
Natural Gas (for heating) $/mcf $5.93 $7.23 $4.97 $6.23 $4.58 $4.06 $4.58 $4.58
Electricity (for cooling) $/kwh $0.070 $0.100 $0.081 $0.095 $0.064 $0.055 $0.094 $0.068

Total LCC Savings @ 10 Years, $ / block

Total LCC Savings @ 30 Years, $ / block

$0.82

$2.05

$1.59

$3.96

$1.28

$3.18

$1.51

$3.76

$0.71

$1.76

$0.96

$2.40

$0.73

$1.82

$0.53

$1.31



.

Indianapolis

Los
Angeles

Memphis Miami Milwaukee

Minneapolis

New Orleans

New York JFK

Climate (WSO unless noted otherwise) (1)

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.
Heating degree Days HDD65
5653
1595

3214

198

7327

8010

1311

5171
Cooling Degree Hours CDH74
9082
4306
24504
39401
3313
6806
32758
7634
Energy Costs Fall 1999(2)
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Natural Gas (for heating) $/mcf
$5.44
$6.26
$6.11
$6.59
$4.89
$4.40
$5.65
$6.49
Electricity (for cooling) $/kwh
$0.065
$0.095
$0.062
$0.065
$0.064
$0.066
$0.070
$0.128

Total LCC Savings @ 10 Years, $ / block

Total LCC Savings @ 30 Years, $ / block

$1.23

$3.07

$0.43

$1.06

$0.93

$2.32

$0.93

$0.92

$1.38

$3.43

$1.38

$3.45

$0.56

$1.41

$1.39

$3.46



.

Omaha

 Phoenix Raleigh

Sacramento

St. Louis

Salt Lake
City

Seattle
Tacoma

 Tulsa

Climate (WSO unless noted otherwise) (1)

..

..

..

 .

.

.

.

.
Heating degree Days HDD65 6201

1444

3538

2775

4948

5805

5122

 3741
Cooling Degree Hours CDH74 13180 54404 11845 10464 17843 9898 1050 26468
Energy Costs Fall 1999(2) . . . . . . . .
Natural Gas (for heating) $/mcf $4.53 $5.95 $6.62 $6.26 $5.66 $4.35 $4.73 $5.23
Electricity (for cooling) $/kwh $0.054 $0.080 $0.064 $0.083 $0.061 $0.056 $0.062 $0.046

Total LCC Savings @ 10 Yrs, $ / block

Total LCC Savings @ 30 Yrs, $ / block

$1.15

$2.86

$0.87

$2.17

$0.98

$2.43

$0.76

$1.90

$1.19

$2.97

$1.02

$2.54

$0.92

$2.29

$0.89

$2.22

LCC Savings Comparison between 90 pcf SmartWall units and ordinary 135 pcf masonry units. All units 8" x 8" x 16". This analysis uses steady-state heat flow calculations, and does not include the effects of thermal mass. An example of the calculation details is shown in the main document.