1. Report on an inspection of energy use of a White Oak plantation facility with
recommendations for improving energy efficiency and lesson plans for future
inspections by Jacksonville University students
Introduction: This report is the product of my internship with the White Oak
plantation during the summer of 2013. The project was developed from an interest
in Jacksonville University's Sustainability department in providing internships for
its students and White Oak's interest in community education. The intent was the
products of this internship might act as a model for future programs.
The purpose of the internship was to
 Learn the fundamentals of inspecting a facility for its use of energy
 Draft a report on my findings with recommendations for improving
efficiency
 Construct lesson plans from which future students might conduct
similar inspections
This document contains three parts:
 Part One is the report mentioned above
 Part Two is the spreadsheet described below
 Part Three is a set of lesson plans useful for any curriculum that might
result from this project
I would like to thank White Oak Conservation Coordinator Brandon Speeg for
supervising this project, Jacksonville University's Sustainability department chair
Dr. Ashley Johnson for reviewing and advising me during this project, and former
department chair Dr. Marcel Dulay for arranging and promoting the project with
White Oak Plantation.
Background:
Prior to my interest in obtaining a degree in Sustainability, the department
chair of Jacksonville University's Sustainability program and administrators of the
White Oak plantation had been discussing possible projects in which students might
use the plantation as a location to learn the fundamentals of inspecting facilities for
energy use. Those involved felt that my experience as a teacher might be used to
construct sample templates of reports and lesson plans that any such projects might
mimic. This portfolio is a collection of those templates.

2. Process:
This internship proceeded through several stages.
Stage 1 involved an interview between Brandon Speeg and myself regarding how
the internship would proceed. An outline of the internship was constructed from
that interview. This section summarizes that outline.
Stage 2 involved an examination of CD-ROM of data on White Oak's facilities and
structures documenting physical specifications and utility bills. Ratios of the
physical dimensions of the facilities compared to their energy costs were compiled
and constructed into a single spreadsheet (See Appendix One). From this
spreadsheet a suitable site was chosen to conduct a sample inspection. The
Conservation Shed was selected due to its noninvasive and multifunctional qualities.
Stage 3 involved the site inspection. Photos were taken of anything deemed relevant
to the inspection. Some elements of energy audits (such as insulation checks) that
were beyond my talents were not examined. Ultimately what was documented fell
into four categories: lighting, doors & windows, the HVAC system and water heater,
and small appliance use.
Stage 4 involved Internet searches and field trips to department stores to gather
product descriptions and specifications for the systems in place at White Oak as well
as those for more efficient systems that could be incorporated into the Shed.
Stage 5 involved the writing of the report contained herein with a description of my
findings, analyses of the Shed's systems and possible improvements, and my
recommendations for improving energy-efficiency in the Shed.
Stage 6 involved translating the experience into a set of (don't know how many
yet) lesson plans for which a curriculum might be developed to provide future
students with a similar experience.

3. Energy Inspection Results and Recommendations for the
White Oak Plantation Conservation Shed
Steven C. Kelley
Facility description: The Wildlife Shed is a 5,384 square-foot office center for
the senior conservation management at WOCC. It has nine offices, (two of which are
unoccupied), two conference rooms, a computer lab, lounge, two bathrooms, an
upstairs welcome-center, and a kitchen.
Exterior shots of the Conservation Shed
Introduction:
This report is an audit of the Shed's energy use and a recommendation of
how its use might be improved upon for efficiency and cost-effectiveness. After
listing observations made during a walkthrough conducted on June 26, 2013, the
Shed's appliances are described followed by descriptions of optional systems.
Cost/benefit analyses are then examined for possible opportunities for improving
energy use by that system. This report concludes with a summary of the savings
documented in this report and recommendations for improving energy-efficiency in
the Shed.
In 2012, the Shed was billed at $2,450.95 in utility costs for 23,658 kwh of
power divided into a base load of 19,752 kwh and HVAC load of 3,906 kwh with a
monthly base load of 1646 kwh1. Graph 1 breaks these numbers down for a monthly
analysis from which August can be observed as generating the most usage and
December the least.2
1 The base load is determined by the average of the two least expensive months; in this case November and
December.Subtracting this average from each monthly bill determines the HVAC load. The base load is then
multiplied by 12 to yield the annualfigure.
2 These figures are from a spreadsheet developed earlier summarizing utility costs and kwhs for various WOCC
facilities that,due to its scope, has not been included in this report.

4. Although the observations include an array of concerns the findings can be
generalized into 4 categories: lighting, doors, water-heating, and A/C use. Each of
these will be discussed in depth. Several elements such as attic and wall insulation
were not examined during this audit and if there is an interest it is recommended
that WOCC look to professional auditors for contracting.
Observations
To differentiate each office they have been labeled either by the name of the
occupant or (when unknown) by office décor. All offices had a set of single-paned
windows measuring approximately 4'3" and 5'11". There are a total of 21 windows
most of which open and have screens. The Shed is lit by sets of conventional
fluorescent ceiling lights with 67 sets of 2 bulbs each that work in tandem (five of
which have burnt-out bulbs.3 Finally this detail is punctuated with questions that
arose during the walkthrough that could not be determined at the time.
FIRST FLOOR
UNUSED OFFICE
 Computer was plugged in to an activated multi-jack
3 The fixtures are attributed to Underwriters Laboratories Inc. Recessed Fluorescent Fixtures/Lithonia Lighting,
Ochran,GA. They are rated for .80 amps, 118 volts, 60 Hz
-500 0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Monthly Distribution of energy (in kwh) for WOCC Shed, 2012
Base Load
HVAC Load