Airport Escalators and Moving Walkways—Cost-Savings and Energy Reduction Technologies (2014) / Chapter Skim
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27 C H A P T E R 5 Overview The goal of the financial tool is to provide a quantitative assessment of proposed energy saving projects for a single escalator or moving walkway, or a group of escalators or moving walkways. The financial tool analyzes various technologies to calculate key metrics, including the following: • Potential annual energy savings for selected technology(ies)
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28 Airport Escalators and Moving Walkways -- Cost-Savings and Energy Reduction Technologies Figure 5-1. Tool input screen.
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How to Use the Financial Tool 29 • Estimated life expectancy of escalator/moving walkway, • Number of passengers, • Start time, • End time, • Unit electricity cost, and • Percentage of time not in use. Step 2: Select a Technology Configuration for Evaluation To evaluate a technology configuration, users must select the technology(ies)
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30 Airport Escalators and Moving Walkways -- Cost-Savings and Energy Reduction Technologies the table by clicking the Add More Rows Button located beneath the Average Passenger Flow Table. Step 4: Calculate Outputs After entering the required inputs as identified in the previous section, click the Calculate Savings Button located in the Inputs Tab as shown in Figure 5-3.
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How to Use the Financial Tool 31 After clicking the Calculate Savings Button, an error message may appear. If an error message is encountered, the tool will not calculate output values.
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32 Airport Escalators and Moving Walkways -- Cost-Savings and Energy Reduction Technologies Table 5-2. Financial tool default values.
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