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Fuel cells are commercially viable and can compete on an economic basis with standard uninterruptible power generation systems. This paper analyzes an 800 kW phosphoric acid fuel cell installation that provides electrical power to a critical need credit card processing facility in Omaha, Nebraska. The installation provides electricity at over double the energy efficiency of current uninterruptible power generation systems. The fuel cell system achieves these efficiencies while producing 40% to 50% less greenhouse gases and at a calculated availability of 100 to 1000 times greater than traditional data center power systems. Life cycle analysis of the fuel cell system versus standard data center power conditioning systems proves the economic viability ofthe fuel cell system.

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Panels of the 2000 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings

Panel 1. Residential Buildings: Technologies, Design, and Performance Analysis

Panel 2. Residential Buildings: Program Design, Implementation, and Evaluation

Panel 3. Commercial Buildings: Technologies, Design, and Performance Analysis

Panel 4. Commercial Buildings: Program Design, Implementation, and Evaluation

Panel 5. Deregulation of the Utility Industry and Role of Energy Services Companies (ESCOs)

Panel 6. Market Transformation

Panel 7. Information and Electronic Technologies

Panel 8. Consumer Behavior and Non-Energy Effects

Panel 9. Energy and Environmental Polics

Panel 10. Building Industry Trends