In order to increase the welfare of society through the implementation of a building energy-performance standard, a …

environmental performance, as well as needs for further development or implementation of the technology. The technical potential for …

This is the first of three planned quarterly Technical Reports of 1996 system performance and major project activities …. (4) Supported the contractor in their efforts for enhancing the performance and reliability of the Amonix EMT-3 array at …

-term performance of the WIPP. This risk-based Performance Assessment (PA) is accomplished in part through the use of numerous …

performance. We offer suggestions based on lessons learned for effective transfer to other DOE. …

performance utility, and a regret value. This provides decision makers adequate information to compare the alternatives and … depending on their values they may trade-off some performance and/or cost to avoid high levels of regret. The result is a well …

without costly upgrades. Of course these gains must be achieved without impacting operational performance. Downsizing is also … a context-dependent model that provides a capability to anticipate impending failures and determine machine performance … over a protracted period of time. This prognostic capability links operational requirements to an economic performance …

This paper presents an approach for treating uncertainty in the performance assessment process to efficiently address … regulatory performance objectives for radioactive waste disposal and discusses the application of the approach at the Greater … Confinement Disposal site. In this approach, the performance assessment methodology uses probabilistic risk assessment concepts to …

Implementation of the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (GPRA) has provided a unique challenge for Federal … Agencies, such as the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Waste Management (OWM). While performance measurement, as required … operations for some time. There has been significant discussion about how the private sector uses performance measures, but there …