West Hartford Clean Energy Task ForceSeptember 8, 2009

Who we are:

Established by the town council in

2005

15 KW of free solar systems on Town

Hall, Conard & Hall High School

Promote CT Clean Energy Options

sign-ups

Volunteer body

Bristow Solar PVSystems pending for Smith School, Bishops Corner Library & Public Works Building at Brixton St.

Task Force Accomplishments• Sign ups

•« Kill-a-Watt» electricity meters

• 15 kW of solar panels

School Energy Challenge

All SchoolsAll SchoolsTotal Dollars Total Dollars saved to datesaved to date

$154,798.53

WH Comprehensive Energy Plan

Building upgrade plan

Continue upgrade of street lighting

Increase the use of clean, renewable

LEED Gold green building standard

Further a "culture of conservation”

CETF On-going Activities

Perform Benchmarking of WH Buildings using Energy

Star Portfolio Manager

Perform Walk-Through Audits of Wolcott & Duffy

Schools and Town Hall

Investigate Town Emergency Response Planning and

possible configuration of solar PV system(s)

EnergyStar benchmarking tool

helps managing benchmarking data Information needed to

benchmark WH buildings

• Electricity and gas bills

• Building sq/ft

• Year of construction

• Address

Rating from 0 to 100

Gross dataFacility Name Year of

construction

Total Floor Space

(Sq. Ft.)

Number of students (in

schools)

Rating Nov-08

Rating Jul-09

Annual Energy Cost ($)

Total Energy

Cost per Sq. Ft. ($)

Energy Intensity

(kBtu/Sq. Ft.)

Current Total GHG Emissions (MtCO2e)

Aiken Elementary School 1964 62 028 457 24 26 $124,440 $2.01 153.2 419.64Duffy Elementary School 1952 78 991 557 34 29 $145,150 $1.84 147.2 525.12Webster Hill Elementary School 1949 77 701 436 41 41 $124,336 $1.60 123.1 439.73Whiting Lane Elementary School 1954 107 771 504 41 41 $165,586 $1.54 123.1 620.18Charter Oak Elementary School 1929 62 741 341 38 45 $116,756 $1.86 136.5 372.89Bugbee Elementary School 1950 68 165 384 43 49 $113,148 $1.66 127.7 397.66Norfeldt Elementary School 1957 61 715 445 60 60 $98,720 $1.60 120.6 328.93King Philip Middle School 1954 192 897 907 54 63 $301,628 $1.56 122.9 1,082.34Wolcott Elementary 1957 78 850 470 66 68 $120,656 $1.53 110.4 371.34Braeburn Elementary School 1956 59 742 440 66 73 $94,885 $1.59 103.3 251.91Bristow Middle School 2005 84 430 409 77 75 $165,827 $1.96 129.9 463.06Morley Elementary School 1927 61 085 367 77 76 $85,774 $1.40 95.8 254.97Hall High School 1970 277 802 1567 80 80 $323,094 $1.16 122.8 1,406.57Sedgwick Middle School 1931 183 399 865 78 80 $350,028 $1.91 121.7 928.36Smith Elementary School 1985 66 399 433 78 81 $129,335 $1.95 129.1 363.51Conard High School 1957 288 145 1461 73 83 $441,829 $1.53 115.1 1,372.02Town Hall 1922 142 615  87 88 $268,123 $1.88 123.4 694.86Bishops Corner Library 1966 14 992  N/A N/A $55,282. $3.69 212.2 128.01Elmwood Community Center 1928 68 744  N/A N/A $114,870 $1.67 120.6 365.90Faxon Library 1954 12 435  N/A N/A $28,428 $2.29 147.3 77.93Noah Webster Library 1937 59 790  N/A N/A $240,724 $4.03 195.9 478.68Police & Fire HQ 1910 68 855  N/A N/A $172,270 $2.50 172.4 487.34Public Works 1958 34 450  N/A N/A $68,758 $2.00 134.3 172.09

Energystar Rating by Floor Space

Audit of Town Hall

Uninsulated boiler piping Oil fired DHW heater, circulation pump running

continuously CHW water supply pump, VFD unused Room fan coil units lack controls, run continuously Fan coil unit motors low efficiency Multiple lighting efficiency improvement

opportunities No condenser water reset on main chiller

Energy Conservation Mesures (ECMs)

Town Hall EnergyStar rating

Found potential error in building area sq/footage

Town Hall conservation projectEstimated cost

Estimated payback

Estimated annual energy savings

≈ $250,000

≈ $100,000

≈ $40,000

≈ $150,000

Estimated grants and rebates

Actual cost to WH

≈ 4 years

Money saved by reaching higher targets

$ 993,933

Total dollars that Total dollars that could be savedcould be saved

EACH year

• Incentives for lighting, energy management systems and high efficiency equipment• Total incentives caped at $750,000 per tax ID

Current bonding cost: 2,91%

• Projects paid off in 36 months or less• $100,000 available per project• No cap limit• Project cost paid through energy savings

Financing options

0% financing from CEEF

in the capital projects budget

Free money by prioritizing energy

efficiency

Town budgeting through CIP

Helps CT municipalities and local task forces for more renewable energy and energy efficiency

help people, businesses and

government to be good stewards of the environment

Who We Are Volunteer

group

Sustainable West Hartford

Non Profit organizationClean Water

Action

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