Energy Efficiency Improvements at the County Office Building

The County Office Building was originally a Sears store, dating back to 1960.  Over the years since 1985,during the time the County has owned the building, numerous improvements have been made, many of them increasing the energy efficiency of the building overall.  These have included replacement of T-12 with T-8 fluorescent lamps, installation of low-flow toilets, high efficiency electric hand dryers and more.

The Energy Efficiency Strategy, approved in November 2009 and approved by the Department of Energy for EECBG funding in March 2010, resulted in bids for the following projects.

•Approximately 5,950 square foot green roof
•Install occupancy sensors in common areas
•Replace existing double pane windows with more energy efficient double pane windows
•Replace domestic water heater to improve efficiency
•Utilize an energy management system lighting and temperature control (may use other funding)
•Retrofit more energy efficient lighting for the GED examination room (may use other funding)
•Add variable frequency drives to air handling units (may use other funding)
•Consideration of LED light opportunities

 
The total estimated cost is $166,325
(as the projects are completed more information will be shown here)

•Energy Saved – 4.0597 MWH
•Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduced (CO2 equivalents) – 2.84 metric tons