Product No.: 15024G
Date Published: 04/2016
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On behalf of the DVRPC Circuit Rider Program Practical Energy Solutions (PES) performed an energy assessment of the Nether Providence Township Administration Building. The Nether Providence Township Administration Building (10,200 ft2) is a multiuse facility with administrative offices, a council meeting room, finance offices, and the police department. The building is a 1902 stone barn renovated in the 1970s with a 1992 masonry block addition. PES identified opportunities to improve building envelope as well as several cost-free, practical operational refinements of the building’s HVAC system. Opportunities identified include 1) implementing air sealing, insulation and operable interior storms to reduce air infiltration, 2) improving the operations of the building’s HVAC system by refining thermostat schedules and setpoints, 3) delamping select lighting fixtures in the building, and 4) instituting a high-efficiency HVAC (heating, ventilation, air conditioning) replacement plan to replace equipment that has surpassed its unit life. Overall, these energy conservation measures are estimated to cut electricity use 22 percent and reduce natural gas use by one-third, saving the township more than $3,400 in annual energy costs at today’s prices. These measures will also reduce CO2 emissions due to fossil fuel use by nearly 37,500 pounds of CO2 per year.Geographic Area Covered: Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery counties in Pennsylvania
Key Words: Energy, natural gas, electricity, energy management, heating ventilation air conditioning (HVAC), envelope, air sealing, insulation, interior storm window, thermostat, delamping, CO2 emissions
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- Elizabeth V. Compitello (ecompitello@dvrpc.org)
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