Warwick Buildings and Energy Committee
Draft Meeting Minutes: December 13, 2010 
Location: Warwick Town Hall, Meeting called to order 6:44
Attending: Janice Kurkoski, Steve Kurkoski, Jim Toth, Jack Cadwell, Dan
Dibble, Barbara Walker

Minutes for November have been accepted. 

TOWN HALL

Solar system -  The system in now installed with a new data logger. The
data logger draws about 15 watts. Steve will investigate what our
options are to turn this off and save electricity.   
Janice will ask David to write a "thank you" in the next newsletter to
all those who donated their time and/or materials so that a sixth solar
panel could be added to the system.

Winserts - Shades are behind some of the winserts in the Town hall
offices. The committee voted to ask David to have someone move the
shades forward so they can be used when needed. Dan will contact David.

Tech. School - David is having the Tech. School install a Gen-Tran
switch next to the load center in the basement for critical electrical
circuits. They may also be installing a 240V-30A circuit for the cooling
station.

Kitchen Fan - We discussed different options for a new exhaust system.

Hand Dryer - Option discussed are paper towels, paper rolls, high speed
fan unit. One issue with the high speed unit may be noise. David has not
moved on this issue yet.
Soap dispensers - these should eventually be changed to dispense foam soap.

Electric heat in the kitchen bathroom -  an option is a timer set at a
maximum of two hours to stop use when it is not needed.

Thermostat batteries - Batteries have been changed out in both
thermostats with new ones (Steve K did it). This should be done each
year before the heating season by someone to avert an emergency
changeout.

WARWICK COMMUNITY  SCHOOL

Building performance audit - Keith Abbott's proposal was discussed. Jim
ran down the highlights of the proposal for the committee. This is the
only proposal that we have received and it is under the $10,000 cap.
Janice reports that Gill has a deal with the school district to address
work done on their school. Jack was at the walk through and has a good
feeling about Keith and his expertise. Do we want to ask Keith to adjust
his proposal to address more issues on our list. It was voted
unanimously in the affirmative to have the selectboard write up a
contract with Keith Abbott to perform the scope of work that is in his
proposal. There are concerns about the repairing the thermal envelope
integrity that has been breeched by the sprinkler crew. Our suggestion
is to have David coordinate with Keith and have suitable emergency
repairs done immediately. Janice will call CET again to see if any
funding is available.
Data Loggers - Jack and Steve will try to get these installed soon.

MISCELLLANEOUS 

Meeting adjourned 8:22
Next Meeting: February 2 at 6:30 pm.