Warwick Buildings and Energy Committee draft minutes
Jan 30th, 2013, at 6:17 pm 
Attending: Bart Bales, Jack Cadwell, Dan Dibble, Janice Kurkoski, Steve
Kurkoski, David Young

WARWICK SCHOOL

Equipment / Options

All the heat delivery units are in a line in the attic. Currently there
are two units outside the thermal envelope. Bart is suggesting that we
extend the thermal barrier to include the two units and keeping the
thermal boundary where it is. This option will have a shorter payback
then moving the thermal boundary to the roof rafter location. If we are
concerned about too much heat in the attic (shingle warranty) then a
thermostatically controlled attic vent can be installed.

A contract can be written for any future work that is performed. This
would state that all penetrations in the thermal boundary will be sealed
by the contractor before the final payment to them is made.

At some point Bart would like us to have the delivery system checked to
see if there is enough fan power to do an adequate delivery job of heat
and fresh air.

We first need to find out if the system has enough ability to deliver
enough heat before we start to install new controls or equipment.

We have a unusual sort of system in that we have an all air system.
Usually with this type of system there is perimeter heating that goes
along with it. We do not have perimeter heating in this building.

It is possible that because we have 240/120 Volt service that we have
residential grade equipment. Commercial grade equipment would have more
options.

Framing Statement and other considerations

The best way to make an argument to the district is to shows that it
costs less to implement energy upgrades than to do nothing.

Bart says that if we bundle controls and envelope improvement together
the package will look better (shorter payback than just envelope work)
to the PVRS district.

Six year or less payback is the time frame that public projects
generally accept.

We could have a 6 or 9 yr. payback scenario. 

We should illustrate in the Framing Statement how much money will be
saved by each town per year according to the % they pay the district,
and demonstrate that making an investment in operational payback is in
everyone's best interest.

It would be helpful if energy saving expenses could be categorized as
operational expenses.

Improvements that are a net reduction in operational expenses should be
considered part of the operating budget and should be funded by the
district.

In our framing statement it may be helpful to summarize what the
Franklin County Tech School did to lower their energy costs.

David: Bart, let us know what the next step is.


Meeting adjourned; 8:25 PM