Warwick Buildings and Energy Committee draft minutes

July 24th, 2012, at 6:26 pm (after pot-luck)

Attending: Bart Bales, Jack Cadwell, Dan Dibble, Janice Kurkoski, Steve
Kurkoski, Jim Toth,

June meeting minutes accepted, one abstention

WARWICK SCHOOL Energy Savings Agreement:

Jim opened by addressing some of the concerns spelled out in the letter
from Dayle Dorian last October.

Bart is suggesting we run the numbers on how much savings will be
realized by the entire district after Warwick is paid off for the work
and present this to the district.

He suggested that one way to get this project done would be to go
through the Green Communities option. There is money available for this
sort of work.

Janice suggested that where Bart may work for us is to have him measure
and verify the saving in the coming years with degree days factored in.

Bart feels that with what we have shared with him so far indicates that
there could be large savings realized by just putting in new controls.
Electrical savings to be realized may make it possible to have National
Grid get involved and have them pay for some of this work. Bart has
looked at the picture of the snow melting pattern on the gym roof and
believes that there are untapped insulation seams on the roof.

Jack mentioned that the political issues are much harder to deal with
than the construction/building side.

A possible way to present this to the district is to have Warwick take
80% of the savings and the district to take the other 20% starting at
day one. This would make the time to pay off Warwick longer but the
district would realize savings immediately. Steve had suggested an even
bigger split - up to 50/50. To reimburse Warwick, PVRS can give us a
credit on our yearly assessment from the savings realized.

Jack mentioned that we should try to work within the district agreement.
Maybe we can write the agreement so that all four towns can do similar
projects.

Bales Engineering Associates is already pre-approved by the Division of
Capital Asset Management (DCAM)   and is on the list of approved
state-wide facility and energy advisors. Inclusion in this list meets
the procurement process for state-wide contracts.

Bart feels we need to generate a statement that explains how this
proposal benefits Warwick and the District simultaneously. He stated
that he can help us as little or as much as we need.

Dan would like Bart to put a proposal together for the towns as well as
the PVRS school board.

We recommend unanimously that the selectboard engage Bales Energy
Associates to prepare a framing statement that addresses the recovery of
the capital expenses for energy savings construction through operational
credits at the Warwick Community School.

Janice will call Bart Bales for an estimate on price for this work.





Meeting adjourned; 8:45 PM , Next meeting tentatively Tuesday August
28th 6:00 PM