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Chris Burns
Michael Wickenden, Contract Administrator
4/05/07
BED’s February 2007 Report
Dear Michael,
We are pleased to submit the following report covering the period of February 1, 2007 to
February 28, 2007. The report includes highlights over the period and the attached table covers
costs and savings for the period.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
Chris Burns
CC: Carole Welsh, John Becker of the VT DPS, Ann Bishop and Ed McNamara of the VT PSB
BED Energy Efficiency Highlights
Large Commercial services
 ASHRAE Meeting –Staff attended an ASHRAE Meeting held at the Inn at Essex on Feb 7th.
 PCI Presentation at EVT – Staff attended a presentation by PCI, a local lighting controls
manufacturer out of South Burlington. They have been in this business for 20+ years, and
may have several low cost control products that are useful for lighting applications in areas
like small warehouses and offices.
 TRANE Satellite Presentation – Staff attended the live broadcast at the local Trane office,
concerning Chiller Condenser Waterside Heat Recovery. This is a waste heat recovery
technique developed and used in the 1970's, but has since been largely ignored, until our
most recent domestic energy price adjustments.
 Fletcher Allen Health Care – Continuing to work with the Carrier Performance Contract
group on several rather large energy efficiency projects involving lighting and HVAC,
potentially scheduled to start QTR 2 of 2007. We are preparing an incentive package to
encourage the implementation of all of these measures, and are only waiting for some
clarification info from Carrier before completing the offer.
 Koffee Kup Bakery – Completed a comparison between their electric bills before service
consolidation, and after. Their kW has recently been reduced 8% and their kWh reduced by
17% due to the consolidation and several energy savings measures. Other ESM's are
pending, such as a plant-wide lighting upgrade.
 UVM Central Chiller Plant at Cage – Commissioning activities for the plant will begin in late
March, startup scheduled for mid-April. We are arranging a tour within the next few weeks.
This steam driven chiller plant will be helpful in reducing the peak summer air conditioning
load for BED's grid.
 UVM Freezer Farm – Obtained confirmation of purchase of several RTU's that qualify for
the Cool Choice program (2006),
 City Market – Jake will attend an initial meeting with the customer and the original building
commissioning agent, Tom Anderson of CX Associates. The next step is to schedule Phase 1
of the re-commissioning process for their HVAC system, which appears to have several
operational problems which never were fully addressed. The customer appears to be
committed to moving ahead with the process of becoming a recognized community leader in
reducing their carbon footprint.
 Burlington Airport - Participated in a conference call with Hallam Associates and Airport
Engineering to help finalize an approach for the re-commissioning of their lighting and
HVAC systems. Originally structured as a "Hallam/Kilawatt" performance contract project,
the customer is apparently more comfortable in moving ahead in a more traditionallyfinanced manner. The airport would also prefer that BED be closely involved in this
endeavor. It is expected that an agreement to proceed can be finalized within the next two
weeks or so.
 Burlington Free Press – Air Compressor Engineering has installed monitoring equipment on
the Free Press existing 50HP compressor. Results indicate that purchase of a new energy
efficient compressor, and improving their compressed air system configuration could save
them $15,000 a year. BED will be installing our own meter on the existing air compressor to
obtain baseline data for any future improvements that are made. The customer is also
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pursuing additional HVAC improvements, some of which will require capital spending
approvals from their corporate headquarters.
Burlington Water Plant – Completed a tour at the Lake St. Facility with Steve Roy. They are
exploring several energy savings measures, and may also be candidates for the most recent
ISO New England Demand Response program.
General Dynamics ATP – 128 Lakeside Avenue – A three ton air to air heat pump with an
electric reheat coil was replaced with a high efficient two-ton rooftop unit to include an
optional dual enthalpy fresh air economizer control. The project is approximately 75%
complete.
UVM – Mann Hall (Trinity Campus) – A cost benefit energy savings analysis completed by
P.F. Bailey Associates was reviewed and reanalyzed for verification on a proposed LPA
installation to a 16 Ton A/C Liebert unit serving the computer room at Mann Hall. The
project screened and UVM has decided to go ahead with the installation. Project is ongoing.
Champlain College – Continue to work this customer to implement the chiller plant piping
rearrangement project which will limit operation of primary chilled water pump to only hours
when the chiller operating. BED has offered a financial incentive for this project. This project
will be completed later this winter or early spring.
Champlain College – Continue to work with this customer to implement a liquid pressure
amplification system. This project is expected to be completed this winter or early spring.
Smaller Commercial Services
 Kilawatt / Hallam Contract – Zampieri State Office Building: Attended a meeting at 108
Cherry St. with the customer and Kilawatt / Hallam. Discrepancies in the operation of a
number of the building Heat Recovery Units are being explored. Completed calculations for
savings for several lighting upgrades within the building, as suggested by Kilawatt to the
customer. Burlington High School: Attended a meeting between Burlington School District
IT and Kilawatt / Hallam to discuss energy savings associated with better computer
management. The IT group is very interested in moving ahead with this effort, and some key
energy consumption data was gathered at the meeting to determine potential energy savings
associated with this program.
 Nectars/Club Metronome – 188 Main Street – A new high efficient 10-ton rooftop A/C unit
with fresh air economizer and dual enthalpy controls was installed to replace the existing A/C
systems. The project was inspected by BED.
 DBA / Soap Dish – 197 College Street – A walk through energy audit was conducted.
Several lamp replacements were proposed by BED. Thirty of the incandescent 60-watt
lamps were replaced with 15-watt CFL flood lamps. The existing 50-watt halogen direct
lighting lamps were proposed to be replaced with 35-watt IR halogen lamps. The owners are
presently considering the BED EEM proposal.
 Richardson Place – 2 Church Street – A walk through energy audit was conducted of all the
common areas and stores. Several lighting high efficient upgrade measures will be
considered and recommended to pursue. A cost benefit energy savings analysis is presently
in progress. Still ongoing.
 Green Mountain Electric Supply – 102 Archibald Street – Completed several lighting
upgrade measures that included the replacement of HID lighting to T5 HO and T12 lighting
to Super T8 lighting.
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Spectrum Youth Service: Performed energy audit for several of this customer’s commercial
and multi-family properties. Recently performed contractor walk through with customer in an
effort to assist the customer with technical and economic decision regarding energy
efficiency.
Odessa Corporation (Champlain Farms): Performed an energy code compliance review for
this customer for his North Avenue new construction project. Compliance with the energy
code has not yet been achieved but is expected to.
Pine Street Deli – Continue to work with this customer on implementing energy efficiency
measures identified in BED’s energy audit which was performed earlier this winter.
City of Burlington – Continue to work with city officials and interested parties to implement
energy efficiency measures outlined in a comprehensive BED energy audit which was
performed last spring and into the summer. BED has offered a financial incentive for energy
efficiency measures identified in reports presented to City Hall.
Kinney Drug – Continue to work with the developer and the City of Burlington’s Planning
and Zoning Department on code compliance and energy efficiency for this project. The
project is currently in appeals court but the developer remains optimistic that ground
breaking will occur this spring.
Homeport – Continue to work this customer re-lamping standard halogen flood lights to
halogen infrared flood lights where a 28% reduction in energy and peak demand is achieved
per lamp. This customer has re-lamped approximately 250 fixtures to the more efficient
halogen lamp.
Ashley Home Store – Continue to work this customer re-lamping standard halogen flood
lights to halogen infrared flood lights. This customer has re-lamped approximately 180
fixtures to the more efficient halogen lamp.
Scribbles – Continue to work this customer re-lamping standard halogen flood lights to
halogen infrared flood lights. This customer has re-lamped approximately 170 fixtures to the
more efficient halogen lamp.
Ski Rack – Continue to work this customer re-lamping standard halogen flood lights to
halogen infrared flood lights. This customer has re-lamped approximately 160 fixtures to the
more efficient halogen lamp.
New Construction/Equipment Replacement Services
 Lund Family Center Expansion – A summary of incentives has been provided to the Project
Manager. The budget is tight but we think that they are sincerely looking at the “life cycle”
cost of the proposed measures.
 Subaru Expansion – Several high efficiency RTU's associated with the project will be
eligible for incentives. The project is under construction with a mid-summer completion
date.
 State of VT / 444 Pine St. North – Swaney Lighting has been selected as the lighting designer
for this project. We will be working with them to ensure compliance with the BEEG/CBES,
and to maximize their lighting efficiency even further.
 Papa Johns Pizza – 135 Pearl Street – A meeting was conducted with the owner of the new
Papa Johns Pizza and an initial walk through of the new construction project at the 50%
completion phase. A review of the architectural drawings was completed by BED staff, and
a memo letter was e-mailed to DPW of the code compliance approval. BED proposed that
CFL hard-wired lighting fixtures be installed as well as Super T8 fluorescent fixtures. In
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addition, the owner is looking at the possibility of installing the Melink automated ventilation
control system to serve the kitchen fan hood exhaust system. Project is ongoing.
CCTA – 1 Industrial Park – A review of the architectural drawings was completed by BED
staff, and a memo letter was e-mailed to DPW of the code compliance approval. However,
some changes were made by the architect on the thermal envelope that was pointed out as not
being code compliant by BED.
Hope Lodge – Continue to work with this customer on this LEED-NC project. This project is
currently under construction and is expected to be completed this summer.
Hinds Building – Continue to work with customer on financial incentives, energy efficiency
including ground water heat pump system and energy code compliance review. Performed
initial calculations to determine the energy savings associated with installing a ground water
heat pump system versus a traditional loop water heat pump system. This project is part of a
whole block development plan which will encompass mostly multi-family and high end
condominiums, some office space and a multi-level parking garage.
Continued to work with the project team for the 31-unit co-housing project located at 166
East Ave. Construction has begun. They are following LEED guidelines where possible but
have opted not to certified due to budget constraints.
354 Manhattan Dr 15-units- Continued working with Rouille Construction. Building is
nearing completion. ERH will be doing final ratings in April and May.
Franklin Square’s new 10-unit building- BHA plans to participate and BHA is incorporate
program specifications into the building plans.
72 Cherry Street BHA Transitional Housing – Continued to work with project team. CVWS
has completed their insulation and air sealing work and construction continues. Project
should be completed in June.
Completed the review of the project plans for the renovation of 127 Bank Street; one
commercial space and two apartments. .
The following projects remain in the Planning & Zoning approval process and we have been
in contact with each regarding energy code compliance and BED\VGS efficiency services:
South Cove Road 8-lot subdivision; 25 unit building at 181-187 St Paul Street; 1162 North
Ave 5-units; 237 North Ave 25 units and 40 seat café; 207 Riverside 2-units, ICV’s 50 unit
project at 114 College Street and 8 units at 361 Pearl Street.
Efficient Retail Products
 Advised 6 walk-in customers on smartlight and fluorescent torchiere lamp applications.
 Clothes Washers rebates for 2007 – 21
 Screw-in CFL rebates for 2007 – 3,404
 Compact fluorescent Hardwired fixture rebates (including floor and table lamps) for 2007 16
 Residential screw-in CFL’s leased through Smartlight for 2007 – 30
 Commercial screw-in CFL’s leased through Smartlight for 2007 – 189
 ENERGY STAR and CEE Tier 1 incentives for refrigerators, window AC units and
dehumidifiers will begin over the next few months.
Existing Residential Buildings
 Since Jan 1, 2007, 2 electric space heat conversions have been completed.
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Since Jan 1, 2007, 16 electric hot water conversions have been completed.
Since Jan 1, 2007, 4 high efficiency\ECM motor ENERGY STAR furnaces have been
installed.
Since Jan 1, 2007, 0 ENERGY STAR Central AC systems have been installed.
Since Jan 1, 2007, CVWS has submitted invoices for 9 completed projects and has requested
billing history data on 12 additional accounts.
BED continues to promote the LISF program to customers to increase participation.
General high consumption audits with follow-up visits for 12 customers. For three of these
customers we found the problem to be that the furnace fans were set to run continuously
instead of operating only when the furnace produces heat.
Cross-wiring audit for one customer. Found one electric hot water heater serving two
apartments.
Working with five customers that are planning to switch to gas domestic hot water systems.
Working with one customer that is planning to install natural gas fired heating systems to
replace electric heat.
Communications & Public Relations
 Burlington Business Association Meeting – Staff attended the monthly meeting at the
Firehouse Center on February 1. There seems to be quite a bit of energy focusing on keeping
the City of Burlington vital, in spite of competition from development opportunities in the
surrounding suburbs.
 Working with the city for a Green-Up day celebration (swapping out gas mowers, promoting
efficiency and renewables, etc.) it will be held on Saturday, May 5. Event to be held at City
Market.
 We tabled at the Sustainability event held at City Hall by Mayor Kiss and VPIRG on Feb.
8th.
 We are in the process of moving forward on another school for Solar on Schools panels.
Hopefully will happen late spring.
 We had a class on sustainability from CCV come in to learn more about efficiency and
renewables.