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| Energy Performance Projects |
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In 2003 Onondaga County
and Carrier Corporation partnered in an effort to reduce energy
in the top 25 highest energy using sites, which represented
80% of the Counties annual energy use. Through this partnership,
the County has to date implemented energy-savings projects in
more than half of these sites.
In November of 2005, the County Legislature authorized funding
for energy saving projects at the District Heating and Cooling
(DH&C) Plant, War Memorial and Civic Center. It is estimated
that these projects will permanently eliminate the annual usage
of 1,036,535 therms that represents 21.7% of the County's total
natural gas use. In addition, these projects will eliminate
electricity usage of an additional 0.8 million kilowatt-hours
per year.
The County will also receive $650,000 in NYSERDA funding for
these projects.
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| District Heating &
Cooling Plant |
| Summer Boiler |
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With the pending
Chilled Water upgrade project, the District Heating and Cooling
plant will shift it's primary/base load cooling equipment from
the steam driven absorption chillers too much higher efficiency
electric centrifugal chillers. The summer operation of the plant
will no longer require the operation of the larger 45-55,000
lb / hr. boilers which are inefficient when run at lower steam
loads. However, the county still needs summer steam primarily
to make up domestic hot water for the downtown complex and operate
the Justice Center kitchen. To accomplish that, this project
will replace the oldest of three large boilers with a 400hp
- 13,000 lb / hr. energy efficient summer boiler.
The operation of the summer boiler in lieu of the existing boiler
is anticipated to save 18,480 Therm/yr and 83,790 kWh/yr.
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