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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2000-08-02 Agenda Packet - Board (15) TDPUD STAFF REPORT July 20, 2000 To: Board of Directors From: Scott Terrell, Planning Director Subject School District Energy Project Funding Agenda # 10a Truckee Donner Public Utility District has an established Public Benefits Program and is currently complying with AB1890's requirement to fund Public Benefit projects within TDPUD's electric service area. One of the main components of TDPUD's Public Benefits Program is to provide large public, non-profit agencies in Truckee with Comprehensive Energy Analyses (CEAs) and Financial Energy Measures Retrofit Assistance. Energy Masters International has recently completed a Preliminary and Comprehensive Energy Analysis for the School District. The final energy measures recommended for the School District are as follows: Energy-efficient Lighting for all Truckee area buildings except Glenshire School and double-pane windows for the front (north) side of the High School. The total cost to complete the installation of these measures is estimated to be about$271,000. The lighting estimate is $196,000 and the double-pane window retrofit is about $75,000. The economic analysis shows a 3.7 year payback period estimate for the lighting retrofit and a window analysis is yet to be completed. If all these measures are implemented the School District is expected to save about $53,000 per year for the lighting and the window analysis is expected to show a $5- 7,000 savings per year. TDPUD's contribution to the School District's Energy Analysis was $6,687. Staff proposes to provide $90,000 or one-third of the total project costs, whichever is less, financial assistance for the above proposed measures if approved for implementation by the Tahoe-Truckee Unified School District Board of Directors. RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends that the Board authorize $90,000 or one-third the total project costs, whichever is less, to fund a portion of the energy measures recommended for implementation at the Tahoe-Truckee Unified School District. TDPUD STAFF REPORT July 20, 2000 To: Board of Directors From: Scott Terrell, Planning Director Subject KidZone Energy Project Funding AGENDA #10b Truckee Donner Public Utility District has an established Public Benefits Program and is currently complying with AB1890's requirement to fund Public Benefit projects within TDPUD's electric service area. One of the main components of TDPUD's Public Benefits Program is to provide large public, non-profit agencies in Truckee with Comprehensive Energy Analyses (CEAs) and Financial Energy Measures Retrofit Assistance. The proposed Kidzone project is a 3,600 square foot children's year-round play facility planned to be located on School District property near the Recreation District's Activity Center. The project is currently being planned and groundbreaking is expected to occur by October 2000. See TDPUD supported brochure for more details about the project. The Kidzone project participants so far include: Sierra Nevada Children's Museum, Children's Collaborative of Tahoe Truckee, Truckee Donner Recreation & Park District, Truckee Tahoe Community Foundation, Truckee Donner Public Utility District, Tahoe-Truckee Unified School District, Sierra Nevada Children's Services and the Truckee Family Connection. The KidZone "group" has approached TDPUD staff asking for assistance in the incorporation of a ground source heat pump project into the Kidzone facility. The total estimated cost to install a GSHP into the Kidzone is $35,000. The estimated payback period for this project as most other GSHP projects in Truckee is 5-10 years due to high gas rates and low electric rates. The estimated cost of this project is higher than an average GSHP project in that the distribution system is proposed to be hydronic, water pipes installed in concrete slab. Although hydronics is more expensive it has a lower operating cost than central air and the floor of the Kidzone will be warm for crawling kids. Staff feels that this project is unique due to the number of participating non-profit groups and limited financial resources. Staff proposes that TDPUD's contribution to the Kidzone project be $15,000 or one-third of the total project costs, whichever is more, financial assistance with a contribution cap of$20,000. This diverges from past proposals in that TDPUD stipulated the project assistance to be whichever was less. RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends that the Board authorize $15,000 or one-third the total project cost, whichever is more and a total project contibution cap of $20,000 , to fund a portion of a ground source heat pump system for the Kidzone project. TDPUD STAFF REPORT July 20, 2000 To: Board of Directors From: Scott Terrell, Planning Director Subject Downtown Merchants Energy Project Funding AGENDA # 10c Truckee Donner Public Utility District has an established Public Benefits Program and is currently complying with AB1890's requirement to fund Public Benefit projects within TDPUD's electric service area. One of the main components of TDPUD's Public Benefits Program is to provide large public, non-profit agencies in Truckee with Comprehensive Energy Analyses (CEAs) and Financial Energy Measures Retrofit Assistance. Staff has been working closely with a few Downtown Merchants Association representatives to plan for an energy-efficient decorative lighting system to be placed along the rooflines of Downtown's historic buildings. Currently, there is a variety of mismatched lighting inconsistently placed throughout this area. The proposed Downtown lighting project would place aesthetically pleasing decorative lighting throughout the entire Downtown area. This is a better quality lighting than the standard Christmas tree lighting and would be placed along the building's roof lines and decklines as well as other areas of building architecture deemed appropriate. The total cost to complete the installation of these measures is estimated to be about$25,000. Since new lighting is being added where none currently exists, additional energy use will occur in the downtown buildings, but the lighting is very energy-efficient. Staff proposes to provide $10,000 or one-third of the total project costs, whichever is less, financial assistance for the above proposed measures if approved for implementation by the Downtown Merchants Association Board of Directors. RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends that the Board authorize $10,000 or one-third the total project costs, whichever is less, to fund a portion of the energy-efficient roof line lighting system for implementation in the historic Downtown area.