HomeMy WebLinkAboutVillage End Use Energy Eff Program Final Report Chefornak 05-31-2007Village End Use Energy Efficiency Measures Program ’05 – ’06
AEA Grant # 2195234 Administered by Alaska Building Science Network
Chefornak Final Report
Community Summary
11 Community buildings and 4 teacher housing units received energy efficiency upgrades
August ’06 – October ‘06
City Building, Water Treatment Plant, Community Center, Tribal Council Building, Old Clinic,
Community Center, Head Start Building, Fire Station, Police Station, Grocery and Hardware Store,
School Building 4 Teacher Housing Units
Village-Wide Lighting Retrofit Summary:
• Retrofitted 149 light fixtures village-wide with electronic ballasts and T8 lamps
• Installed: 35 compact fluorescent light bulbs village-wide
• T5 Light fixtures were installed in the school gym
• Pre-retrofit energy use for all lighting: 27,248 watts
• Post-retrofit energy use for all lighting: 13,974 watts
• Energy savings projection: 13,274 watts (13.27 kW)
• Pre-retrofit to post retrofit energy reduction: 49 %
• Estimated Annual Savings:
Hours Per Day / 250
Days Per Year
Electrical
Savings
Avoided Diesel
Use
Avoided Diesel
Costs
4 Hours $6,504 1,081 Gallons $2,605
7 Hours $11,382 1,892 Gallons $4,559
10 Hours $16,261 2,702 Gallons $6,513
• Total project cost for all measures: $ 37,250
• Simple mean payback*: 3.27 Years
*(All grant funds, but accounting for lighting savings only)
• Total village wide in-kind contribution: $ 7,921
Additional Energy Efficiency Measures: (Budget Expense: $ 5,570)
• Installation of 2 low-mass boilers in old BIA teacher housing bldg. operated by LKSD.
• Low-mass boiler Installation and operations training for 2 LKSD maintenance staff as part of
ABSN / LKSD MOA.
• 16 hour energy efficiency boiler training for 1 local maintenance staff – at Bethel regional
Boiler training in March, 2006. (Training hours provided in-kind by ABSN.)
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Chefornak City Owned Buildings
Energy efficient lighting upgrades were completed in three buildings owned by the City of
Chefornak.
City owned Buildings - Lighting Retrofit Summary:
• Lighting upgrades completed in September 2006
• Retrofitted 44 linear fluorescent fixtures with T8 lamps and electronic ballasts
• Installed: 14 compact fluorescent light bulbs
• Pre-retrofit energy use for all lighting: 7,293 watts
• Post-retrofit energy use for all lighting: 3,397 watts
• Energy savings projection: 3,869 watts (3.90 kW)
• Pre-retrofit to post retrofit energy reduction: 53 %
• Estimated Annual Savings:
Hours Per Day / 250
Days Per Year
Electrical
Savings
Avoided Diesel
Use
Avoided
Diesel Costs
4 Hours $1,909 317 Gallons $765
7 Hours $3,341 555 Gallons $1,338
10 Hours $4,773 793 Gallons $1,912
City Building
Materials
Installed
2-Lamp
Ballasts
25w
lamps
2-Lamp
Fixtures
3-lamp
ballasts
25w
lamps
4-Lamp
Fixtures
3-lamp
ballasts
25w
lamps
4-Lamp
Ballasts
25w
lamps
13w
CFL
20w
CFL
25w
CFL
City Building 4 22 0 0 0 1 3
• Pre-retrofit energy use: 4,015 watts
• Post-Retrofit Energy Use: 1,427 watts
• Energy savings projection: 2,588 watts (2.59 Kw)
• Pre-retrofit to post retrofit energy reduction: 64 %
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• Estimated Annual Savings:
Hours Per Day / 250
Days Per Year
Electrical
Savings
Avoided Diesel
Use
Avoided
Diesel Costs
4 Hours $1,268 211 Gallons $508
7 Hours $2,219 369 Gallons $889
10 Hours $3,170 527 Gallons $1,270
Water Treatment Plant
Materials Installed
2-Lamp
Ballasts
32w
lamps
4-Lamp
Ballasts
32w
lamps
2-Lamp
Ballasts
25w
lamps
4-Lamp
Ballasts
25w
lamps
13w
CFL
20w
CFL
25w
CFL
Water Treatment Plant 0 3 0 0 0 0 1
• Pre-retrofit energy use: 592 watts
• Post-Retrofit Energy Use: 385 watts
• Energy savings projection: 207 watts (.21 Kw)
• Pre-retrofit to post retrofit energy reduction: 35 %
• Estimated Annual Savings:
Hours Per Day / 250
Days Per Year
Electrical
Savings
Avoided Diesel
Use
Avoided
Diesel Costs
4 Hours $101 17 Gallons $41
7 Hours $178 29 Gallons $71
10 Hours $254 42 Gallons $102
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Community Center
Materials
Installed
2-Lamp
Ballasts
32w
lamps
4-Lamp
Ballasts
32w
lamps
2-Lamp
Ballasts
25w
lamps
4-Lamp
Ballasts
25w
lamps
13w
CFL
20w
CFL
25w
CFL
Community
Center 7 8 0 0 0 4 5
• Pre-retrofit energy use: 2,686 watts
• Post-Retrofit Energy Use: 1,585 watts
• Energy savings projection: 1,101 watts (1.10 Kw)
• Pre-retrofit to post retrofit energy reduction: 41 %
• Estimated Annual Savings:
Hours Per Day / 250
Days Per Year
Electrical
Savings
Avoided Diesel
Use
Avoided
Diesel Costs
4 Hours $539 90 Gallons $216
7 Hours $944 157 Gallons $378
10 Hours $1,349 224 Gallons $540
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Chefornak Traditional Council Owned Buildings
Energy efficient lighting upgrades were completed in four buildings owned by the Chefornak
Traditional Council
Traditional Council owned Buildings - Lighting Retrofit Summary:
• Lighting upgrades completed in September 2006
• Retrofitted 62 linear fluorescent fixtures with T8 lamps and electronic ballasts
• Installed: 20 compact fluorescent light bulbs
• Pre-retrofit energy use for all lighting: 7,555 watts
• Post-retrofit energy use for all lighting: 4,100 watts
• Energy savings projection: 3,455 watts (3.46 kW)
• Pre-retrofit to post retrofit energy reduction: 46 %
• Estimated Annual Savings:
Hours Per Day / 250
Days Per Year
Electrical
Savings
Avoided Diesel
Use
Avoided
Diesel Costs
4 Hours $1,693 281 Gallons $678
7 Hours $2,963 492 Gallons $1,187
10 Hours $4,232 703 Gallons $1,695
Traditional Council Office
Materials Installed
2-Lamp
Ballasts
32w
lamps
4-Lamp
Ballasts
(3) 32w
lamps
2-Lamp
Ballasts
25w
lamps
4-Lamp
Ballasts
25w
lamps
13w
CFL
20w
CFL
25w
CFL
Traditional Council 0 0 5 0 6 0 0
• Pre-retrofit energy use: 770 watts
• Post-Retrofit Energy Use: 313 watts
• Energy savings projection: 457 watts (.46 Kw)
• Pre-retrofit to post retrofit energy reduction: 59 %
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• Estimated Annual Savings:
Hours Per Day / 250
Days Per Year
Electrical
Savings
Avoided Diesel
Use
Avoided
Diesel Costs
4 Hours $224 37 Gallons $90
7 Hours $392 65 Gallons $157
10 Hours $560 93 Gallons $224
Old Clinic
Materials
Installed
2-Lamp
Ballasts
25w
lamps
2-Lamp
Fixtures
3-lamp
ballasts
25w
lamps
4-Lamp
Fixtures
3-lamp
ballasts
25w
lamps
4-Lamp
Ballasts
25w
lamps
13w
CFL
20w
CFL
25w
CFL
Old Clinic 0 14 0 0 0 3 0
• Pre-retrofit energy use: 2,377 watts
• Post-Retrofit Energy Use: 788 watts
• Energy savings projection: 1,589 watts (1.59 Kw)
• Pre-retrofit to post retrofit energy reduction: 67 %
• Estimated Annual Savings:
Hours Per Day / 250
Days Per Year
Electrical
Savings
Avoided Diesel
Use
Avoided
Diesel Costs
4 Hours $779 129 Gallons $312
7 Hours $1,363 226 Gallons $546
10 Hours $1,947 323 Gallons $780
Notes: Existing lighting in the clinic was more than the relatively low ceilings and small
rooms required. 67% savings was achieved by de-lamping and employing a customized
lamp and ballast combination. Existing 4-lamp, 34 watt and 40 watt T12 fixtures were
changed to 2-lamp fixtures with 3-lamp ballasts and 25w lamps. Three-lamp ballasts running
2 lamps will slightly push the lamps to provide more light than a normal 2-lamp fixture. The
14, 4-lamp fixtures pre to post retrofit went from around 150 watts to 52 watts each.
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Traditional Council Community Center
Materials
Installed
2-Lamp
Ballasts
32w
lamps
4-Lamp
Ballasts
(3) 32w
lamps
2-Lamp
Ballasts
25w
lamps
4-Lamp
Ballasts
25w
lamps
13w
CFL
20w
CFL
25w
CFL
Community
Building 3 6 0 0 0 0 0
• Pre-retrofit energy use: 1,230 watts
• Post-Retrofit Energy Use: 744 watts
• Energy savings projection: 456 watts (.46 Kw)
• Pre-retrofit to post retrofit energy reduction: 37 %
• Estimated Annual Savings:
Hours Per Day / 250
Days Per Year
Electrical
Savings
Avoided Diesel
Use
Avoided
Diesel Costs
4 Hours $223 37 Gallons $89
7 Hours $391 65 Gallons $157
10 Hours $559 93 Gallons $224
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Headstart Building
Materials
Installed
2-Lamp
Ballasts
32w
lamps
4-Lamp
Ballasts
(3) 32w
lamps
2-Lamp
Ballasts
25w
lamps
4-Lamp
Ballasts
25w
lamps
13w
CFL
20w
CFL
25w
CFL
Headstart Bldg 34 0 0 0 5 6 0
• Pre-retrofit energy use: 3,178 watts
• Post-Retrofit Energy Use: 2,225 watts
• Energy savings projection: 953 watts (.95 Kw)
• Pre-retrofit to post retrofit energy reduction: 30 %
• Estimated Annual Savings:
Hours Per Day / 250
Days Per Year
Electrical
Savings
Avoided Diesel
Use
Avoided
Diesel Costs
4 Hours $467 78 Gallons $187
7 Hours $817 136 Gallons $327
10 Hours $1,167 194 Gallons $468
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Chefornak Village Corporation Owned Buildings
Energy efficient lighting upgrades were completed in the Chefarnarmute Inc. owned grocery
and hardware store.
Corporation Grocery and Hardware Store - Lighting Retrofit Summary:
• Lighting upgrades completed in September 2006
• Retrofitted 31 linear fluorescent fixtures with T8 lamps and electronic ballasts
• Installed: 1 compact fluorescent light bulbs
Materials Installed
4-Lamp
Ballasts
(3) 25w
lamps
13w
CFL
20w
CFL
25w
CFL
Grocery & Hardware
Store 31 0 0 1
• Pre-retrofit energy use for all lighting: 4,440 watts
• Post-retrofit energy use for all lighting: 2,443 watts
• Energy savings projection: 1,997 watts (2.0 kW)
• Pre-retrofit to post retrofit energy reduction: 45 %
• Estimated Annual Savings:
Hours Per Day / 250
Days Per Year
Electrical
Savings
Avoided Diesel
Use
Avoided
Diesel Costs
4 Hours $979 163 Gallons $392
7 Hours $1,712 285 Gallons $686
10 Hours $2,446 407 Gallons $980
Notes: The village corp. store saw great savings and ample light by going to 25 watt lamps
and from 4 to 3 lamp / fixtures.
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Lower Kuskokwim School District Owned Buildings - Chefornak School
Energy efficient lighting upgrades were completed to the extent possible in the school tool
room and 4 teacher housing units owned by LKSD.
School owned Buildings - Lighting Retrofit Summary:
• Lighting upgrades completed in October 2006
• Retrofitted 12 linear fluorescent fixtures with T8 lamps and electronic ballasts
• Pre-retrofit energy use for all lighting: 7,960 watts
• Post-retrofit energy use for all lighting: 4,034 watts
• Energy savings projection: 3,926 watts (3.93 kW)
• Pre-retrofit to post retrofit energy reduction: 49 %
• Estimated Annual Savings:
Hours Per Day / 250
Days Per Year
Electrical
Savings
Avoided Diesel
Use
Avoided
Diesel Costs
4 Hours $1,924 320 Gallons $770
7 Hours $3,367 559 Gallons $1,348
10 Hours $4,809 799 Gallons $1,926
Chefornak School
Materials
Installed
2-Lamp
Ballasts
32w
lamps
4-Lamp
Ballasts
32w
lamps
2-Lamp
Ballasts
25w
lamps
2-Lamp
Fixtures
3-lamp
ballasts
25w
lamps
4-Lamp
Fixtures
3-lamp
ballasts
25w
lamps
4-Lamp
Ballasts
25w
lamps
Tool
Room 0 0 0 3 0 0
• Pre-retrofit energy use: 246 watts
• Post-Retrofit Energy Use: 156 watts
• Energy savings projection: 90 watts (.09 Kw)
• Pre-retrofit to post retrofit energy reduction: 37 %
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• Estimated Annual Savings:
Hours Per Day / 250
Days Per Year
Electrical
Savings
Avoided Diesel
Use
Avoided
Diesel Costs
4 Hours $44 7 Gallons $18
7 Hours $77 13 Gallons $31
10 Hours $110 18 Gallons $44
Teacher Housing
Materials Installed
2-Lamp
Ballasts
32w
lamps
4-Lamp
Ballasts
32w
lamps
2-Lamp
Ballasts
25w
lamps
2-Lamp
Fixtures
3-lamp
ballasts
25w
lamps
4-Lamp
Fixtures
3-lamp
ballasts
25w
lamps
4-Lamp
Ballasts
25w
lamps
Teacher Housing 0 0 2 7 0 0
• Pre-retrofit energy use: 714 watts
• Post-Retrofit Energy Use: 458 watts
• Energy savings projection: 256 watts (.26 Kw)
• Pre-retrofit to post retrofit energy reduction: 36 %
• Estimated Annual Savings:
Hours Per Day / 250
Days Per Year
Electrical
Savings
Avoided Diesel
Use
Avoided
Diesel Costs
4 Hours $125 21 Gallons $50
7 Hours $220 36 Gallons $88
10 Hours $314 52 Gallons $126
Notes: The vast majority of school facilities were already upgraded with T8 lighting. Most of
the teacher housing was already furnished with circular fluorescents which are relatively
energy efficient. This meant only a few fixtures could be upgraded in LKSD facilities.
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High Output T5 Lighting Upgrades for the Gym
Existing 4’ HO fluorescent fixtures
in the Chefornak School Gym
Hours Per Day / 250
Days Per Year
Electrical
Savings
Avoided Diesel
Use
Avoided
Diesel Costs
4 Hours $1,754 292 Gallons $703
7 Hours $3,070 510 Gallons $1,230
10 Hours $4,386 729 Gallons $1,756
The Chefornak school gym T5 retrofit was completed in August, 2006. This upgrade resulted
in a 51% savings. Fifty-six, 2-lamp High output T12 fluorescent fixtures - each using 125
watts – were replaced with 20, 3-lamp T5 fixtures each using 171 watts.
13 Alaska Building Science Network - Chefornak T5 Lighting Upgrade Details These retrofits were completed in August, 2006. Chefornak Length (feet) Width (feet) Ceiling Hieght (feet) # of Existing Fixtures Existing Fixture Wattage Total Existing Wattage Existing Foot-candles New Foot-Candles # of New Fixtures lamps / fixture New Fixture Wattage Total New Wattage Gym 80 50 20 56 125 7000 16 35 20 3 171 3420 Total New wattage for gym = 51 % savings Savings & Payback Calculation for Gym: -51.14285714 Assume 1750 hrs / year for 250 days/year of use Full cost of electricity: $0.49 /kWh Watts of existing lighting: 7,000 New wattage for T5 fixtures: 3,420 Calculation: (Watts) x (hrs/year) / (1000w/kw) x (cost of electricity) = (cost / year) Existing Cost: $6,003 Retrofitted Cost: $2,933 Annual Savings: $ $3,070 Est material & shipping cost of Gym retrofit: $5,057.29 Simple Payback: Materials cost / annual savings = 1.647406225 years (for retrofit to pay for itself in materials) Alaska Building Science Network – Village End Use Energy Efficiency Program – ’05-06 Final Report – West Region - Chefornak
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Low-Mass Boiler Replacements for
Lower Kuskokwim School District Teacher Housing:
Two new Energy Kinetics EK-2 Low-Mass Boilers like
the one pictured will be installed in the LKSD, old BIA
teacher housing bldg in Chefornak
After lighting upgrade projects were fully funded, approximately $12,800 remained in
materials and village labor budgets for other energy saving measures. It was determined by
ABSN and AEA that reducing heating fuel use would be a good use of remaining funds.
ABSN signed an MOA with LKSD for installation of two, Energy Kinetics EK2 low-mass
boilers to be installed in the Chefornak, old BIA teacher housing building. This building of
approximately 4,500 square feet is heated by two, old and over-sized cast iron boilers
estimated to gross 580,000 BTUs and burn 5.6 gallons of heating fuel per hour of use.
These boiler replacements will happen during the ’07 summer recess. The district is
contracting with a mechanical contractor experienced with Energy Kinetics boilers based in
Bethel, which is the headquarters of LKSD. These two entities will work closely together
during the boiler installations to ensure LKSD maintenance staff are trained in the installation,
operations and maintenance of the new boiler systems. LKSD will cover transportation,
lodging, per diem, shipping and miscellaneous costs. VEUEEM funds will cover materials
and most of the contracted labor for these projects. ABSN will be monitoring the installation
process and provide AEA with relevant updates.
Although low-mass boilers are not commonly found in rural Alaska applications presently,
their potential for fuel savings coupled with steady fuel cost increases may be catalysts in
more of these systems being utilized. Rural entities have so far been reluctant to embrace a
new heating system that has substantially different parts, technology and maintenance
familiarity. With our recent research into low-mass boiler systems we believe the substantial
fuel savings potential of the low-mass system will over shadow initial challenges of
unfamiliarity. With the low-mass boiler system, providing installation and maintenance
specifications of the manufacturer are followed, fuel savings is estimated to be 10% - 30%
over the older, existing cast iron boilers.
Low-Mass Boilers – Research Information:
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Following is information from our research that led us to pursue installations and training for
low-mass boiler systems as energy saving measures for these grants:
The industry standard for rating energy efficiency is the: Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency
(AFUE) rating. This system is decades old and does not account for some of the most
important elements effecting energy efficiency of a heating system. AFUE does not measure
heat loss and accompanying fuel use due to:
• jacket losses from uninsulated or minimally insulated boilers
• Standby (idle) losses from boilers that always run at operating temperature and never
cool to room temperature.
• Room air losses / draft regulator losses and heat-loss up the chimney.
These areas taken together contribute significantly to increased fuel use. These areas of heat
(and fuel) losses are why conventional boiler systems burn more fuel than necessary. Low-
mass boiler systems were designed to minimize losses in these specific areas.
On Kodiak Island, the U.S. Coast Guard is in the process of finalizing a project to have over
150 EK 2000 low-mass boilers installed in their Kodiak island housing units. They have had
a performance-contracting project going for a couple years and have discovered excellent
results in replacing conventional cast iron indirect tank systems. According to Energy
Kinetics' Vice President, the Coast Guard has described the boiler replacements as the
fastest pay-back of all the heating energy retrofits they are monitoring.
These boilers have been around more than 2 decades and have proven themselves in the
field. Once the operations and maintenance of these systems is understood, they are not
prohibitive to maintain or get parts for.
Recent research findings by the Brookhaven National Laboratory point to significant fuel
savings with low-mass boilers over conventional cast iron boilers:
Excerpts from:
The Performance of Integrated Hydronic Heating Systems
Dr. T. Butcher, Y. Celebi, and G. Wei
Brookhaven National Laboratory, New York
An 82% AFUE (Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency) Heat and Hot Water Boiler runs with 61% seasonal
efficiency – and the real efficiency is even lower.
An 82% AFUE boiler (with an 80% steady state thermal efficiency) performs with seasonal efficiency of 61%.
These results are meticulously calculated by very accurately measuring the amount of energy consumed and
the amount of energy delivered to the conditioned space and for domestic hot water. The majority of the
reduction in efficiency comes from downtime losses (idle losses) that are not accounted for in the AFUE rating
system.1 The 61% seasonal efficiency is further lowered by draft regulator losses, so the real efficiency is
around 55%.
In another example, Dr. Butcher highlights savings of 29.5% when comparing steady state thermal efficiency of
88% versus 80%. In this case, 76% of the savings is achieved by reducing the idle loss from 3% to .15%.
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87% AFUE System 2000 outperforms a 93% AFUE condensing boiler.
System 2000 has the highest seasonal efficiency and the lowest idle loss of all systems tested. For example,
Dr. Butcher notes that System 2000's "value of .15% here for idle loss represents the best level measured in the
lab tests to-date. Here the reduction in annual fuel use is actually lower than with the condensing system and
demonstrates the important impact that the idle losses have."2 The extremely low idle losses (see yellow graph)
indicate that System 2000 is nearly unaffected by oversizing and performs at near peak efficiency in summer,
spring, winter and fall.
AFUE Equipment Type Steady State
Thermal Efficiency
Idle
Loss
Oversize
Factor
Seasonal Efficiency
(Real Efficiency is lower if
draft regulator required)
87% System 2000 86.5%.15%3 85.2%
93% Condensing Boiler with Indirect
Tank
92.0% 1.5% 3 79.6%
89% Boiler with Indirect Tank 88.0% 3% 3 67.1%
82% Tankless Coil Boiler 80.0% 3% 3 61.0%
Outdoor reset controls These controls can reduce idle losses, but typically will account for
savings of less than 6 or 8%.
1Dr. Thomas Butcher of Brookhaven National Labs May 2, 2006 presentation at the Atlantic Region Energy Expo, “Is there a better method
than AFUE?”
2Butcher, T., Celebi, Y, and Wei, G., The Performance of Integrated Hydronic Heating Systems, Proceedings of the Fifth Aachen Oilheat
Colloquium, Aachen Germany, Sept. 2006, Olwarme Institute.
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Bethel Boiler Training at Yuut Elitnaurviat Learning Center, March 24 & 25, 2006
16 hours of classroom time at the
Learning Center Shop
Blue plastic cases are Bacharach
flu gas analyzer kits – taken back
to villages by maintenance staff
Training on oil burner combustion
efficiency
Chefornak maintenance staff: Bernard Mael traveled to Bethel March 24 and 25, 2006
participate in this training. ABSN partnered with Bethel Community Services Association,
YKHC’s Yuut Elitnaurviat Learning Center and AVCP Housing Authority to provide ABSN’s
16-hour boiler training course to 7 rural maintenance staff from VEUEEM grant villages.
Charlie Deer’s training hours were covered by $2,100 in matching funds from ABSN. AEA
VEUEEM grant funds were used to cover air fare and lodging in Bethel for the following
maintenance staff from this grant’s villages: Chefornak: Bernard Mael, Kongiganak: John
Phillip, Kwigillingok: Benedict White, Mekoryuk: Alvin David, Quinhagak: Norman
Cleveland and Adolph Pleasant. Andrew Lind of Port Heiden (NW-SW Region VEUEEM
grant) was also brought to Bethel for this class.
Components of a Bacharach Flu Gas
Analyzing Kit used in boiler efficiency
training and left with capable maint staff
Smoke-test kit for analyzing flu gases for boiler
efficiency
Flu gas analyzer
measures levels of
unburned carbon in
combustion gases
During this training course ABSN’s boiler specialist Charlie Deer instructed maintenance staff
in the fundamentals of boiler and fuel energy efficiency. Training topics covered: fuel, proper
heating system sizing, testing boiler efficiency with a flu gas analyzer kit, cleaning and tuning
boilers for energy efficiency, control options and proper control function, burner and nozzle
components and function, outdoor temperature boiler controls, programable thermostats, etc.
18 Chefornak, In-Kind Contribution Tracking Record - ABSN Energy Efficiency Projects: Village entities worked with: Tribe, City, Village Corp, School District. In-Kind Item Dates Hours Contri-buted Hourly Wage Value / Amount Notes Staff time for project contact, introduction, and reviewof intro materials (Number of entities x 1 hour each) 4 $15.00 $60.00 Hrs contributed column indicates # of entities we worked with in the village. $15 / hr is our estimated average wage for local village staff: Tribal Administrators, City Clerks, Facilities Managers, maintenance staff, etc. Staff time for project contact, introduction, and reviewof intro materials (Number of entities x 1 hour each) 4 $15.00 $60.00 Hrs contributed column indicates # of entities we worked with in the village. $15 / hr is our estimated average wage for local village staff: Tribal Administrators, City Clerks, Facilities Managers, maintenance staff, etc. Staff time for Attending teleconference - all entities village-wide 13.5 $15.00 $202.50 Hrs contributed column indicates length of telecon multiplied by # of village telecon participants Office manager time for maintenace worker assistance & supervision 28 $18.00 $504.00 In-Kind Items provided by (Chefarnrmute, Inc. From Robert Panruk, 9-13-06) Lighting upgrades done week of 9-4-06 CityMaint. Staff - accompanyField Manager on building assessments - 1st site visit 2 $9.00 $18.00 CityMaint. Staff - light fixture and ballast research before site visit 6 $9.00 $54.00 Maint. Staff time to attend ABSN training 40 $9.00 $360.00 City maintenance staff helped do high school gym lights for training purposes. Village office administrative percentage of total project cost less ABSN Admin %. Total project cost = $37,250/village - (our admin percentage , (around 9%) Approx: $3,352) = $33,897 x 5% = $1,694 (this 5% village admin cost estimate is spread across all entities we work with for the course of the grant for completing all energy efficiency measures. These are primarily for cumulative, otherwise unaccounted time expense for project support. Jan '05 - Jan '07 $1,694.00 Each time we call, email, or fax a village entity, someone has to receive the communication, review and/or foward the information, follow-up on requests, etc. Wether it is to set-up a teleconference, verify maintenance staff participation in lighting or boiler trainings, set-up in-kind lodging and transportation, lighting trainings, track a shipment, verify completion of lighting in a given building, ship lamps and ballasts out of the village, request a labor reimbursement agreement, or invoice etc, etc. Village expenses for phone charges, copying and fax costs, office supplies, etc are part of this ammount. Lodging for ABSN Field Managers - all site visits $300.00 5 nights @60/night Transportation and fuel costs - all site visits $160.00 4-wheeler rental, 4 days @$40/day Fuel specific during #1 site visit $14.28 3 gallons fuel School & teacher housing lighting upgrades 8 18 $144.00 Local maint Iin-kind labor provided by school district School T5 Gym lighting upgrades $4,303.71 In-kind labor - for LKSD electrician provided by school district, includes airfarre and per diem, Employer expense for Workman's Comp 931 0.05 $46.55 Generic multiplier: .05 x gross payroll of village labor (indicated in hrs contrib collumn) TOTAL $7,921.04 Alaska Building Science Network – Village End Use Energy Efficiency Program – ’05-06 Final Report – West Region - Chefornak
Alaska Building Science Network – Village End Use Energy Efficiency Program – ’05-06 Final Report – West Region - Chefornak 19