NYSERDA Audits and Recommendations
To date, NYSERDA energy audits have been conducted on the HVAC and lighting systems in the Town Hall, Penfield Community Center, Parks Department Building, Highway Department, and the Don Mack Building. Audit reports have been returned to the Town of Penfield with energy use analysis and recommendations for improvement with estimated implementation and payback costs.
The town plans to use Federal Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) funds to implement projects including:
• New Ceiling and Insulation in the Town Hall Building
• Town Hall Windows Upgrade
• Energy Efficient Lighting Upgrade at the Town Hall Auditorium
• Lighting upgrade in Channing Philbrick Park Building
• Install Energy Management System at the Mack Building
• Energy Savings Lighting Upgrade at the Penfield Community Center Gymnasium
Town of Penfield is planning to install a grid-system drop ceiling over the existing ceiling at the Town Hall’s main meeting auditorium.
The existing ceiling is 12x12 spline tiles with little insulating property directly attached to the roof rafters.
The new ceiling tiles will have substantially improved thermal insulation property and is expected to save 3,594 kWh of electricity annually. The saving is equivalent to 2,510 kg of CO2 equivalent emission reduced.
In addition, the new ceiling will simplify the upgrading the existing legacy fluorescent fixtures to new, energy efficient lighting fixtures.
Town of Penfield is planning to replace all the windows at the Town Hall building with energy efficient Thermal Aluminum Windows.
The existing windows are legacy style single-pane uncoated windows. The replacement windows will have dual glass panes with low-emissive coating and airspace filled with insulating argon gas.
The windows replacement will be performed in two phases. The first phase will replace all the normal size double-hung windows. The second phase will replace the oversized windows in the main meeting auditorium.
The new windows are expected to save about 45,000 kWh of electricity per year.
Town of Penfield plans to replace existing inefficient T12 fluorescent lighting fixtures at the Town Hall's main meeting room with energy efficient dimming fluorescent fixtures and occupancy sensors.
Presently there are 36 T12 2-lamp 4-foot fluorescent fixtures in the Town Hall's main meeting room. Town of Penfield will replace all the T12 fixtures with dimmable and efficient T5 fixtures that will provide improved illumination and the ability to reduce lighting level through dimming control. The occupancy sensors will automatically shut-off unneeded lighting when the space is unoccupied.
The combination of the new efficient T5 fixtures, dimming control and occupancy sensors will reduce annual electricity consumption by 9,250 kWh and save 6,430 kg of CO2 equivalent emissions.
Town of Penfield is planning to upgrade the lighting in the Channing Philbrick Park Building located at Linear Park, off route 441 in Penfield.
Currently, the Linear Park Building has legacy style inefficient T12 fluorescent lighting fixtures with old magnetic ballasts. The project proposes to replace the existing T12 fixtures with T8 energy efficient fixtures and efficiency electronic ballasts. The plan is to install 30 2-lamp fixtures and 12 4-lamp fixtures.
Each new T8 lamp will save about 20 Watts over the existing T12 lamp, including savings from the high efficiency electronic ballast compared to the existing magnetic ballast.
The lighting upgrade at Linear Park is expected to save 11,794 kWh of electricity per year. The saving is equivalent to 8,238 kg of CO2 equivalent emission reduced.
Town of Penfield is planning to install an Energy Management System at the Mack Building and integrate the Mack Building with the control system at the Town Hall.
The new system at the Mack Building will include:
• Control unit for each of the building’s HVAC equipment
• Temperature sensors to monitor the interior temperatures and temperatures in the HVAC ductworks
• Control unit for the fans of the HVAC equipment
• Alarm monitors
The new system at the Mack Building is expected to save 4,688 kWh annually.
Town of Penfield is planning to upgrade the lighting in the Gymnasium located inside the town's Community Center.
Presently, the Community Gymnasium space has 20 250-Watt Highbay Metal Halide light fixtures.
The lighting upgrades is expected to save 2,538 kWh of annual savings
