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By encorporating the following recommendations, YMCA Dallas can:
Become an institution committed to sustainability. Operate more efficiently.
• Use these savings for other programs Become a model for other YMCA’s.
The criteria used to prepare this report centered around energy and water conserving measures that:
Can be readily identified. Can provide a reasonably short payback and ROI.
Goals
Water and Energy savings strategies:
Replace plumbing fixtures at 19 facilities. Install swimming pool covers at 8 facilities. Install laundry ozone generators at 8 facilities. Install energy controllers at vending machines. Install a water treatment system at cooling tower.
Strategies
Savings generated
plumbingfixtures
$ 190,568 $ 134,611 1.5 yrs.
pool Covers
$ 96,280 $ 66,192 1.5 yrs.
ozoneGenerator
$ 86,120 $ 22,874 3.8 yrs.
*vendingcontrollers
$ 5,907 $ 3,465 1.7 yrs.
cooling tower $ 22,016 $ 5,286 4.2 yrs
Cost Savings Payback
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II
III
IV
V
$ 403,931 $ 232,846 1.7 yrs
* ‘Snack Miser’ controllers included
7 OLD facilities -all fixtures replaced
7 OLD facilities -toilets & urinals replaced+aerators & showerheads
12 NEWER Facilities -aerators & showerheads
Plumbing Fixtures – Costs
Pool Cover – savings at Coppell
ROI for Coppell Indoor Pool
Ref.: ‘Pool Energy Use Calculator’ Washington State University
‘Vending Miser’
Manufacturer’s Data
Yearly savings of $3,480 for 33 ‘Vending Misers’
• ‘Snack Miser’ controllers at 19 non-refrigerated snack machines saved $418 per year with a simple payback of 7.3 years
Cooling Tower Water Treatment
Existing system:Dissolved minerals precipitate and deposit themselves on cooling tower surfaces.
‘Dolphin WaterCare’:Electric field strips suspended particles of static charge. The particles then become the preferred surface for minerals to precipitate to.
Grant Writing
The Richardson Family YMCA was selected as an individual project and used to develop a Grant Proposal to the (GP) Georgia-Pacific Foundation for water (resource) conservation. GP’s funding limitation is $25,000.
Why was Georgia-Pacific selected as a funding source?
they have a strong interest in the Environment and Resource Conservation.
their grant program fits the goals and objectives of the Project.
our project satisfies their funding requirements.
YMCA Project Review
“This report is detailed, thorough, and comprehensive. We will be reviewing it with Senior Management and we will be implementing some of these items immediately…”
Stanley G. Thomas, AIAVice President of Properties & Facilities
YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas
Questions?
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