ENERGY EFFICIENCY & CONSERVATION BLOCK GRANT FUNDS

AWARD NO. DE-SC0001927

PROJECT STATUS UPDATED:  1/11/2011

EECBG Project Activity

Grant Amount

Project Amounts

Status

Project Activity #1 – HVAC System Retrofit at Babcock Street Police Department

$251,017.00

 

 

Retrofit existing aging, inefficient HVAC system at Police Department at Babcock Street with new 50-ton air-cooled chiller with 260-ton-hours of thermal storage capacity.

 

 

 

Engineering Services

Frazier Engineering, Inc. Melbourne, FL

 

$14,640.00

Completed

Construction Contract

Construction Management Associates, Rockledge, FL

 

$240,680.00

Construction to begin March 2011

Project Activity #2 – Solar Thermal Water Heaters at Fire Stations

$42,000.00

 

 

Retrofit existing electric hot water heaters with solar thermal powered water heaters

 

 

 

Engineering Services

Frazier Engineering, Inc. Melbourne, FL

 

$13,800.00

Under Design

Construction Contract

 

 

Bid in Jan 2011

Project Activity #3 – LED Lighting Replacements

$196,868.00

 

 

Retrofit existing High Pressure Sodium (HPS) and Metal Halide (MH) bulbs with Light Emitting Diodes (LED) lamps at various locations throughout the city.

 

 

 

Engineering Services

Frazier Engineering, Inc. Melbourne, FL

 

$21,500.00

Under Design

Construction Contract

 

 

 

Project Activity #4 – Energy Efficient Roof Replacements

$188,615.00

 

 

Lake Washington Surface Water Treatment Plant

Replace portion of existing non-energy efficient roof with Title 24 Compliant Energy Star-Rated roofing system.

$81,200.00

 

 

Engineering Services

Frazier Engineering, Inc. Melbourne, FL

 

$12,800.00

Completed

Construction Contract

The Roof Authority, Inc., Fort Pierce, FL

 

$54,710.00

Under Construction

Front Street Civic Center

Replace existing non-energy efficient roof with Title 24 Compliant Energy Star-Rated roofing system.

$107,415.00

 

 

Engineering Services

Frazier Engineering, Inc. Melbourne, FL

 

$13,800.00

Completed

Construction Contract

The Roof Authority, Inc., Fort Pierce, FL

 

$60,347.00

Construction to begin January 2011

Project Activity #5 – Long Term Strategic Energy Plan

$135,000.00

 

 

Phase 1 - Energy Efficiency & Conservation Strategy

(EECS) Grant Requirement to obtain funding.  Identifies municipal retrofit projects to be funded by the EECBG grant.

EECS performed by Frazier Engineering, Inc.

$25,000.00

$25,000.00

Completed

Phase 2 - Municipal and Community Sustainability

Overall long term plan to focus on energy reductions for municipal operations in addition to community-wide energy reduction.  Will include energy audits of municipal facilities and explore idle reduction, bike and pedestrian ways, community outreach and incentive programs for residential and commercial properties.

$110,000.00

 

Conceptual Planning Underway 

Total Grant Amount

$813,500.00

 

 

Acknowledgement:  This material is based upon work supported by the Department of Energy under Award Number DE-SC0001927.

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