Energy AUdit Case Study
Client:
Towanda Borough
724 Main Street
Towanda, PA 18848
Contact:
Tom Fairchild
Borough Manager
607.637.0082
Services Provided:
- Preliminary Energy Audit
- Comprehensive Energy Audit
- Grant Assistance
Potential Annual Savings Overview:
- $22,600+ in energy costs
Printable PDFTowanda Borough
Borough of Towanda officials knew they were spending more on energy each year. With electricity deregulation looming, they made the decision to evaluate a number of their facilities, including:
- Sewage Treatment System
- Sewage Conveyance System
- Water Department
- Municipal Building
- Borough Hall
- YMCA
- Fire Hall
Additionally, Matson Environmental assisted the Borough in the technical energy assessment for the PA Conservation Works! grant opportunity.
Preliminary Energy Audit
Matson Environmental performed a Preliminary Energy Audit for the Borough, which included:
- Utility Bill Analyses for 4 of the facilities
- Energy Star benchmarking for 4 of the facilities
- Energy Conservation Measures for each facility
- LED Street Lighting exploration
- A walkthrough visit of each facility
With the Preliminary Audit, Matson Environmental identified 42 Energy Conservation Measures for the Towanda Borough, including:
- Auditing & optimizing the ATAD process within the sewage treatment
- Implementing time-of-use and demand reduction strategies at the Water Treatment Plant
- Upgrading insulation and AC units at Municipal Building & Borough Hall
- Installing solar photovoltaics on the Fire Hall
- Implementing solar hot water at the YMCA
Grant Assistance
Matson Environmental provided a qualified Energy Assessment for the PA Conservation Works! Grant opportunity in August 2009. Qualifying projects were identified, and energy and pollutions savings were quantified.
Grant projects included:
- Sewage plant blower upgrades
- Geothermal heat pump using plant effluent
- A 7.36 kW solar photovoltaic system at a nearby pumping station