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Committee recommends geothermal/renewables package for proposed police station; requests payback analysis
Summary
After presentations from consultants, the Public Works Committee recommended the most comprehensive sustainability package (option C) for the proposed police station, which includes geothermal HVAC, rooftop PV and preparedness for future EV charging. The committee asked staff to return with lifecycle cost and payback analyses.
Amber Anderson, representing the consultant team (Enbirger Anderson), and Mike from JDR Engineering presented three sustainability bundles under consideration for the proposed police station: a baseline conventional rooftop HVAC package; a geothermal option with rooftop DOAS (dedicated outdoor air systems) and centralized geothermal heating/cooling; and a more distributed geothermal solution with individual heat pumps and DOAS (the consultants labeled options A, B and C).
Mike and the engineering team said they were moving toward Option C (distributed geothermal heat-pump systems with rooftop DOAS) after working with Focus on Energy to refine lifecycle estimates. Consultants said…
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