Lakeville advisory committee recommends $17,900 energy study to test fire-station design for Section 179D tax credit

The Lakeville Energy Advisory Committee unanimously recommended on Nov. 3 that the fire station building committee seek a $17,900 energy-analysis proposal from Andelmann & Leek Engineering to determine whether the proposed station would qualify for the Section 179D federal tax deduction.

The committee's chair, John Gregory, said the advisory committee does not have authority to sign contracts but can recommend that the building committee pursue the work. Magda of Andelmann & Leek Engineering described the proposed scope as an hourly whole-building energy simulation comparing the proposed design to a prescribed reference baseline under…