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Facilities staff report verified energy savings, incentives used for upgrades
Summary
Facilities staff reported results from a verified-utility-savings program and operational improvements that produced measurable kWh and therms savings, earned incentives (including a cited $55,000 application for lighting upgrades), and projected approximately $160,000 in avoided costs over five years if practices continue.
Facilities staff reviewed the district’s participation in a utility-bill-verified-savings program (UBVS) and other operational measures, saying staff training, continuous commissioning and BAS tuning yielded both energy and cost benefits.
Staff said a pilot at Longfellow produced a measurable Energy Star improvement and a small incentive payment; when the program was expanded to 12 facilities in 2025 the district received per-building incentives that staff plan to reinvest in prioritized projects (for example, replacing outdated atrium fluorescent lighting at West High School). Facilities staff reported examples where retro-commissioning of pools and other systems avoided large natural-gas charges and said the aggregated savings and incentives could fund further lifecycle upgrades.
The presenter said the district expects to realize avoided costs (projected about $160,000 over five years) by operating buildings as designed, and emphasized no indoor-air-quality compromises were made in the operational changes. Staff recommended continuing the continuous-commissioning mindset and reinvesting measured savings into further projects to sustain a cycle of improvement.
