City buildings from the public library to the animal shelter would get new heating and cooling equipment, LED lights and a single building-control system under a $3,185,605 contract on the City Council's consent agenda for Wednesday, Oct. 7.
The Energy and Construction Services Contract with Schneider Electric Buildings Americas follows an investment-grade audit the company presented to the council on Sept. 1. Consent items are usually approved together in one vote unless a council member pulls one for discussion.
What the money buys
Most of the cost is mechanical work. The company's presentation breaks the price into $2,133,791 for HVAC, $788,331 for a building automation system and $263,483 for lighting.
The library carries the biggest share of the HVAC need. Its 19 rooftop units are 15 to 25 years old, and photos in the presentation show units dating to 1999 and 2001; the presentation cites rising repair costs, comfort problems and an obsolete refrigerant in equipment more than 20 years old.
The plan replaces them with high-efficiency Trane equipment, 155 tons in all, and splits the library's large central system into four smaller units so the building can be rezoned during a future remodel. Two 23-year-old rooftop units at the City Hall Annex would also be replaced.
More than 900 light fixtures at 12 sites would be retrofitted or replaced with LEDs. The Annex has no control system and the jail at the police department has a very old one, according to the presentation, so the contract would tie five sites into the Trane system already used at City Hall.
Sites listed in the scope include the library, the Annex, the jail, the recreation center, the government center, public works and fleet, fire stations 2 and 3, Stewart Creek Park, Office Creek, the aquatic park, the animal shelter and the visitors bureau building.
