Energy Audits for Police Stations, Fire Halls, and other Public Safety Buildings
If your borough is like most, your municipal buildings probably expend more energy than your vehicle fleet and your town’s streetlights combined. For a police station, fire hall, or other public safety building, the cumulative effects of inefficient lighting, heating, cooling, and energy use associated with data centers can result in needless expense.
An Envinity energy audit of your public safety buildings explores ways to save energy and money. We offer recommendations for low cost equipment upgrades or retrofits, and study operation schedules to determine whether behavioral changes can offer opportunities for improved savings.
As part of your audit, Envinity will examine
- Building envelopes of police stations, fire halls, and other public safety buildings. This will gauge the efficiency of existing air infiltration, insulation, and weather stripping;
- HVAC;
- Lighting systems and controls;
- Water efficiency, heating, and conservation; and
- Equipment energy usage (such as cooking facilities and municipal servers).
Municipalities will receive a comprehensive energy management plan offering recommendations for retrofitting, replacement, and energy management opportunities. The plan will include financial payback analysis, including estimated annual savings, estimated cost to implement, simple payback, and a savings-to-investment ratio (SIR) for each recommendation. This gives municipalities an opportunity to prioritize energy efficiency measures and budget for long-term energy improvements.
Although many energy improvements pay for themselves over time, it can be a challenge to find funding to implement efficiency measures. Envinity works with municipalities to help identify financing opportunities, offering grant writing services, funding identification, and low interest loan identification. Contact us today to find out how your municipality can plan for the future, increase stewardship, and become more efficient with a comprehensive energy audit of your public safety buildings.
