Meeting Minutes: Division of Facilities Services Kyoto task team - 2/19/04

1. Meeting Minutes were discussed and accepted. Please also note that these meeting minutes have attachments as well as the agenda. The attachments included reports and trends of data from the newly completed ECI projects in Olin Hall and Tjaden Hall.

The next three to five years $10-12 million will be spent on the Endowed campus. During this fiscal year we will be spending about $2 million. The State campus can borrow for projects to save energy with a five-year payback. Contract College Facilities (who handles the State Campus needs) will be ramping up with help from Lannys energy management group to address these new expenditures.

3. NYSERDA New Construction Applications
Duffield Hall has received the largest amount to be awarded by NYSERDA - almost $400,000. There are now five state and five endowed construction applications in to NYSERDA for consideration. NYSERDA has advised us that they will allow two more applications, one state side, one endowed to be added to this grouping. We expect to add Physical Sciences as the endowed project.

West Campus Residential Initiative is now on Phase III. Abigail Krich recently met with Hal Craft, Lanny Joyce and John Kiefer to discuss the possibility of photo-voltaics. They would cost $6-7/watt, NYSERDA would rebate at $5/watt. This would be considered a roughly 15-year payback with the NYSERDA rebate. The Tompkins County Librarys photo-voltaic system was laid on the library roof at a cost of $7-8/watt (much easier construction) and has a 100 year simple payback (50 years after rebate). Prices are declining as more cells become available and technology improves.

4. Controls Recommissioning
Identifying and correcting systems inconsistencies is continuing. Some buildings are now being revisited to make sure corrections are in effect and they are balanced. Air/air heat recovery systems are being investigated.

Lanny Joyce has talked with the manufacturer of growth systems to try to identify a more efficient system for the Life Sciences project.

Baker Lab is one of the Endowed buildings being revisited and is now done. The team spent a number of weeks working on it.

On the Contract College side (State) two new mechanics have been hired. One is from a contractor, the other from an IBM support group. The State has bugeted $120,000 yearly for parts to correct systems malfunctions. The method of approach will be to investigate the largest energy using buildings first, and correct energy waste. This is the strategy for all of the Cornell campus.

5. Energy Conservation Projects
Tjaden Hall's heating system is now fully functional. See the chart at the end of the minutes. It has VAV terminals with occupancy sensors. 20% leakage was found in the ductwork. Leakage is being addressed. A digital controller has been added to every space. There are some complaints of noise, which will be looked into and fixed as best we can. The initial aim was for a 20% reduction in energy use - we now have a 20-30% reduction.

Olin Hall has two supply air flow fans that were initially running at 30,000 cfm constantly. Now with new controls they have a daytime high of 17,000-18,000 cfm and a night low of 14,5000 cfm. That is a 30+% average reduction which will translate into over $100,000 in savings with a four year simple payback for the systems added.

Room 208 had a large electric load whose heat was forcing the building out of balance. New buildings will have systems separate from the outside air source (fan coils) to handle these high sensible loads with recirculated air.

Bradfield and VRT studies are now underway.

The State has a capital plan with monies awarded for maintenance: Roofs, HVAC, etc. to be managed locally.

AWS is working on selecting three prospective sites. So far, Mt. Pleasant, Arnot Forest, and Yellow Barn seem like possible candidates. Connecticut Hill is not. Its a bird sanctuary.

There is a concern that Mt. Pleasant will not be allowed by the FAA since it is under the glidepath for the airport. AWS will prepare the paperwork to approach the FAA. Five to seven machines are being planned for whichever site we choose.

Usually a farmer whose land is used for a wind tower is paid $3,000-5,000 per tower.

March/April the first phase report is due. We are considering towers that will be 60-80 meters tall. There are migrating bird issues as well as injury to bats. Currently, AWS is monitoring 40 sites in New York State. They have also consulted the Laboratory of Ornithology for this report.

March 3^rd Norm Scott will be heading a trip to Fenner, NY to visit the windpower site. October to April is the wind season in NYS. The NYS Business Council newsletter has a link to the Fenner information site.

7. KyotoNOW! students are planning to attend the Northeast Climate Change Conference in Boston.

The Union of Concerned Scientists has openly denounced the Bush Administrations position on science.

Andrew Schat addressed the group about the growth of the hybrid car market.

New York State has a large tax rebate on hybrid cars.

Fleets of hybrid cars will get tax aid, tax credit - which will not help tax-free Cornell University.

Diesel fuel should also be considered because of its lower emissions to the atmosphere.

KyotoNOW! group has also answered President Lehman's Call to Engagement, a copy will be circulated at the next meeting.

KyotoNOW! is also working with SNARK to produce environmental awareness.

8. Garrett Meigs introduced himself to the team. He is a graduate student hired by V.P. Hal Craft to initiate the Stewardship Council. He has been talking with individuals to help Hal Craft determine the best way to create the council. He expressed the need for a "faculty champion". The task team and the KyotoNOW! student group should fit nicely into this councils mission for the University. There will be focus groups reporting to the council (we and KytotoNOW would be two of them), transportation, research, and extension would be others. Labs 21 information would be vital to this group as well as we shape the future sustainability of research on the campus.

Duffield Hall will add $1.5M in new energy use starting this fiscal year.

10. Meeting ended at 3:30 pm. Next meeting will be March 4th, Rm 133 Humphreys Service Building.