Presenter:Frank Kessler

Water and Energy Conservation for the Dallas Metropolitan YMCA

Locations

19 OwnedLocations

By encorporating the following recommendations, YMCA Dallas can:

Become an institution committed to sustainability. Operate more efficiently.

• Use these savings for other programs Become a model for other YMCA’s.

The criteria used to prepare this report centered around energy and water conserving measures that:

Can be readily identified. Can provide a reasonably short payback and ROI.

Goals

Water and Energy savings strategies:

Replace plumbing fixtures at 19 facilities. Install swimming pool covers at 8 facilities. Install laundry ozone generators at 8 facilities. Install energy controllers at vending machines. Install a water treatment system at cooling tower.

Strategies

Savings generated

plumbingfixtures $ 190,568 $ 134,611 1.5 yrs.

pool Covers $ 96,280 $ 66,192 1.5 yrs.

ozoneGenerator $ 86,120 $ 22,874 3.8 yrs.

*vendingcontrollers $ 5,907 $ 3,465 1.7 yrs.

cooling tower $ 22,016 $ 5,286 4.2 yrs

Cost Savings Payback

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II

III

IV

V

$ 403,931 $ 232,846 1.7 yrs

* ‘Snack Miser’ controllers included

Strategies

Plumbing Fixture - Inventory

Plumbing Fixtures – (7 older facilities)

Plumbing Fixtures – (7 older facilities)

Plumbing Fixtures – (12 newer facilities)

Plumbing Fixtures – (12 newer facilities)

7 OLD facilities -all fixtures replaced

7 OLD facilities -toilets & urinals replaced+aerators & showerheads

12 NEWER Facilities -aerators & showerheads

Plumbing Fixtures – Costs

Swimming Pool Covers

T Boone Pickens – Indoor Pool

Swimming Pool Covers

Outdoor Pool cover

IndoorPool cover

Single reel

Double reel

Triple reel

Swimming Pool Covers – 8 facilities

Pool Cover – savings at Coppell

ROI for Coppell Indoor Pool

Ref.: ‘Pool Energy Use Calculator’ Washington State University

Pool Cover ROI – all 8 facilities

Laundry Ozone System

larger installation

smaller installationT Boone Pickens laundry

Ozone Laundry System

ROI for T Boone Pickens

Yearly savings of $22,874 for 8 facilities

Vending Miser

Vending Machines at all 19 facilities

‘Vending Miser’ controller & sensor

‘Vending Miser’

Manufacturer’s Data

Yearly savings of $3,480 for 33 ‘Vending Misers’

• ‘Snack Miser’ controllers at 19 non-refrigerated snack machines saved $418 per year with a simple payback of 7.3 years

‘Vending Miser’

ROI for one ‘Vending Miser’

Cooling Tower Water Treatment

450 Ton Cooling Tower at T Boone Pickens YMCA

Cooling Tower Water Treatment

Existing system:Dissolved minerals precipitate and deposit themselves on cooling tower surfaces.

‘Dolphin WaterCare’:Electric field strips suspended particles of static charge. The particles then become the preferred surface for minerals to precipitate to.

Cooling Tower Water Treatment

Yearly savings of $ 5,286 ROI at T Boone Pickens

Grant WritingThe Richardson Family YMCA was selected as an individual project and used to develop a Grant Proposal to the (GP) Georgia-Pacific Foundation for water (resource) conservation. GP’s funding limitation is $25,000.

Why was Georgia-Pacific selected as a funding source?

they have a strong interest in the Environment and Resource Conservation.

their grant program fits the goals and objectives of the Project.

our project satisfies their funding requirements.

YMCA Project Review

“This report is detailed, thorough, and comprehensive. We will be reviewing it with Senior Management and we will be implementing some of these items immediately…”

Stanley G. Thomas, AIAVice President of Properties & Facilities

YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas

Questions?