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BEMIDJI GUARANTEED ENERGY SAVINGS PROGRAM (GESP)
Mayor Rita C. Albrecht
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GESPGUARANTEEDENERGY SAVINGPROGRAM
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What is GESP?
• Guaranteed Energy Saving Project leverages energy and operational savings to finance building retrofits and renewal projects
• Written guarantee from contractor for savings to pay annual financing
• If savings not met, contractor will reimburse the shortfall
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How did we get started?
Received a cold call from Honeywell
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• 9 Buildings were evaluated
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The Sanford Center
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Public Library--1980s vintage
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Public Works Building
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Waste Water Treatment--2 buildings
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Ice Arena--Oldest structure
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City Hall built in 1970s
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How did we get started?
• Also included fire hall and law enforcement center
• Honeywell determined potential projects and estimated energy savings
• Presented the information to city council
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How did we get started?
• Staff contacted other government entities who had gone through the process
• Staff contacted the Dept. of Commerce for information about GESP
• Council decided to use the GESP process• City advertised a request for proposals• Chose Honeywell as contractor for the
project
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Project Scope
• $2.5 million in approved projects
• 9 different City owned buildings
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Project examples
• Interior building lighting improvements -$231K
• Building envelope sealing –windows/doors caulking
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Project examples
• Energy system control improvements
• Mechanical (HVAC) system upgrades/replacements - $550K
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Project examples
• Exterior street lighting upgrades to LED - $1.2 million
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Estimated Savings
• Annual Energy Savings generated $99,000• Annual operations and Maintenance savings
$21,000• One time utility rebates $122,000
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Streetlight retrofit
• 1,014 Streetlight LED change-out
• Engineer’s estimate $906,000• Bids came in at $583,000• Project will be completed April-
September 2015
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Streetlight retrofit
• Estimated utility savings of $70,000/year
• Significant annual cost savings on maintenance and repair (20 year bulb life)
• Payback of approximately 7-8 years
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Challenges
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Challenges of GESP
• Initial project with City our size and for Honeywell
• Time delays to get to construction phase to follow GESP process
• Some glitches in project financing – required financing over 20 years vs. 15 years
• Not all projects were selected due to long payback periods
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Benefits• Streamlined process
for selection and implementation of program
• Competitive bidding among prequalified energy companies
• Minimized work load on City staff; no energy experts on staff
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• Accelerated timeline to implement projects
• Majority of projects paid for with energy savings over period of time
• All bidding and contracting is completed by Honeywell
Benefits
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Project recap
• $2.5 million in approved projects• 9 different City owned buildings• Annual energy savings generated
$99,000• Annual operations and maintenance savings
$21,000• One time utility rebates
$122,000
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Rita C. Albrecht, Bemidji Mayor