How Green is PCPL?
Michigan GREEN (Group for a Renewable Energy Efficient Nation), a non-profit energy organization, recently completed an energy audit for the Pinckney Community Public Library through a grant from the state energy office. This energy audit, which included a utility bill analysis of electric and natural gas consumption, identified opportunities for energy conservation. Based on the audit, Michigan GREEN recommended that the Pinckney Library move forward with an energy efficiency upgrade. (The final audit report is available at the Pinckney Library.)
MTI Energy, a Michigan GREEN member from Brighton, identified several specific lighting changes that will improve lighting quality while using less energy. MTI saw that the library had T-12 lamps that have been out of production since March 1, 2009 and had incandescent lamps in the down lights that were inefficient. There were a couple of areas within the library that do not have adequate lighting for the task at hand. MTI recommended that new fixtures be added to these areas to increase light levels and improve visual clarity. Occupancy sensors will be added to the restrooms to get additional savings as well as exterior lighting changes to save energy and get longer life.
Michigan GREEN (Group for a Renewable Energy Efficient Nation), a non-profit energy organization, recently completed an energy audit for the Pinckney Community Public Library through a grant from the state energy office. This energy audit, which included a utility bill analysis of electric and natural gas consumption, identified opportunities for energy conservation. Based on the audit, Michigan GREEN recommended that the Pinckney Library move forward with an energy efficiency upgrade. (The final audit report is available at the Pinckney Library.)
MTI Energy, a Michigan GREEN member from Brighton, identified several specific lighting changes that will improve lighting quality while using less energy. MTI saw that the library had T-12 lamps that have been out of production since March 1, 2009 and had incandescent lamps in the down lights that were inefficient. There were a couple of areas within the library that do not have adequate lighting for the task at hand. MTI recommended that new fixtures be added to these areas to increase light levels and improve visual clarity. Occupancy sensors will be added to the restrooms to get additional savings as well as exterior lighting changes to save energy and get longer life.
In March 2009, the library board approved the project, which will pay for itself through energy savings in less than four years. Michigan GREEN’s grant program, Rebuild Michigan Livingston County, provides free energy audits for Livingston County businesses and organizations.
The new lighting at Pinckney Library was installed during the summer of 2009. So be sure to drop by the library and be enlightened!
For more information regarding Michigan Green, contact Doug Russell, Executive Director (906-250-7461) or visit http://www.michigangreen.org/. For more information regarding the Pinckney Library’s lighting project, contact Gary Zaplitny of MTI Lighting (248-446-9502 ext. 206) or Hope Siasoco, Pinckney Library Director (734-878-3888).
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