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Follow on Google News | InsideIQ Building Automation Alliance Member Enables Pennsylvania School to Reduce Energy CostsNRG Controls Assists York County School to Achieve $170,000 Annual Savings
By: InsideIQ Building Automation Alliance The Central York School District brought in NRG to complete a benchmarking and energy performance assessment to determine how to reduce energy consumption at the 89,000 square-foot foot Sinking Springs Elementary built in 2000. NRG concluded that investing $524,000 in a building automation system (BAS) upgrade, burner retrofits, integration of the boiler to the BAS, and a chiller replacement would increase energy efficiency and improve occupant comfort for the more than 700 students and staff at the fourth through sixth grade school. “NRG’s energy cost savings analysis determined that completing the recommended projects would lower energy use and costs enough to allow the district to achieve a full return on its investment in approximately three years,” said Jay Fantaski, vice president, operations for NRG Controls. “Because we were able to complete the project in six months, the school district did not have to wait to begin to see that ROI.” “InsideIQ member firms, like NRG Controls, contribute significant value to our clients by developing and managing integrated building control systems that optimize energy usage, manage energy and operation costs, and assure a comfortable, secure environment,” The BAS upgrades at Sinking Springs Elementary utilized LON and MODBUS protocols, and included adding a supervisory graphical user interface, system programing, graphics generation, sequence optimization and a complete data transfer interface (DTI) to the BAS system via MODBUS. NRG also upgraded two burner assemblies with auto flame control, added variable frequency drives and installed a new 225 ton chiller. Equipment and systems from various manufacturers, such as Tridium, Schneider Electric, Trane, Limpsfield and Square D were all integrated using the BAS. About InsideIQ InsideIQ Building Automation Alliance is an organization comprised of independent commercial building and facility automation companies representing common automation and security system platforms. Our member firms across North America, Europe and Australia share best practices among more than 5,200 employees at over 110 locations. Members specialize in the design and implementation of facilities and process control systems, systems integration, enterprise security systems, facilities maintenance services, energy services, and the representation of other value-added products and services. The largest independent organization of its kind, InsideIQ member companies provide consistent applications, coordination, and support for commercial facility owners. More information is available online at www.insideiq.org. End
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