 Ground
Source Heat Pump Project
09 06 06
 CAPTION:
The Livingston County Road and Bridge crew conducted dirt work on the west side of the Livingston County Courthouse. The crew was in its second day of taking out the building's west parking lot in preparation for the installation of a ground source heat pump heating and cooling system for the courthouse. To install the system, 32 geothermal wells, each 200-feet deep will be drilled. The project is estimated to cost $624,174 and will be paid off over 15 years. The new system is guaranteed to cut the county's energy bill by more than half - saving $18,000 annually and $270,000 over the next 15 years.
C-T Photo/Laura Schuler
Ground Source Heat
Pump Part of Massive Energy Improvement Project at County
Courthouse
By LAURA SCHULER/C-T City Editor,
Wednesday, August 30, 2006
 CAPTION: The pile of radiators outside of the Livingston County Courthouse grew yesterday (Tuesday) as Peters Heating and Air Conditioning workers began the process of cutting approximately 64 radiators from the walls of the 93-year-old building. The work is continuing today (Wednesday) and is being done in preparation for the installment of a ground source heat pump heating and cooling system. The cost of the project is about $624,000 and will be paid over a period of 15 years. High energy costs and increasing repair bills to the building's boiler made the project a priority for the county. The used radiators were being sent to a local salvage yard.
C-T Photo/Laura Schuler
The buzzing of electric saws resounded in the Livingston County Courthouse
as workers from Peters Heating and Air Conditioning, of Kirksville, cut radiators from the walls of the 93-year-old building.
Work began Tuesday morning and is the start of a $624,174 energy improvement project which will be paid off over 15 years, brought on by sheer necessity.
According to Eva Danner, Livingston County presiding commissioner, the building's boiler is in need of repair for the second time in as many years. Last fall, Danner noted, the cost of replacing a part in the old boiler came with a price tag of about $4,000. Adding insult to injury, the boiler had another leak last spring following a mild winter - albeit marked with two consecutive $5,000 monthly heating bills.
“We could see this was going to be an ongoing, downhill process,” Danner said.
Because there was no way to install duct work in the courthouse without destroying the aesthetics of the building, commissioners decided to contract with Control Technology and Solutions (CTS), of St. Louis, to install a ground source heat pump heating and cooling system this summer. Work is expected to be completed by October.
Danner said the installation of the new system is guaranteed by CTS to cut the county's energy bill by more than half - saving $18,000 annually and $270,000 over the next 15 years. Additionally, the improvements are guaranteed to save over $60,000 in repair costs to the existing steam boiler system. |
