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University City Could Approve Energy Audit Plan By This Week

The energy audit would look at municipal buildings.

An energy audit plan for municipal buildings in University City could be approved this week, according to Lynnette Hicks, the University City staff liaison to the Green Practices Committee.

Hicks spoke on the audit at the June 8 Green Practices Committee meeting at City Hall. The purpose of the audit is to measure the energy efficiency of municipal buildings. The Green Practices Committee was created in 2008 by the city to complete an assessment of University City’s current and future environmental performance, according to a document provided by the city.

The study is a part of an overall environmental plan which includes not only the audit but also “performing a greenhouse gas emissions inventory, defining sustainable design guidelines for capital projects and a return on investment for such projects, analyzing street lighting and developing an approach to reducing energy use and cost, and revising University City’s building and zoning codes in line with sustainable design and construction practices,” said the document.

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Buildings included in the audit are: the police, fire, and print shop; Trinity Building; Heman Park Community Center; Heman Park Pool; the central garage; Heman Park Tennis Court, and restroom, and pavilion located next to the facility; the transfer station; the material recovery facility; the public works sign shop; the park maintenance facility; the park maintenance; the golf club house; the golf range shack; fire house No. 2; city hall; and the Centennial Commons Recreation Center.  

Allen and Hassal - an energy audit firm located in Memphis, Tenn. – submitted the lowest bid - $22,390. Allen and Hassal will make a presentation to the Council at the conclusion of the study, said the document.

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According to Hicks the bid should reach the desk of City Manager Lehman Walker this week. Because the cost of the project comes in under $25,000, it needs only the city managers approval, said Hicks.

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