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STATEMENT BEFORE ORANGE COUNTY COMMISSION ON BONDS FOR NEW SCHOOLS <br />DEC. 11, 1991 <br />BTU's per sq. foot in average buildings built 1974 -1979 <br />built 1980 -83 <br />built 1980 -85 <br />average school built today <br />best schools built today <br />great schools built today - Four Oaks in <br />Johnson County <br />Mt. Airy Library <br />Three buildings proposed - <br />elementary 91,250 sq. ft. <br />middle 120,000 <br />high 2152000 <br />total 416,250 sq. ft. <br />167,000 <br />120,000 <br />62,000 <br />60,000 <br />30,000 <br />15,000 <br />13,500 <br />416,250 sq. ft. X 60,000 BTU = 2,497,500,000 BTU /3413 = 7,317,000 kwh X $0.05 kwh <br />= $365,880 ar yr for electricity if <br />average buildings <br />416,250 at 30,000 BTU per sq ft = 182,940 a yr for good buildings <br />416,250 at 15,000 BTU per sq ft 91,470 a yr for great building <br />such as Four Oaks <br />It would save Orange County $274,410 a year in electricity costs if schools are <br />built to a specified energy budget of 15,000 BTU's a square ft. <br />It is important to specify at the outset that the building shall take no more <br />than 15,000 BTU's a square foot. <br />Consider awarding bids not on cost of constructing the buildings alone, <br />but on the life cycle costs of building, heating and lighting, and <br />maintenance. Over the 50 YEARS THE BUILDINGS SHOULD LAST, THE <br />SAVINGS OF $274,000 A YEAR COMES TO $13,006,000. <br />Martha Drake, President, North Carolina Consumers Council <br />210B Spring Lane,Chapel Hill, NC 27514, 919 933 0831 <br />