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From YouTube: Energy Conservation
Description
Buncombe County is going green. This short video talks about the County's most recent changes to enhance energy efficiency in the County's buildings.
A
Welcome
back
thanks
for
joining
us
again,
we
are
in
a
really
cool
place
for
on
top
of
the
buncombe
county
courthouse
and
I'm
here
with
greg
israel,
the
county's
director
of
General
Services
and
we're
here
to
talk
about
a
subject.
That's
gotten
real
popular
lately.
It
was
real
popular
back
in
the
80s
energy
conservation.
Remember
the
gas
lines
I
remember
those.
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Then
it
got
kind
of
unpopular
for
a
while
and
it's
back
again
that's
green
building
and
energy
conservation
and
with
gas
prices
where
they
are,
it's
close
to
all
of
our
hearts,
conserving
energy
and
that's
what
we're
going
to
talk
about
this
morning,
because
I
didn't
realize
it,
but
greg
has
been
busy
making
this
county
a
green
county
in
all
of
our
facilities
and
this
morning
we're
on
top
of
the
county
courthouse
and
we're
standing.
Let's,
let's
start
talking
about
the
courthouse
here,
just
for
a
minute
we're
standing
on
the
roof.
A
B
Roof
was
put
on
in
1996
and
we
did
that
as
part
of
the
building
restoration
at
that
time,
when
we
claimed
the
building
coughed
all
the
joints
loose,
joints
and
I,
which
is
near,
say,
energy
saving
measure
and
they
added
a
new
layer
of
insulation
on
every
roof
level
at
the
courthouse
which
helped
save
those
heating
and
cooling
dollars.
Oh
yeah.
B
A
B
B
A
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A
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Health
center,
we
recently
put
a
new
roof
on
it
two
years
ago
and
we're
moving
from
darker
roof
systems
up
to
the
white,
reflective
roof
systems,
and
we
got
a
partially
white
roof
over
there
with
a
new
insulation
base
on
it,
which
is
a
great
savings
and
we're
doing
a
new
roof
at
the
Department
of
Social
Services,
which
is
completely
white,
and
it's
called
a
refractive
reflective
roof
system
and
we're
looking
for
about
thirty
percent
on
it
to
own.
The
energy.
B
If
you
got
a
hundred
thousand
dollar
a
year,
electric
utility
bill-
probably
you
know
a
large
portion
of
that
is
heating.
&Amp;
cooling
costs.
So
you
know
just
real
bare
basics.
If
you
cut
that
in
half,
then
you
take
thirty
percent
of
fifty
thousand
dollars.
That's
what
we're
looking
at
saving
each
year
wow!
That's.
B
B
Detention
center
has
a
traditional
ballasted
roof
system,
which
has
a
dark-colored
rock
on
it
then
use
the
new
NX
has
a
lighter,
colored,
mikado
mineral
sheet
and
it's
a
flat
color
and
it's
somewhat
reflective
and
then
we're
moving
on
from
it
into
these.
These
stark
white
systems
that
I
like
to
call
them
that
are
totally
reflective.
So
the
county
is
moving
bit
by
bit
towards.
B
No
in
1997
in
this
building
here
in
the
courthouse,
we
did
a
complete
lighting
retrofit
and
that
we
changed
every
light
fixture
in
it
from
the
sub-basement
up
to
10
and
which
was
about
a
thousand
lights
and
4000
fluorescent
bulbs
and
about
900
ballast.
We
were
able
to
recycle
before
I
get
in
that
all
those
bulbs
and
ballasts
went
back
into
a
recycling
program,
so
they
didn't
end
up
in
the
landfill,
but
we
got
twenty
percent
savings.
The
first
month
on
our
utility
bill.
We
did.
B
We
lowered
it
by
twenty
two
hundred
dollars,
the
the
up
fit
paid
for
itself
in
a
little
over
three
years.
So
since
that
time,
since
1997
we've
been
enjoying
twenty
four
hundred
dollar-a-month
savings
and
so
we're
up
close
to
a
quarter
of
million
dollars,
we've
saved
right
now
in
this
one
bill
in
this
one
building
own
electrical
dollars.
How.
B
Have
got
a
hundred
and
four
sites
in
our
computers
where
I
like
to
say
it
now,
they're,
not
all
15
story
high-rises,
but
we
try
to
take
each
building
as
something
happens
to
it.
We
try
to
upgrade
it
to
a
more
energy-efficient
building
and
whether
it's,
whether
it's
just
a
guard,
shack
or
a
cell
tower
building.
If
it's
got
two
lights
in
it
or
200,
we
try
to
bring
it
up
to
an
energy
code
that
it's
green
for
everybody
else.
That
saves
me
budget
dollars.
That's.
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A
What
draws
people
to
make
these
changes-
and
you
mentioned
the
recycling
of
the
bulbs
so
anytime,
you
take
these
bulbs
out
and
you
recycle
them,
and
now
the
citizens
have
a
recycling
program
and
we
talked
about
that
last
month:
yep,
that's
sponsored
by
the
county.
I
know.
There's
some
new
construction
going
on
to
the
counties,
got
a
few
new
construction
projects
and
we'll
have
even
more
in
the
future,
and
those
are
from
the
bottom
up
going
to
be
good.
B
We
start
with
course,
a
qualified
architect
and
then
the
plans
come
through
planning
department
and
through
my
department,
and
we
both
go
over
them
and
we
make
sure
that
we
have
premium
efficiency
motors,
that
they've
got
energy
efficient
lighting,
the
HVAC
systems
we
like
to
pay
that
extra
few
dollars
and
get
something
that's
going
to
return
that
dollar
down
the
road.
It
may
cost
me
a
little
more
up
front,
but
I
save
it
on
utilities
in
the
long
run
and
end
up
making
money
on
it.
So.
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A
So
as
we
end
up
here,
let's
see,
if
there's
any
of
these
things,
that
you've
done
that
citizens
at
home
could
do
in
their
home
because
our
energy
prices
are
going
up
just
like
just
like
what
the
county
is
facing.
I
know:
we've
talked
about
replacing
a
lot
bulbs
with
CFLs,
and
this
is
a
slogan
that
you
say
when
not
news
turn.
A
B
Heating
and
cooling
years
ago
was
more
trouble
than
it
was
worth.
The
thermostats
were
so
complicated
that
you
couldn't.
You
took
up
an
engineer
to
set
one,
but
they've
got
them
now,
where
they're
very
easy
to
operate,
and
you
can
do
daytime
setbacks
for
when
you're
going
to
work
and
have
it
set
to
warm
up
a
little
bit
for
you
come
home
or
cool
off
to
leave
a
system
going.
All
the
time
obviously
saves
dollars
to
shut
it
off
while
you're
gone
and
then
cool
it
down
again
safe
dollars.
B
A
B
There's
more
money
lost
around
leaky
windows
and
doors,
then
probably
you'd
save
on
lighting
honestly,
because
in
your
home
your
lights
are
not
on
that
much
compared
to
a
courthouse
like
this,
so
weather
stripping
your
windows
caulking
around
loose
boards.
Things
like
that,
that's
where
a
lot
of
utility
dollars
can
be
saved.
Oh
so.