NEW CASTLE— —Officials with the town of New Castle are happy now that their active energy management is helping save thousands of dollars a year in electricity costs at the town’s wastewater treatment facility.
“During the last 12 months, we were saving between 5 and 10 percent, probably closer to 5, but that’s significant,” said Public Works Director John Wenzel. “Our electricity bills are over $80,000 annually, so we’re saving between $4,000 and $8,000 a year. In March and April we did even better, saving about 15 percent on electricity costs compared to last year.”
The energy saving at the facility began after officials installed energy-tracking software developed by CLEER, Clean Energy Economy for the Region. The Energy Navigator (www.garfieldenergynavigator.org) is a software system that tracks energy use in real time and displays it on a large kiosk, where facility managers can see how much their buildings are using.
The Energy Navigator and access to the CLEER team for active energy management are part of the services that the town of New Castle receives for being a partner in Garfield Clean Energy.
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