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RENEWABLE ENERGY STORIES
FIRST UNITARIAN SOCIETY
NANCY VEDDER-
SHULTS
ASustainableAdditiontoanIconicHouseofWorship
NancyVedder-Shults fortheFirstUnitarianSocietyofMadisonRenewableEnergySummit
January16,2020
Openingdayprogram,1951.BuildingdesignedbyFrankLloydWrightandbuiltbyMarshallErdman.
Annualelectricusage=~360,000kWh(~$40,000)Annualcarbonemissionsfromelectricalusage=~520,000pounds
Finallymovingforward
• 2017capitalcampaigndevotes$35,000tosolar.
• BoardcreatesaSustainabilityTaskForce.
• TaskForceidentifiespotentialsitesonflatroofsof1960saddition,parkinglot,andgrounds.
• TaskForcesolicitsproposalsfromfourinstallers,whichfocusontheflatroof.
SolarproposalsProposer Proposedarray Price
CompanyA 51kW $108,000
CompanyB 54kW $103,000
Company C 45kW $101,000
Full SpectrumSolar 79kW(later83kW) $168,000
Financing
• SolarforGoodgrant(RENEWWisconsin)• Prescriptivegrant(FocusonEnergy)• Tax-advantagedfinancing(LegacySolarCo-op)• FUSSolarLLC• Bondsalestoparishioners
Ribbon-cutting,October2019
Commissioning,November2019
Initialproductiondata
• 3,500kWhgeneratedinMonth1(November-December)• Impliesannualgenerationof~95,000kWh
Energyefficiencyproject
SEG(nowHGA)engagedin2017toevaluateFUSHVACchallengesandexcessiveelectricconsumption.
Energyefficiencyproject
• Airflowsproperlybalancedreducingwastedenergy.• Optimizedsensorsandcontrolstoretaincomfortatreducedenergyconsumption.• Identifiedoverdesigned(2X)geothermalsystemandprovidedcorrectiveplan.• Togetherwithsolar,willreduceFUSelectricconsumptionfromgridby~50percent.
NextSteps
FUSwantsto“ArrayitForward”!Contact:NancyVedder-Shults,[email protected]