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From Left to Right: Rob Taylor, Director of Energy Projects & Services, The St. Mary’s College of Maryland St. Mary’s campus weekly • 52nd year, No. 1 September 12, 2000 • St. Mary’s City, MD 20686 College announces plan to conduct energy audit ERIN CARMANY senior editor In an effort to cut down on energy costs while simultaneously reducing air pollution, the College has recently announced its plans to begin a campus-wide energy audit that is intended to result in a 20 percent overall reduction in energy consumption. St. Mary’s and the Department of General Services have entered into a contract with Constellation Energy Service, Inc., in order to conduct a campus-wide study of energy use. This information will be used to devise a plan for the 20 percent reduction of energy use while maintaining or enhancing existing comfort levels. “Currently, the College spends approximately $900,000 per year on energy,” said Chip Jackson, associate vice president of facilities. “This College is blessed by a beautiful, natural environment, and to lower energy use will be economically and environmentally beneficial to the campus community.” The audit will take place over a period of nine months, with expectations that improvements will be evident within 12-15 months. The long-term goal is to cover the expenses of the project within ten years with the anticipated savings in energy costs. The contractor will pay the costs, however, if the goal of 20 percent reduction is not reached. into account the various new building projects the College has planned throughout the course of the next ten years, and the anticipated energy use both in the construction of these buildings and in the everyday operations once they’re finished. The unique position of the College’s location in both a historically and environmentally sensitive area will also be taken into account as the College develops its energy reduction plans. Jay Evans, an engineer in the Physical Plant, was hired to begin to get a handle on how to get our energy costs down. He will be working with Constellation on the audit and the implementation of the proposed ways to cut costs. On an institutional level, the College is looking into improving or replacing the existing heating and cooling systems, as well as the electrical systems, in some dorms, which haven’t been replaced since the 1960s and are inefficient. Some of the proposed ideas include putting new boilers in the dorms, changing some of the lights to a motion detector system, and switching to high efficiency bulbs. On the personal level, through education, environmental groups and the environmental studies concentration intend to encourage students to take matters into Maryland Dept, of General Services; K. Gregory Fox, CEM, Senior Project Developer for Constellation Energy Source; Tom Hattery, Assistant Director, Maryland Energy Administration; Charles “Chip” Jackson, Associate Vice President of Facilities; Professor Sara Ebenreck, Coordinator, St. Mary’s Environmental Studies Area. photo courtesy Office o f Media and Public Relations For example, the Bay Savers Club is promoting energy use reduction by designing and printing stickers for the light switches around the school to encourage people to turn off the lights when the rooms are not in use. In addition, the Environmental Studies Area Study will devote its spring 2001 one-credit class to the study of air and the energy-air relationship. Sara Ebenreck, a philosophy professor and coordinator of the Environmental Studies Area Study, sees students as one of the driving forces behind the College’s con-ment. “Students see that we’re wasting energy, and they see that the product of that energy is causing air pollution and is one of the causes of global warming,” said Ebenreck. “They see the waste ... [and] they see that our energy use is not ecologically sane.” Ebenreck points out that there are two potential causes of global warming—natural cycles and the greenhouse effect. Although we can’t do anything about the former, Ebenreck believes we can certainly have an effect on the latter. Continued on ENERGY, In addition, Constellation plans to take their own hands to reduce their energy use. cem about energy costs and the environ- page 2. Schaefer deal achieved, building being repaired SHAWN MILLEVILLE editor-in-chief Six years after the original completion of Schaefer Hall, construction workers from the C.A. Lyndman firm are finally making repairs meant to finish the building for good. Repairs are required because the flashing in the building’s brick facade were improperly installed in some places or not installed in other places. The way an exterior wall works, there Schaefer Hall repairs continue as the contractors search for flashing in the building’s facade that must be repaired. photo by Jamie Brown is an air gap between the block wall that makes up the support for the building and the brick facade. Brick is a porous material, so water seeps through and gets into the air gap. Flashing is a rubber or copper membrane used to move the water seeping into the air gap back through the brick to the outside and protects the building from water damage. Flashing is commonly found above windows or doorways, which cut into both the brick facade and the inner block layer. Charles “Chip” Jackson, associate vice president of facilities, said the reason repairs are occuring so long after the completion of the building is that “[flashing] is a hard thing to find, because you can’t see it and it took a couple of years to find the problem and once we found it, go through the legal issues to get it resolved and now the work is getting done.” The legal issues involved include a settlement ast spring between the College and the John C. Grimberg Corporation. The College showed that the construction firm had not followed the architects orginal plans and had not put flashing where it was clearly required. The firm agreed to pay part of the cost for the repairs to the building. The archiect firm Bolin, Cywinski Jackson, whom designed Schaefer Hall and whom does all the master planning for the campus also agreed to pay part of the cost for the repairs. In their case, as Chip Jackson puts it, “it was a very short conversation” and the firm agreed they had misplaced or not place flashing in certain cases in the plans. After years of having to deal with a building not totally finished, students and facilty are certainly happy that they shouldn’t have to worry about water leaking in any more. As Jackson said, “We’re glad to get it right.” With the chapter closing on the Schaefer Hall construction, it can be said with happiness that “we perservered, we kept at it and we came out on top,” says Jackson. Inside T r u st e e J a c k M u l l e t s o n t h e B r a z il ia n S o c c e r NEWS........ ......... 2-3 D a u g h t e r y P a s se s A way W e b 5 C o m e s t o SMC FEATURES FOCUS....... 4-5 ......... 6-7 1 The namesake of DPC passed Find out all about the mullet s The University of Sao Paulo A& E............ ......... 8-9 away. Page four. and its history with this inforsoccer team came to play the OPINION SPORTS 10-1 1 12 jg mative website review. Page Co Naval Academy at Seahawk eight. Staduim. Page twelve.
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FullText | From Left to Right: Rob Taylor, Director of Energy Projects & Services, The St. Mary’s College of Maryland St. Mary’s campus weekly • 52nd year, No. 1 September 12, 2000 • St. Mary’s City, MD 20686 College announces plan to conduct energy audit ERIN CARMANY senior editor In an effort to cut down on energy costs while simultaneously reducing air pollution, the College has recently announced its plans to begin a campus-wide energy audit that is intended to result in a 20 percent overall reduction in energy consumption. St. Mary’s and the Department of General Services have entered into a contract with Constellation Energy Service, Inc., in order to conduct a campus-wide study of energy use. This information will be used to devise a plan for the 20 percent reduction of energy use while maintaining or enhancing existing comfort levels. “Currently, the College spends approximately $900,000 per year on energy,” said Chip Jackson, associate vice president of facilities. “This College is blessed by a beautiful, natural environment, and to lower energy use will be economically and environmentally beneficial to the campus community.” The audit will take place over a period of nine months, with expectations that improvements will be evident within 12-15 months. The long-term goal is to cover the expenses of the project within ten years with the anticipated savings in energy costs. The contractor will pay the costs, however, if the goal of 20 percent reduction is not reached. into account the various new building projects the College has planned throughout the course of the next ten years, and the anticipated energy use both in the construction of these buildings and in the everyday operations once they’re finished. The unique position of the College’s location in both a historically and environmentally sensitive area will also be taken into account as the College develops its energy reduction plans. Jay Evans, an engineer in the Physical Plant, was hired to begin to get a handle on how to get our energy costs down. He will be working with Constellation on the audit and the implementation of the proposed ways to cut costs. On an institutional level, the College is looking into improving or replacing the existing heating and cooling systems, as well as the electrical systems, in some dorms, which haven’t been replaced since the 1960s and are inefficient. Some of the proposed ideas include putting new boilers in the dorms, changing some of the lights to a motion detector system, and switching to high efficiency bulbs. On the personal level, through education, environmental groups and the environmental studies concentration intend to encourage students to take matters into Maryland Dept, of General Services; K. Gregory Fox, CEM, Senior Project Developer for Constellation Energy Source; Tom Hattery, Assistant Director, Maryland Energy Administration; Charles “Chip” Jackson, Associate Vice President of Facilities; Professor Sara Ebenreck, Coordinator, St. Mary’s Environmental Studies Area. photo courtesy Office o f Media and Public Relations For example, the Bay Savers Club is promoting energy use reduction by designing and printing stickers for the light switches around the school to encourage people to turn off the lights when the rooms are not in use. In addition, the Environmental Studies Area Study will devote its spring 2001 one-credit class to the study of air and the energy-air relationship. Sara Ebenreck, a philosophy professor and coordinator of the Environmental Studies Area Study, sees students as one of the driving forces behind the College’s con-ment. “Students see that we’re wasting energy, and they see that the product of that energy is causing air pollution and is one of the causes of global warming,” said Ebenreck. “They see the waste ... [and] they see that our energy use is not ecologically sane.” Ebenreck points out that there are two potential causes of global warming—natural cycles and the greenhouse effect. Although we can’t do anything about the former, Ebenreck believes we can certainly have an effect on the latter. Continued on ENERGY, In addition, Constellation plans to take their own hands to reduce their energy use. cem about energy costs and the environ- page 2. Schaefer deal achieved, building being repaired SHAWN MILLEVILLE editor-in-chief Six years after the original completion of Schaefer Hall, construction workers from the C.A. Lyndman firm are finally making repairs meant to finish the building for good. Repairs are required because the flashing in the building’s brick facade were improperly installed in some places or not installed in other places. The way an exterior wall works, there Schaefer Hall repairs continue as the contractors search for flashing in the building’s facade that must be repaired. photo by Jamie Brown is an air gap between the block wall that makes up the support for the building and the brick facade. Brick is a porous material, so water seeps through and gets into the air gap. Flashing is a rubber or copper membrane used to move the water seeping into the air gap back through the brick to the outside and protects the building from water damage. Flashing is commonly found above windows or doorways, which cut into both the brick facade and the inner block layer. Charles “Chip” Jackson, associate vice president of facilities, said the reason repairs are occuring so long after the completion of the building is that “[flashing] is a hard thing to find, because you can’t see it and it took a couple of years to find the problem and once we found it, go through the legal issues to get it resolved and now the work is getting done.” The legal issues involved include a settlement ast spring between the College and the John C. Grimberg Corporation. The College showed that the construction firm had not followed the architects orginal plans and had not put flashing where it was clearly required. The firm agreed to pay part of the cost for the repairs to the building. The archiect firm Bolin, Cywinski Jackson, whom designed Schaefer Hall and whom does all the master planning for the campus also agreed to pay part of the cost for the repairs. In their case, as Chip Jackson puts it, “it was a very short conversation” and the firm agreed they had misplaced or not place flashing in certain cases in the plans. After years of having to deal with a building not totally finished, students and facilty are certainly happy that they shouldn’t have to worry about water leaking in any more. As Jackson said, “We’re glad to get it right.” With the chapter closing on the Schaefer Hall construction, it can be said with happiness that “we perservered, we kept at it and we came out on top,” says Jackson. Inside T r u st e e J a c k M u l l e t s o n t h e B r a z il ia n S o c c e r NEWS........ ......... 2-3 D a u g h t e r y P a s se s A way W e b 5 C o m e s t o SMC FEATURES FOCUS....... 4-5 ......... 6-7 1 The namesake of DPC passed Find out all about the mullet s The University of Sao Paulo A& E............ ......... 8-9 away. Page four. and its history with this inforsoccer team came to play the OPINION SPORTS 10-1 1 12 jg mative website review. Page Co Naval Academy at Seahawk eight. Staduim. Page twelve. |