Presbyterian Home and
Services Receives State Funds for Energy Efficiency
RELEASE: Immediate, November 27, 2001
CONTACT: Tom Collins, NYSERDA
(518) 862-1090, ext. 3250.
New Hartford, NY – Presbyterian Home for Central New York of
New Hartford received more than $35,300 in financial incentives from
the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA)
to maximize the efficiency of new construction projects. The funds
were provided by NYSERDA for several energy efficiency measures the
Presbyterian Home incorporated into an 18,000-square-foot rehabilitation
center, which is a recent addition to its facility that substantially
exceeded energy requirements set forth by the State’s energy
code.
As a result of the energy efficiency measures, the Presbyterian
Home will save an estimated $11,500 per year in energy costs compared
to if the addition had simply been built to code. NYSERDA President
William M. Flynn presented a check to Presbyterian Home Administrator
Tony Joseph today.
“Energy efficiency is an increasingly critical issue to New
York State and the nation if we are to bolster our energy security
and lessen our dependence on imported energy,” said William
M. Flynn. “Governor Pataki’s commitment to energy efficiency
is lowering costs for all types of utility customers and the Presbyterian
Home exemplifies that commitment. Through our diverse programs,
NYSERDA is helping large and small customers throughout the State
identify, finance, and install energy saving measures that save
money and protect our environment.”
Among the efficiency measures installed in the rehabilitation center
are: variable speed drives on an air handling unit and the heating
loop pump, enabling this equipment to operate at moderate levels as
opposed to either operating at the maximum level or not at all; energy
management controls on the air handling unit to better regulate its
use, and high efficiency electrical transformers, which decrease electricity
voltage from the utility power lines to levels that can be used by
the building’s equipment and appliances.
“We appreciate NYSERDA’s financial incentives that helped
the Presbyterian Home for Central New York reduce its energy costs,”
said Tony Joseph, Administrator for the Presbyterian Home. “Maximizing
the energy efficiency of our Rehabilitation Center will assist us
in making this venture financially successful.”
NYSERDA’s funds helped to cover about 70% of the added costs
associated with installing the more efficient equipment. The Presbyterian
Home provided the additional 30%. The anticipated energy savings of
about $11,500 are expected to pay for the Presbyterian Home’s
investment in less than one and a half years. The facility will save
about 154,000 kilowatt hours of electricity each year, or enough electricity
to power roughly 25 homes.
“The high cost of electricity has been a major burden for
organizations across New York State,” said Senator Raymond
A. Meier. “Since he has taken office, Governor Pataki has worked
toward lessening this burden on organizations like the Presbyterian
Home. NYSERDA’s incentives are an excellent example of how
New York State is working to make important institutions like the
Presbyterian Home stronger.”
“I am very pleased that the Presbyterian Home has taken advantage
of NYSERDA funding to install much more efficient equipment and
appliances,” said Assemblyman David R. Townsend, Jr. “By
partnering with NYSERDA, they not only become more energy efficient
and save money, over $11,000 a year, but they do their part to improve
our overall energy security by lowering our dependence on foreign
sources of energy so important to our State and nation.”
NYSERDA is a public-benefit corporation established by the State
Legislature in 1975 to address the State energy and environmental
challenges in ways that also benefit the economy. Funding for this
project comes from the New York Energy $martK program, which is financed
by a System Benefits Charge established by the New York State Public
Service Commission on the State's investor-owned utilities to ensure
that important research and development and energy efficiency services
continue during the utilities' transition to competition.
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