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PROPOSED GRANT AWARD
Department: Office of Capital Planning and Policy
Grantee: County of Cook
Grantor: Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation
Request: Authorization to accept grant
Purpose: Solar Thermal Installation
Grant Amount: $63,936.00
Grant Period: 5/1/2013 - 7/31/2014
Fiscal Impact: N/A
Accounts: N/A
Concurrences:
The Budget Department has received all requisite documents and determined the fiscal impact on Cook County, if any.
Summary: A grant in the amount of $63,936 was awarded to County of Cook to install a solar thermal system at the Vocational Rehabilitation Impact Center (aka Bootcamp) at the Department of Corrections (DOC) Complex. The renewable energy project is part of a campus wide energy efficiency improvement project via energy savings performance contract between Cook County Office of Capital Planning and NORESCO at the Department of Corrections 26th and California Street Complex. The grant funds were used to install sixteen (16) A.E.T solar collectors (640 sq. ft.) and associated equipment and offset part of the need for natural gas. The funds allowed the County to decrease the 51 year payback to a more reasonable 19 years and own its second renewable energy project. The solar hot water system supplemented the other energy conservation measures implemented to achieve a 20% reduction in annual utility use campus wide. The solar panels were installed and commissioned on July 3, and the remaining associated equipment (fencing, meter) and close out was completed 7/17/2014. Training of facility engineers was completed on 8/21/2014.
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