New St. Norbert library gets kudos, cash for energy efficiency

From an article by Kelly McBride in the Green Bay Press Gazette:

DE PERE — St. Norbert College has received more than $45,000 in cash incentives from Focus on Energy for using environmentally friendly design in its new library.

The $20 million, 80-000 Miriam B. and James J. Mulva Library opened earlier this year. Crews installed numerous “green” features including energy efficient ventilators, motors and an air-cooled chiller.

The energy saving projects are expected to save more than 332,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity and 16,000 therms of natural gas each year, compared to a conventional building of its size. Those savings are enough to power 50 Wisconsin homes for a year, according to Focus on Energy.

St. Norbert is projected to save $44,000 on annual library energy bills because of the features.