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Sportsplex Emergency Temporary Electric Hot Water Tank Installation - Proposal
History
The Sportsplex’s heating and domestic water systems are integrally connected. A two-boiler redundant system provides hot water for both domestic use (showers, lavatories and sinks) and to heat the facility during winter months. Boilers, within this current configuration, must be kept running 365 days a year; even during summer months, to provide hot water to the facility. Hot water from the boilers is piped into a “heater coil bundle” that is situated within the middle of a large hot water tank. As a fully sealed system, the heat exchange from the superheated coils heats the surrounding water in the tank for domestic use.
Building Maintenance staff recently discovered a leak in the heater coil bundle causing superheated boiler water to mix with the domestic hot water supply. Staff immediately suspended hot water service to the Sportsplex. Staff was informed by the maintenance vendor that replacement/repair of the heater coil bundle would cost upwards of $10,000. In addition to the costs, ordering of the parts and subsequent repairs/installation would take up to a month to complete, leaving the Sportsplex without hot water for an extended period of time. In addition, the entire system is scheduled to be upgraded in 2017.
Funding is currently included in the proposed FY17 budget to overhaul the Sportsplex’s domestic hot water system. Once approved, this work would remove the reliance on a boiler to provide domestic hot water; separating the heating system from the hot water system to create two independent systems.
After discussions with administration, Public Works staff was given clear direction to: (1) engage the Village’s energy performance contractors (CTS Group) to identify and evaluate temporary hot water solutions that could be implemented quickly and at a reasonable cost and, (2) work with the CTS Group to evaluate whether or not the scheduled FY17 domes...
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