John's Green Building Business Plan

This chart represents John Sarich's initial 10 step plan to green his building. As new projects -- both large and small -- are identified they will be added to this list when costs and savings can be identified.

Estimated costs and savings are provided below. N/A indicates that a reliable estimate is not available at this time. As information becomes available these sections will be updated.


      SAVINGS PER YEAR   COST
1. Lighting Upgrade - Fitness Center
Action: Replace 18 200watt and 8 150watt incandescent bulbs with equivalent CFLs (40watt and 26watt)
Area: Fitness Center
Status: Lights are on 24hrs/day
 $6,445
(33,920 kWh/year)		 $250
(18 @ $7, 8 @ $3, $100 labor)
2. Motion Sensor - Recycling Station
Action: Install motion sensor which will control 6 25watt lights
Area: Single sensor on each of the 41 residential floors
Before: Lights left on 18hrs/day
After: Lights on 1hr/day
 $7,250
(38,160 kWh/year)		 $4,510
(41 sensors @ $85 each, $25 labor/sensor)
3. Setback Thermostats - Hallway Heat Pumps
Action: Install setback thermostats on hallway heat pumps
Area: 45 units over the 41 residential floors
Before: Thermostats set to 72oF year round
After: Winter: 70oF from 6am-9pm and 67oF from 9pm-6am
Summer: 74oF from 6am-9pm and 76oF from 9pm-6am 		N/A $187
(labor cost to program thermostat)
4. Timers for Bi-level Lighting - Residential Hallways
Action: Install timer to turn off half (5 out of 10) of the 25watt hallway lights at night
Area: All 41 residential hallways
Before: 10 lights on 24hrs/day
After: 5 lights on 24hrs/day, 5 lights on 16hrs/day 		$2,843
(14,965 kWh/year)		 $4,550
(14 timers @ $300 each, $350 labor)
5. Motion Sensor - Stairwells
Action: Install motion sensor on 25watt T8 fluorescent light
Area: All 47 floors (one light per floor)
Before: 94 lights on 24hrs/day
After: 47 lights on 24hrs/day, 47 lights on 1hr/day 		$1,875
(9,866 kWh/year)		 $4,595
(47 sensors @ $85, $600 labor)
6. Green Cleaning
Action: Install a green cleaning system
Area: Entire building
Before: Used conventional toxic cleaning products
After: Use healthy non-toxic biologically based cleaning products 		$1,800
(All products are currently bought full retail)		 $1,700
(Includes chemical concentrate cost + dispenser)
7. Motion Sensor - Staff Areas
Action: Install motion sensors to turn off half (6 of 13) 25watt T8 fluorescent lights
Area: 3 floors of staff areas (13 25watt lights per floor)
Before: 13 lights on 24hrs/day per floor
After: 7 lights on 24hrs/day, 6 lights on 8hrs/day per floor 		$499
(2,628 kWh/year)		 $1015
(9 sensors @ $85 each, $250 labor)
8. Parking Garage Upgrade - Motion Sensors
Action: Install eight motion sensors to turn off 128 of 136 T8 fluorescent light fixtures
Area: 3 floors of parking with 136 total 64watt fixtures
Before: 272 T8 bulbs on 24hrs/day
After: 16 bulbs on 24hrs/day, 256 bulbs on 4hrs/day 		$11,362
(59,802 kWh/year)		 $880
(8 @ $85, $25 labor per sensor)
9. Green Roof
Action: Install a do-it-yourself vegetated or reflective roof
Area: All three roof areas
Status: gravel roof 		N/A N/A
10. Steam Condensate Reuse
Action: Funnel Con-Ed steam condensate through a heat exchanger to pre-heat water that goes to baseboard heating in lobby
Area: Basement Machine Room
Status: 180oF steam condensate is mixed with city water before disposal 		N/A N/A


Note: $0.19/kWh for electricity and $25/hr for labor are used in above estimates