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New Canadian airport to earn 5.5-year payback on upgrades. (Thunder Bay Airport, Ontario)
THUNDER BAY, Ont.--When the new Thunder Bay Airport here opens this month, an efficient curtain wall and other energy-minded measures are expected to provide the facility with annual savings of 570,000 kilowatts hours (kwh) of electricity, 77 kilowatts (kw) of demand, and 2,884 million Btu (MMBtu) of natural gas.
Building upgrades, including energy-efficient triple-pane glazing, extra roof and wall insulation, T8 lighting, building automation systems, efficient motors, and modular boilers, cost an additional $350,000. The airport, built by Public Works and Government Services Canada, Winnipeg, will be operated by another government agency, Ottawa-based Transport Canada, according to Brian Hodgson, project manager with Transport Canada.
The use of energy-efficient equipment is expected to result in annual utility bill savings of around $50,000, yielding a simple payback on the incremental cost in seven years. …
