University Daily Kansan, September 21, 1983
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Expenses less than amount budgeted Savings to finance conservation projects
By PAUL SEVART Staff Reporter
Money saved on utility bills in the last fiscal year may allow the University of Kansas to save even more this year by financing energy-conservation projects, a KU official said yesterday.
KU utility expenses in the year that ended June 30 were $321,000 less than the amount budgeted, said William McCormick, associate executive vice chancellor.
Of that amount, $304,335 will be used to finance various energy-saving measures on the Lawrence campus, and the rest will be available to cover possible cost overruns on the projects, Hogan said.
He said that the University wanted to initiate a program which would use engineering and managing skills to conserve energy.
HOGAN SAID THIS year was the first in which the University could spend the money left from the utilities allocation in the budget. That allocation pays for electricity, natural gas, fuel oil, water, landfill and water expenses.
Before state law was changed in the 1983 session of the Kansas Legislature, Hogan said, the University had to return any unspent money from the university back to the state treasury, and the money was then unavailable to KU.
Hogan said the projects as a whole would pay for themselves in energy savings 16 months after they were all installed. The list of projects was approved Friday by the Board of Regents, and the University can now begin to build the project. Hogan said that he hoped to have construction underway on all the projects by January, but that he didn't know when they would be finished.
SOME OF THE proposed items in the buildings may not be noticeable, such as installing weather-stripping on the doors at Allen Field House at a cost of $1.235. The largest project is to replace a 200-ton steam turbine chiller, part of the air-conditioning system in Bailey Hall, with a more energy-efficient unit that is driven by electricity. The unit will cost $106,000.
would make working areas more comfortable.
Hogan said he hoped the projects
"Certainly, in the larger projects, they'll notice a distinction."
Other projects include installing timers on light switches in Blake, Fraser, Learned and Wescoe halls; changing the ventilation system in Wescoe Hall; and improving boiler controls in the power plant for more efficiency.
THE NEED FOR the various projects was identified through technical energy audits and engineering studies that began two years ago and continue today. Hogan said. The studies are done by a group led by John Crisp, former chairman of the department of mechanical engineering.
Audits such as this have been done in 45 campus buildings, Hogan said, and will continue for another year.
The group analyzes data from the model and finds ways to improve the climate-control system in a paper published down a list of items, depending on
urgency and on the ability of the modification to pay for itself through reduced energy consumption within from 12 to 16 months.
WORKING ON THE simple changes such as those approved by the Regents on Friday is necessary to prepare for a large energy-management system, which would use a computer to control the environment in several buildings.
Such a system, the Honeywell Delta energy control system, is in operation at the University of Kansas Medical Center. The Regents on Friday approved an allocation of $90,000, to be paid from money left over from the Med Center's utility budget, for the system's final phase of development.
Hogan said the University was considering such a system for the Lawrence campus. The computer to run the system would cost $36,500, Hogan said, and field units, one or two buildings, would cost from $3,000 to $7,000 each. The project would begin with only four or five buildings, he said.
Shortage of space in library could pose future problems
By the Kansan Staff
Cramped conditions in KU libraries may force the University to lease off-campus buildings to store books, the dean of libraries said yesterday.
But Jim Ranz, the dean, said that finding additional space was not pressing and that additional space could be found if necessary.
"We're getting to the point at which we may have some serious space problems in the near future." Ranz said. He said that the library system acquired 5,000 square feet of materials each year.
"We still have room for three or four more years," Ranz said. "But it may come down to applying for funds to permit rental of space. We're not actively seeking space right now, but we'll eventually have to face the fact that we more space."
RANZ SAID THE biggest question in obtaining additional library space was financial. He also said that he
had spoken to KU's administration about the problem
He said that the amount of money available would depend largely on whether the Legislature approved planning funds for a proposed $12.8 million science library to be built near the Military Science Building. The Board of Regents Friday approved rough plans for the library which is scheduled for completion in 1989.
John Glinka, assistant dean of libraries, said the library system also could reduce reading areas in a room to make room for more bookshelves.
"We're getting tight," Glinka said. "We're taking in 40,000 volumes a year. But in past years, we've started talking about this every time that we've had a space problem."
GLINKA SAID THAT space in the library system was not expanded with the remodeling of Watson Library. Installing more book-shelves in the library would reduce space for readers, he said.
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