{"id":303,"date":"2013-04-10T09:03:47","date_gmt":"2013-04-10T13:03:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/umaine.edu\/ofm\/?page_id=303"},"modified":"2013-04-10T09:03:47","modified_gmt":"2013-04-10T13:03:47","slug":"energy-utilities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/ofm\/home\/energy-utilities\/","title":{"rendered":"Energy &#038; Utilities"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Projects &amp; Initiatives<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Collaborative Energy Procurement<\/strong><br \/>\nThe UMS Office of Strategic Procurement, worked with several campuses and locked fuel oil prices as a hedge against price volatility. Savings in excess of $230,000 were realized relative to the average spot market price that would have been paid for the associated quantities of fuel oil in the FY2012 heating season.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>UM Central Steam Plant: Boiler Replacement Project<\/strong><br \/>\nA new 60,000 lb\/hr boiler and flue gas economizer replaced the two oldest and least efficient boilers in the Central Steam Plant.\u00a0 Boiler 8 has dual fuel capability, is fired on natural gas with provision for renewable landfill gas.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>Expected annual heating fuels reduction of approximately 30,000 mmbtu (million BTU), which is\u00a0 equivalent to 216,000 gallons of #2 fuel oil per year, or the total energy consumption of approximately 230 New England households per year.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Expected annual greenhouse gas emissions reduction of approximately 6,000 Metric Tons CO2e, the equivalent of taking in excess of 1100 passenger vehicles off the road.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>President&#8217;s Climate Committment efforts to reduce UMaine&#8217;s carbon foot print\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/ofm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/225\/2013\/04\/carbon-footprint-graph.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-367 aligncenter\" alt=\"carbon-footprint-graph\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/ofm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/225\/2013\/04\/carbon-footprint-graph.png\" width=\"500\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/ofm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/225\/2013\/04\/carbon-footprint-graph.png 500w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/ofm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/225\/2013\/04\/carbon-footprint-graph-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/ofm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/225\/2013\/04\/carbon-footprint-graph-360x200.png 360w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/ofm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/225\/2013\/04\/carbon-footprint-graph-105x58.png 105w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/ofm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/225\/2013\/04\/carbon-footprint-graph-317x176.png 317w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/ofm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/225\/2013\/04\/carbon-footprint-graph-423x235.png 423w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 508px;height: 143px\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left\" width=\"73\" height=\"19\"><strong>\u00a0Year<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"95\"><strong>Fuel Type<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"95\"><strong>Metric Tons<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<col width=\"73\" \/>\n<col width=\"95\" \/>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"right\" height=\"19\">2005<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"right\">#6 Oil<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">39,781<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"right\" height=\"19\">2009<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"right\">#6 Oil and Natural Gas<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">30,006<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"right\" height=\"19\">2012<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"right\">100% Natural Gas Conversion<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">25,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left\" height=\"19\">2015+<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"right\">Landfill Gas potential<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">5,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"right\" height=\"19\">2040<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"right\">Presidents&#8217; Climate Commitment<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Projects &amp; Initiatives Collaborative Energy Procurement The UMS Office of Strategic Procurement, worked with several campuses and locked fuel oil prices as a hedge against price volatility. 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