Project Overview
Tribe/Awardee
Village of Aniak
Location
Aniak, AK
Project Title
Aniak Energy Efficiency Retrofit Project
Type of Application
Deployment
DOE Grant Number
DE-IE0000152
Project Amounts
DOE: $167,948
Awardee: $18,708
Total: $186,656
Project Status
See project status
Project Period of Performance
Start: 05/16/2022
End: 05/15/2024
NOTE: Project pages are being updated regularly to reflect changes, if any; however, some of the information may be dated.
Summary
The Aniak Energy Efficiency Retrofit Project will install energy efficiency measures on four essential multiuse buildings in the Native Village of Aniak (NVA), including the Tribal Office, Community Center, Association of Village Council Presidents Office, and Duplex.
Energy efficient retrofits include air-tightening the building envelopes, installing setback thermostats, replacing heating and ventilation equipment with more efficient models, and upgrading existing lighting to light-emitting diodes (LEDs) in all buildings.
Project Description
Background
NVA obtained energy audits on these buildings in 2017–2018, and this project will implement the high-payback recommendations such as replacing lighting with LEDs, installing setback thermostats, and air-tightening building envelopes. The buildings are anticipated to result in energy cost savings ranging from approximately 17% to 34%. These retrofits will help fulfill NVA’s long-term vision to support sustainable practices through energy conservation and address the four goals of the Aniak Traditional Council’s Energy Action Plan developed in 2019. NVA intends to replicate this project by using the resulting energy savings to address audit recommendations in other buildings and pursue energy audits for other community buildings. Expected outcomes include demonstrating the value of energy efficiency to community members, increasing community resilience, reducing dependence on shipments of fuel oil, and providing training for maintenance staff.
Project Objectives
The goal of the project is to reduce the overall energy use of the NVA by implementing energy efficiency measures in four high-use tribal buildings. This project is expected to achieve the following outcomes: projected annual energy savings of approximately $24,238; projected annual reduction in fuel oil use of roughly 1,802 gallons and electricity use of about 24,537 kilowatt-hours; and annual reduction in carbon dioxide emissions of approximately 84,594 pounds.
Project Scope
Energy efficient retrofits include air-tightening the building envelopes, installing setback thermostats, replacing heating and ventilation equipment with more efficient models, and upgrading existing lighting to LEDs in four essential multiuse buildings.
Project Location
NVA is a remote Yup’ik community in western Alaska. The name “Aniak” means “the place where it comes out” in Yup’ik and refers to the Aniak River, which flows into the larger Kuskokwim River at the Village site.
Project Status
The project was competitively selected in Fiscal Year 2021 under the DOE Office of Indian Energy's funding opportunity announcement “Energy Technology Deployment on Tribal Lands - 2020” (DE-FOA-0002317) and started in May 2022.
The project status reports provide more information.