Reducing Energy Use and Making Energy More Efficient in Noorvik, Alaska Award Number: DE-EE0007857 CX(s) Applied: A9, B5.1, B5.2 Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Date: 2/23/2017 Location(s): AK Office(s): Golden Field Office
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March 16, 2017
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Reducing Energy Use and Making Energy More Efficient in Noorvik, Alaska
Award Number: DE-EE0007857
CX(s) Applied: A9, B5.1, B5.2
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Date: 2/23/2017
Location(s): AK
Office(s): Golden Field Office
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide funding to the Noorvik Native Community for energy efficiency and retrofitting activities in Noorvik, Alaska. These activities include improvements to the heat recovery system serving the water treatment plant (WTP) including retrofitting the generators at the power plant with marine jackets/manifolds, expansion of the heat recovery system from the WTP to the city office building, and installation of heating equipment at the city office. If funding allows, building envelope improvements would be completed at the city office building to maximize the efficiency of the newly installed heat recovery system.
Retrofitting of the existing generators at the power plant would not require building or heat recovery system modifications or ground disturbing activities. Installation of heating equipment, and building envelope improvements at the city office would require only minor modifications to the building and would not require any ground disturbing activities. There would be no change in the use, mission, or operations of existing facilities and no new permits are required for the proposed activities. Expansion of the heat recovery system from the WTP to the city office would require minimal ground disturbance for the installation of the helical anchors for the piping. The only equipment installed outdoors would be approximately 300 linear feet of insulated arctic piping and the associated anchors to hold the piping in place. The project would involve the use and handling of various hazardous materials such as insulation and building sealants. All handling, storage, and disposal of these materials would occur in accordance with all federal, state, and local environmental regulations. Non-hazardous wastes generated by this project would be limited to incidental wastes generated during installation of the marine manifolds, arctic piping, and heating equipment for the city office, which could contain some building materials such as drywall and insulation. These wastes would be disposed of in the community landfill. The Noorvik landfill is active and currently permitted with the State of AlaskaO