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Director's Report to Finance & Administration Committee
(Budget) Meeting of March 9, 1981,
ITEM: WD-36--81.
DATE: February 25, 1981.
SUBJECT: Energy Conservation.
BACKGROUND:
At the Special Finance & Administration Committee Meeting
of February 23, 1981, Resolution # F-68-81 was passed as
follows:
"THAT each DepaAtment Head p)cepcuLe a Aepwtt on the
60.Uolving, 6ojc the Budget Meeting o4 March 9, 1981 : i
1. What steps have been taken towcutds �
enut,g y con,5 vLvatioa?
2. 16 there flu,, then. action that may be
taken?
3. What e 6 sect hay such ac;U.oi2 had in
the openatton o6 each department?
REPORT:
In relation to the items above, the following comments apply
to the Public Works Department:
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1(a) Since 1976, in respect of Equipment
Replacement, where possible we have
acquired machines which are diesel-
powered, thus realising a 50% (fifty
per cent) fuel-saving.
(b) The lighting in the Works buildings
was changed to a lower wattage in
order to effect savings in electrical
power usage.
WD-36-81 (2)
REPORT: continued. . .
l(c) In all. Works buildings, where either
possible or necessary, weather--stripping
has been installed.
(d) Thermostats are monitored closely at
all times.
2. Any future action will be determined
by either feasibility or necessity.
3. The effects of actions described in
Item 1 (a-d) above are unknown except
to say that there has been no detriment
to operations, and, logically, a certain
amount of energy conservation must have
been achieved.
Respectfully submitted,
J. Dunham.
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