Fall River Housing Authority
The Challenge
Declining federal dollars for capital improvements in their senior buildings and the arrival of new HUD incentives to conserve energy drove the Fall River Housing Authority to become the first multiple site public housing authority (PHA) energy performance contract in the nation. One of the sites was still serviced by very high costing city-supplied steam.
Our Solution
Measures included the disconnection of one site's heating and domestic hot water systems from a city-provided steam plant and the installation of high efficiency site-based gas equipment; other sites received replacement of space heat and domestic hot water systems. All sites received water conservation measures.
Impact
Savings from the decentralization from steam to high efficiency gas at one of the seven sites supplied enough revenue to cover annual debt service. Water savings from all sites have persisted in Year 6 of the contract to over 40%. Upon completion of the eight-year term of the project financing, the project will have generated over $4 million in total annual savings.
Testimonial
“Fall River was the first PHA in the nation to execute an energy performance contract involving multiple sites. Our savings have persisted in all areas throughout the first six years of annual debt payments, and we have, through the HUD incentives, been able to retain additional savings net of debt to apply to other capital needs and resident programs.” Dan MacDonald, Deputy Executive Director
