A presentation on energy savings at a recent Sustainable Huron Steering Committee meeting highlighted some of things being done to reduce energy costs in Huron County buildings.
Jeff Kerslake of Huron County Property Services says simple things like changing to energy efficient light bulbs can result in significant savings. However, he adds it's more important to change the culture around energy savings, which could simple tasks, such as turning lights off when they're not being used.
Kerslake says Huron County Property Services is making progress in changing the culture in county buildings as well as with tenants.
He says the Huron County Museum presents a huge opportunity to reduce energy costs because of the number of lights in the building. He says the museum is also using hot water to re-heat the building after controlling the humidity.
Kerslake the goal of property services when they started addressing energy costs in 2014, was to reduce costs by 2.5% over the next five years, and he's happy to report they'll easily meet their target.
Kerslake says there have been some challenges in dealing some of the older buildings the county owns. Some of them still have electric heating, which is not the most energy-efficient, but at this point a retrofit of the heating systems would be too costly.
