Scott & Cathy Donnelly - Lakeview Inn
- Client
- Scott & Cathy Donnelly
Inefficient Inn
Lakeview Inn was looking to fix energy use and cost, frozen pipes, and maintaining guests comfort at their Inn.
Building Energy Helps Out
Scott Gardner and Brent Mellen of Building Energy performed the energy audit. They determined that there were many areas that could be improved in the 9,500 square foot, intermittently occupied building, which was consuming approximately 2,760 gallons of fuel oil annually. The primary recommendations to improve the thermal envelope of the Inn and drastically reduce heating costs were to: air seal and insulate the basement and crawl spaces, air seal and insulate the floor below the three season porch and walk in cooler, air seal and insulate the accessible second floor framework, and upgrade to a more efficient heating system.
Efficiency & Incentives
The Donnelly’s chose to have the recommended insulation and air sealing work completed by Building Energy. The Lakeview Inn reduced their air leakage by a whopping 23% and their projected fuel consumption by nearly 20%. Building Energy submitted the project to Efficiency Vermont’s Building Performance Incentive program. The project qualified for an incentive that reduced the cost of the insulation and air sealing measures by 17%. The Donnelly’s also hired Benoure Plumbing and Heating to replace their older oil boilers with a new high efficiency propane unit. The combination of air sealing measures and boiler replacement enabled glycol to be removed from the baseboard hot water system. It is estimated that the boiler upgrade and elimination of glycol will result in an additional 20% reduction in heating fuel consumption. Now the Donnelly’s are able to operate the Inn more efficiently while providing guests attending meetings, weddings, and retreats at the Inn with superior comfort and cleaner air.
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