Project will provide positive cash flow to city budget after 4 years.
Project will reduce the city's carbon footprint and environmental impact.
Reduction of 1.7 million pounds of CO2 annually. Carbon reduction is equivalent to taking 141 cars off the road.
Reduction in city's electric consumption of 317,000 kWh. Electric reductions are equivalent to 30 average households.
Reduction in city's natural gas of 111,000 therms. Gas reduction equivalent to 117 average households.
Project will extend the life of the rink by 20 plus years.
Is expected to be the most energy efficient ice rink in the nation.
Project will be paid for in part with $649,200 in federal stimulus funding.
Geothermal Rink Project
The City of Brooklyn Park is undergoing a complete redesign of the two ice rinks located at the Community Activity Center (CAC). The improvements will use geothermal heat from the city’s water system to efficiently cool the rinks and heat portions of the building. The project is expected to be completed by the end of 2010 and will be one of the most energy efficient ice rinks in the nation.
The ice rink project is part of a larger energy efficiency retrofit project that uses a combination of stimulus money from the federal government's Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grants, Heritage Infrastructure Funds, sale of bonds and utility rebates related to energy savings. The whole project will pay for itself in just over twelve years.
The project is being led by McKinstry, a national company specializing in energy-efficient retrofits with a local office in Brooklyn Park. McKinstry has provided a guarantee for the total project cost savings which will save the city more than $250,000 per year in utility and operational costs. $60,000 of these savings will come from the changes being made to the CAC ice rinks.
When completed, the rinks will be a model of geothermal energy efficiency for educational and environmental study. To learn more about the project or to feature it in your media or your school, contact us.
Channel 9 April 1, 2010
Brooklyn Park Now! Feature
Channel 12 April 1, 2010
Click here to view the April 1, 2010 Channel 12 news story on the new geothermal ice arena design. The rink will save thousands of dollars and is a one of a kind design in North America.
