The ZNE Center is a working example of the many options available today to reduce energy consumption and increase energy savings.
The IBEW Local 58 Zero Net Energy (ZNE) Center, is Michigan’s first Zero Net Energy facility was created in partnership between IBEW Local 58, Sy Design and the Green Team Coalition, has been remodeled to strategically deploy the newest technologies, engineering and construction techniques to reduce the building’s baseline energy to the lowest possible level.
The IBEW Local 58 Zero Net Energy (ZNE) Center features
nine distinct energy producing/saving modifications:
““There’s people willing to invest in doing what the IBEW Local 58 has done, knowing it will work, but the historical evidence from this building is going to help prove to others that it works.”
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True “Zero Net Energy” Facility
The IBEW commissioned and completed feasibility study will make it much easier for other businesses in the region to construct or remodel ZNE compliant buildings. The design and construction team spent countless engineering hours calculating the building’s energy production and consumption and then deploying an array of energy saving technologies to make the IBEW a true “zero net energy” facility. The ZNE Center is a working example of the many options available today to reduce energy consumption and increase energy savings.
“Since the renovation, energy use has plummeted 76 percent, and the union expects its annual electric bill to drop by nearly $57,000.”
