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How Airport Profited from Retrofit and Solar

by How Airport Profited from Retrofit and Solar

Building Optimization Solar+Storage (BoS+S ) for Eagle County airport terminalRetrofitting for Resiliency and Deep Carbon Reduction in Vail Colorado.The climate crisis is massive and urgent. Given limited funding, resources and attention that can be allocated to solving it, policymakers need to prioritize integrated efforts.Reaching deep carbon reduction goals will not be met by new buildings that are net-zero or even positive energy when 72% of homes and buildings are over 20 years old.The largest carbon reductions will be met through Deep Energy Retrofits (DER) of existing building stock that includes changing from fossil fuels to electric heat pumps. Retrofitting the building envelope to reduce demand is a costly labor-intensive project. Additionally, cost for HVAC equipment replacement from gas furnace to heat pumps. Adding solar panels and batteries makes retrofitting costly. Bundle FinancingBundling the high cash returns on solar during the 25-year financing cycle can suppo