New branch library opens with celebration Saturday.
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I love the idea of the library to be green: “The library also appears poised to deliver on Johnson’s 2023 claim that it would be “the greenest library in Milwaukee.” A fact sheet says there are 132 solar panels on the roof capable of providing 78,000 kilowatt hours of electricity annually, which would save the library approximately $15,000 annually, a geothermal heating and cooling system relies on a 500-foot-deep natural acquifer to provide all electric heating and cooling, a 4,000-square-foot green roof is included above the community room and entrance and 10 spaces in the parking lot were paved with pervious paving.”
What was the cost to buy and install the solar panels, geotherm HVAC, green roof and pervious paving, and how long before those costs are countered by lower costs from traditional non-green costs? Annual utility & HVAC costs of the previous space compared with anticipated costs of the new system in it’s current 17000 square foot space? The housing will share some of the usual expected costs, but it would be interesting to do the comparisons as models for future similar projects of a mixed use community space with housing.