North Shore YMCAs in Washington undergo energy efficiency changes!

      After many years of studying and researching, the North Shore YMCA gymnasium of Washington has launched energy efficiency programs to improve standards of the organization's social responsibilities, to save money and, most importantly, to save energy. These programs are featured in a project, which is known as "Greening our Y," and the project is to be commenced in the following YMCA locations: Haverhill, Ipswich, Beverly, Salem, Marblehead, and Swampscott. The locations have actually been undergoing many changes in their buildings such as obtaining new pool covers, new solar panels, new efficient boilers, computerized lighting and heating control.
      YMCA CEO Jack Meany commented, "We think that in doing something like this it can be replicable for not only YMCA but other organizations as well. And we think that it's pretty innovative."
       A recent announcement has claimed that this project was devised three years ago, where YMCA had submitted a work proposal to 20 Energy Savings Corporations (ESCO) that work with organizations (such as YMCA) to help develop and create plans to make their buildings more energy efficient while they are guaranteed a payback in savings over a lengthy period of time. In the first ten years of the payback period, 85% of the savings will be accumulated towards the debt service owed to ESCO to developing the program and 15% of the savings will be towards the organization itself.