TESI is looking for projects that will reduce energy loads, achieve significant decarbonization, include resiliency components, and provide benefits to building occupants and the community served by the school. A completed scoping study outlining the planned measures, estimated construction costs, and operating costs for the project is required. Typically, these studies will be a Comprehensive Building Assessment funded by the Sponsors of Mass Save with a Green School Works funded renewable energy analysis. If the school takes a different approach to the study, the study needs to comport with the Mass Save and Green School Works study requirements. a. Energy load reduction measures reduce on-site energy use to lower energy bills and reduce the size and therefore cost of new heating and cooling equipment. Required measures include: i. High efficiency dedicated outside air ventilation systems with energy recovery serving most of the school with allowance for additional high efficiency ventilation systems in limited areas such as gymnasiums and/or other areas with unique ventilation needs. Ventilation systems will increase loads in schools that do not currently have mechanical ventilation and are essential for indoor environmental quality. ii. Improvements to air sealing and insulation or evidence that comprehensive weatherization has already been done at the school. Bonus points will be allocated and supplemental funding may be available to schools using a Building Envelope Commissioning provider to identify the weatherization scope and to verify the implementation and performance of that scope.
