Resident Workers

The Energy Performance Contract has as its goal for resident employment to exceed 25% of the total hours worked for this project. Many CMHA residents from nearly all of CMHA's properties worked on jobs which ranged from general labor to administrative functions.

Boiler Replacement

A major component of the EPC is boiler replacements at five of our high-rise buildings. At our Riverview Tower site, three 20-ton boilers were replaced with much smaller, yet higher efficient boilers. The slide show to the right shows the removal of the old boilers and the progress steps for the installation of the new boilers and piping ending with the gleaming new boiler flue pipes emerging from the boiler room at Riverview Towers.

Maintenance Staff Training

A requirement of the EPC was that training sessions be conducted to cover the new equipment installed. Two training sessions were conducted one in Spring 2007 and the other in Summer of 2007. Nearly 250 CMHA maintenance staff attended these sessions.

The summer training session was recorded onto DVD's which are available to our maintenance staff for their future training needs.

Improvements

To the right are examples of the Facilities Improvements Measures (or FIM) which have been installed at our residential properties. FIMs included new pressure assisted toilets, new lighting which uses compact fluorescent lamps, low-flow showerheads, weatherization and insulation, new windows, new roofs, and energy efficient furnaces and hot water heaters, and new central heating systems in some of our high rise buildings.

Minority-Owned Business Participation

Several minority-owned businesses were included in the EPC. To the left, are two examples of minority-owned business EPC participants (Coleman Spohn Corporation, a MBE mechanical contractor, and Quick Employment LLC, an FBE employment agency).

Resident Training

Training sessions were held to educate our residents about the new equipment installed in the homes. This information was presented in PowerPoint presentations that also included energy saving tips. These sessions were held at every site were work was performed.