The town's Energy Committee, along with trustees of the Lane Memorial Library, have been working behind the scenes on a project to make the building more energy efficient with improvements more than paying for themselves.
The groups will ask voters in March to support a selectmen-sponsored warrant article to obtain a $79,964 zero percent interest loan from Unitil Corp. to replace the chiller system and to install new lighting at the library.
The projected energy savings would pay the loan back, and library officials would still see on top of that a $1,140 savings in their monthly utility budget, which is $60,000 for the year.
"The bottom line of this project is that we have an opportunity to really improve, not only the aesthetic and infrastructure of the library, but also to save a lot of money," said Dick Desrosiers, chairman of the town's Energy Committee.
Library Director Amanda Reynolds Cooper said both projects are long overdue. The systems are nearly 30 years old and not very energy efficient.
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