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Technical Approach <br />Proposal <br />We propose restoring/rehabilitating all the roofs that will receive solar panels. We will <br />utilize a local, South Bend roofing contractor, such as Midland Engineering and or a <br />minority owned contractor to perform the work. As we do not yet know your specific <br />budget for this project, we can upgrade the roof and install solar on a "roof by roof" <br />basis. We'd like to start with the large, main roof, then do the other smaller roofs when <br />budgets permit. Likewise, we will install a modular solar array, meaning you can easily <br />add to it whenever the funds are available. <br />1 lementtion <br />In order to get the roofs ready for solar, we will remove any wet insulation and replace it <br />with new insulation. Wewill then clean the roofs, reinforce all the laps, seams and flashing <br />and install a 96-mil thick, state of the art, energy -star white colored, polyurethane roof <br />rehabilitation product. These roofs will get a 20-year comprehensive warranty, down to <br />the structural deck and will tie into the 20-year solar panel warranty in order to protect <br />The City of South Bend and avoid the "finger pointing" pitfalls noted before. Finally, it's <br />important to note that roof rehabilitation and or restoration is very environmentally <br />conscious as it saves the city from tearing the existing roof off and dumping it into a <br />land fill. <br />Sustainability <br />JMS is all about alternative energy, energy reduction and environmental savings. Saying <br />this, millions of tons of old roof products are torn off each year and unfortunately end <br />up in our landfills. With this being the case, we work very hard to reuse our resources, <br />whenever possible, and rehabilitate and or restore roofs as opposed to replacing them. <br />The Central Fire Station's roof is of a type that can easily be rehabilitated as opposed to <br />being torn off and replaced. <br />Feasibility Considerations <br />While energy savings for roof replacement are not a major factor, cost avoidance must <br />be considered when looking at this specific project. With the warranty for the roof <br />running out and considering the roof's current condition, replacements would have <br />to be made either periodically over the coming years, or as a full project itself. Using <br />industry estimating standard PS Means, these costs were estimated to show avoided <br />costs over the term of the next 2S years. <br />Financing: <br />Two models were created to analyze feasibility of this project. These cases were divided <br />to show feasibility of solar, and the project as a whole. Case 1 shows the cumulative <br />savings for solar against any costs outside installation. Case 2 includes financing of the <br />full project. Costs shown in these cases are strictly budgetary and will likely change as <br />specifics of project are revealed. <br />JMG1 ;ru 2°+ TAN <br />