McLellan Building 85 Union St. Brunswick, ME Mechanical field report, 23 September 2010. September 2010.

General: The building HVAC system consists of three (3) 40 ton Trane rooftop units. The system is the same age as the building with about ten (10) years of service. The useful life of this equipment is around twenty-five (25) years. Each unit serves one (1) floor of the building. The units are gas-fired (2stage, propane) with DX cooling and are variable air volume. The units have 100% outside air economizers with return / exhaust fans. The ceiling cavities and corridors are being used as a return air plenum (non-ducted return). No ventilation energy recovery system is installed. Zoning: Numerous temperature control zones are provided with single zone variable air volume boxes with electric reheat for perimeter zones and cooling only boxes for interior zones. Some zones are served by both types of boxes with separate sensors, increasing the potential for heating and cooling to be occurring at the same time. No flow measurement or demand control ventilation sequence is provided (CO2). Electric unit heaters are provided in Lobbies, Entrances, Trash Room, Sprinkler Room, etc. Modifications to existing zones can be accomplished relatively easily. Site visit 17

Plumbing: Gas-fired (propane) water heaters are used for heating domestic hot water. Sprinkler: The building is fully sprinklered by a wet-pipe sprinkler system. Miscellaneous: Mechanical exhaust ventilation systems are provided for toilet rooms, janitors closets, etc. Summary: The mechanical system appears to be in good condition with a remaining useful life of fifteen (15) years. Although packaged rooftop variable air volume systems are capable of providing good occupant comfort, they may have

higher operating cost than other systems. The use of significant amounts of electric resistance heating may have an adverse impact on operating cost in both the short and long term.