The Gettysburg Center for Athletics, Recreation and Fitness (CARF) is a one story steel framed structure located in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.  It was designed by Cannon Design.  The building offers a state of the art center for college students, student athletes and administration. 

            The following report discusses the observations, analysis, findings, and calculations of the potential areas of improvement for the mechanical and lighting system for the Gettysburg CARF.  The intention of the analysis was to bring something new and if possible provide cost savings for the owner.

            An analysis was performed to assess the practicality of replacing the current design of a separate heat and power system, with a combined heat and power (CHP) system.  This was done by sizing the combined heat and power unit to meet the monthly load demands.  The analysis also included a cost analysis.

            Other studies were done that involved acoustics, daylighting, and switching lighting fixtures.  The acoustics study was done to determine if runs of ductwork in certain rooms were within the proper noise criteria level for the rooms function.  The daylighting and lighting fixture replacement was a study that was done to help see how much additional money the owner could save a year and make sure the proper illumination was maintained.

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Recommendations based on the areas of study include:

• Adding of 2 Capstone C200 microturbines

• Adding duct silencers as well as 1”-2” duct lining to ductwork runs

• Adding LUTRON daylight sensors to the fitness area to control artificial light

• Switching CFL lighting fixtures to LED lighting fixtures