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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 26 Dec 2000, p. 5

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City employee honoured iliil for energy saving ideas ' City of Waterloo Afmployee is the first- ime recipient of a new award, praising him for his innovative ideas to help reduce the energy con- sumption in the city's facili- ties. Tony Pemberton was presented with the Enershare award, sponsored by Enershare Technology of Toronto, last week for his efforts in pointing out deft-. ciencies in the existing control system at the Waterloo Recreation Complex for maintaining pool water temperature. pool space temperature, pool space humidity, office space temperature and shower water temperature. "All I did was send in some suggestions for some minor tweakings on what we are already doing" said the City's modest organizational leader of aquatics. Some of his suggestions included ensuring on a regu- Jar basis that the pool’s sen- sors and automation are working properly, ensuring the air temperature is one degree over the water tem- perature at all times to pre- vent loss of heat in the pool, and closely monitoring the amount of fresh water the City is pumping into the pool. Lung Association campaign close to reaching its goal The Lung Association - Waterloo Region has announced its Christmas Seal campaign is fast approaching the year 2000 goal ofSl15.000. "Celebrating our 100th anniversary. we look for- ward to reaching our target goal this year." said Sandra Moore. campaign chairman son "We're almost 3/4 ofthe way there, so it's more important than ever you return the Christmas Seal loner you received in the mall m November" Over three million ( hristmas Seal letters were sent out across Ontario dur mg the first week of November. Those who have lost letters can call the lung Health information line at 1 800.972-2636, "u my“ tram 'hrpprt, Drug NUrtl v4tp9i'3B Vish our website: 'sGvw.starimres.com/f1agstaff _ V wrsisrjt-(?d u "' 4, rc'sj,' sai1u's'- f. L'ii i irr'i','iii':ir,, trsci',' 'ii, ',Cffiip,' 3&sz lhi f“:- ' M. iiigaI " - ‘ , gl ' IN I' . " i» ' r " I 'ici/r] cr, kw” LPI! Q’g“$§¥fifi _i()','l,8-!llr$i)4ltvr, . ta' IB' Br if? 'l'l - . , I " '?' 3‘3! _t J N o.o...‘f U...- yi' Ti I ttt BK. , 'H 1. . SUITS MEN'S APPAREL 'jilEiiNBi SPORTCOATS Waterloo Town Square .e'r."."'rdT'"rcv'" % % / u mxx Tmm \thprn 1m”; Mvirtl 746-91~ n 20 To 50 or F ' our “TI-Kim ,Gv,vstaroasres.cosinaszstaff Br Mum Bum graham ti); um WAYS m j,k') iii: FAMILVFUNM (iii/i Tony Pemberton, the City of Waterkro's organizational leader of aquatic. was presented , L E RV i C E STU D with the Enershare award for innovative ideas in energy consumption last week, Making the UL p, presentation. from left. were Peter Majeski of Enershare Technology, Pemberton, Paul Evans, nlw: rsi A . the city's manager of facility operations, and Waterloo Mayor Lynne Woolstencroft. 42S U ty [we E, ”mm mm mm at Bridge. Water oo These parameters. when maintained right, should reduce energy consumption and improve cost savings. But Pemberton said he never expected his ideas to be recognized with such an honour "I was very surprised. and even a little embarrassed." he said with a laugh. "I only gave some new ideas on things that should be work- ing well anyway." “His co-Woriiers. however, gave Pembenon full credit for his efforts. "lt is great to have people like Tony on staff who go the extra mile to find new and better ways of operating our facilities more efficiently," said Paul Evans, manager of facility operations for the City of Waterqu. _ _ _ "Our people's knowledge of our equipment and oper- ations mean they can be the best source of ideas that save money while maintaining our service levels." Also on hand for the award presentation, Waterloo Mayor Lynne Woolstencroft said. "it's just tremendous that Tony understands the (relation- ship) between the pool, the air, the opening and clos- ing of doors and loss in energy. "HE clearly exemplirtes the creativity our staff at the city has." WA [WV 4rMoro Lee"""""'"""","'"?', W"-' 4 l L :4

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