🔥 Monthly Burn Overview

Utility	Monthly Cost	Notes
Gas	$2,139.28	~1,945 therms/month
Water	$856.00	Likely to drop drastically after leak/loop fix
Electric	$850.00	Pretty standard for a campus this size
💸 Total Monthly Burn	$3,845.28	Pre-efficiency

🧪 Gas Consumption Converted

Therms per month: ~1,945 therms
BTU per month: 194,480,000 BTU
BTU per year: ~2.33 billion BTU

That’s your gross thermal input, including any leaks, system losses, and open-loop stupidity. This is the number we’ll offset or drive down using envelope improvements, solar thermal, or bioheat.

🏗️ Phase 1: Demo-Ready Net-Zero Hub

Solar Thermal + PV covering a significant chunk of both electric and heat loads
Retrofitting efficient building envelope zones (start with the 120k sqft heated envelope)
Data monitoring: install smart metering, thermal flow meters, and open dashboards
Partner orgs: MREA, Focus on Energy, WEDC, UW-Extension, GLREA, etc.

🎯 Outcome: Building runs at net-zero on paper; begins hosting tours and trainings.

🔥 Solar Thermal Offset (Space + Water Heat)

Target: Offset 25–50% of thermal load via solar thermal panels

Per-Panel Output (avg): ~1.05 million BTU/month in WI climate

Panels needed to offset 25% of monthly demand: ~46 panels