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Page 4. Whitby Free Press. Wednosday. January 4, 1995 AIR CON SYSTEMS wiorkers use a giant being installed by the Wfby company crane to hoist new air conditioning and replaces an 18-year-oId electrical system heatinp equipment on to the roof of the which officiais said discharged CFCs and municepluidig. The new $250,000 system was increasingly expensive to maintain. Photo by mark Reesor, Whltby Free Press Town hall, to receive claner air The air concitîomi*ng system at the Whitby municipal building is'being replaced ata cost of $250,000. According te a.clerk's report ffrom, May 1994, the original system was-installed in 1976 when the, building was completod. Tho report found a number of problems. This, included a highi discharge of CFC-500, "which has theixighest concentîration of chiorine molecules, and whon discharged intoý the atmosphere attack the ozone layer -greater than any other OFO," according' to the report. It went on to mention oxtremely high maintenance problemes and costs.! For examplo, in the winter of 1993, low tomperatures contributed te increased hydro consumption of 35 per- cent. The new system will brinfg in, an estimated savinge of $16,000 per year in oer maintenance costs Air Con Systemns of Whitby is the mechanical contractor' handling the pr!oject. The price includes a service contract for the systom that will last for three years. They are retrofitting* the entire system from electric te gas, whicb is much less expensive. Thoy have been working on the weekonds and ovenings since September and hop e to have it finished by the ndof February. They are also installing a computer-control system to make it more efficient. As well, special dampers will decrease theosound of the units, which will make it quieterfîor Town employoes. A fringe benefit of the new system fis that more space will bie freed up in the basement. Gordon Young of Air Con says there will be an extra 3,000 square feet in the basement for use: The building's esthetic qualifies will remain intact because Air Con is hiding the new units with steel 'fences that wiIl blond in with the structure. George McGrath and Young joined forces to start Air Con in 1989. They have six service vehicles and serve mostly institutional clients. Some of their botter known clients include Queen's Park, the Durham separate school board, and provincial jails in Brampton and Barrie. The company is expanding.I the coming months,. they will ho mnoving from Charles. Streot to a newý 2,200-square-foOt location on Sunray Street. Whitby opens its bheart Giving was up and the'need was down in this year's Salva- tion Army food and toy drive. Whitby captain Rick Sheasby says about 330 food and toy hampers: Were .distributed ,this Christmas,. down from 350ý or'so lastyear. We were hurt bad asat year. 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Corne visit us in our showrorn MEATING & AIR CONDITUONING ql I iShores plan contrversial I arch, Town council a ppro- Ini May, council approved the bers of Town council jointly spon- I ved a revisedi version of -the establishmnent of an 18-member sored ýan advertisement that in- * L~doShores open spaoe master environniental monitoring com- cluded a list of measures taken prarn, dsigedte proteet the mittee te act as watchdog on the to ensuro the Lynde Creek wetland froni an adjacent major open space areas of Lynde Marsh will not be harnxed by industrial and rosidential deve- Shores. It was decided that future development. * lopmont. $300,000 would be given te the Mayor Tom Edwards said Therevsios, hic inreaedcommittee -- $25,000O a year for councillors were concerned that The revisions, w hico 1~ 2 years- -- for nmonitoring. tepublic had not been. fully i. M M M M M M M M M M M M M mi i Whîtby/Oshawa 436-3212 Pickering/Ajax 428-0333 marsh and déelopment -- did not satisfy opponents of the plan, including the Friends of Lynde Marsh citizens' group and the Durham Wetlands & Watorsheds group. At a Sept. 28 meeting, Whitby council approvod the Lynde Shores housing and industrial development -- less than 36 hours after shelving the proposed project due to last-nxinu.te con- cerna. A total of '27 people applied for six citizen positions on the environinental monitoring com- mittee that will oversee manage- mient of open spaoe lands bet- weon the marsh and future deve- lopment., A requost for a referendum on the matter, te be held as part Of the municipal election, was rejec- ted by Town council. In the Nov. 9 odition of The Free Press, seven of eight mem- the ad was intended toniake tho informration known. lIn November, the Save Lyndo Marsh committee embarked on a fundraising appeal to cover its costs of an antîcipated Ontario Municipal Board hearing into the controversial issue. Funds are also wanted for a caxnpaign.te convince the federal and provincial governments te crate a 2,000-acre nature sanc- tuary in the marsh area. CeNor Yen, Word® LATEX SEALER \X'X "$196 3.78L Price guaranteed intUl Feb. 7/95 I ai a.oSndra 1916 IDundas Street East, Whitby M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M i M M M M M M M M M M 1 ULTIMATE VALUE 1 m