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ENERGIZING THOUGHTS WENDY OSTROM PRICE FLATHEAD ELECTRIC
BUILDING PERMITS
BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED IN KALISPELL AND WHITEFISH IN AUGUST
CO-HOP ANYONE?
MALTED BARLEY AND HOPS are a couple of ingredients we typically think about in mak- ing beer, but the folks at Flathead Lake Brewing Co. (FLBC) in Bigfork have infused their recipes with a heaping helping of e ciency and sustainability. Owner Greg Johnston says their busi- ness model is based on a philosophy that is paying o : “Great beer calls for qual- ity ingredients and quality ingredients require a healthy environment. So it should follow that sustainable brewing makes for better beer, right?”
Besides using energy-e cient appli- ances, FLBC installed solar collectors on the roof of their building, which then heat the water in their kitchen. They also employ a low emission boiler so, according to Johnston, patrons can “keep enjoying the clean air and view, while they have their brew.” And while the list of measures the company has taken toward environmental steward- ship and energy e ciency is extensive; the most impressive investment is their “not so typical” geothermal system, which recently garnered them a check for over $72,000 from Flathead Electric.
Rich Jarvis and his team with JE Engineering Inc. designed the system and Jarvis is also Flathead Electric’s “Energy Smart Industrial Partner” through the Bonneville Power Adminis- tration (BPA). He says the project (which
was a couple years in the making) was one of the most complex – and satisfy- ing – he’s been involved in. “This took a big group e ort, but it was the sustain- able focus of the owners, in cooperation with the City of Bigfork, Flathead Elec- tric, BPA and the Montana Department of Environmental Quality, that allowed for this unique project to be imagined and built.”
The FLBC facility borrows clean e uent from the nearby Bigfork Water and Sewer District and uses it to run several water furnace heat pumps. The equipment provides heating and cool- ing for outbuildings and processes. Jar- vis says the energy savings provided by the system adds up to approximately 300,000 kilowatt hours on an annual basis, which translates to $18,000 a year in avoided energy costs.
The $72,000 incentive check the sys- tem generated, stems from a BPA pro- gram that encourages industrial cus- tomers to install energy-saving tech- nology, by providing signi cant rebates toward the cost of energy e ciency proj- ects. BPA enlists the partnership of their wholesale power customers (like Flat- head Electric) to facilitate the program. In presenting the check, FEC’s Super- visor of Energy Services, Don Newton, hinted that maybe the Brewery will be inspired to name a beer after the Co-op: “Flathead Electric Co-hop” anyone?
KALISPELL
RECIPIENT: Ron Terry Construction; 285 Short Pine Dr.
CONTRACTOR: Recipient
FOR: Single-family residence
VALUE: $107,600
RECIPIENT: Ron Terry Construction; 30 Muskrat Dr.
CONTRACTOR: Recipient
FOR: Townhouse
VALUE: $128,000
RECIPIENT: Ron Terry Construction; 32 Muskrat Dr.
CONTRACTOR: Recipient
FOR: Townhouse
VALUE: $128,000
RECIPIENT: Ron Terry Construction; 38 Muskrat
Dr.
CONTRACTOR: Recipient FOR: Townhouse
VALUE: $128,000
RECIPIENT: Ron Terry Construction; 40 Muskrat Dr.
CONTRACTOR: Recipient
FOR: Townhouse
VALUE: $128,000
RECIPIENT: Immanuel Lutheran Communities;
185 Crestline Dr.
CONTRACTOR: Western States Fire Protection Co FOR: Commercial
VALUE: $21,000
RECIPIENT: TKG Spring Prairie Dev.; 35 Treeline Rd.
CONTRACTOR: Stellar Integration and Safety FOR: Addition
VALUE: $3,000
RECIPIENT: Immanuel Lutheran Communities; 40 Claremont St.
CONTRACTOR: Swank Enterprises
FOR: Nursing home
VALUE: $6,790,000
RECIPIENT: Drew and Brenda Buckner; 605 Fifth Ave. WN
CONTRACTOR: Wilkerson
FOR: Addition
VALUE: $3,000
RECIPIENT: Flathead Hospital Development Co; 70 Village Loop
CONTRACTOR: Swank Enterprises
FOR: O ces
VALUE: $1,880,000
RECIPIENT: J&F Construction; 119 E Monture Ridge
CONTRACTOR: Recipient
FOR: Single-family residence
VALUE: $400,000
RECIPIENT: Chick Fil A, Inc.; 35 Treeline Rd.
CONTRACTOR: Mahugh Fire and Safety FOR: Addition
VALUE: $1,374
RECIPIENT: Kalispell Regional Healthcare; 1279 Burns Way
CONTRACTOR: Swank Enterprises
FOR: Daycare
VALUE: $164,053
RECIPIENT: Kalispell Regional Healthcare; 310 Sunny View Ln.
CONTRACTOR: Swank Enterprises
FOR: Addition
VALUE: $1,040,000
RECIPIENT: Kalispell Regional Healthcare; 310 Sunny View Ln.
CONTRACTOR: Swank Enterprises
FOR: Addition
VALUE: $107,125
RECIPIENT: Silvermont Properties; 115 E Swift Creek Way
CONTRACTOR: Westcraft Homes
FOR: Single-family residence
VALUE: $320,000
RECIPIENT: Sandra Hutchins; 22 E Northview Loop
CONTRACTOR: On the Level Enterprises FOR: Addition
VALUE: $48,520
RECIPIENT: Westwood Park LLC; 664 Corporate
Dr.
CONTRACTOR: Tro-Lini Builders FOR: Townhouse
VALUE: $220,000
RECIPIENT: Sheila Johnson; 225 Westland Dr. CONTRACTOR: Verline Coleman Construction FOR: Single-family residence
VALUE: $143,000
RECIPIENT: Kris, Hugh and Amy Robertson; 515 10th Ave. W
CONTRACTOR: Concrete Alternatives
FOR: Addition
VALUE: $8,000
RECIPIENT: Reynold and Ann Gilley; 1017 Third
Ave. W
CONTRACTOR: 4J Builders FOR: Addition
VALUE: $14,000
RECIPIENT: Steven Hartwell; 1418 Fifth Ave. W CONTRACTOR: Recipient
FOR: Remodel
VALUE: $35,000
RECIPIENT: Kimberly Yark; 189 Lupine Dr. CONTRACTOR: Recipient
FOR: Remodel
VALUE: $16,500
RECIPIENT: Martin Rippens; 745 Third Ave. E CONTRACTOR: CJ Construction
FOR: Addition
VALUE: $13,000
RECIPIENT: Cal Granger; 167 Parkridge Dr. CONTRACTOR: Recipient
FOR: Single-family residence
VALUE: $160,000
RECIPIENT: Judene Ness; 401 Mountain Vista Way CONTRACTOR: Great Bear Builders
FOR: Townhouse
VALUE: $198,000
RECIPIENT: Judene Ness; 403 Mountain Vista Way
CONTRACTOR: Great Bear Builders
FOR: Townhouse
VALUE: $198,000
RECIPIENT: City Service Valcon; 640 W Montana St.
CONTRACTOR: Hammerquist Casalegno FOR: Remodel
VALUE: $100,000
RECIPIENT: Mark Tudahl and Kelcy Berry; 1310 Sixth Ave. E
CONTRACTOR: Kinniburgh Construction FOR: Remodel
VALUE: $28,000 WHITEFISH
RECIPIENT: VFW Post 276; 20 Baker Ave. CONTRACTOR: Travis Brousseau
FOR: Remodel
VALUE: $19,700
RECIPIENT: 237 Baker LLC; 237 Baker Ave. CONTRACTOR: Compass Construction FOR: Remodel
VALUE: $35,000
RECIPIENT: Ron and Margie Thompson; 448 W Seventh St.
CONTRACTOR: G&G Construction
FOR: Addition
VALUE: $250,000
RECIPIENT: Lori Hansen; 1940 E Lakeshore Dr.
CONTRACTOR: Dave Bailey FOR: Addition
VALUE: $145,000
RECIPIENT: CREI, LLC; 304 O’Brien Ave. CONTRACTOR: Commonwealth Construction FOR: Addition
VALUE: $7,000
RECIPIENT: Tony and Anita Gangemi; 1046 E Fourth St.
CONTRACTOR: Fox Tops Building
FOR: Addition
VALUE: $13,671
RECIPIENT: Don and Judy Spivey; 9 Shore View Ct.
CONTRACTOR: Weathervane Builders FOR: Single-family residence
VALUE: $415,000
RECIPIENT: Abbie Gross; 430 Glenwood Rd. CONTRACTOR: Network Const.
FOR: Remodel
VALUE: $6,200
RECIPIENT: Jim Caldwell; 119 Columbia Ave. CONTRACTOR: Recipient
FOR: Remodel
VALUE: $5,000
RECIPIENT: Matthew Folz; 316 W Third St. CONTRACTOR: Kalispell Structural Moving FOR: Remodel
VALUE: $70,000
“THE FOLKS AT FLATHEAD LAKE BREWING CO. IN BIGFORK HAVE INFUSED THEIR RECIPES WITH A HEAPING HELPING OF EFFICIENCY AND SUSTAINABILITY.”
Wendy Ostrom Price is public relations o cer at Flathead Electric Cooperative
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