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Environmental Protection Agency - LMOP: LFG Energy Project Profiles <br />~;~ti'i4~' STA~~s <br />~^e Y~ <br />o ~ <br />z- <br />{` <br />Methane Hame <br />LMOP Home <br />Basic Information <br />Accomplishments <br />Energy Projects and <br />Candidate Landfills <br />Benefits of LFG Energy <br />Partners <br />Join the Program <br />Documents, Tools & <br />Resources <br />Newsraorn <br />Workshops( <br />Conferences <br />international Activities <br />Frequent Questions <br />Green Power <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />U',S. Et~€V'#it~~ENT,~~ f~R~TE~T1;Gt~ PI~I~I~C`I` <br />Landfill l~lc~thane Gutreach Prc~c~ran~ ~L <br />Recent Additions I Contact Us I Print Version Search: <br />EPA Home > Climate Change > Methane > Voluntary_Programs > LMOP > Energy Projects and Candidate <br />Landfills > LFG Energy Project Profiles > Fred Weber-Pattonville High School Landfill Gas Recovery Project <br />Fred Weber-Pattonville <br />Hi h School Landfill Gas <br />9 <br />~~~ <br />Recovery Project `~~ <br />Self DeYeloped (absence of third party developer <br />Location Maryland Heights, Missouri <br />End User(s) Pattonville High School, Fred Weber, Inc. <br />Sector(s) School, Cement, Asphalt <br />Landfill(s) Fred Weber Sanitary Landfill <br />Landfill Size 5.4 million tons waste-in-place (1998) <br />Project Type Boiler and Direct Thermal <br />Project Size 900 standard cubic feet per minute (scfm) <br />Savings $27,000 annually for Pattonville High School <br />Environmental Carbon sequestered annually by 24,300 acres of pine or fir <br />Benefits forests, annual greenhouse gas emissions from 19,600 <br /> passenger vehicles, or carbon dioxide emissions from <br /> 248,500 barrels of oil consumed. Annual energy savings <br /> equate to heating 2,900 homes. Estimated emissions <br /> reductions of 0.0291 million metric tons of carbon <br /> equivalents. <br />Fred Weber, Inc., a large construction company near St. Louis, Missouri, operates and <br />manages several quarries, an asphalt plant, and a landfill. Since 1992, the Fred Weber <br />Sanitary Landfill has collected the landfill gas (LFG) from the landfill and used it for its <br />asphalt plant burner and concrete ready mix plant boiler. The remainder of the gas was <br />flared. <br />Pattonville High School is located less than a mile from the landfill, and the school's. <br />ecology club took the initiative to suggest that the school board look into using the LFG as <br />an alternative fuel for its boilers. After feasibility studies and an economic analysis, the <br />school board determined that the projected cost savings were worthwhile. In 1997, Fred <br />Weber partnered with Pattonville High School to develop a LFG energy project. <br />The project's highlights include: <br />. Generates awareness of and demand for renewable energy. <br />Prevents greenhouse gas emissions. <br />• Promotes public-private cooperation. <br />Provides significant fuel cost savings. <br />The school received a $150,000 loan from Missouri Department of Natural Resources and <br />a $25,000 grant from the St. Louis County Solid Waste Commission. Fred Weber invested <br />an additional $220,000 for the pipeline construction, for a total cost of $395,000. <br />The recovered LFG fuels the school's boilers, saving the school about $27,000 annually, <br />depending on the market value of natural gas. At this rate the school has been able to <br />recover its cost. However, since Fred Weber gives the LFG to the school district for free, <br />Fred Weber's investment will not be recovered, at least not financially. <br />http://www.epa.gov/landfill/proj/prof/profile/fredweberpattonvillehighs.htm 6/8/2009 <br />