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Could USPS Fleet Cut Fuel Use with ESPCs?

A bill introduced by Reps. Jared Huffman (D-CA) and Gerry Connolly (D-VA), would authorize the US Postal Service to use energy savings performance contracts to improve the efficiency of its fleet. The bill, HR 3963, is called the Federal Leadership in Energy Efficient Transportation (FLEET) Act, The Hill reports. ESPCs allow companies, ... Read more »

Con Edison Solutions Wins Army Contract

ConEdison Solutions (CES) has signed a $56 million contract with the U.S. Army Reserve’s 99th  Regional Support Command (RSC) to provide energy efficiency services and operations and maintenance support at 90 sites in 11 states. The Energy Department’s Energy Savings Performance Contract (ESPC) was won by competitive bid restricted to a limited ... Read more »

Colorado Joins Better Buildings Accelerators

The State of Colorado joined the Energy Department’s new Better Buildings Accelerators, which support ongoing state- and local government-led efforts to cut energy waste and eliminate market and technical barriers to greater building efficiency. DOE launched the three new Better Buildings Accelerators this week. Through Better Buildings Performance Contracting Accelerator, ... Read more »

Obama Extends Performance-Based Contracts for Federal Agencies

In November, a bipartisan coalition of 117 House Members and 22 Senators signed a letter to President Obama, urging a five-year extension of the President’s federal buildings energy efficiency initiative, which permits federal agencies to enter into performance-based energy efficiency contracts. Now, the Obama Administration says it will extend the ... Read more »

US Legislators Want Continuation of ESPCs for Federal Buildings

A bipartisan coalition of 117 House Members and 22 Senators has signed a letter to President Obama, urging a 5-year extension of the President’s federal buildings energy efficiency initiative – a two-year initiative that began in 2011 to achieve $2 billion in energy savings in federal buildings. The coalition of ... Read more »

Smaller Federal Facilities Install Solar, HVAC via FEMP

The Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) is expanding its Energy Savings Performance Contract (ESPC) ENABLE program to include two new energy conservation measures: solar photovoltaic and simple one-for-one HVAC system replacement (small building systems). This expansion will allow small, federal facilities the opportunity to further upgrade their sites, while still ... Read more »

Honeywell Helps Western Michigan University Save $250,000 per Year

Honeywell and Western Michigan University launched a two-year research project led by WMU’s Office of Sustainability to determine best practices for engaging students, faculty and staff in trimming energy consumption in buildings. The research project, supported by Honeywell and managed by WMU doctoral student Kate Binder, will explore whether dashboards ... Read more »

University of Illinois at Chicago Upgrades 5 Buildings for Energy Savings

The University of Illinois at Chicago has signed a $63.6 million energy savings performance contract (ESPC) with Ameresco. The project is expected to save the University more than $1.8 million in avoided energy costs annually for the 20 year term, and includes energy efficiency and infrastructure upgrades to UIC’s Science ... Read more »

Ameresco Signs ESPC With Michigan County

Ameresco has begun work on a $1.6 million Energy Savings Performance Contract (ESPC) with Alpena County in northeastern Michigan. Once completed at the end of the year, the project is projected to save the county more than $100,000 in annual energy and operational savings through numerous energy efficiency and infrastructure ... Read more »

US Embassy in Nicaragua Spends $15 Million for Energy Contract

The Department of State has selected Lockheed Martin to deliver energy savings  for the US Embassy in Managua, Nicaragua. Under the contract, the embassy will invest $15 million to save more than $36 million in utility expenses through the installation of 1 MW of solar photovoltaic generation on-site, lighting upgrades ... Read more »

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