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Honeywell Implements $61M ESPC for Arsenal

March 21, 2014 by Linda Hardesty

The Army’s Rock Island Arsenal Joint Manufacturing and Technology Center in Illinois broke ground on a $61 million infrastructure modernization project that will cut energy use by about 35 percent and generate up to $5.3 million in annual energy and operational savings. The project will save nearly 5.5 million kWh each ... Read more »

Ameresco Begins $45M ESPC for General Services

March 19, 2014August 2, 2019 by Linda Hardesty

Ameresco started project construction of its $45 million Energy Savings Performance Contract (ESPC) with the US General Services Administration (GSA). The ESPC will serve two federal buildings: the New Carrollton Federal Building in Lanham, Md., and the Silver Spring Metro Center 1 building in Silver Spring, Md. About 1 MW ... Read more »

Schneider Wins $5.7M ESPC with Texas Town

March 18, 2014August 2, 2019 by Linda Hardesty

Schneider Electric signed a $5.7 million energy savings performance contract (ESPC) with the city of Clute, Texas. The implementation of a variety of retrofits to aging infrastructure are being financed through the ESPC, including lighting and water metering, as well as the installation of a new wastewater treatment plant. The ... Read more »

Maryland Government Reduces Energy 11% Since 2008

March 11, 2014 by Linda Hardesty

The state government of Maryland has achieved an 11 percent reduction in energy use since 2008 and is on track to meet the Empower Maryland goal of a 15 percent reduction by 2015. In order to measure its energy use to meet its statewide efficiency targets, in April 2008, the ... Read more »

Schneider Wins $6.4 Million Net Zero Energy ESPC

February 19, 2014August 2, 2019 by Leon Walker

The US General Services Administration has awarded Schneider Electric a $6.4 million Energy Savings Performance Contract for the Almeric Christian Federal Building in St. Croix, US Virgin Islands. As part of GSA’s Deep Retrofit Challenge, this project will install energy efficiency improvements and renewable energy systems at the St. Croix ... Read more »

GSA Awards Siemens $37M Energy Savings Performance Contract

February 14, 2014 by Linda Hardesty

The General Services Administration (GSA) recently awarded a $37.2 million task order to Siemens Government Technologies to implement energy efficiency upgrades in its Great Lakes Region (Region 5). Using an Energy Savings Performance Contract (ESPC) from the Department of Energy, the cost of the project will be funded by the ... Read more »

Water District Saves $523,000 in Annual Energy Costs

February 13, 2014 by Linda Hardesty

The East Valley Water District (EVWD) of Highland, Calif., is working with Honeywell on a combined energy conservation and automated demand response (ADR) program. When complete, the project is expected to reduce annual energy costs by $523,000. The project will be financed through a 10-year, $4-million energy savings performance contract ... Read more »

GSA Awards $191M in Energy Savings Performance Contracts

February 12, 2014August 2, 2019 by Linda Hardesty

The General Services Administration has awarded more than $191 million worth of energy savings performance contracts for nearly 100 buildings as part of its contribution to the Better Buildings Challenge. The GSA says its efforts so far will cut energy use in the facilities by 38 percent. ESPCs allow the ... Read more »

Colorado Joins Better Buildings Accelerators

December 5, 2013 by Linda Hardesty

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

December 4, 2013 by Linda Hardesty

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

November 22, 2013 by Linda Hardesty

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 »

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

October 25, 2013August 2, 2019 by Linda Hardesty

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 »

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