2003 Federal Energy Saver Showcase Award Winners
In 2003, 20 Federal facilities, representing 15 states and 2 foreign countries, received Federal Energy Saver Showcase designations. Department of Defense facilities, represented by the Navy, Army, Air Force, and Marines, received 12 of the 20 awards and are making great strides in implementing renewables. Other agencies receiving awards include the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of the Interior, the Department of Commerce, and the General Services Administration.
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You'll find summaries about each of the award winners below.
- Department of Agriculture
U.S. Arid Land Agriculture Research Station - Department of Commerce—NOAA
National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration
Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory in Miami - Department of Commerce—NOAA
National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration
Caribou Weather Forecast Office (WFO) in Caribou - Department of Defense—Air Force
Dyess Air Force Base - Department of Defense—Air Force
Fairchild Air Force Base - Department of Defense—Air Force
Grand Forks Air Force Base - Department of Defense—Air Force
Laughlin Air Force Base, TX - Department of Defense—Air Force
McConnell Air Force Base - Department of Defense—Air Force
Travis Air Force Base - Department of Defense—Army
Coleman Barracks, Building #57
Mannheim, Germany - Department of Defense—Army
Fort Carson Green Training Building - Department of Defense—Army
Watervliet Arsenal, Buildings 19, 110, and 115 - Department of Defense—Marine Corps
Marine Corps Air Station in Beaufort - Department of Defense—Marine Corps
Twentynine Palms Marine Corps Base, Building 1579 - Department of Defense—Navy
Naval Surface Warfare Center,
Dahlgren Division in Dahlgren - Department of Health and Human Services—Food and Drug Administration
Jefferson Laboratories in Washington, DC - Department of the Interior—Fish and Wildlife Service
Herbert H. Bateman Educational and Administrative Center - Department of Interior—National Park Service
White River Facility Operations Center in White River - General Services Administration
Oroville-Osoyoos Border Crossing Station in Oroville - General Services Administration and Social Security Administration
Annex Building at Social Security Administration main complex in Baltimore, MD
Department of Agriculture
U.S. Arid Land Agriculture Research Station
Maricopa, Arizona
This building incorporates a variety of energy saving features, including daylighting, glazing and thermal break frames, occupancy sensors, and automatic daylight controls. It also utilizes DDC controllers, variable frequency drives, and water-efficient plumbing fixtures. Rainwater collection and a wetland sewage treatment system complete the outside of this energy-efficient building.
Department of Commerce—NOAA
Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
Miami, Florida
This project included upgrading the building lighting system, replacing HVAC controls, and installing a thermal energy storage system to shift some of the HVAC load to off-peak hours. It resulted in reducing demand by almost 40% and made possible badly needed improvements to the building infrastructure.
Department of Commerce—NOAA
Caribou Weather Forecast Office
Caribou, Maine
A prototype for future weather forecast offices and a potential Silver-rated LEED building, this office incorporates recycled building materials. Use of these materials diverted 75% of the total project waste from landfills. The building also uses daylighting and a geothermal heating and cooling system.
Department of Defense—Air Force
Dyess Air Force Base
Entire Base Facility
Dyess, Texas
This energy savings performance contracting project diverted effluent water onto the base for irrigation, saving 2% of Abilene's annual water usage, an amount equivalent to more than 160 million gallons of potable water per year. The facility also committed to a purchase of 100% renewable energy (from wind energy sources), the equivalent of 78 GWh of energy and the largest single purchase of renewable power ever made in the United States.
Department of Defense—Air Force
Fairchild Air Force Base
Entire Base Facility
Fairchild, Washington
Utility energy service contract projects on this base included the installation of light pipe technology, infrared radiant heat in hangars, and energy-efficient lighting. A central steam plant was replaced with boilers in 78 buildings through an energy savings performance contract, which boosted energy reductions from 15.6% to 33.4%. Also notable is the base's purchase of 7,800 MW of electricity from wind and 3,500 MW from other sources of green power. The base's goal is to have 100% of its electricity come from wind or green power by FY04.
Department of Defense—Air Force
Grand Forks Air Force Base
Entire Base Facility
Grand Forks, North Dakota
This energy savings performance contracting project included the installation of distributed high-efficiency boilers, high-efficiency lighting, infrared radiant heaters, and hot water heaters as well as the construction of a synthetic natural gas (SNG) plant on base. The natural gas savings from the SNG provided a 29% reduction in natural gas usage from the previous year.
Department of Defense—Air Force
Buildings 241, 244, 246, 253, 255, 256
Laughlin Air Force Base
Laughlin, Texas
The central hot/chilled water plant on this base received numerous modifications, including the installation of a direct digital facility automation system and a thermal storage system. These projects, done through an energy savings performance contract (ESPC), also included lighting retrofits for three buildings (more are planned). The savings from all the retrofits and modifications are projected to be more than $1.9 million over the 20-year life of the ESPC contract.
Department of Defense—Air Force
McConnell Air Force Base
Entire Base Facility
McConnell, Kansas
Efficient gas-fired pulse combustion boilers replaced two high-pressure natural-gas-fired steam boilers at this base. This replacement project eliminated the need for a $290,000 per year service contract. The project also included replacing existing conventional air conditioning chillers with a rotary chiller unit as well as replacing short-life inefficient boilers with an efficient, long life expectancy domestic hot water boiler and a scotch marine boiler. These measures, combined with other projects, produce an estimated energy cost savings of $65,000 annually.
Department of Defense—Air Force
Travis Air Force Base
Entire Base Facility
Travis, California
Three steam boilers were replaced with six compact pulse hydronic boilers on this base. The project also included lighting retrofits for 51 buildings. Magnetic ballasts and T-12 fluorescent tubes replaced electronic ballasts and T-8 tubes. Energy savings is projected to be 53% from the lighting retrofits and 72% from the boiler replacements (over previous energy use).
Department of Defense—Army
Coleman Barracks, Building #57
Mannheim, Germany
This project capitalized on the need to repair a damaged roof by simultaneously installing photovoltaic panels and repairing the roof. The results were saving manpower and money, and ultimately saving energy and reducing emissions.
Department of Defense—Army
Fort Carson Green Training Building
Fort Carson, Colorado
This 2,800 square foot sustainable training facility incorporates natural daylighting and high-efficiency windows to reduce energy use for heating and cooling and a natural cooling cupola that eliminates the need for air conditioning. The building was constructed with recycled content materials and has an exterior photovoltaic (PV) security light, PV walkway lights, low-flow and metered faucets, and xeriscaping.
Department of Defense—Army
Watervliet Arsenal
Buildings 19, 110, and 115
Watervliet Arsenal, New York
Ten proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFC) were installed at three sites within the arsenal. This cutting-edge technology is expected to save the site 37,488 kWh per year.
Department of Defense—Marine Corps
Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort
Entire Base Facility
Beaufort, South Carolina
The installation at this facility of an energy management and control system (EMCS) is saving more than 34,000 MBTU, or 9,961,910 kWh, annually. The system controls heating, cooling, and lighting as well as managing peak loads. This project started a chain reaction; Air Force and Navy bases are working to implement the same systems.
Department of Defense—Marine Corps
Twentynine Palms Marine Corps Base, Building 1579
Twentynine Palms, California
This base installed the largest co-generation plant in the United States in an effort to combat the California energy crisis. The 7 MW combined heat and power (CHP) plant can provide uninterrupted power for critical base loads in the event of any utility interruption. The plant can also isolate critical loads, even when power from the utility is available. The project was financed through an energy savings performance contract and will reduce electricity purchases by nearly two-thirds, saving $5.8 million in annual energy costs.
Department of Defense—Navy
Naval Surface Warfare Center
Entire Base Facility
Dahlgren Division
Dahlgren, Virginia
A single direct digital control system was installed at this site and now controls 80% of the facility square footage. This system can shut down HVAC systems basewide in seconds and has saved nearly $7 million since its inception in FY1991.
Department of Health and Human Services
Food and Drug Administration
Jefferson Laboratories
Washington, DC
Variable frequency drive and pumping controllers were installed in this lab building, as well as variable air volume fume hoods, daylighting, and low flow plumbing fixtures. The building now boasts a 39% reduction in energy consumption.
Department of Interior—Fish and Wildlife Service
Herbert H. Bateman Educational and Administrative Center
Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, Virginia
The construction of the Center will eliminate nearly $800,000 in backlog maintenance needs by replacing five inadequate buildings with the new facility. Much of the currently occupied land will revert to wildlife uses, and xeriscaping and onsite wastewater recycling will lead to reduced site disturbance. The project utilized daylighting and energy-efficient lighting as well as geothermal heat pumps and rapidly renewable building materials.
Department of Interior—National Park Service
White River Facility Operations Center
White River, Washington
Capitalizing on the need to replace an old garage, designers created a structure to optimize the solar potential for a photovoltaic (PV) array in the rainy Pacific Northwest. But this system is highly effective, eliminating noise and pollution previously emitted by generators, as well providing a 95% energy savings over the previous generation system.
General Services Administration
Oroville-Osoyoos Border Crossing Station
Oroville, Washington
This station, a collaboration between the U. S. and Canadian governments, uses a ground source heat pump (GSHP) for high efficiency heating and cooling. The GSHP is said to save 4,898,000 kWh of electricity per year. The building also has recycled steel and studs, low VOC paint, fly ash concrete, automated irrigation, and a low maintenance native landscape.
General Services Administration and Social Security Administration
Annex Building Main Complex
Baltimore, Maryland
A complete renovation of this building avoided $25 million in new construction costs. The recycling and salvaging of materials from the original interior led to reusing 76% of the original materials. Daylighting and updated lighting reduced energy use by 32%. Installation of thermal ice storage, auto shut-offs, and low-flow bathroom fixtures and the addition of indigenous shrubs and trees were among other energy-savings measures.