2001 Federal Energy Saver Showcase Award Winners
FEMP recognized 18 outstanding Federal facilities as Federal Energy Saver Showcases for 2001. These facilities are expected to save annually 50 million kilowatt-hours of energy or about $2 million in energy costs.
Since 1995, more than 70 facilities across the country received designations as Federal Energy Saver Showcases. This year's showcase facilities feature energy efficiency, renewable energy, or water conservation technologies designed to save natural resources and reduce operating costs.
2001-2002 Federal Energy Saver Showcases booklet (PDF 845 KB, 16 pp). Download Adobe Reader.
You'll find summaries below about each of the award winners.
- Department of Agriculture—Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Wildlife Services - Department of Commerce—National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Guam Weather Forecast Office - Department of Defense—Navy
MCPON Plackett Manor
Great Lakes Naval Training Center - Department of Energy
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory - Department of Health and Human Services
Albuquerque Public Health Service Indian Hospital - Department of Health and Human Services
Program Support Center - Department of the Interior—Fish and Wildlife Service
Cusano Environmental Education Center - Department of State
Florida Regional Center - Department of the Treasury
Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Main Building - Department of Veterans Affairs
Salt Lake City Health Care System - General Services Administration
Ralph H. Metcalfe Federal Building - General Services Administration
Richard B. Russell Federal Building - General Services Administration
Leo W. O'Brien Federal Building - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Dryden Flight Research Center - United States Postal Service
Anchorage Processing & Distribution Center/
Air Mail Facility - United States Postal Service
Center Ossipee Post Office - United States Postal Service
Center Sandwich Post Office - United States Postal Service
Gilsum Post Office
Department of Agriculture—Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Wildlife Services—National Wildlife Research Center
Animal Research Building
Fort Collins, Colorado
Despite its limited building and maintenance budget, the USDA made effective use of off-the-shelf technologies to save energy and conserve water. A new building control system, electrical duty timers, and boiler combustion analysis reduce energy consumption by almost 35%. In addition, new water pressure pumps and set-back timers on the high-pressure steam boilers save more than 400 million gallons of water each year.
Department of Commerce—National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Guam Weather Forecast Office
Barrigada, Guam
This low-maintenance, energy-efficient building is designed so that the HVAC and lighting systems use up to 30% less energy than a conventional building. Energy savings are achieved through high-efficiency HVAC and lighting systems and a passive solar design that maximizes natural daylighting and minimizes solar heat gains. Recycled and non-toxic materials help to meet sustainable design goals and improve indoor air quality.
Department of Defense—Navy
MCPON Plackett Manor
Great Lakes Naval Training Center
Great Lakes, Illinois
This sustainable design project, certified by Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), is the first of its kind for the Navy. The project entailed design and construction of nine new dormitory facilities to house more than 2,000 sailors. As part of the sustainable design process, planners established energy efficiency goals and designed the project to minimize impact on undeveloped land and make use of existing utilities and transportation infrastructure.
Department of Energy
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Batavia, Illinois
Since the inception of the Laboratory's utility-based, alternatively financed, campus-wide energy efficiency program in 2000, energy-efficient lighting systems, occupancy sensors, and direct digital controls have been installed and transformers, motors, and cooling towers have been replaced. Replacement and reconfiguration of the cooling towers and compressors used in the Central Helium Liquefier Plant have produced additional energy and operational efficiencies, resulting in 30% savings.
Department of Health and Human Services
Albuquerque Public Health Service Indian Hospital
Albuquerque, New Mexico
To reduce energy use and associated costs of the existing HVAC system, a geothermal heating and cooling system consisting of 210 closed-loop boreholes was installed. To further improve efficiency, the system was upgraded with variable speed pumps and direct digital controllers.
Department of Health and Human Services
Program Support Center
Parklawn Building
Rockville, Maryland
More than 2 million kilowatt-hours and 6.3 million gallons of water will be saved annually due to the recent installation of energy-efficient lighting upgrades and water-conserving fixtures financed through a utility energy savings contract. More than 90,000 people visit the Parklawn building each year.
Department of the Interior—Fish and Wildlife Service
Cusano Environmental Education Center
John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This innovative new building incorporates geothermal heating and cooling, energy-efficient lighting, a well-insulated building envelope, and natural daylighting. These features reduce building energy consumption, improve occupant comfort, and demonstrate the Center's mission to the thousands of visitors expected each year. Other sustainable design strategies include use of recycled materials and an on-site "marsh machine," an organic wastewater treatment plant.
Department of State
Florida Regional Center
Oakland Park Facility
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
This "solar showcase facility" demonstrates the cost and energy-saving potential of solar energy sources in geographic locations best suited for solar application. Photovoltaic panels power parking lot lights to provide much-needed evening illumination for the building's parking lot, and flat-plate solar collectors mounted on the roof provide heating for domestic hot water.
Department of the Treasury
Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Main Building
Washington, D.C.
Vintage 1960s cooling towers and chillers replaced new high-efficiency units, reducing energy consumption by almost 40%. In addition, a new carbon fluidized bed/thermal oxidizer, needed to control volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emissions from the currency printing process, significantly reduces natural gas consumption while reducing nitrous oxide emissions by as much as 96%.
Department of Veterans Affairs
Salt Lake City Health Care System
Salt Lake City, Utah
Through a comprehensive energy retrofit project of all 29 buildings on the campus, almost $500,000 will be saved each year in energy costs alone. By using an energy savings performance contract, the center installed 16 energy conservation measures, including a solar domestic water heating system, a new medical waste sterilizer, a new chiller plant, and HVAC equipment.
General Services Administration
Ralph H. Metcalfe Federal Building
Chicago, Illinois
The GSA, working with the EPA and the DOE, recently completed a roof-mounted, grid-connected photovoltaic system on the Metcalfe Federal Building. This system not only saves energy but also reduces carbon dioxide emissions and meets the requirements of the Million Solar Roofs initiative.
General Services Administration
Richard B. Russell Federal Building
Atlanta, Georgia
This ENERGY STAR® Building incorporates energy-efficient lighting systems together with new high-efficiency and non-CFC HVAC equipment to achieve significant energy and cost savings while providing environmental benefits. GSA financed the energy conservation measures through an energy savings performance contract, rather than using appropriated funds.
General Services Administration
Leo W. O'Brien Federal Building
Albany, New York
One of two pilot projects in the Northeast Super Energy Savings Performance Contracting program, this energy efficiency project included installing building automation systems and energy-efficient lighting and converting the buildings HVAC and domestic hot water systems from electric to gas. A rebate from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority made this energy-saving project even more cost effective.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Dryden Flight Research Center
Aircraft Support Facility, Building 1623
Edwards, California
In replacing the oversized and inefficient aircraft hangar heating system in Building 1623 with a modern forced-air system employing a solar ventilation air pre-heating system and modular gas-fired condensing boilers, NASA simultaneously improved indoor air quality, reduced greenhouse gas emissions, and saved energy. Emissions reductions were so significant that the boilers no longer require expensive air permitting.
United States Postal Service
Anchorage Processing & Distribution Center/
Air Mail Facility
Anchorage, Alaska
The high-tech plant in this facility is powered by five 200-kilowatt natural gas phosphoric acid fuel cells, the nation's largest commercial fuel cell system. Not only do the fuel cells provide enough electricity to power the entire facility, they also create enough waste heat to meet most of the building's thermal load, thereby further reducing overall energy consumption.
United States Postal Service
Center Ossipee Post Office
Center Ossipee, New Hampshire
This project was completed as part of a district-wide energy efficiency retrofit program, saving significant energy and dollars. With the installation of efficient lighting upgrades and LED exit lights, the Post Office achieved 40% energy savings per square foot. Future upgrades for the New Hampshire district include installation of set-back thermostats, water heater timers, and point-of-use water heaters.
United States Postal Service
Center Sandwich Post Office
Center Sandwich, New Hampshire
As part of a district-wide energy efficiency retrofit program, efficient lighting upgrades and LED exit lights are cutting costs and saving energy. This facility, just one of 111 New Hampshire Postal Centers that has undergone these efficiency upgrades, uses 43% less energy per square foot. Future upgrades for the entire New Hampshire district include installation of setback thermostats, hot water heater timers, and point-of-use hot water heaters.
United States Postal Service
Gilsum Post Office
Gilsum, New Hampshire
As part of a district-wide energy efficiency retrofit program, efficient lighting upgrades and LED exit lights are saving significant energy and dollars. This highly replicated project saves this facility alone 40% in energy per square foot. Future upgrades planned for the entire New Hampshire district include installation of setback thermostats, hot water heater timers, and point-of-use hot water heaters.