Johnson Controls, a global leader in delivering products, services and solutions that increase energy efficiency in buildings, announces that it has signed an Energy Performance Contract (EPC) with the German Army for the Oranienstein base. Following the project the German Army will be able to cut annual energy costs for the base by 49 percent and further reduce its emission of greenhouse gases (GHG) by 55 percent. Johnson Controls is already retrofitting another German Army base in Aulenbach reducing energy costs by 69 percent and GHG emissions by 76 percent.
In 2007 the German Army launched an Energy Performance Contract tender for the retrofitting of several army bases. Under this contract, the utility bill savings resulting from the energy-efficient installation systems will pay for the cost of the renewal project. Johnson Controls was selected to retrofit the buildings of the Oranienstein base in Diez (Rhineland-Palatinate). The base is situated on a historic site with a castle that dates from the 17th century. Since 2001 the site hosts not only an Oranje-Nassau museum, but also the medical command center of the German Army.
Johnson Controls was commissioned to find ways to decrease the energy consumption and the GHG emissions of the site. The retrofit project, which started this year, covers buildings of over 37,000 m2 with a total annual energy cost of over 475,000 euros. Johnson Controls has calculated that following the retrofit works annual energy costs will decrease by 49 percent and GHG emissions will be reduced by 55 percent.
In order to reach these targets, Johnson Controls will deploy an array of retrofit and improvement measures including:
- Replacement of an 850kW oil boiler by a woodchip boiler.
- Installation of two mini gas fired combined heat and power plants (CHP).
- Construction of a gas pipeline for CHP.
- Change of warm water supply in several buildings.
- Installation of a central water-softening plant.
- Replacement of lighting.
- Installation of meters and the modernization of controls and monitoring station.
The total work investment is approximately 1.3 million euros and is fully funded through a 10 year Energy Performance Contract. The project is expected to be completed by the end of 2010.
“Modernizing facilities through Energy Performance Contracting is an economically viable means for reducing the energy consumption and associated carbon emissions of buildings,” explains Agostino Renna, Vice President and General Manager, Energy Solutions, South & Central Europe. “Energy Performance Contracting, as a solution, is fundamental to slowing the impacts of climate change because buildings consume 35 percent of the world’s energy and account for 40 percent of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. The inclusion of renewable energy generation technologies within the scope of these projects allows us the ability to both “use less” and “use clean” resulting in lower consumption, lower cost and lower emissions.
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SOURCE: JOHNSON CONTROLS
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