The Energy Performance Contracting (EPC) agreement has a value of 4.2 million euros. The investments will be paid back over seven years through the energy savings achieved.
Museum Victoria in the Australian state of Victoria is the largest museum in the Southern Hemisphere. It consists of three large individual museums, including the Melbourne Museum, the Immigration Museum, a heritage listed exhibition space, and Royal Exhibition Building, as well as two storage facilities.
In total, the sites care for a collection of 17 million objects and specimens. The State Government of Victoria is aiming to make the operation of all its museums, especially the 80,000 m2 Melbourne Museum with its distinctive modern architecture, more efficient and environmentally friendly. This includes reducing greenhouse gas emissions and potable water use.
The Siemens Building Technologies Division was awarded the contract to implement these efficiency goals. This will include installing the Desigo CC building management system which will see optimization of the control strategies for the mechanical plant.
The system also has the future capability to integrate with the existing lighting, fire and security system at the Museum.
The energy consumption of the chiller plants will be optimized using Demand Flow at the Melbourne Museum, whereas at the Immigration Museum, the existing chillers will be replaced completely.
All museums will see upgrades that reduce water use and make lighting more energy efficient via implementation of a new lighting design that incorporates the latest LED technology.
