US Army Military District of Washington has chosen Pepco Energy Services, a subsidiary of Pepco Holdings, involved in energy savings performance contracting, to implement a $31m energy and maintenance savings performance contracting (ESPC) project for the Henderson Hall Marine Corps Base, adjacent to Fort Myer in Arlington, Virginia.
Encompassing 22 acres of land on the southern border of Arlington National Cemetery, Henderson Hall currently provides barracks and support for Marines assigned to Headquarters US Marine Corps, schools and agencies within the Washington, DC metropolitan area.
The 15-year performance contract calls for Pepco Energy Services to invest over $7m in capital improvements that will be paid back from the energy and maintenance savings generated by the investment in infrastructure and efficiency improvements.
Under the terms of the contract, Pepco Energy Services will decentralize the steam system by installing local steam and hot water boilers in 20 buildings and will decommission the existing, inefficient central steam plant.
Pepco Energy Services will also upgrade the lighting with energy efficient lamps and ballasts, retrofit water-saving plumbing fixtures, replace existing inefficient heating and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems and install an energy management control system in each building linked to the existing control network.
The company said that these infrastructure and efficiency improvements are estimated to reduce water use by 24%, electricity use by 28% and natural gas use by 80%.
In addition, Pepco Energy Services will provide preventive maintenance service for all new and pre-existing HVAC equipment required to maintain indoor comfort, air quality and contract standards of service for the duration of the contract. The final design, construction and commissioning phase of the project has begun and is expected to be completed by December 31, 2011.
Ronald Kaczmarek, director of directorate of public works at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, said: “All of us within the Directorate of Public Works at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall look forward to the additional energy and water conservation measures combined with long term maintenance that Pepco Energy Services will provide now that Henderson Hall’s fifteen buildings have been added to our existing Energy Performance Savings Contract.”
John Huffman, president and CEO of Pepco Energy Services, said: ”Pepco Energy Services is proud to help the Military District of Washington reduce its energy and water cost by 37% and reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 2,500 metric tons each year.”