Super ESPC Takes Off at NASA Glenn Research Center

Program Document · Fri Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 2002

OSTI ID:15000136

This two-page case study describes how staff at NASA John H. Glenn Research Center (GRC) in Cleveland, Ohio, found an alternative way to fund energy efficiency projects when operating and maintenance budgets were reduced. NASA GRC was able to use a DOE Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) Regional Super Energy Savings Performance Contract (Super ESPC) to obtain lighting system upgrades, lighting controls, boiler economizers, and other energy-efficient equipment. A Super ESPC allows an energy services company to pay the initial costs of new equipment and improvements and to be repaid over the contract term out of the Federal agency's resulting energy cost savings. This project has an estimated energy savings of 18,000 million Btu (19 trillion joules) per year; the estimated energy cost savings are approximately$200,000 each year. The capital investment was about $1,200,000, and the contract term is seven years.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Lab., Golden, CO. (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: US Department of Energy (US) Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP)
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-99GO10337
• OSTI ID: 15000136
• Report Number(s): DOE/GO-102002-1186
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
BOILERS
BUILDINGS
CAPITAL
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ECONOMIZERS
ENERGY ACCOUNTING
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
ENERGY MANAGEMENT
ENERGY-EFFICIENT BUILDINGS
ESPC
FEMP
LIGHTING SYSTEMS
MAINTENANCE
NASA
OHIO
PERFORMANCE