US Department of Energy defense programs chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) HVAC/Chiller Retrofit Program
The Department of Energy`s (DOE) Office of Defense Programs (DP) is responsible for the research, development, and testing of defense-related applications of nuclear energy and the operation and maintenance of facilities required to support these efforts along with any associated production activities. DP had been the landlord for hundreds of individual facilities located at principally 8 sites around the United States, representing about 50% of DOE`s capital assets. In 1994, DP established a CFC HVAC/Chiller Retrofit Program to facilitate the replacement and retrofit of chillers and to promote compliance with CFC environmental and energy conservation laws and regulations. Through comprehensive inventories, DP found that it owns approximately 200 old and inefficient CFC chillers, which if replaced, would greatly reduce electricity consumption and costs, and reduce exposure to potential non-compliance with refrigerant leak regulations. The major domestic chiller manufacturers indicate that they are producing at or near full capacity to meet the demands of both government and private sector customers. With estimates of approximately 63,000 chillers nationally operating with CFCs, DP is concerned that market pressure will raise prices and that shop space for future orders will become increasingly scarce. The Chiller Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA) is an integrated, Federal agency-wide approach to replacing chillers that will save money and help ensure the availability of chillers when appropriations are available. This procurement vehicle is being developed in conjunction with the General Services Administration (GSA), and is expected to be available in the late summer of 1996. Saving energy and money while protecting the stratospheric ozone layer is goal of the DP CFC HVAC/Chiller Retrofit Program.
- OSTI ID:
- 478240
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-961173--
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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