DOE-defense program`s CFC retrofit plan for HVAC/chillers
- Dept. of Energy, Germantown, MD (United States). Office of Defense Programs
The Department of Energy`s (DOE) Office of Defense Programs (DP) had been the landlord for hundreds of individual facilities located at principally eight sites around the US, 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 fully 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. Saving energy and money while protecting the stratospheric ozone layer is the goal of the DP CFC HVAC/Chiller Retrofit Program. While working to minimize the release of ozone-depleting substances to the environment and moving to convert existing equipment to use alternative refrigerants, the installation of more efficient chillers also promotes environmental stewardship in that reduced energy consumption translates into reduced emissions of noxious gases from the generation of electricity.
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- OSTI ID:
- 541195
- Journal Information:
- Strategic Planning for Energy and the Environment, Vol. 17, Issue 2; Other Information: PBD: Fal 1997
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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