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FEMP Year in Review 2003 - EERE - U.S. Department of Energy

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General Services Adm<strong>in</strong>istration<br />

Oroville-Osoyoos Border Cross<strong>in</strong>g Station<br />

Oroville, Wash<strong>in</strong>gton<br />

This station, a collaboration between the U.S. and<br />

Canadian governments, uses a ground source heat<br />

pump (GSHP) for high efficiency heat<strong>in</strong>g and<br />

cool<strong>in</strong>g. The GSHP is said to save 4,898,000 kWh<br />

<strong>of</strong> electricity per year. The build<strong>in</strong>g also has recycled<br />

steel and studs, low VOC pa<strong>in</strong>t, fly ash concrete,<br />

automated irrigation, and a low ma<strong>in</strong>tenance<br />

native landscape.<br />

General Services Adm<strong>in</strong>istration and<br />

Social Security Adm<strong>in</strong>istration<br />

Annex Build<strong>in</strong>g Ma<strong>in</strong> Complex<br />

Baltimore, Maryland<br />

A complete renovation <strong>of</strong> this build<strong>in</strong>g avoided $25<br />

million <strong>in</strong> new construction costs. The recycl<strong>in</strong>g<br />

and salvag<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong> materials from the orig<strong>in</strong>al <strong>in</strong>terior<br />

led to reus<strong>in</strong>g 76 percent <strong>of</strong> the orig<strong>in</strong>al materials.<br />

Daylight<strong>in</strong>g and updated light<strong>in</strong>g reduced energy<br />

use by 32 percent. Installation <strong>of</strong> thermal ice<br />

storage, auto shut-<strong>of</strong>fs, low-flow bathroom fixtures<br />

and the addition <strong>of</strong> <strong>in</strong>digenous shrubs and trees<br />

were among other energy-sav<strong>in</strong>gs measures.<br />

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