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