DOE Announces Contracts to Achieve $140 Million in Energy Efficiency Improvements to DOE Facilities

05.08.08 - 21:47 ... source : U.S. Department of Energy - EERE

... TEAM Energy-Savings Projects to Have Energy Improvements Pay for Themselves PHOENIX, Ariz. – U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency David Rodgers today announced the first four Energy Savings Performance Contracts (ESPCs) to help the federal government save approximately $13 million on energy and energy-related costs per year. The contracts will also enable $140 million in energy efficiency improvements to DOE facilities, as part of the Department's Transformational Energy Action Management (TEAM) initiative. As part of the Bush Administration's comprehensive energy strategy to reduce energy waste and greenhouse gases, the TEAM initiative seeks to reduce energy intensity across DOE's nationwide complex by at least 30 percent and to reduce water consumption intensity by at least 16 percent, both by 2015, and to acquire at le ...» Next (HTML)