Federal Bureau of Prisons Selects Constellation for $45 Million Energy Efficiency and Solar Project
February 19 2015 - 11:30AM
Business Wire
Conservation measures at Coleman, Fla.,
facility to exceed federal mandates for water and energy
reductions, expected to save $79 million over 19 years
Constellation today announced that it has been awarded a
contract by the Federal Bureau of Prisons to implement $45 million
in water and energy conservation measures and install a 2-megawatt
(DC) solar generation project at the Federal Correctional Complex
in Coleman, Fla., (FCC Coleman).
Under the terms of the energy savings performance contract, the
conservation measures are guaranteed to provide approximately $79
million in cost savings to the bureau over 19 years. The bureau
will use the resulting savings to fund the efficiency upgrades and
solar project.
“Constellation is delighted to serve the FCC Coleman and support
its effort in achieving its federal energy and environmental
performance mandates,” said John Dukes, executive director of
federal and public sector sales for Constellation. “Working as a
team with the Federal Bureau of Prisons and FCC Coleman personnel,
we developed an energy project that is expected to deliver an
exceptional volume of renewable energy generation and replace
antiquated, inefficient infrastructure and equipment with new
energy efficient infrastructure and equipment. The upgrades are
designed to improve energy security while providing significant
cost savings through energy and water intensity reductions and
increasing the use of renewable energy for the site.”
According to Dukes, the efficiency measures implemented at FCC
Coleman are expected to result in total energy intensity reduction
of 35 percent and water intensity reduction of 50 percent. The
upgrades are designed to enable FCC Coleman to conserve an
estimated 18 million kilowatt-hours of electricity and 194 million
gallons of water annually and thereby avoid the emission of an
estimated 323,000 tons of carbon dioxide over the term of the
contract.
FCC Coleman is comprised of five facilities and includes more
than 2.4 million square feet of building area, housing over 7,400
inmates. The conservation measures installed by Constellation
include: high-efficiency (LED) lighting, building automation
controls, chiller plant optimization, cooling tower upgrades, hot
water heating system upgrades, high efficiency transformers,
low-flow toilets and faucets, refrigeration upgrades and a 2 MW
solar array. Work is scheduled for completion in 2017.
As a NAESCO-accredited energy services provider, Constellation
has helped commercial customers and public agencies throughout the
United States to implement energy efficiency programs. Customers
interested in energy efficiency and environmental solutions may
contact Constellation at 1-888-635-0827.
About Constellation
Constellation is a leading competitive retail supplier of power,
natural gas and energy products and services for homes and
businesses across the continental United States. Constellation's
family of retail businesses serves more than 2.5 million
residential, public sector and business customers, including more
than two-thirds of the Fortune 100. Baltimore-based Constellation
is a subsidiary of Exelon Corporation (NYSE: EXC), the nation's
leading competitive energy provider, with 2014 revenues of
approximately $27.4 billion, and more than 32,500 megawatts of
owned capacity comprising one of the nation's cleanest and
lowest-cost power generation fleets. Learn more at
www.constellation.com or on Twitter at @ConstellationEG.
ConstellationKelly Biemer,
410-470-5224kelly.biemer@constellation.com
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