Washington, DC (PRWEB) February 07, 2012
WASHINGTON The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recognizes the facility with two DOD awards Energy Star Combined Heat and Power (CHP) to demonstrate leadership and commitment to protecting public health and the environment in addition to enhance energy security and reliability. By using CHP technology in conjunction with the energy, the award-winning achieve the estimated annual energy savings of more than $ 1 million and simultaneously avoid the carbon pollution from nearly 6300 cars on the highway. This award was presented today at the International Energy Association 25th Annual Regional Conference on Energy Campus
I respect the military bases for leadership by example by reducing pollution, improving their efficiency and save valuable tax dollars, said Gina McCarthy, assistant administrator for EPA’s Office of Air and Radiation. Our award winners have proven that the combined heat and power system is an efficient strategy to help the federal government to improve the environment, energy and economic performance.
CHP award has been given to the following facilities:
U.S. Army, Fort Bragg, N.C.
United States Marine Corps, Twentynine Palms, Calif.. Both facilities
achieve operating efficiencies of about 64 per cent, higher than the efficiency of separate production of electricity and thermal energy, which can be less than 50 percent. CHP technology at the same time producing electricity and useful thermal energy from one energy source, such as natural gas, biomass, or energy waste. As the nations largest single energy user, the Department of Defense manages more than 2.2 billion square feet of space at 500 000 buildings and structures in 500 major installations worldwide. Overall, the Department of Defense accounts for about 90 percent of the federal government’s energy use. DOD recognizes that a strategic approach to energy facility to increase energy security, conserve resources on a limited budget and to foster economic progress for private industry and U.S. competitiveness.
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energy supplies to military installations are critical to national security. DOD has established three main objectives for the installation of energy: to reduce energy use, improve energy security and increase the use of renewable energy and power generation at the site. Power plant siting to reduce dependence on the army as an aging and potentially exposed to an electric grid and increased readiness. Energy region and the CHP system is a critical base of support continued operation in case of power failure.
Regional power
system, as an essential energy infrastructure in the cities and most major U.S. cities and institutions, is the main focus of this week’s Annual IDEA Conference 25 Energy Campus, Innovation in Clean Energy, took place in Arlington, VA. The opening plenary panel discussion featuring the benefits of reliability, efficiency and cost-of-the-art regional energy and CHP systems. YAB members of the panel included Stephen Ayers, Architect of the U.S. Capitol, which is designing the installation of 18 MW CHP facility for installation Janakuasa Capitol that provides energy services to the U.S. Capitol area; Supreme Court; Library of Congress and the Senate and House office buildings on Capitol Hill. This panel includes Kathleen Hogan, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Efficiency, EERE, U.S. Department of Energy; Sarah Dunham, Director of Atmospheric Programs at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and senior executive staff of Cornell University, Princeton University, Texas A & M University, Thermal Energy Corporation in Houston, Texas and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Additional Panel focused
Army Microgrids Bes, and security to display Affairs Merrill Smith, Office of Electric Delivery Energy Reliability, U.S. Department of Energy; Richard Boyette, U.S. Navy NAV / FAC: John Kelly, Perfect Power Institute.; Jonathan powers, the U.S. Army Officer Tim Energy Initiative; Ted poker, Princeton University, and Tim Griffin, RKPR Engineering. To see a show of this panel, please visit the Proceedings of the IDEA.
Over 630 attendees attended the Annual Conference of the Campus Energy-25. More information about the energy, CHP and the IDEA, visit http://www.districtenergy.org.
IDEA
serve as an important information center for the energy industry and industrial combined heat and power, connecting industry professionals and advancing the technology around the world. With headquarters just outside of Boston, Mass., 1500 – member of the IDEA was established in 1909 and comprises district heating and cooling system executives, managers, engineers, consultants and equipment suppliers from 25 countries. IDEA supports the growth and use of local energy as a way to save fuel and increase energy efficiency to improve the global environment.
EPA CHP Partnership: Established in 2001, the EPA CHP Partnership is a voluntary program that encourages the use of CHP to reduce the environmental impact of electricity generation. The Partnership is working meetings with users of energy, industry, state and local governments CHP and other energy stakeholders to facilitate the development of new projects and promote energy, environmental and economic benefits. More information about the CHP Partnership: http://www.epa.gov/chp/. Further information on the award-CHP: http://epa.gov/chp/public-recognition/current_winners.html.
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