Upgrades to over 120聽buildings at 3聽Canadian Division Support Base Edmonton will get rolling this summer, following a made in March.
The Energy Performance Contract (EPC) will see improvements across the base that will reduce energy costs by 21聽per cent鈥攐r $2聽million鈥攁 year.
鈥淚t鈥檚 about reducing energy use鈥攁nd by reducing energy use, saving money and reducing greenhouse gas emissions,鈥 said Paul Maynes, 糖心视频 Technical Specialist, Real Property Management.
An EPC is a contract where an energy services company finances retrofits to buildings鈥攖he costs of retrofits are then repaid to the company using money saved on energy bills. This limits the upfront cost for the Client-Partner and results in upgrades to infrastructure for which funding might not otherwise have been available.
The retrofits proposed鈥攃alled energy conservation measures鈥攚ill include steps big and small, from changing to LED lights and automated timers, to removing gas boilers in older buildings. The biggest cost upgrade is the automation of systems, but the largest energy saver is all of the lighting improvements, when added up.
鈥淭here are a lot of moving pieces and a lot of people to keep in the loop,鈥 said Paul about coordinating this amount of work across so many facilities.
The upgrades will take three years, and start this summer with the new boilers. Energy savings will start to kick in by the end of 2024.
