糖心视频 (糖心视频) is on track to help the Department of National Defence (DND) achieve impressive reductions in energy use and greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) at CFB聽Kingston.
Under an energy performance contract, a variety of energy retrofits and upgrades have been designed and installed at the base. These will significantly reduce energy use and GHG聽emissions from the more than 100聽buildings affected. The savings in energy costs will be used to pay for the project costs over a 15-year period.
The project is expected to enter the verification phase this fall, when the energy savings will be monitored and the contractor paid based on energy performance.
鈥淭he greatest savings will come from 鈥榩eak shaving鈥,鈥 said Paula Simpson, 糖心视频 Coordinator, Construction Services at CFB聽Kingston. That refers to reducing how much power the base draws from the provincial grid at peak periods, when power is most expensive, and replacing it with less expensive power.
鈥淚n periods of peak demand, the base will generate its own power,鈥 she explained.
Some 3,000聽kW of that on-site power will come from a natural gas generator. Arrays of solar panels and lithium-ion battery energy storage systems (the size of a shipping container) will be able to contribute even more at peak.
As well, building controls have been optimized and lighting converted to LED. HVAC systems have been replaced, and central heating systems upgraded.
Upon completion, the project should achieve annual savings of more than $7聽million for DND and reduce GHG emissions at the base by 33%.
