Energy Secretary Bill Richardson yesterday announced a deal with six energy management companies that is expected to produce as much as $1.5 billion in energy savings in the Mid-Atlantic region. He announced a similar plan for federal facilities in the Northeast.
The deal is part of a series of contracts aimed at reducing the federal government's $4 billion-a-year energy bill. Under the contracts, private companies invest in energy-saving ventures, then equally split the money saved as a result.
Among the first facilities planning to make energy-saving improvements in the Mid-Atlantic are the National Gallery of Art, which will improve its lighting, electric motors and steam distribution systems, and the National Agricultural Library, which will upgrade its lighting and heating and cooling systems.
The companies involved in the Mid-Atlantic region include Bridgeport, CT-based ERI Services Inc.; Lowell, MA-based EUA Cogenex Corp.; Minneapolis-based Honeywell Inc.; Natick, MA-based HEC Inc.; Framingham, MA-based Northeast Energy Services; and Grand Prairie, TX-based Siebe Government Services.
In addition to ERI, HEC, Honeywell and Siebe, Burlington, MA-based Xenergy Inc., San Diego-based Johnson Controls Inc. and Houston-based CES/Way International Inc. were awarded contracts in the Northeast (Martha Hamilton, Washington Post, 3/2).
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