October 25, 2005—Honeywell Building Solutions recently announced a $3.7 million performance contract with Altus Air Force Base in southwestern Oklahoma to deliver an energy-retrofit program that will impact more than 100 buildings across the base. The resulting facilities improvements are expected to save the base $6.5 million in energy and operational costs over the next 15 years, and improve comfort for the nearly 5,000 troops and civilians it employs.
The program will help the base meet and exceed energy-efficiency goals under Executive Order 13123, which requires federal agencies to reduce energy use by 35 percent by 2010. The Honeywell-led upgrades are expected to help the base cut electricity use by almost 7 million kilowatt-hours, more than 9 percent of the amount consumed in 2003.
Under the contract, Honeywell will replace fluorescent bulbs with more efficient lighting in 93 buildings. Honeywell will also upgrade building controls panels and install an integrated building management system to provide centralized control of nine key buildings at the base. In addition, Honeywell will implement water conservation measures such as replacing toilets and flush valves with low-flow models and installing low-flow aerators on sinks throughout base buildings.
Honeywell will complete the work—building control, HVAC, lighting, and water-conservation improvements—in early 2006. The energy savings that result from these upgrades will pay for the program, with no impact on the operating budget and no additional taxpayer dollars, says Honeywell.
