January 12, 2007—The Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources (RIOER) expects to save the state’s residents the equivalent of more than $11 million in energy and related building operating costs under a 14-year performance contract with Siemens Building Technologies, Inc.
“Under our agreement with Siemens we now have a long-term, budget-neutral solution for improving the comfort and energy efficiency of three of our government buildings while reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the process,” said Andrew Dzykewicz, chief advisor to the Governor on Energy for the state. ”
Siemens has already begun to upgrade and retrofit critical heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems in the government’s administration buildings including the 104,000-square-foot Cannon Building housing the Rhode Island Department of Health, the 233,000-square-foot Powers Building housing the taxation and energy departments and the 68,000-square-foot Chapin Health Lab, which houses the Rhode Island Department of Health Lab.
Plans call for the replacement of aging, inefficient boilers and chillers with newer, more energy efficient and environmentally efficient units. Retrofits and upgrades also include the installation of energy and water conservation measures, such as a new digital HVAC controls, low energy consumption lighting, high-efficiency motors and drives, building envelope improvements, a lighting control system, and other energy conserving measures.
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