6: Energy Savings
Provide direction for reducing energy costs and consumption. Other Information:
GSA continuously conducts energy audits and retro-commissioning studies of buildings to identify life-cycle, cost-effective,
energy conservation measures that can improve future energy consumption. Measures can include cutting-edge lighting controls,
heating or air conditioning efficiency upgrades, building automation system improvements, and distributed generation projects.
GSA will rely even more heavily on renewable energy sources in the future. To meet renewable purchase and energy reduction
goals from executive orders and public laws, GSA has significantly increased purchases of renewable energy. In FiscalYear
2005, GSA purchased over 452 million kilowatt hours of renewable energy—the equivalent of 15.8 percent of GSA’s annual electric
consumption. Nearly half of the renewable energy will come from geothermal resources, with the rest coming from wind and biomass
resources.
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