STATE BUILDINGS MODELS OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY
05/08/2008
For Immediate Release For more information, contact:
May 8, 2008 Ann Hushagen
(503) 373-7804
Ann Grim
(503) 378-4912
08-14 In Oregon 800.221.8035
The Oregon Department of Energy recognized three state building projects as models of energy efficiency and will present each with a special award. The award ceremony is scheduled for Tuesday, May 13, at 2 p.m. at the Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, in Salem.
The Department of Corrections prison in Lakeview, the University of Oregon’s Moss Street Children’s Center and the Oregon Department of Forestry’s Tillamook Center will each receive a State Energy Efficient Design (SEED) award. The three projects are the first to receive the SEED award.
The SEED program requires the Oregon Department of Energy to review all new state buildings and major renovations to ensure that they incorporate all cost-effective energy measures and make the building at least 20 percent more energy efficient than code. The building’s energy use is monitored for 18 months following construction. A SEED award committee selected the three projects for meeting all energy goals, following an integrated design process, and incorporating innovative energy saving features.
“By reviewing state construction projects early in the design phase, we can help ensure that the project meets the 20-percent requirement,” said Betty Merrill, Assistant Director of the Department of Energy. “Our experienced energy analysts have reviewed over 100 state projects. Because they are only focusing on energy efficiency, they can often find energy measures that the project team members, who are looking at the entire project, had not considered.”
Lakeview Prison is performing 52 percent better than an equivalent building constructed to Oregon building code level. The prison has a geothermal heating system, direct evaporative cooler and laundry dryers with a geothermal preheat coil.
The Moss Street Children’s Center operates at 32 percent better than code. It has enhanced mass for passive cooling and night flush, south facing glazing for passive solar gain, radiant floor heating and cooling, and hybrid ground source heat pumps.
The Tillamook Forest Center is performing 30 percent better than code. They burn wood pellets for three 89 percent efficient wood pellet boilers and created a man-made fire protection pond that stores water used to cool the condenser for an efficient water-cooled chiller.
The state projects were also eligible for Business Energy Tax Credits from the Oregon Department of Energy. The state agencies transfer their tax credit eligibility to a business partner in exchange for a cash payment.
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The Oregon Department of Energy provides tax credits, loans, technical assistance and energy information for homes, businesses, manufacturing, farms, ranches, schools and government. For more information, call toll-free 1-800-221-8035 or check the Web site at
www.oregon.gov/energy
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