Johnson Controls will support the National Institute of Standards and Technology‘s energy conservation efforts under a $120 million energy savings performance contract awarded by the Census Bureau‘s national processing center.The Commerce Department said Monday the 25-year contract’s goal is to cut down the environmental impact of NIST’s Central Utility Plant and the future 4, 100-square-foot Combined Heat and Power plant.
Commerce noted that the CHP plant will work to reduce the electric load of NIST’s Maryland campus by 40 percent and use the high-temperature exhaust heat from the natural-gas-fired turbine to provide 75 percent of the steam load.
Johnson Controls will also replace two chillers in the Central Utility Plant with dual compressor chillers to eliminate the emission of the R-22 refrigerant and boost the campus’ free cooling capacity, the department said.
