DOE Announces Energy-Saving Project at U.S. Forest Service Sites Leveraging Nearly $2.5 Million in Private Investment

Several days ago The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced an Energy Savings Performance Contract (ESPC) project at more than 50 U.S. Forest Service sites. The project, awarded by the U.S. Forest Service to Honeywell International, will use avoided energy costs to leverage private-sector investment to help improve the energy efficiency of facilities in the Forest Service’s Northern Region, which encompasses 25 million acres in 5 states. Administered by DOE, the Forest Service contracted with Honeywell to install energy-saving measures at sites in Montana and Idaho that will reduce annual energy consumption by 16 percent. The project will leverage almost $2.5 million in private investment to install energy efficient and renewable energy technologies and will support the equivalent of 27 jobs for a year. The resulting improvements will save the Forest Service over $267,000 in energy costs in the first year and approximately 14 billion British thermal units (Btu) per year—enough to power 147 homes annually.
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