Metro Nashville Public Schools and Siemens Save Energy, Preserve Environment
18 February 2009 - 6:30AM
PR Newswire (US)
Improvements to over 135 facilities result in nearly $3 million in
equivalent annual energy savings BUFFALO GROVE, Ill., Feb. 17
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In 2004 the Metropolitan Board of Public
Education (MBPE) for the City of Nashville and Davidson County,
Tennessee awarded Siemens Building Technologies, Inc. a performance
contract to provide comprehensive energy, environmental and
operational improvements throughout the District's schools. As the
initial five-year phase of the project nears completion, an
impressive list of goals have been achieved, ones that are already
beginning to yield substantial energy savings and positive
environmental effects. (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070904/SIEMENSLOGO ) "It has
been a massive project," says Joe Edgens, MBPE's Executive Director
of Facilities & Operations, "and it is an accomplishment that
communities across the state of Tennessee can be proud of. The
School District is not only saving millions of dollars as a result
of reducing energy consumption, the schools in the system are
better, more comfortable learning environments for our students,
teachers and everyone who either works in or visits public
education facilities in Nashville. As we enter the next phase of
the project with Siemens," Edgens continued, "the school community
looks forward to achieving positive results that will expand on the
success of the project's first phase." Kirk Whittington, an Energy
and Environmental Services account executive managing the project
for Siemens Building Technologies locally agreed, noting "This is a
long term partnership with many more improvements to come. Siemens
looks forward to continuing the relationship, delivering added
value to the students and staff while contributing overall to a
healthier and more efficient learning environment." Improvements to
heating ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems were made
to more than 30 schools, as well as completing lighting retrofits
at 110 schools in the system. Water conservation measures have been
instituted at over 50 area schools and chemical-free Flozone* water
treatment systems were installed at 93 schools. More than 70
schools received comprehensive building controls upgrades and in 15
schools Siemens installed state-of-the-art building automation
systems. The Nashville school district is the 64th largest in the
country, with over 75,000 students. During the contract period, all
area schools and school facilities, encompassing 187 structures,
more than 14 million square feet and some 5,000 classrooms were
involved in this massive project, one of the largest energy
performance contracts achieved to date in the Southeastern U.S. As
the next phase continues, the total value of the contracted work
to-date exceeds $45 million. The annual savings in energy and
environmental impact are equally impressive. More than 100 million
gallons of water are being conserved through the implementation of
system-wide conservation measures and the implementation of the
chemical-free water treatment process on HVAC chillers. System
wide, energy and resource reductions are generating the equivalent
of more than $2.9 million in total savings for Metro Nashville
Public Schools. Likewise, the overall powerplant and HVAC system
improvements are resulting in the reduction of greenhouse gases, in
the aggregate amounts of 26,231,885 pounds of CO2, 53,093 pounds of
NOx and 197,660 pounds of SO2. During the contract period, Siemens
Building Technologies has also exceeded the original mandate for
small business and minority-owned subcontractor participation in
these projects. All these accomplishments, coupled with the
significantly enhanced learning environment for the Nashville area
students, have earned MBPE an A+ on its energy and environment
report card and Siemens another gold star on its performance
contract chart. As a leading provider of energy and environmental
solutions, building controls, fire safety and security systems
solutions, Siemens Building Technologies, Inc., makes buildings
comfortable, safe, secure and less costly to operate. With U.S.
headquarters in Buffalo Grove, Ill., Siemens Building Technologies
employs 7,400 people and provides a full range of services and
solutions from more than 100 locations coast-to-coast. Worldwide,
the company has 28,000 employees and operates from more than 500
locations in 51 countries. For more information on Siemens Building
Technologies, visit:
http://www.usa.siemens.com/buildingtechnologies *Flozone Services
Inc. of Adamsville, Tennessee offers a chemical-free treatment
method for HVAC chillers that maintains cleaner heat transfer
surfaces than conventional periodic chemical dosing cleanout,
according to the manufacturer.
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070904/SIEMENSLOGODATASOURCE:
Siemens Building Technologies, Inc. CONTACT: Steven E. Kuehn of
Siemens Building Technologies, +1-847-941-6047, Web Site:
http://www.usa.siemens.com/buildingtechnologies
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