Congratulations to the 2024 FEDS Spotlight Honorees!
FEMP is proud to announce the honorees for the 2024 FEDS Spotlight Recognition Program! This year, the 39 honorees span 14 federal agencies. These federal employees are taking action and going above and beyond typical day-to-day responsibilities to achieve mission success. Each person’s hard work has enabled their agency to cut energy waste, reduce costs, optimize performance, and advance America’s progress toward energy independence, resilience, and security. Nominees selected for this honor will be recognized at a ceremony on October 17, 2024, in Washington, D.C. Learn more about the amazing careers of the 2024 honorees.
FEMP Focus
It’s Time to Submit Your Federal Energy and Water Management Award Nominations
FEMP's annual Federal Energy and Water Management Awards recognizes agencies for significant contributions to the federal government’s energy and water efficiency goals.
These awards celebrate federal employees leading by example as they develop and implement exemplary, cost-effective projects and programs that cut energy and water waste and advance America’s progress toward energy independence, resilience, and security, while also advancing federal agency missions.
We are now accepting nominations for the 2024 awards. Nominations must be submitted by November 1, 2024, via FEMP Central, FEMP’s awards nomination portal. Learn more about the criteria and guidelines for submitting nominations.
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Join the Next 50001 Ready Program Cohort!
The next cohort for the 50001 Ready Program will begin this October. To learn more about this program and join the next cohort, attend our upcoming orientation webinar. Reach out to 50001Ready@lbl.gov if you're interested in the webinar and would like to learn more.
The 50001 Ready Program is a self-paced, no-cost way for organizations to build a culture of structured energy improvement that leads to deeper and sustained savings and does not require any external audits or certifications. This program helps organizations implement an energy management system which has helped many organizations and agencies achieve substantial improvements in facility energy performance and management.
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Tools and Resources
New Case Studies
How Federal Sites Are Implementing Grid-Interactive Efficient Building Strategies and Technologies
As part of the Federal Smart Buildings Accelerator, many federal sites are starting to look at implementing grid-interactive efficient building (GEB) strategies and technologies. The GEB effort works to remake buildings into clean and flexible energy resources by combining energy efficiency and demand flexibility with smart technologies that deliver greater affordability, comfort, productivity, and performance to buildings. Below, find two case studies of federal sites employing GEB initiatives.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
The NIST Gaithersburg campus has many historic buildings with aging infrastructure that can be difficult to operate efficiently and effectively. In the summer of 2023, National Renewable Energy Laboratory staff, in partnership with FEMP, visited the NIST campus to help them create a roadmap to become a smart campus. NIST aims to, for example, incorporate new technologies, such as energy management information systems, and other GEB capabilities. Learn more about the key takeaways from the NIST visit.
Carl T. Hayden Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center
The Carl T. Hayden VA Medical Center in Phoenix, Arizona, recently demonstrated that GEB strategies and technologies can help buildings with substantial energy and cost savings. The medical center implemented energy conservation measures, grid-interactive technologies, and controls strategies. These changes ultimately helped the center achieve over 25% energy savings and an ENERGY STAR® rating of 99, making it one of the most energy-efficient medical centers in the United States. Learn more about the lessons learned from this project.
New Resource
How to Manage Federal Electric Vehicle Fleets Through Smart Charge Management
As the adoption of EVs accelerates across the globe, the increasing energy demand from EV charging risks overloading electrical infrastructure, potentially causing grid instability and higher energy-related operational costs. To combat this and reduce project costs, fleet operators are implementing "managed EV charging" which is a process for strategically controlling when and how vehicles are charged without compromising the fleets' operational needs. This process balances energy needs among EVs, buildings, and grids through sophisticated communication.
One of the methods to control EV charging is through the smart charge management methodology which provides "smart" capabilities that can respond to dynamic and changing conditions on the EV and energy side.
FEMP has created new resources to help federal agencies understand managed EV charging and smart charge management. Checkout the new resources below.
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On the Horizon
Register for Deploy24
This year, Deploy24 will host the second annual gathering of clean energy leaders and decision-makers dedicated to accelerating clean energy deployment and investment in the United States. Deploy24 will take place December 4–5, 2024, in Washington, D.C. Join us this December to gather with fellow clean energy leaders from across the country and discuss how we can continue to effectively and equitably put federal and private sector investments to work to strengthen our energy system and secure our clean energy future. Learn more at DeployTogether.com.
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