ADD CHP: Accelerated Development and Deployment of Combined Cooling, Heat, and Power at Federal Facilities

Keith Kline, Stan Hadley, and Julia Kelley, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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This paper describes the activities of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Federal Energy Management Program (DOE-FEMP) to “ADD CHP” (Accelerate Development and Deployment of Combined Cooling, Heat and Power) at federal facilities. This effort promotes teaming with multiple partners to identify and reduce barriers to installation of CHP technologies in federal buildings. ADD CHP promotes teamwork among private- and public-sector partners—project developers, energy service companies (ESCOs), financiers, industry manufacturers, federal facility managers, and DOE staff. The paper discusses FEMP’s role, CHP market potential in the federal sector, issues affecting CHP deployment, strategy to expedite CHP projects, and progress to date. This study suggests that CHP could be successfully applied in 9 percent of large federal facilities where it would annually conserve 50 trillion Btus of primary energy, reduce CO₂ emissions by 2.7 million metric tons, and cut utility bills by $170 million. Although many CHP technologies are proven and the potential savings and benefits are significant, project development lags behind potential in the federal sector.