{"id":4306,"date":"2013-06-28T20:18:13","date_gmt":"2013-06-28T20:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wbcnet.org\/member_news\/forrester-completes-design-build-energy-retrofit-for-gsa\/"},"modified":"2013-06-28T20:18:13","modified_gmt":"2013-06-28T20:18:13","slug":"forrester-completes-design-build-energy-retrofit-for-gsa","status":"publish","type":"member_news","link":"https:\/\/www.wbcnet.org\/member_news\/forrester-completes-design-build-energy-retrofit-for-gsa\/","title":{"rendered":"Forrester Completes Design-Build Energy Retrofit for GSA"},"content":{"rendered":"
\tRockville, MD – As part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Forrester<\/strong><\/span> recently completed an $8M energy retrofit of a regional federal office and data center that was formerly GSA’s largest energy consumer. Hired as a design\/builder, Forrester designed and constructed a more efficient mechanical and electrical infrastructure, featuring advanced sustainable technologies, that reduced the building’s energy use by 30% in the first year. These systems include a 255 kW rooftop photovoltaic solar array, 140 well geothermal system and a new high-efficiency chiller plant.<\/p>\n \tWork was performed while the building remained occupied on a 24\/7 cycle, with no downtime to the data center.<\/p>\n