Canadian Forces Base Borden is proud to announce the implementation of an Energy Performance Contract that will be in progress for a one year period, from April 2022 to March 2023.
The CFB Borden Energy Performance Contract (EPC) is comprised of five energy efficiency measures that will be implemented at 90 facilities on Base:
- LED Lighting Retrofit for General Application
- LED Lighting Retrofit for High Bay
- Re-commissioning of Systems and Addition of Automation Points
- Hangar Space Heating Optimization
- Central Heating Plant Modernisation
As a result of the five proposed energy efficiency measures that will be implemented by DND/DCC/ Énergère (Energy Service Company, ESCO), CFB Borden’s overall main utility bills will be reduced by $450,000/year. The Borden EPC implementation cost is $9.6M and will assist with CFB Borden’s Defence Energy and Environment Strategy sustainability efforts. As part of this initiative, CFB Borden will also receive $447,200 in energy related incentives via Hydro One and Enbridge Gas.
The environmental benefits of the CFB Borden EPC initiative, will equate to a reduction of 2.9 million kilowatt hours (kWh) of electricity and 1.13 million m3 of natural gas or 53,227 gigajoules (GJ) per year. These annual electricity/natural gas saving are equivalent to the annual energy use of 1,761 residential homes. As a result of the five EPC energy efficiency measures mentioned above, CFB Borden’s greenhouse gas emissions will be reduced by 2,222 tCO2 eq. which is equivalent to removing 687 conventional vehicles off of our roadways.
The CFB Borden EPC also contains an energy awareness & communication campaign that is aimed at increasing the Base personnel’s knowledge on this initiative’s environmental benefits.
As the CFB Borden EPC continues to develop please follow our monthly Borden Citizen articles for updates on our ongoing energy retrofits construction progress and the environmental benefits that are attributed to these energy efficient measures.
