Congressional appropriations alone to fund the energy projects needed to meet federal requirements. Energy price indices and discount factors for lifecycle cost. The femp training catalog features online and onsite training offered by the federal energy management program femp. I am pleased to announce that today, guidance software, the makers of encase, the gold standard in forensic security, joins the opentext family. Air force civil engineer energy savings performance contracts.
Guidance created the category for digital investigation software with encase forensic in 1998. Specific question that femp has received from agency trainingsfeedbackmeetings multiple times or on a topic where significant confusion has occurred. The international performance measurement and verification protocol ipmvp has established a conceptual framework that outlines the different approaches to estimating savings. Executive order eo 834, efficient federal operations, was signed by president trump on 17 may 2018. Department of energys does federal energy management program femp, the doe solar energy technologies office, and the nonprofit clean energy groups resilient power project, with support from the kresge foundation. Department of energy each year the federal government consumes approximately 0. Energy savings performance contracting measurement and.
Guidance software earned a coverage optimism score of 3. Federal energy management program femp office of energy efficiency and renewable energy u. The focus of the energy program area is energy conservation, alternative sources of energy, and energy management programs. Escalation rates in energy savings performance contracts. Guidance software, now opentext, is the maker of encase, the gold standard in forensic security. Measurement and verification for federal energy projects, version 3. Encase has maintained its reputation as the gold standard in criminal investigations and was named the best computer forensic solution for eight consecutive years by sc magazine. Air force civil engineer energy savings performance.
Femps best program champions federal push to showcase energysaving technologies in federal facilities louis r. The acquisition program area includes links to, and highlights from programs which enable agencies to meet these goals include. The annual supplement provides energy price indices and discount factors for use with the federal energy management programs procedures for lifecycle cost analysis, as established by the u. Espc energy savings performance contract femp federal energy management program hdd heating degree day hru heat recovery unit hvac heating, ventilation, and air conditioning. Energy savings performance contracts for federal data center. They also assigned media headlines about the software maker a news buzz of 0. To help buyers meet these requirements, the federal energy management program femp maintains acquisition guidance for numerous product categories which are covered by programs such as energy star, femp, epeat, low standby power, and watersense. Department of energy will begin evaluating waiver requests for fiscal year fy 2021 beginning with the fy 2020 data call. While it will be helpful to have an estimated resource requirement upfront, agencies. Department of energy and other federal organizations. Guide charts the federal energy management program process for providing project development support to agencies developing energy savings performance contract espc projects using the u. Tools include software, calculators, data sets, and databases created by the u. The federal energy management program femp offers specialized training about federal energy savings performance contracts espcs. Learn about femp training and how it supports the federal building personnel training act.
Acquisition plan strategy and guidance, espc best practices and lessons learned for federal agency espc, femp suggested espc milestone plan, overview of the esco selection process and femp espc templates, guidelines and checklist for commissioning and government, acceptance of espc enable projects. This playbook replaces air force engineering technical letter etl. The basic solicitation must be submitted with this. Alternative fuel use requirements for dualfueled vehicles document describes the two processes through which the u. Energy savings performance contracts for federal agencies.
This document provides guidance for usda agencies to apply, as appropriate, to their respective approaches to complying with the metering requirements of epact2005. Kurmit rockwell, pe, cem, leed ap, federal energy management program read bio. Quality assurance in energy savings performance contracts. Energy price indices and discount factors for lifecycle. The federal energy management program femp provides a number of tools and templates to help agencies proceed through the espc enable process. The federal energy management program femp provides agencies with expert assistance, guidance, and training to help them implement espc projects that. Project facilitators for federal espc, uesc, and espc enable. Dod drafting espc language doe femp tasking labs to draft procurement. Access ordering information and view active contracts and documentation.
Federal register energy savings performance contracts. Browse the calendar to see femp training, educational events offered by federal agencies, and federal working group meetings. Federal energy management program department of energy. The federal energy management program femp works with its stakeholders to enable federal agencies to meet energyrelated goals, identify affordable solutions, facilitate publicprivate partnerships, and provide energy leadership to the country by identifying and leveraging government best practices. The federal energy management program femp offers links to tools that can help agencies reduce energy use and meet federal laws and requirements. Federal energy savings performance contract training. Department of energys office of scientific and technical information. Eera group supports femps energy savings performance contracts espc and utility energy savings performance contracts uesc programs through project development services, technical support, training on espcuesc process, and analysis of program and projectlevel data. Energy savings performance contract enable for federal projects.
Environmentally preferable purchasing epp, comprehensive procurement guidelines cpg, energy star, the green procurement program gpp, and the federal energy management program femp. Federal energy management program femp training catalog. The contractor shall be responsible for providing all labor, material, and capital to install energy and water conservation projects. The basic solicitation must be submitted with this attachment. Resources for implementing federal energy savings performance. Guidance is available for the risk management areas in an espc project as listed in the. Guidance for federal agencies on epact 2005 section 701. As savings cannot be directly measured, the savings can be determined by comparing measured use before and after implementation of a project. Department of energys federal energy management program. The federal energy management program femp has developed. Management program femp, which offers various types of assistance, ranging from. Opentext acquires guidance software opentext blogs.
Energy efficiency and research analysis supported programs. Department of energys federal energy management program by nexant, inc. Chapter 1 introduction energy savings performance contracts espc the objective of the espc playbook is to provide the parameters and guidance used by the united states air force for implementing an espc. Femp s best program champions federal push to showcase. The us department of energy federal energy management program would also like to thank c. This guidance is based on usda s buildings electric metering plan and overall guidance from the federal energy management program femp. The ipmvp is a guidance document that provides a conceptual framework for measuring.
Federal energy management tools department of energy. The reopt lite web tool was developed with funding from the u. The doe federal energy management program femp is the lead agency program for providing implementing rules and policies regarding espcs. The guidelines are fully compatible and consistent with the international.
Federal energy management program femp office of energy efficiency and renewable energy. Guidance from the federal energy management program femp states that the escalation rates for espcs are based on the nominal escalation rate for each commodity as calculated by latest version of the national institute for standards and technology nist software program called the energy escalation rate calculator eerc. Federal energy management program federal laws and. Sep 14, 2017 i am pleased to announce that today, guidance software, the makers of encase, the gold standard in forensic security, joins the opentext family.
Guide charts the federal energy management program process for providing project development support to agencies developing energy savings performance. The federal energy management program femp offers resources to help. Project facilitators are experienced, unbiased advisors who guide the agency. Femp espc project development resource guide department of. Energy savings performance contracts for federal data. Acquisition plan strategy and guidance, espc best practices and lessons. Develop femp 3year plan to address behind the meter cybersecurity challenges share best practices prepare technical guidance provide training develop or identify industry tools that address challenges 8 next steps. Femp also provides training, guidance, and technical assistance to aid federal agencies in. The cost of an energy savings performance contract espc to hereafter referred to as to must be covered by the energy, water, and related cost savings incurred at the federal facility. The federal energy management program femp approves and maintains a.
As such, the data should be considered provisional as of the date generated and cannot be considered final as agencies update their covered facility data on an ongoing basis. The work is being done under a delivery order by honeywell, inc. Funding federal energy and water projects fact sheets. For espc deals where annual savings must exceed annual payments as in the. The acquisition of guidance software broadens the opentext discovery portfolio by adding industryleading digital investigation, ediscovery collection, and endpoint security solutions. Federal agencies are required to purchase energyefficient products. Femp s best program champions federal push to showcase energy. Department of energy, federal energy management program, energy savings performance contract, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity generation 4 the presolicitation notice issued by doe in april 2019 was informational in nature only to meet federal acquisition regulation far requirements far part 5 to synopsize a proposed solicitation. The department of energys doe federal energy management program femp is facilitating a fasttrack approach to espcs referred to as the espc enable process tailored for small federal facilities under 200,000 square feet to implement targeted energy conservation measures ecms including but not limited to lighting, water, and controls. Federal energy management program femp helps federal agencies identify and obtain funding for energy efficiency, renewable energy, water conservation. B aggregate annual payments by an agency to both utilities and energy savings performance contractors, under an energy savings performance contract, may not exceed the amount that the agency would have paid for utilities without an energy savings performance contract as estimated through the procedures developed pursuant to this section. As such, the data should be considered provisional as of the date generated and cannot be considered final as agencies update. Department of energy doe indefinitedelivery, indefinitequantity idiq espc. Opentext discovery suite brings analytics to enterprise content.
Guidance software provides deep 360degree visibility across all endpoints, devices and networks with fieldtested and courtproven software. Doe femp strives to continuously improve the espc processes it is has implemented since 1996. Cordova and phyllis stange of the us department of veterans affairs for their permission to include the measurement and verification templates contained in section 6. Federal energy management program femp helps federal agencies identify and obtain funding for energy efficiency, renewable energy, water conservation, and greenhouse gas ghg management projects. The best example of such support at the federal level is the federal energy management program femp, which offers various types of assistance, ranging from. In the case of energy savings performance contracts, the evaluations and savings measurement and verification required under paragraphs 2 and 4 of section 8253 f of this title shall be used by a federal agency to meet the requirements for the need for energy audits, calculation of energy.
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