A U.S. Marine base generating $138 million in energy savings
Sound impossible? Not for the U.S. Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, California, in collaboration with Johnson Controls. Facing a mission-critical situation, at the end of the power distribution line in the Mojave Desert, the Marine Air Ground Task Force Training Command had been impacted by power disruptions. With temperatures in excess of 120 degrees in summer and below freezing in winter, their challenge was to make the base energy self-sufficient and reduce costs. Their plan? To install Johnson Controls’ Metasys® building management system to control energy use, a seven-megawatt combined heat and power generation system, and one of the highest capacity non-utility solar power plants in the world.
The result? Johnson Controls guarantees nearly $6.9 million in savings annually—$138 million over 20 years.
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