The contract requires Pepco Energy to implement an energy savings and renewable energy performance project at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) and Martin State Airport, enabling MAA to meet the 15% energy reduction goals of EmPower Maryland.
Under this project, Pepco Energy will design and implement a total of 13 energy conservation measures to improve the overall energy efficiency of more than 30 airport buildings, including the main terminal and install more than 1 acre of solar power generation equipment.
MAA, which previously received a $500,000 solar grant from Maryland Energy Administration under the EmPower Clean Energy Communities grant program, will secure an additional $925,000 in rebates from the local utility as an additional funding source with Pepco Energy’s help.
Construction on the project, which is expected to decrease MAA’s electric usage of more than 16 million kWh per year while also reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 12,400 metric tons per year, will begin in September 2010 and is scheduled to be complete in December 2011.
BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport Executive Director Paul Wiedefeld said that this energy performance contract will provide BWI Marshall and Martin State Airport with excellent energy saving opportunities through critical infrastructure improvements and renewable technologies.
