Apollo Solutions Group has developed over $150,000,000 in efficiency measures, generating over $200,000,000 in savings. Please explore a sampling of our work below

View projects from:          HEALTHCARE           EDUCATION         GOVERNMENT

---

HEALTHCARE

KADLEC REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

• Project Size: 550,000 square feet,168 bed acute care medical facility.
• Project Value: $7.2 Million
• Annual Utility Savings: $300,000 annually
• Project Scope:
  Kadlec Regional Medical Center is a progressive 180-bed healthcare provider serving the communities of Southeast Washington.  The Kadlec facility was constructed in many phases, starting in 1968, to the most recent tower addition completed in 2008 with more expansions planned.  The original equipment had reached obsolescence and was operating inefficiently.  Significant competition for capital dollars existed with obvious priorities on core mission investments such as a new healthcare information technology system and expansion of the existing NICU.
• Apollo Solutions Group collaborated with Kadlec’s facilities and executive leadership to develop and fund a project that addressed their facility needs and met their financial criteria.  By working closely with the Kadlec CFO, Apollo was able to fully understand what was needed to implement the project solutions.
• Apollo leveraged all possible sources for funding.  On behalf of Kadlec, Apollo authored and was awarded a $2,000,000 grant and loan package from American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds.  In addition, Apollo proactively worked with the City of Richland and Bonneville Power Administration to obtain $900,000 in cash and incentives.  In total, the project was awarded $1,500,000 in cash grants and incentives as well as a $1,400,000 low-interest loan. 
• Value Of Combined Cost Offset (incentives, fed, state and local tax credits):
• Funding:

---

MEDICAL CENTER

Project Size: +290,000 Ft2, 210 bed Acute Care Medical Facility, Existing and later replacement of heating and cooling plant with new CUP

Project Value: $4,000,000

Annual Utility Savings: $225,000

Project Scope:Infrastructure renewal, Life Cycle Cost reduction, Water Conservation and Green House Gas reduction, improved building environmental quality and comfort including : building and site lighting and lighting control, water conservation, DDC automation and control system, HVAC systems replacement & upgrade, Central Heating & Cooling Plant Upgrades including new hi efficiency chiller, new heat recovery chiller, new Hi Eff hot water boilers for space heating, new Hi Eff steam boilers for process, all variable speed chillers with variable speed distribution, conversion of constant volume AHUs to VAV, heat recovery serving 100% OSA systems, building lighting retrofit. This project was awarded the first energy star rating for existing health care in the country. This project and its central plant design attributes resulted in an award to David Meals, 1st place, Heath Care, a regional technology award from ASHRAE and was also awarded first place for health care from energy users news in 1994

Value Of Combined Cost Offset (incentives, fed, state and local tax credits): $850,000

Funding: Capital lease combined with some approved budgeted capital and Energy Smart Design BPA incentives from BPA ($650,000)

---

GENERAL HOSPITAL

Project Size: 48,500 square feet, including primary hospital, retirement wing, nursing Wing

Project Value: $5,500,000

Annual Utility Savings: $50,000

Results: Achieved energy efficiency goals, infrastructure renewal, lifecycle cost reduction, water conservation and green house gas reduction at nuclear clean up & research site

Project Scope:Major infrastructure improvements including new variable air volume distribution systems, new high efficiency heating and cooling central utility plants with variable flow distribution, new emergency electrical generators, switch gear, transformers, and distribution, total building lighting upgrades, new digital automation and control system

Value Of Combined Cost Offset (incentives, fed, state and local tax credits): negligible

Funding: Municipal bond

---

COUNTY HOSPITAL

Project Size: 45,000 square feet, full hospital

Project Value: $750,000

Annual Utility Savings: TBD

Results: Addressed poor indoor air quality and odor problems, overcame capital budget overruns

Project Scope:Replaced all air distribution systems, new high efficiency heating and cooling central utility plant, full window replacement, enhanced ceiling insulation, total building lighting upgrades, new digital automation and control system

Value Of Combined Cost Offset (incentives, fed, state and local tax credits): $500,000

Funding: Federal energy loan

Back to top

---

EDUCATION

COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Project Size: 700,000 square feet, 7 existing buildings and a new central utility plant

Project Value: $10,000,000

Annual Utility Savings: $725,000

Results: Redirection of capital and operational budget dollars, infrastructure renewal, reduced lifecycle cost, water conservation, green house gas reduction, improved building environmental quality and comfort including, addressed deferred maintenance, guaranteed performance

Project Scope: New central utility plant with seasonal decoupling, thermal solar pool heating, pool natatorium heat recovery system, solar thermal domestic hot water production, solar photovoltaic power production, micro wind turbine, HVAC systems replacement & upgrades, improved roof insulation, building and site lighting and lighting control, water conservation, building plug load management, renegotiated waste management contract with compactor, fleet maintenance vehicle switch to alternative fuels, internet based campus automation and control system

Value Of Combined Cost Offset (incentives, fed, state and local tax credits): $1,200,000

Funding: Capital lease with incentives and credits.

---

UNIVERSITY

Project Size: 750,000 square feet, 18 existing buildings and a new central utility plant

Project Value: $4,800,000

Annual Utility Savings: $165,000

Results: Achieved energy efficiency goals, redirection of capital and operational budget dollars, supported implementation of the campus master plan, improved building environmental quality and comfort, guaranteed performance

Project Scope:New central cooling plant, heat recovery and central heating plant optimization and upgrades, addressed perceived and real capacity issues and increasing operations and maintenance costs, added additional capacity at the primary central cooling plant, resolved chilled water flow distribution problems, increased cooling capacity, increased redundancy and performance and efficiency, included design for future thermal storage, internet based campus automation and control system upgrade and expansion, lighting retrofit

Value Of Combined Cost Offset (incentives, fed, state and local tax credits): $15,000

Funding: State Energy Loan Program (SELP)

---

UNIVERSITY - URBAN CENTER

Project Size: 135,000 square feet, new building

Project Value: $14,000,000

Annual Utility Savings: $145,000

Results: Reduced lifecycle cost, first cost reduction, new building construction, redirection of capital budget dollars, avoided value engineering out desired building features, guaranteed performance

Project Scope:High performance envelope with high R insulating values, low e and U double pane glass, day lighting shelves with day lighting control of interior lighting, lighting sweep, floor by floor variable volume air AHUs equipped for common water cooled economizer operation for free and assisted mechanical cooling and heat recovery, central heating and cooling plant design with variable heating and cooling water distribution, high efficiency cooling plant, high efficiency condensing hot water heating, internet based automation and controls, LEED Silver rating

Value Of Combined Cost Offset (incentives, fed, state and local tax credits): $125,000

Funding: Budget appropriations

Back to top

---

GOVERNMENT

SCIENCE LABORATORY - FEDERAL

Project Size: 850,000 square feet, 5 existing buildings

Project Value: $3,500,000

Annual Utility Savings: $325,000

Results: Achieved energy efficiency goals, improved building environmental quality and comfort at scientific nuclear, biological research & lab facilities

Project Scope:Solar Photovoltaic power production , chiller plant optimization, heating plant optimization, heat recovery chiller plant, HVAC systems replacement and upgrade, internet based campus automation and control system expansion

Value Of Combined Cost Offset (incentives, fed, state and local tax credits): $15,000

Funding: Federal energy loan and capital budget

---

NUCLEAR FACILITY - ESPC

Project Size: 1,600,000 square feet, 20 existing buildings, 32 modular buildings, 7 - Satellite heating plants , site water treatment & distribution plants

Project Value: $15,000,000

Annual Utility Savings: $1,400,000

Results: Achieved energy efficiency goals, infrastructure renewal, lifecycle sost reduction, water conservation and green house gas reduction at nuclear clean up & research site

Project Scope:Solar thermal domestic hot water production, Solar Photovoltaic power production, HVAC systems replacement & upgrade, expanded satellite heating plant with fuel switching, waste heat recovery, heat recovery chiller, direct-indirect evaporative cooling, dry pipe fire protection system, optimized pumping control. building lighting, water conservation, internet based automation and control system

Value Of Combined Cost Offset (incentives, fed, state and local tax credits): $500,000

Funding: Federal energy loan

---

AIR FORCE BASE - ESPC

Project Size: +1.2 million square feet, 15 Buildings, Existing

Project Value: $4,200,000

Annual Utility Savings: $225,000

Results: Energy Efficiency Goals including : web based automation and control system, building and piping insulation and automated sprinkler zoning and control system

Value Of Combined Cost Offset (incentives, fed, state and local tax credits): $35,000

Funding: Approved capital expenditures

---

COUNTY - NEW BUILDING ESPC

Project Size: 165,000 square feet, new building and new central utility plant

Project Value: $18,000,000

Annual Utility Savings: $400,000

Results: Energy Efficiency Goals including : web based automation and control system, building and piping insulation and automated sprinkler zoning and control system

Project Scope:New LEED Silver building construction, 49 k btus/ ft2/yr, the process entailed a design build construct and maintain for a new building at a lower life cycle cost than alternative traditional model. New central plant designed to provide heating and cooling export utility services to both the new DSB building and the existing previously design PSB ( see PSB- Red Soils). Lifecycle cost analysis to guide County master plan. Include high performance envelope with High R insulating values, low e and U double pane glass, day lighting shelfs with day lighting control of interior lighting, lighting sweep, low air temperature design for reduced equipment and ducting sizing, variable volume air and water distribution, with secondary building coupling to the CUP distributed heating and cooling networks, heat recovery chiller for an sizable data center to provide redundant cooling to the data center while synergistically distributing the removed heat to the perimeter of the building for winter and shoulder season heating as well as domestic hot water preheating.

Value Of Combined Cost Offset (incentives, fed, state and local tax credits): $375,000

Funding: Capital budget appropriations

---

AIR FORCE BASE - ESPC

Project Size: Site Heating Plant , Existing

Project Value: $17,000,000

Annual Utility Savings: $650,000

Project Scope:Analysis of operations, condition and life cycle cost of existing central heating plant versus alternative- define cost differential and potential savings, develop plan for decentralization of base wide heating plant (High Temperature Hot Water Distribution)- Conditions assessment and life cycle cost analysis of maintaining status quo as opposed to decentralization to satellite - point of use heating

Value Of Combined Cost Offset (incentives, fed, state and local tax credits): none

Funding: Pending capital expenditure

---

COUNTY - NEW BUILDING ESPC

Project Size: 120,000 square feet, New Building

Project Value: $15,000,000

Annual Utility Savings: $350,000

Project Scope:New LEED Silver building construction, 42 k btus/ ft2/yr, the process entailed a design build construct and maintain for a new building at a lower life cycle cost than alternative traditional model. As project development lead energy engineer, responsible for concept, outcome and project design team. Project included high performance envelope with High R insulating values, low e and U double pane glass, day lighting shelfs with day lighting control of interior lighting, lighting sweep, low air temperature design for reduced equipment and ducting sizing, variable volume air and water distribution, Hi efficiency all variable speed cooling plant, Hi efficiency condensing hot water heating. Web based automation and controls. Piped for future service in 3 modes: stand alone, building heating and cooling plant off line ( import from CUP ) and building on line ( building service and or export to central distribution system ). LEED Silver design rating

Value Of Combined Cost Offset (incentives, fed, state and local tax credits): $275,000

Funding: Capital budget

---

FEDERAL COURTHOUSE - GSA - NEW BUILDING ESPC

Project Size: +500,000 Ft2, New Federal Courthouse - Hi Rise Building

Project Value: $150-180 million dollars

Annual Utility Savings: $650,000

Project Scope:New LEED Silver building construction, 48 k btus/ ft2/yr, The process to design and construct this facility originally was as a plan and spec project discovered post bidding to be over budget. GSA looked to an ESPC process to provide the added value of premium design engineering relative to efficiency gains which could be financially positioned to offset cost through ESPC. This involved positioning for value while working with in bedded stake holders (contractors) and collaborating through existing mechanical design team ( consulting engineer) in a politically correct way. As part of the design team, my guidance and recommendations resulted in revised design documents for improved lighting and VAVTU control (with building automation) for added diversity, along with improved HVAC design and air flow distribution through the concept of low air temperature design. Other design improvements resulted in optimized all variable speed low water temperature chiller plant with improved water temperature range, design and distributed delivery with a design component for future Thermal storage. As a result, the project ESPC outcome successfully removed or freed up project budget through ESPC financing of cost with improved energy savings over status quo design ( by 38 %) and funding roughly 4 million dollars of the budget. Additionally the design modification with the LAT Design also reduced existing project construction costs as originally bid by mechanical contractors substantially, successfully negotiated between GSA, the general and the mechanical contractors

Value Of Combined Cost Offset (incentives, fed, state and local tax credits): $7,000,000

Funding: Budget appropriations and Federal ESPC loan with approved incentives

---

COUNTY - ESPC

Project Size: 500,000 square feet, 10 existing buildings

Project Value: $3,700,000

Annual Utility Savings: $165,000

Results: Achieved energy efficiency goals, filled County budget shortfalls, revitalized revenue generating facility, improved building environmental quality and comfort

Project Scope:Complete building mechanical system replacement with new central plant with optimization, internet based campus automation and control system, lighting retrofits and design

Value Of Combined Cost Offset (incentives, fed, state and local tax credits): $500,000

Funding: State energy loan and capital budget appropriations

---

FEDERAL BUILDING - GSA

Project Size: +400,000 Ft2, Existing mixed use federal office - Hi Rise Building

Project Value: $4,500,000

Annual Utility Savings: $165,000

Project Scope:GSA looked to an ESPC process to provide efficiency gains and facility improvements which could be financially positioned to offset cost through ESPC. The project involved a retro- commissioning of existing operations in the heating plant, cooling plant and associated with HVAC in the lower 3 floors. VAV optimization with improved zonal scheduling control was implemented in the tower for significant savings. Water conservation and a lighting retrofit was also included. Building automation and control was replaced with new DDC system improving operations and comfort. Project achieved and earned DOE FEMP award for water conservation

Value Of Combined Cost Offset (incentives, fed, state and local tax credits): none

Funding: Federal ESPC loan program