Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Finance and Management Director to modify a contract on behalf of the Office of Construction Management with Ameresco, Inc. for Professional Energy Services Company (ESCO) services. It is the desire of the Department of Finance and Management to make energy efficient improvements to various City owned buildings and facilities, including, and not by way of limitation, ten Division of Police Precincts, the Fire Training Academy, and a city owned office building at 1393 East Broad Street. These improvements will reduce energy consumption; replace existing equipment that is beyond its useful life, save operational dollars, and increase occupant comfort and productivity to better serve the occupants of these buildings.
Ordinance No. 2170-2011, passed December 14, 2011, authorized the first phase of the project and made known that any eventual contract for work would require subsequent Council approval. During this first phase of the project Ameresco conducted a technical energy audit of various facilities to identify and evaluate possible energy saving opportunities. Thereafter, Ameresco proposed energy conservation measures including (not by way of limitation) various retrofit improvements, building control upgrades, building envelop measures, mechanical improvements and water conservation measures to these facilities.
In this second phase, Ameresco will procure, construct and install energy conservation measures, manage the project, oversee construction, abate and dispose of any environmental hazardous wastes included in the scope of services, perform building commissioning, and train city staff in the use and maintenance of the energy conservation measures all for a single turn-key price. Ameresco will also monitor the energy savings results using the International Performance Measurement and Verification Protocol, (IPMVP) and Ameresco will guarantee these savings, all on the terms and conditions agreed to...
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