"This plant and this partnership is a prime example of what needs to happen elsewhere across the country to benefit our constituents."
Joan E. Cummings, M.D.VISN Director, VISN 12
WEST SIDE CHICAGO ENERGY CENTER
Chicago, Illinois
Veterans Affairs Enhances Energy Security and Efficiency To Improve Services for Chicago’s Veterans
THE OPPORTUNITY
The Jesse Brown VA Medical Center was seeking a demonstrated way to improve energy reliability and reduce costs for their 200-bed campus serving over 1800 staff and 62,000 local veterans. VA wanted a trusted partner offering low risk and no impact to the hospital’s services ...... at NO COST to VA or taxpayers!
The University’s 126-acre, 41-building campus is home to the Schools of Arts and Sciences, Business Administration, Education, Library and Information Studies and Social Work
THE RESULTS
Energy Systems Group designed, implemented, and now operates a leading edge energy center to meet the medical center’s energy needs. Leveraging the Enhanced-Use-Lease concept, ESG is able to dramatically improve the energy security and self-sufficiency for the entire medical campus. This full-service energy center provides electricity, steam and chilled water to the medical center and associated facilities. Through this on-going $13 million partnership, VA benefits include:
- Financing Package to Pay for Projects Without Any Capital Expense from VA
- Reliable & Secure Source of Energy to Meet all Campus Needs
- Reduced Energy and Operations Costs to Fund Existing Medical Center Mission
- Energy Self-Sufficiency for this VA Medical Center
- ESG was able to further help VA plan and meet for the campus’ future:
- Medical Center receives a percentage of revenues from ALL energy sales to non-VA customers
PARTNERSHIP HIGHLIGHTS
Services provided by Energy Systems Group to the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center Campus:
Financing and Bonding Package
Engineering, Development, Design and Operation
Measurement and Verification Services
Project Management & Ongoing Operation
Complete Service Energy Center with:
- 3.4 MW of electric generation
- 1 Heat Recovery Steam Generator (HRSG)
- 2 package steam boilers
- 50,000 pounds per hour of steam production for VA
- 2,000 tons per hour of chilled water supplied to VA
- Dual-fuel capability for added energy security
- Upgrades and modifications to HVAC control systems for campus
- Chilled water system improvements to maximize cooling effectiveness
- Refurbish and retrofit existing steam supply system
- Centralized steam supply from energy center for VA