Mission-focused Federal Government infrastructure optimization and resiliency solutions
At Ameresco, our people – their expertise, dedication, and commitment to partnership and innovation – are our greatest strength. Given the unique requirements and culture within the Federal sector, we maintain a Federal Group as a direct report to the Chief Executive Officer, alongside regional groups that support non-Federal customers nationwide. This stability within Ameresco Federal Solutions has enabled us to build standing teams of engineers, construction managers, operations & maintenance (O&M) personnel, and measurement & verification (M&V) specialists.
By partnering with our dedicated team of federal specialists, you can:
- Build and renovate modern facilities
- Reduce energy consumption and increase onsite generation
- Leverage advanced technologies
- Enhance the reliability and resiliency of your energy supply
- Optimize facility and system performance
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Featured Federal Customers & Work
U.S. Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Savannah River Site Biomass Cogeneration Facility
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
NASA Wallops Flight Facility
Veterans Integrated Services Network Region 6
Ameresco’s Federal Capabilities
Ameresco has extensive Federal contracting expertise, from energy assessment and compliance reporting to the design, development, construction and operation of renewable energy systems. We help Federal agencies meet and exceed statutory requirements regarding energy management, sustainability of buildings and facilities. We have worked extensively with defense and civilian agencies, including the U.S. Armed Forces and the U.S. General Services Administration. Our diversified project portfolio has served a wide range of building types and facilities, including historically and governmentally significant buildings with unique work scheduling requirements and sensitive operational needs.
Performance Contracting
Ameresco has guaranteed more than $2.8 billion in savings on energy savings performance contract (ESPC) and utility energy service contract (UESC) projects nationwide for agencies across the federal government. According to Department of Energy (DOE) data on federal ESPC awards, Ameresco has guaranteed more savings per dollar invested than any other ESCO in the history of the ESPC program.
Ameresco has analyzed, recommended, and installed energy conservation measures in all 20 DOE technology categories ranging in scope from a few select buildings to installation-wide energy conservation measures (ECMs), with dollar values ranging from $1 M to $195 M, and with financing terms ranging from 7 years to 23 years.
We perform on-site O&M services, including repair and replacement, as well as measurement and verification activities, as part of ESPCs in the performance period at dozens of federal sites and military installations nationwide.
With respect to resiliency, Ameresco is currently designing or deploying fence-to-fence, Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC)-compliant projects for each military service, featuring on-site power generation, energy storage, and microgrid controls solutions that enhance resiliency and reliability while generating energy savings.
Distributed Generation
Ameresco provides distributed energy solutions that allow federal agencies to capitalize on the latest technologies, utilizing natural gas and renewable energy resources like solar, geothermal, biomass, and biogas. Ameresco often owns, operates, and maintains the energy generation assets we design and install, increasing operational cost savings and decreasing risk to the government.
Ameresco takes a long-term approach in determining the most cost-effective, reliable technology for on-site generation sources, evaluating renewable energy sources, waste heat recovery options, and the revitalization of existing assets. The result is generation sources that deliver sustained economic benefit while ensuring reliable energy supply.
By combining innovative financing with energy generation solutions, Ameresco delivers maximum value and reliable and affordable sources of power. Ameresco currently operates more than 300 MW of distributed generation systems.
Design-Build
Ameresco is a full-service engineering and construction firm offering design-build services. Our in-house capabilities include design engineering services, programming and planning, estimating, construction, construction management, and construction administration services.
We have delivered projects under design-build, design-bid-build, design-build plus, design-bid-build, and bid-build contracts. Ameresco holds contracts to provide engineering, procurement, and construction services on a site-specific, regional, and nationwide basis, and has performed in routine, rapid response, and emergency situations.
Our new construction and renovation project experience covers the full range of technologies related to building systems and facility infrastructure, often in tenant-occupied facilities and with minimal laydown space. Repeat business validates our commitment to customer service, as the military services and such civilian agencies as the General Services Administration, Veterans Affairs, Bureau of Prisons, Department of Agriculture, the National Archives, and the U.S. Postal Service have selected Ameresco as their design-build partner again and again.
Facilities Maintenance
Ameresco’s dedicated federal O&M group provides customized levels of service for each client site. Our services range from annual service calls to 24-hour, 7-day-per-week presence or around-the-clock response based on the quality and service expectations of our customers. Ameresco currently provides O&M, repair and replacement services, spare part inventory services, and service call resolution for over 30 Federal installations.
Services in scope on our contracts encompass multiple system designs and operations on equipment such as boilers, chillers, steam and chilled water lines, HVAC and process controls, turbines, engines, cooling towers, condensers, pumps, motors, fans, water treatment skids, compressed air systems and many others.
Partnership with Ameresco:
- Minimizes operational expenses and equipment downtime,
- Lengthens the useful life of equipment,
- Eliminates costs associated with equipment failure,
- Avoids the challenges associated with facility maintenance staff retention and turnover,
- Reduces deferred maintenance backlogs, and
- Avoids recurrent crises due to equipment failures.
Ameresco considers all facility stakeholder perspectives in the solutions we implement, in order to:
- Deliver quantifiable efficiencies and optimal savings in alignment with mission-critical facility requirements,
- Provide innovative facility renewal with practical, cost-effective solutions,
- Transfer risk and costs associated with equipment failure away from the client,
- Supplement existing maintenance staff with certified technicians to reduce overall operating costs,
- Focus on customer-centric solutions that are technology and brand agnostic,
- Offer industry leading controls integration solutions, and
- Provide top tier O&M solutions with three levels of service: Tier 1 – Fully Loaded Service; Tier 2 – Intermediate Service; and Tier 3 – Basic Service.
Utilities Privatization
Ameresco’s best-in-class utility services provide the Nation’s military and civilian agencies with cost- effective, energy efficient solutions that enhance asset sustainability and system reliability. Partnering with Ameresco enables these results by integrating ownership, operations, and construction activities with combined heat and power, cyber security assurance, microgrids, controls, on-site generation, storage, and the ability to island assets securely. These solutions promote energy assurance, reliability, and resilience.
Our workforce is highly skilled and trained to provide predictive O&M, engineering, design, and construction strategies to the customer, supporting agency missions through reliability and recapitalization. We augment our expert core with collaborative subcontractor relationships that provide investment and outreach into the local communities. On all our project sites, safety is our top priority, and we pride ourselves on adherence to strict state and federal guidelines regarding safety and conservation.