# Presentation: 650512

## FIMS Conference, 2008 

- Ed Weideman

## Location of NREL Sites in the Denver Metro Area

## NREL Owned vs. Leased – Occupants (9/30/07)

**NREL Owned vs. Leased –GSF  (9/30/07)**

- Owned
- 573
- 49%

- Owned
- 460,326
- 63%

- Leased
- 274,608 37%

## NREL Sites (as of 09/30/07) 

|  | Acres | Total GSF | Ownership | Occupants (as of 9/30/07) | Distance from STM site |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| South Table Mountain* | 327 | 404,242 | Owned | 482 | --- |
| National Wind Technology Center | 305 | 56,084 | Owned | 91 | 20 miles |
| Denver West Office Park | N/A | 207,247 | Leased | 573 | 1.2 miles |
| Joyce Street Facility | N/A | 56,000 | Leased | 0 | 8 miles |
| ReFuel Facility | N/A | 4,576 | Leased | 6 | 15 miles |
| Washington, D.C. | N/A | 6,785 | Leased | 10 | --- |
| Total | 632 | 734,934 |  | 1162 |  |

- * Approximately 136 acres of site can be developed; the balance is in easements.

## South Table Mountain Site (looking from the east)

**South Table Mountain Site ****(looking from the east)**

## South Table Mountain Site (looking from the west)

## NREL Laboratory Utilization (as of 09/30/07)

- Total Labs Available= 297

## NREL Workstation Utilization 

**          ****(as of 09/30/07)**

## Denver West Lease Facilities and South Table Mountain Site

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**Denver West Lease Facilities and South Table Mountain Site**

## National Wind Technology Center

## Solar Research Facility (SERF) and Science and Technology Facility (S&TF)

## Science & Technology Facility

- Funding
- TEC	$22,690,000
- TPC	$29,190,000 by CD-2/3 authorization
- Year 1	$800,000
- Year 2	$769,958
- Year 3	$3,924,707
- Year 4	$6,626,568
- Year 5	$10,409,850
- 			$22,531,083 	Note: -$158,917 unfunded

## Science & Technology Facility

- Milestone dates		Scheduled     Actual
- 1 CD-1		           	6/14/2002	       6/10/2002
- 2 Preliminary Design   	              12/28/2002     12/27/2002
- 3 Final Design 	         		7/30/2003	       9/30/2003
- 4 Substantial Completion	                12/1/2006	       6/21/2006
- 5 Construction Complete	                12/1/2006	     11/16/2006

- Parameters
- 					**Sq. Ft.**
- Office & Office Support		10,425
- Lab				22,933
- Lab Support			11,442
- Building Support		26,547
- 					71,347
- No. Staff 	         55 (72 as configured)
- LEED	         Funded = Silver; Designed = Gold, Constructed = Platinum
- Pwr Consumption     42% less energy than ASHARE std office bldg~$96,000/yr savings
- Summary:	Under budget, ahead of schedule, Platinum LEED

## South Table Mountain Campus

## STM Build-out Site Plan with Utilities

## FY07 Construction Line Item

- Research Support Facility
- $73 Million	FY06-$10,000,000 / FY07-$63,000,000
- 220,000 SF
- 800 Occupants (NREL/GO)
- LEED Platinum
- 25,000 BTU/Sq Ft/Year
- Move out of Leased Buildings
- Design-Build Project
- Stipends for Two Unsuccessful Bidders
- Incentives for Safety, Design, Workmanship, Timelines of Completion, Responsiveness, Cooperation, Partnering, Social Economic Commitment.
- Construction Start October 2008
- Construction Complete June 2010

## FY07 Construction Line Item

- Integrated Bio-Refinery Facility
- $20 Million TEC
- $6 Essential Equipment
- 16,400 SF
- 30 Occupants
- Design Build Project
- Expand Feedstock Input Capability to Existing Ethanol Plant
- Construction Start November 2008
- Construction Complete November 2009

## Energy Savings Performance Contract (ESPC)

- Renewable Fuels Heating Plant (RFHP)
- Ameresco
- 2,000SF Pad
- $3,200,000
- 24yr payback
- Wood chips, One trailer per day (Heating season)
- Construction Start September 2007
- Construction Complete August 2008
- 1st Performance Year 2008-2009 Heating Season

## RFHP May 1, 2008

## FY08 Construction Line Item

- Energy Systems Integration Facility (ESIF)
- Funding
- TEC			$93,000,000
- TPC			$98,300,000
- Year 1			$54,500,000
- Year 2			$4,000,000
- Year 3			$34,500,000
- Equipment		$34,000,000
- Supercomputer		$12,000,000
- 130,000 SF
- 150 Occupants
- Construction Start September 2009
- Construction Complete September 2011

## Challenge: Address integration issues unique to renewable and efficiency technologies.  Critical at this stage of their development to accelerate large-scale deployment

Function: Unique DOE capability for conducting integrated research, testing, and analysis to enable economic, reliable integration of renewable electricity generation, fuel production, storage, and building efficiency technologies with the U.S. fuels and electricity delivery infrastructures. 

_**Function:**_ **Unique DOE capability for conducting integrated research, testing, and analysis** to enable economic, reliable integration of renewable electricity generation, fuel production, storage, and building efficiency technologies with the U.S. fuels and electricity delivery infrastructures.

- 130,000 sq ft. multi-story space building with high-bay and low-bay laboratories
- User facility for collaborative research and testing
- High-speed computational science capability.
- Office and support space researchers and partners.

**Energy Systems Integration Facility (ESIF)**

## “Take me to your LEEDer”

**“****Take me to your LEEDer”**