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Project Assistance

FEMP provides technical and design assistance to help agencies resolve technical obstacles to project implementation. Federal agencies request assistance through a "Call-for-Projects" announced by FEMP every other year, or on an ad hoc basis through FEMP representatives in the regional offices. This approach allows Federal agencies to identify their specific needs for assistance, and in turn, allows FEMP to select the highest value projects.

Types of projects range from on-site use of renewables to the construction of new buildings. Projects also vary in size, ranging from solar and wind power for a small laboratory security booth to HVAC recommendations for the extensive Patent and Trademark Office complex near Washington D.C.

FEMP uses a competitive ranking process to select those projects that demonstrate the greatest value in terms of potential energy savings, replication, public education, and other benefits. Agencies are encouraged to share the cost of assistance.

FEMP does not provide routine engineering assistance, but instead focuses on projects that use a new technology, new application, or non-standard implementation strategy. FEMP conducts screening assessments and feasibility studies; drafts statements of work and selection criteria to assist the A&E; procurement process; reviews designs submitted by industry; and, assesses installed systems, among other services. In some cases, an agency may not have a specific project in mind, but will look to FEMP to help in planning an agency-wide energy management initiative.

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