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City of Bowie hears energy audit recommending roughly $4.3 million of upgrades to meet Maryland BEPS
Summary
Consultants presented ASHRAE Level 2 energy audits for City Hall and Ken Hill Center estimating about $2.5 million and $1.8 million in measures respectively, described electrification steps to meet Maryland’s BEPS timeline and warned of alternative compliance fees beginning with 2030 data.
City staff and consultants told the Bowie City Council on Nov. 17 that two municipal buildings — City Hall and the Ken Hill Center — will likely require a multi-million-dollar program of energy conservation measures to comply with state Building Energy Performance Standards (BEPS) set by the Maryland Climate Solutions Now Act of 2022.
Lexi Willem, the city’s sustainability planner, introduced Lawing Consulting Engineers’ ASHRAE Level 2 audits of the two buildings; Brian Walker, a Lawing Engineers principal, said the audits provide a data-driven roadmap and compared current energy use to…
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