National Gallery of Art, Master Energy Planning and Design For Energy Conservation Measures, Washington, DC

“Size:
1,300,000 SF

Services:
Energy Master Plan
Engineering Design

Highlights:
Reduced Energy Costs by $5,000,000
”

The National Gallery of Art (NGA), founded as a gift to the nation, serves as a center of visual art, education, and culture.

Their collection of more than 150,000 paintings, sculpture, decorative arts, photographs, prints, and drawings spans the history of Western art and showcases some of the triumphs of human creativity. Across 363 days a year, the National Gallery offers a full spectrum of special exhibitions and public programs.

The National Gallery of Art had a goal of cutting their energy costs by 20% by 2020. SETTY prepared a strategic plan for NGA’s sustainability program where the objective was met and exceeded by 2013. NGA is a 1.3 million SF facility with over 1,000 employees, and by focusing on controls, operations and maintenance, till date, the NGA has reduced their energy costs by a whopping $5,000,000.

The primary objective was to prepare a Strategic Plan for NGA’s Sustainability Program.  In doing so, consumption baselines were established for energy, GHG emissions and water. A general conditions assessment also was conducted, identifying specific features and variables that could be further evaluated.

In addition to the strategic plan, SETTY also provided Architecture & Engineering services to conduct study of chilled and hot water distribution systems for the entire campus. National Gallery of Art with several historic building houses permanent exhibits murals, etc. These historic buildings are supplied with steam and hot water distribution system from a GSA Central Plant.