Honeywell on Tuesday announced a $23 million energy reduction project at Fort Benning, Georgia, designed to produce $1.4 million in annual energy savings.
Honeywell guaranteed the energy and operational savings, which eliminates the need for the government to fund the project upfront.
“By partnering with industry leaders, we can multiply our return on investment,” Maj. General Patrick Donahoe, commanding general of the Maneuver Center of Excellence at the fort, said in a statement.
The work at Fort Benning expands the Army’s work with Honeywell. This project will cover 300 buildings, or about 11 million square feet of the fort’s 26 million square feet. It will provide a utility monitoring and control system, as well as communication and cyber upgrades, LED lighting, lighting controls, and occupancy sensors.
Building improvements include sealing cracks, gaps and holes and adding window solar film. Also, Honeywell will repair an existing roof-mounted solar system and will upgrade a Niagara AX utility monitoring and control system (UMCS) to a Niagara N4 for better informed decisions on real time information about utilities.
Army officials said the work will directly impact soldier life on the base for better comfort and productivity while increasing energy efficiency. About 100,000 soldiers, trainees, dependents and civilian workers are stationed at the fort.
Honeywell won a $43 million energy savings performance control in 2019 for Fort Benning, of which the project is a part. Similar projects are underway at the Kunsan Air Base, Tinker Air Force Base and the Rock Island Arsenal. As a corporation, Honeywell has committed to achieve carbon neutral operations and facilities by 2035.
As a service for all government, military and education customers, Honeywell offers an Energy Savings Performance Contract that requires little or no capital funding while promoting energy savings and building operations efficiency.
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