Athens, Georgia - SESD

This facility features the following green attributes:
Green Power
Water Management Plan

Science and Ecosystem Support Division (SESD) Laboratory

Total Facility Area: 66,201 gross square feet (GSF)
Estimated Personnel: 120 persons
Energy Consumption: 19,193,200,576 Btu per year
Btu per GSF per Year: 289,923
Total Water Consumption: 2,517,120 gallons per year
Gallons per GSF per Year: 38.0

All energy and water data are reported as of FY 2010.

Description

The Athens facility houses a state-of-the-art laboratory occupied by the Region 4 Science and Ecosystem Support Division.

Unique Environmental Features

Energy Conservation

A nighttime setback at the SESD laboratory helped it achieve an energy savings of 7.8 percent in FY 2008 compared to an FY 2007 baseline.
In FY 2008, the Agency completed a project to reprogram controls on all mechanical systems, including night and weekend setbacks, reset temperatures, and pressurization. The results of an energy assessment to quantify the energy savings from this project are expected by the end of FY 2010.

Green Power

EPA offsets 100 percent of the electricity consumption at the SESD laboratory with renewable energy certificates (RECs) purchased through the Agency's current blanket green power contract. Learn more about EPA's current and past blanket green power contracts.

Water Conservation

A condensate recovery project was completed in May 2008 to capture condensation that builds up and reuse the water as cooling tower make-up water. The facility anticipates saving 1 million gallons of water each year as a result of this project.
EPA completed a water conservation assessment and developed a water management plan for the Athens SESD Laboratory (PDF) (192 pp, 405K, About PDF) in July 2006.

For More Information About This Facility

Website: www.epa.gov/region4/sesd/

Betty Kinney (kinney.betty@epa.gov)
980 College Station Road
Athens, GA 30605
Phone: (706) 355-8500
Fax: (706) 355-8508