Awe-Inspiring Facilities, Table, See Full Report, Page 25

Awe-Inspiring Facilities— Other Key Accomplishments:

• AOC continued the multi-year Dome Restoration Project. Funding for project phases IIA and IIB were awarded and includes constructing a scaffold system surrounding the Dome to begin the cast iron restoration and lead paint abatement. AOC also restored the James Madison Memorial Building’s (JMMB’s) atrium now in use by staff and the public and initiated Phase 1 of the multi-year Olmsted Terrace Stone & Metals Preservation project to repair, clean and preserve the masonry at the U.S. Capitol.

• AOC prepared for a top-to-bottom, phased building renewal of the Cannon House Office Building. The project, scheduled to begin after the 2014 elections, will include stone preservation, roof replacement and repairs to key systems such as heating, ventilation and air conditioning, plumbing, fire and life-safety, accessibility and structural integrity.

• AOC began the first phase of the Russell Senate Office Building’s east facade repair and restoration project. The five-phased project on the 105 year-old building will help prevent further deterioration of the exterior stonework and includes repairing the facade, windows and doors, repointing the masonry, restoring and refinishing the exterior metals and making sculptural repairs to the balustrades.

• AOC continued its aggressive energy reduction efforts across the Capitol campus. Due to extreme winter weather, including the polar vortex in January 2014, AOC did not meet the FY 2014 energy reduction goal of a 27 percent reduction. AOC is pursuing additional energy savings through its reliance on clean fuels, building automation systems, more efficient lighting and other curtailment strategies. For example, the recent installation of a building controls system at the U.S. Capitol Police headquarters is expected to reduce the facility’s energy use by 15 percent. In addition, the JMMB, U.S. Supreme Court Building and the U.S. Capitol were integrated into the AOC Building Automation System Network (BASnet), a new direct digital control system for monitoring energy usage. Figure 13 shows the major source of cost savings as of FY 2013. Footnote 5

Footnote 5 This data for FY 2014 is not available at the time of publication.

 • AOC performed several projects that focused on the detailed cleaning and enhancement of buildings. For example, in the HOB, the tunnel connecting the Longworth and Cannon buildings was painted, the Georgia marble in the Rayburn building was cleaned, and the HOB jurisdiction conducted an extended cleaning of thresholds, kick plates, stair rails and hallway entrances and corner edges.

• AOC began implementing a new Memoranda of Agreement (MOA) for all non-AOC customers of the Capitol Power Plant’s utility services including the Government Printing Office, Postal Square, Folger Shakespeare Library and Union Station. The MOA with Union Station was completed in FY 2014.

• AOC began an “Open House” program to increase communication and understanding between Capitol Power Plant operations and maintenance personnel and the building engineering staff in all customer buildings. The program resulted in a greater level of awareness between participants and has helped identify and resolve utility service issues.

• AOC replaced approximately 100 pieces of ballistic glass in eight different locations in an ongoing effort to maintain the perimeter security kiosks without interrupting kiosk operations. In addition, the flooring was removed and replaced in 30 kiosk locations.

• AOC fully engaged all major facilities on campus and conducted a comprehensive fire code inspection and audit of fire protection system maintenance records at more than 20 buildings. AOC found the facilities to be in significant compliance with operational fire codes and entered recommendations into a findings database.

• AOC introduced a recycling program at the AOC Supreme Court Building and Grounds (SCBG) in March 2014. With this new program, SCBG now recycles paper, cans, bottles, scrap metal, precious metals, batteries and e-waste.

FIGURE 13: Major Sources of Energy Cost Savings, See Full Report, Page 25