NWS-CR Geothermal Heating, Ventilation, and Air-Conditioning Conversions

This NWS Central Region Headquarters’ (NWS-CRH) requirement provides geothermal heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) conversions to achieve and maintain annual reductions in building energy use, in addition to implementing energy efficiency measures to reduce costs. The required HVAC conversions shall be compatible with the current control system/configuration operated through the main NWS-CRH control server located in Kansas City, Missouri. This current system is a specially designed HVAC enhancement, for which Control Technology and Solutions, LLC (CTS) has proprietary designs that includes a specialized geothermal well field, internal heat recovery unit, and a customized Building Automation System (BAS) control system that interfaces between the NWS-CRH server located in Kansas City, Missouri and all associated NWS WFOs. This is noted as more than half of the thirty-eight offices within the NWS Central Region have been converted and configured under Contract WC-133W-16-CQ-0048. The majority of the work includes the following: 1) Conversion of a conventional HVAC system to a ground source (geothermal) heat pump (GSHP) system; 2) Conversion of a conventional HVAC system to an air to air heat pump system; 3) Installation of NWS-CRH interfaced (BAS); and 4) Conversion of computer room air conditioning (CRAC) systems through wall structures. These HVAC replacements will continue to allow the NWS-CRH to efficiently accomplish its around-the-clock mission of providing local weather forecasts and warnings for the protection of life and property. Once started, all work must be completed at a site without a lapse or break in construction due to the critical mission of each NWS WFO.

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Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning (HVAC), Instrumentation and Control for HVAC, HVAC Air Distribution, Central HVAC Equipment.