District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (DC Water) provides drinking water, sewage collection and sewage treatment in Washington, D.C.
The building is designed to LEED® Platinum Class A standards and is the greenest building in North America.
This SHARC system provides the 151,300 ft2 building with source energy for a combination of heating, air conditioning and water heating.
Feb 2021 Awarded LEED Platinum
| Product Installed | Project Type | Project Size | Commissioned | Developer | Engineer | Architect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHARC 660 System | Commercial | 151,300 ft2 | August 2018 | DC Water | Smithgroup | Smithgroup |
| Application | Filtered Wastewater Flowrate (GPM) | Heating/Cooling Ratio % | Design Energy Transfer (MBH) | Design Energy Transferred (MMBTU/year) | Heating | Cooling | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline | Baseline Efficiency | Baseline Alternate | Baseline Alternate Efficiency | |||||
| Heating/Cooling | 250 | 3.3% / 96.7% | Summer: 2,540 Winter: 1,653 | 6,712 | Natural Gas | 95% | Cooling Tower | - |
| Heating (DHW) | Cooling | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Natural gas avoided (therm/year) | GHG equivalent (metric t CO2e/year) | Approximate Impact | Estimated water use reduction (gal/year) | Evaporation reduction from cooling tower (gal/year) | Blowdown reduction from cooling tower (gal/year) | |
| Cars off Road | Tree Offsetting CO2e | |||||
| 2,320 | 12.6 | 2.7 | 573 | 1.5 M | 1.0 M | 0.5 M |
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