Virginia Beach Visitors Center
2100 Parks Ave.
Virginia Beach, VA 23451
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With more than 50,000 visitors annually, the Visitor Information Center is often the first stop guests make as they enter the resort area, and is an important component of the Convention & Visitors Bureau's efforts to make Virginia Beach a "Green Destination."
Due for upgrades on the 20-year-old building, the Virginia Beach Visitor Information Center staff members partnered with the Department of Public Works and completed the following actions to make the building more energy efficient:
-- Replaced the heating and air conditioning system
-- Upgraded exterior parking lot fixtures and wall fixtures with energy-efficient Light Emitting Diode (LED) technology
-- Improved interior lighting with T-8 CFLs and LED fixtures, as well as motion-activated sensors that shut off lights during inactivity
-- Installed programmable thermostats with the new HVAC units allowing temperature setbacks during unoccupied periods
-- Installed timers on water heaters so water is only heated when the building is occupied
-- Installed switches for the conference room promotional light boxes, allowing them to be turned off when the building is unoccupied
-- Eliminated a vending machine
-- Disconnected unnecessary electric strip heaters
Before the retrofits, the VIC had a baseline 1-100 ENERGY STAR energy performance score of 28. That ENERGY STAR score rose to 82 by December 2011, after the energy retrofits were completed. This equated to an energy usage drop of approximately 38 percent - with an annual savings of over $7,200.
In August of 2015, the Virginia Beach Visitors Information Center recieved the LEED Gold in Existing Buildings certification. This certification is a result of many of the energy saving changes that the VIC has went through over the past few years.
In order to continue to achieve ENERGY STAR certification, the City of Virginia Beach has implemented temperature setpoint settings for all facilities, as follows.
Heating Season:
70 degrees - Occupied Hours
64 degrees - Unoccupied Hours
Cooling Season:
74 degrees - Occupied Hours
80 degrees - Unoccupied Hours
Communications:
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Testimonial:
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Please note: Narrative information in this profile has been provided by City of Virginia Beach or a representative of this facility. Other building information was verified and submitted to EPA at the time of application. Building energy performance, operating characteristics, and ownership/management may be subject to change over time.
Building Owner:*
City of Virginia Beach
Property Manager:*
N/A
Year(s) Labeled (Rating):
2012 (82)
2013 (85)
2014 (83)
2015 (77)
2016 (86)
Facility Type: Retail Store
Total Floorspace: 6372 sf
Year Constructed: 1990
Contract Type: None
Technologies Used:
| Stage 2-Lighting |
| Stage 4-Fan Systems |
| Stage 5-Heating and Cooling Plant |