DCAMM contracted with Ameresco for ESPC to
address campus-wide energy upgrades improving the comfort of
facilities, delivering energy savings, and reducing the College’s
carbon footprint
Ameresco, Inc., (NYSE:AMRC), a leading energy efficiency and
renewable energy company and Roxbury Community College (RCC)
announced today that they are partnering on a $20.1 million Energy
Savings Performance Contract (ESPC). The Division of Capital Asset
Management and Maintenance (DCAMM) contracted with Ameresco for the
ESPC to upgrade the College’s energy infrastructure and to add
renewable energy resources on campus in part to help achieve a
green urban campus. The ESPC project is expected to be completed by
year-end 2017, and to result in nearly $860,000 in annual energy
savings for the College. This comprehensive energy project will be
coordinated along with the College’s $43 million campus-wide
renovation project already in progress.
The ESPC project encompasses 23 energy conservation measures
(ECMs), and will address campus-wide interior and exterior LED
lighting enhancements and a complete upgrade of the College’s
Energy Management System (EMS). The energy efficiency and
sustainable buildings modernization also includes the installation
of a unique geothermal heat pump system with a canopied Solar
Photovoltaic (PV) System overhead. The geothermal system affords an
estimated 400-ton capacity, and the approximately 3,000 solar
panels to be installed represent nearly a megawatt of power.
“The innovative, tri-level renewable solution for Parking Lot 1
is the most unique aspect of our project, and will be the first of
its kind in Massachusetts,” said Kevin Hepner, Vice President of
Finance and Administration at RCC. “Beneath the parking lot, we’ll
have 115 geothermal wells, 500-feet deep to function as our heating
and cooling source. On the surface, we’ll have parking for 320
cars, in addition to electric charging stations for up to six cars.
Then, above the lot, we’ll have a solar canopy with a 1 million kWh
electric generation capacity providing renewable energy. This
triple-value renewable solution provides tremendous strides in
supporting and helping to achieve our sustainability goals.”
This innovative, clean energy ESPC project with Ameresco is
funded in part through G.O. Bonds, a Leading by Example Clean
Energy Grant, utility incentives and the Clean Energy Investment
Program, with the balance repaid from savings in energy costs.
Ameresco has worked with the College to design the budget-neutral,
campus-wide energy infrastructure upgrades intended to enhance the
comfort of facilities, provide energy cost savings, generate clean
renewable resources, and reduce the College’s carbon footprint,
positively impacting the college community and well beyond.
“Ameresco is honored to be working with Roxbury Community
College to develop renewable resources and to perform energy
efficiency upgrades at campus facilities," said David J. Anderson,
Executive Vice President, Ameresco. “This project demonstrates
leadership, and the value that Roxbury Community College and the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts place on efficiency, renewable
resources and environmental stewardship. It is a great example of
how the combination of energy efficiency measures and renewable
generation are a winning sustainable solution for the urban campus
and entire community.”
Once completed, the environmental benefits for this project
include an annual emissions reduction of approximately 5,689,934
pounds of CO2, the equivalent of taking 545 cars off the road or
planting 2,443 acres of US forests annually.
About Roxbury Community College
Founded in 1973, Roxbury Community College (RCC) is a
comprehensive, multicultural, urban, student-centered, open-access
community college. An Achieving the Dream college, RCC offers
associates degree and certificate programs, online courses,
corporate community education programs, and lifelong learning
programs. The 16-acre, 6 building campus houses classrooms,
specialized science and computer laboratories, the Library and
Learning Center, the Reggie Lewis Track & Athletic Center and
the Media Arts Center. For more information, visit
http://www.rcc.mass.edu/.
About DCAMM
The Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance
(DCAMM), an agency within the Executive Office for Administration
and Finance (A&F) is responsible for capital planning, major
public building construction, facilities management, and real
estate services for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The agency
was created by the legislature in 1980 to promote quality and
integrity in the management and construction of the Commonwealth’s
capital facilities and real estate assets. DCAMM oversees the
Commonwealth’s capital assets, totaling over 75 million square
feet. The agency manages over $2 billion in capital projects,
working with state agencies on the full cycle of their strategic
facility needs. For more information, visit
http://www.mass.gov/anf/property-mgmt-and-construction/oversight-agencies/dcam/.
About Ameresco, Inc.
Founded in 2000, Ameresco, Inc. (NYSE:AMRC) is a leading
independent provider of comprehensive services, energy efficiency,
infrastructure upgrades, asset sustainability and renewable energy
solutions for businesses and organizations throughout North America
and Europe. Ameresco’s sustainability services include upgrades to
a facility’s energy infrastructure and the development,
construction and operation of renewable energy plants. Ameresco has
successfully completed energy saving, environmentally responsible
projects with Federal, state and local governments, healthcare and
educational institutions, housing authorities, and commercial and
industrial customers. With its corporate headquarters in
Framingham, MA, Ameresco has more than 1,000 employees providing
local expertise in the United States, Canada, and the United
Kingdom. For more information, visit www.ameresco.com.
The announcement of a customer’s entry into a project contract
is not necessarily indicative of the timing or amount of revenue
from such contract, of the company’s overall revenue for any
particular period or of trends in the company’s overall total
construction backlog. This project was included in our previously
reported fully-contracted backlog as of June 30, 2016.
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Media Contacts:DCAMM:Matthew
Cocciardimatthew.cocciardi@massmail.state.ma.usorRoxbury
Community College:Jordan Smock,
617-933-7491jsmock@rcc.mass.eduorAmeresco:CarolAnn Hibbard,
508-661-2264news@ameresco.com
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