Luzerne County Community College Partners with Ameresco for a Guaranteed Energy Savings Act (“GESA”) Project to Help Redu...
August 10 2017 - 8:30AM
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Improvements expected to enhance student and
staff comfort, deliver energy savings, address critical capital
improvement needs, and reduce the College’s carbon footprint
Ameresco, Inc. (NYSE:AMRC), a leading energy efficiency and
renewable energy company, today announced that Luzerne County
Community College (LCCC) has contracted with Ameresco to renew and
upgrade LCCC’s campus energy infrastructure and to institute energy
efficiency measures at the College. The nearly $8 million
Guaranteed Energy Savings Act (GESA) Energy Performance Contract
(EPC) project is expected to save the College more than $576,000
annually in energy costs and operation and maintenance (O&M)
savings for the next 15 years. In addition, the College will earn
$122,757 in energy rebates and incentives as a result of
implementing these measures under the GESA project.
“The GESA project provides an excellent mechanism for us to
upgrade our energy infrastructure while also addressing critical
capital improvement needs without any capital costs,” says Thomas
P. Leary, President, LCCC. “We are pleased to partner with Ameresco
on this project which will enhance our facilities on campus while
at the same time help the environment and provide a cost savings to
the College.”
“Ameresco is excited to partner with LCCC to develop and
implement a customized GESA solution to address the College’s
efficiency requirements and to upgrade its energy infrastructure,”
stated David J. Anderson, Executive Vice President, Ameresco.
“Employing a GESA project is financially responsible, it’s
budget-neutral, enhances comfort, and prudently supports the
College’s energy and sustainability strategy. Once complete, this
energy program will significantly reduce the College’s energy
demands and costs campus-wide.”
The project includes energy efficiency and infrastructure
upgrades to 17 campus buildings and over 474,900 square feet of
space, and consists of 16 Energy Conservation Measures (ECMs) that
will prove entirely self-funded within the 15-year repayment term.
Ameresco services include project development engineering, GESA
project modeling, ECM detailed design and engineering, project
construction management, equipment and systems start-up and
commissioning, post-construction monitoring, energy rebate
application management, energy savings measurement and verification
(short-term), and training of LCCC staff on all installed equipment
and systems.
Some key capital improvements include the replacement of 21
outdated electric-resistance heating Roof Top Units (RTU), Heating
and Ventilation Units (H&V), and Air Handling Units (AHU) with
21 new, natural gas fired RTU’s and AHU’s. This ECM included an
energy/fuel conversion from electric heat to new more energy
efficient natural gas supply and natural gas fired equipment and
technology. Other improvements for LCCC include campus-wide LED
lighting upgrades (interior, exterior and parking lot) and
controls, a new chiller, HVAC control re-commissioning and
upgrades, Variable Frequency Drives (VFD) installations, new energy
efficient transformers, building infiltration reductions, water
conservation measures, and new premium efficiency motor
installations.
The GESA energy efficiency project is expected to reduce energy
use by 4,571,800 kWh annually, and save LCCC more than $11,000,000
over the 15-year repayment term. It will also help to reduce the
College’s greenhouse gas and carbon emissions by approximately
41,000 pounds. Work for the project will begin this fall.
About Luzerne County Community College (LCCC)Luzerne
County Community College (LCCC) is a public two-year college
serving the residents of Luzerne County and the surrounding area
throughout northeastern Pennsylvania. The College’s mission is to
provide excellence in education, foster student success in
achievement of goals, and positively impact Luzerne County and the
surrounding northeastern PA region. The College offers 82
occupational programs (including degree, certificate and diploma
programs) and 24 liberal arts/transfer programs. The College also
offers non-credit career training programs and customized workforce
development programming. Credits earned at LCCC are transferable to
other accredited colleges and universities nationwide. The College
is celebrating its 50th Anniversary in 2017. For more information,
go to www.luzerne.edu.
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 assets. Ameresco has successfully completed energy
saving, environmentally responsible projects with Federal, state
and municipal 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, 2017.
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Luzerne County Community College:Lisa Nelson,
570-740-0732orAmeresco:CarolAnn Hibbard,
508-661-2264news@ameresco.com
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