 | Chaffey joins IDEEA program |
July 7 2005
Intergy Corp., Dublin, CA
IDEEA project update and media release
Chaffey College added to energy efficiency project
Los Angeles-An energy efficiency project, which will save the six community colleges involved about $900,000 a year in energy costs, will now include Chaffey Community College District.
Funded by Southern California Edison and coordinated by Intergy, a Dublin-based energy management firm, the program will now include the conversion of a distributed HVAC (heating and cooling) system into a central plant system at Chaffey College. Chaffey College is the lone campus in the Rancho Cucamonga community college district. The annual energy savings from the conversion is expected to be over 1 million kWh and should save the college around $150,000 per year in energy costs.
This new project is in addition to various energy efficiency activities at San Bernardino and Los Angeles community colleges; the program covers Valley and Crafton Hills colleges in the San Bernardino Community College District, and Southwest, West, and East Los Angeles colleges in the Los Angeles Community College District.
The project is one of Southern California Edison's 2004-05 Innovative Designs for Energy Efficiency Activities (IDEEA) awards. SCE awarded 13 IDEEA energy efficiency projects and this one for $1.2 million is the only one in the educational field. Originally split between two large community college districts, San Bernardino and Los Angeles, the program provides a variety of energy efficiency activities that create immediate energy and peak demand savings. Additionally, it helps establish a permanent framework for a comprehensive, long-term, energy management program for California's community colleges.
The project is the first utility-funded energy efficiency effort for the state's community colleges, and will result in annual savings of about six million kWh.
In coordination with the college planning and facility staff, Intergy identifies potential energy efficiency projects. From that point, equipment retrofits are agreed to and the work is generally completed by subcontractors or by the college staff. The retrofits include interior and exterior lighting, chiller upgrades and other HVAC-related energy efficiency improvements, thermostats, motors, controls, and vending misers.
Under the program, projects saving over 1.5 million kWh are being completed at Crafton Hills, and work is in progress at the remaining colleges. Demand savings of 900 kWh is projected in addition to the energy savings of about six million kWh. Based on the industry standard of $0.15 per kWh, the program should save the six colleges about $900,000 per year in energy costs when completed. The project will continue through May 2006.
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