Ameresco Partners with Newport News Public Schools for Second Round of Energy Savings Performance Contracts
NNPS’ energy conservation strategy continues to lead with a strong
focus and commitment to energy efficiency and to achieve healthy
learning environments.
Ameresco,
Inc. (NYSE:AMRC), a leading energy
efficiency and renewable
energy company, and the Newport News Public Schools (NNPS) announced
today they are partnering on a comprehensive $14.8 million Energy
Savings Performance Contract (ESPC) to improve buildings and
increase operational efficiency. The infrastructure upgrades are
expected to deliver greater energy efficiency and operational cost
savings, enhance comfort for building occupants, reduce greenhouse
gasses and emissions, and demonstrate the Schools’ ongoing commitment to
environmental stewardship.
This newly announced ESPC is a second-round contract with Ameresco. NNPS
originally partnered with Ameresco on a 12-year term ESPC in 2003. NNPS
used the performance contract as a framework for a focused energy
conservation strategy that continues to lead their strong commitment to
energy efficiency today.
“This comprehensive project reflects our commitment to energy
conservation, including reducing our operating costs and achieving our
sustainability goals,” said Keith Webb, Executive Director of Plant
Services, NNPS. “Our contract with Ameresco allows us to replace our
aging infrastructure, upgrade our buildings and make improvements,
during a time when the school division’s capital improvement funding is
flat. The project includes efficiency measures that will deliver
$1,048,853 in annual energy savings, benefiting the schools and local
community for years to come.”
The ESPC project includes upgrades that will be implemented in 50
buildings comprised of approximately 4.3 million square feet. At
Riverside and Sedgefield Elementary Schools, the heating, ventilation
and cooling (HVAC) systems will be completely replaced and upgraded to a
high efficiency water source heat pump system to provide both heating
and cooling. In addition, Deer Park Elementary School will benefit from
a complete boiler plant renovation. Some of the energy savings measures
under this ESPC include: updated exterior lighting systems, LED
technology and controls; energy management systems (EMS) upgrades;
bi-polar ionization and demand control ventilation (DCV); building
envelope improvements; domestic water conservation; HVAC system
renovations; boiler and chiller replacements; and other stringent energy
control measures.
“Ameresco is proud to have been selected by Newport News to perform a
second energy performance contract,” said Michael Daigneault, Vice
President, Ameresco. “With the energy efficiency upgrades implemented by
Ameresco under the first contract, and the day-to-day management and
commitment to efficiency managed by the Newport News Public Schools’
staff, the partnership and our combined persistence have resulted in a
great success story which we expect to be ongoing throughout this next
project.
Over the past few years, NNPS has received a number of environmental
designations for individual schools demonstrating their leadership in
energy saving measures and practices to optimize energy efficiency.
Daigneault continued, “Working with NNPS to identify and institute
operational efficiencies and energy conservation measures that pay for
themselves through the resulting savings, and are budget-neutral to the
schools has been particularly rewarding.”
The environmental benefits from this project include the reduction of
more than 10 million pounds of carbon dioxide, which is equivalent to
eliminating 878 passenger vehicles from the road annually, saving enough
electricity to power 668 homes each year, or the equivalent of planting
1090 acres of pine forest annually.
About Newport News Public Schools
Newport News Public Schools’ mission is to ensure that all students
graduate college, career and citizen-ready. With a new curriculum
designed to boost literacy and math instruction, state-of-the art
science labs and advanced educational technology, NNPS is ensuring
student success. The school division educates approximately 29,700
children in five early childhood centers, 24 elementary schools, seven
middle schools, five high schools, one middle/high combination school,
and nine program sites. For more information, visit www.nnschools.org.
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 awarded projects as of
June 30, 2015 and is included in our fully contracted backlog as of
September 30, 2015.
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