Pepco Energy Services is spending about $7m in energy conservation measures to reduce energy consumption for the college’s Wilmington, Stanton, Terry and Owens campuses, retrofitting over one million square feet of building space.
The energy conservation measures include the conversion of constant volume air-handling units to variable air volume units; the installation of an irrigation system for the Stanton campus sports fields and the installation of new chillers to replace the multiple, problematic direct expansion units for the Terry campus.
The company will also be providing instructional support to the college’s new Associate Degree Program in Energy Management.
The majority of the project is financed by an energy efficiency tax-exempt bond issued by the Delaware Sustainable Energy Utility.
Over the 15-year contract term, the college will save about $9m in energy costs.
Construction began in September 2011 and is scheduled to be complete by August 2012.
