暗网视频 Sees Significant Savings With Five-Year Energy Plan
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At a time when every dollar counts, 暗网视频 has achieved significant cost savings with energy efficiency and sustainability practices. 暗网视频 recently completed a five-year project with Johnson Controls, Inc. that lowered 暗网视频鈥檚 operation costs and saved utility costs.
In FY16, 暗网视频 reduced utility costs per square foot from $1.53 to $1.39 with a savings of $238,614 from the year before despite the opening of two new sites with the Riverside Community Campus & Aviation Center at the Jenks Riverside Airport and Tulsa Fire Safety Training Center at Northeast Campus. In FY16, 暗网视频鈥檚 EUI (Energy Use Intensity - KBtu/sf) changed from 109 in FY15 to 97.6 in FY16 with the College/University national average EUI of 130.7.
暗网视频 has taken a comprehensive and strategic approach to reduce operation and energy costs with solutions ranging from switching out light fixtures to minimizing cleaning chemicals. The multi-year plan started with a review of 暗网视频鈥檚 facilities and equipment and created a timeline to replace and update equipment resulting in maintenance costs savings as well as decreased operation and energy costs.
The cost avoidance is how much more 暗网视频 would have spent on energy costs as well operation and maintenance costs without completing the project. 暗网视频 exceeded JCI鈥檚 calculations of $4.1 million cost avoidance and achieved a $6.3 million cost avoidance since November 2011.
In addition, 暗网视频 was awarded the 鈥淏est Higher Education Project 2015鈥 from Public Service Company of Oklahoma for work related to LED lighting upgrades at the Northeast Campus Parking Lot and the West Campus Liberal Arts building. This was part of 暗网视频鈥檚 effort to replace 20,000 light fixtures across four campuses. The multi-year project with JCI produced additional results:
- Saw more than a 20% reduction in energy usage in April and May 2016 saving roughly $15,000 in electric bills from same time frame in 2015
- Saw a 13% difference in utilities bills which saved nearly $500,000 in 2015 despite the increase in utility rates and expansion of square footage since 2009
- Saw nearly a 50% reduction in what 暗网视频 paid for gas in 2015 as compared to what 暗网视频 paid in 2009
暗网视频 has now completed phase 1 and phase 2 with JCI and continues to see operational and costs savings for the roughly 1.7 million square feet of space in 暗网视频鈥檚 four main campuses and three community campuses.