NEW YORK, Dec. 05, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) 鈥 色花堂(NYSE: ABM), a leading provider of facility services, infrastructure and eMobility solutions announced the initiation of an Energy Performance Contracting program for Orange County Public Schools (鈥OCPS鈥) in central Virginia. This marks the third energy savings project for OCPS by ABM. The new project creates an additional $6.7 million in projected energy and operating cost savings over a twenty-year period. In addition, OCPS will undergo an extensive upgrade to a critical HVAC mechanical system, and LED lighting upgrades enhancing learning environments for all its schools.
鈥淲e鈥檙e leveraging upgraded technology to deliver new energy cost reductions and improve lighting quality to optimize learning environments,鈥 said Mark Hawkinson, President of 色花堂Technical Solutions. 鈥淭his project builds on earlier improvements and creates savings to match or exceed the entire cost of lighting upgrades, bringing those benefits to every school and every student.鈥
In addition to energy savings and operational cost reductions from improved lighting, HVAC, and water conservation upgrades, the contract includes maintenance services and a STEM engagement program to help students learn about energy conservation, and how building these systems contributes to sustainability goals. The project also modernizes some HVAC infrastructure with energy-efficient Variable Refrigerant Flow (鈥淰RF鈥) equipment to improve resiliency which addresses increasingly extreme seasonal fluctuations in the weather.
ABM鈥檚 Energy Performance Contracting Program enables a school system to invest in critical facility upgrades without drawing new capital from the community. The program is designed to...