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Below are a set of articles and papers that provide more depth and detail on technologies and strategies for implementing energy efficiency projects in your municipality. Contact us today to discuss your upcoming project. We're happy to answer all of your questions!
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Read more information about energy efficiency performance contracts, greening your buildings, and how to find money for energy projects.
Performance Contracting: An Energy Performance Contract is an agreement between a municipality and an energy services company, an ESCO, to customize a set of energy efficient projects that can be implemented outside of the capital appropriations process and then paid for over time, partly or in whole from energy savings that the projects produce. In this way the town shares the cost, savings, and risk with the ESCO. The ESCO is responsible for financial and operational outcomes, and the savings can be guaranteed in many different forms.
The article on Performance Contracting written by Leo McNeil describes in detail the process and its advantages. It is called, "Performance Contracting: A Tool for Capital Improvements Without Up-front Costs".
MLC did over $600M in performance contracts in 2010, and we are looking forward to helping you meet your goals, too.
Building a Green School: Anja S. Caldwell is green building program manager for Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland. She has written an article called, "Greening a School District One Building at a Time", describing her experience in "greening" her school, and found that "the key is to design the building to prevent waste by improving the envelope and making it easier to operate and maintain."
Summer Homework for School Buildings: School's almost out, but there's no break in sight for school business officials seeking strategies to maintain efficiency and ensure building systems are in top shape when students return in the Fall. Read the article, "'Making the Grade' in Performance and Energy" by Tom Nicholson, an Account Manager at TRANE.
Energy Star Schools: "The nation's 17,450 K-12 school districts already spend more than $5 billion annually on energy. Rising energy costs are impacting school operations across the country. Identifying ways to reduce energy consumption is quickly becoming a critical part of an effective management strategy for facility managers and administrators alike". Read the article, "On Going Green", by Laura Helmke-Long.
Modular Classrooms:"Green" relocatable classrooms debut at a Massachusetts elementary school and a college in Northern California. Read the article, "High-Performance Modular Classrooms Hit the Market", by Dave Barista, Managing Editor of Building Design & Construction [ April 2007].
Leasing Picks Up Steam: After a two-year downturn, municipal leasing is picking up steam as a viable and available financing alternative for the acquisition of municipal equipment, projects and facilities. , Renewed interest from lenders points to more financing options for governments in 2011. Read the article, "Viewpoint: Municipal leasing prepares for a comeback", by Robert Neptune.
Funding Energy Projects: In today's economic environment, most public sector organizations are faced with increasingly tight operating and capital budgets. Managers are challenged to do more with less. Meanwhile, maintenance and infrastructure needs continue to grow. Get some ideas for where to find money in the article, "Finding Money for Energy Efficient Projects", by Neil Zoblar and Melissa Payne, from the June 2003 Sustainable Facility magazine.
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