Caldwell County Schools (CCS) implemented energy conservation measures throughout the school system in order to reduce the
energy usage and costs. CCS chose to pursue a guaranteed energy savings performance contract as a vehicle to utilize their limited
budget more effectively. CCS enlisted Sud Associates’ help in developing and administering the project. Below are highlights of the
project and services provided.
energy usage and costs. CCS chose to pursue a guaranteed energy savings performance contract as a vehicle to utilize their limited
budget more effectively. CCS enlisted Sud Associates’ help in developing and administering the project. Below are highlights of the
project and services provided.
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| CALDWELL COUNTY SCHOOLS Performance Contracting |
interest to CCS and allowed vendor initiative to study the school system’s problems and suggest projects.
Proposal Assessment
Construction Period Services
- Vendor data required in an electronic format to allow for a quick format for comparing vendor responses and project
combinations.
Proposal Assessment
- Technical support to the evaluation committee, including a review of technical quality and adequacy of the energy audits;
tabulation and comparison of vendor responses for different project combinations; reference verification; recommendation of a
vendor that best met the criteria; etc. - Strategic Resource Solutions (SRS) selected as the energy-savings company.
- Negotiations, Contract Development, and Execution
- Final project scope included lighting retrofits, including T-8 lamps and electronic ballasts, and conversion of electric domestic
hot water heaters to gas-fired boilers. - Price negotiations of domestic hot water boilers reduced CCS’s costs by $45,000.
- All contracts, forms and required paperwork were coordinated with SRS, CCS’s administration, and attorney and forwarded to
the North Carolina Local Government Commission for approval.
Construction Period Services
- Owner’s Representative to help safeguard the school system’s interests, including processing and review of all project
correspondence, review and processing of load/energy calculations, design drawings and specifications, pay requests, close-
out documents, etc - Performance of before/after readings of power and lighting level measurements for selected circuits allowed CCS to reduce the
monitoring and verification costs for modifications with a constant power draw by $15,000 annually over 8 years bring the final
project cost down to $884,440. - Review of the drawings for the gas-fired domestic hot water boilers revealed piping and control discrepancies and lack of freeze
protection for the outdoor boilers. - Regular meetings and inspections to monitor project progress and verify that construction was generally in accordance with
scope requirements. - Regular inspections identified an unacceptable reduction in lighting levels at West Caldwell High School. After much
discussion, SRS replaced all low-energy T-8 lamps and electronic ballasts with standard T-8 lamps and electronic ballasts
which raised the lighting levels.
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