Energy Management Collaborative
Energy management has become an important topic for college and university campuses as they try to control costs, reduce their carbon footprint, and enhance their campus environment. Utilizing the self-assessment model employed in the AICUP environmental self-audit program, staff has developed a collaborative energy management program in conjunction with Emerging Technology Applications Center. Program goals include:
• Promotion of energy management and conservation
• Low cost implementation through collaborative peer assisted self-assessments
• Affordable professional training of campus staff
• Affordable and recurring energy assessments
• Identification and reduction of carbon emissions
• Professional delivery of investment grade energy audits
• Peer-to-peer interaction and sharing of best practices/benchmarking
• Campus involvement — students, faculty and staff
AICUP received start-up funding through a $100,000 grant from The Foundation for Independent Higher Education (FIHE) which was dependent on finding matching funds. The Pennsylvania Treasury Department, through funding from the Rockefeller Foundation, gave $211,000 to match the FIHE grant and expand the scope of the program to result in a more comprehensive whole-campus energy assessment.
Each participating member college has paid $10,000. Grant funding provided by the Rockefeller Foundation is part of a larger program, the Campus Energy Efficiency Fund (CEEF), which is focused on identifying and investing in energy efficiency and sustainability projects at Pennsylvania based private colleges and universities.
This project is now moving forward and has the following AICUP member colleges participating:
- Chatham University
- Moravian College
- Washington & Jefferson College
- Susquehanna University
- Widener University
- Immaculata University
- Philadelphia University
- University of Scranton
- Wilkes University
- Allegheny College
CONTACT: Pete Roberts, ETAC, plroberts@etctr.com or 610-861-5367
AICUP Member Participants: 10
Savings Potential: reduction in energy expenditure of 5–15% typical with little to no capital expenditure in the first year after assessment; often 30% for a well organized program in just a few years
Energy Management Collaborative
Energy management has become an important topic for college and university campuses as they try to control costs, reduce their carbon footprint, and enhance their campus environment. Utilizing the self-assessment model employed in the AICUP environmental self-audit program, staff has developed a collaborative energy management program in conjunction with Emerging Technology Applications Center. Program goals include:
• Promotion of energy management and conservation
• Low cost implementation through collaborative peer assisted self-assessments
• Affordable professional training of campus staff
• Affordable and recurring energy assessments
• Identification and reduction of carbon emissions
• Professional delivery of investment grade energy audits
• Peer-to-peer interaction and sharing of best practices/benchmarking
• Campus involvement — students, faculty and staff
AICUP received start-up funding through a $100,000 grant from The Foundation for Independent Higher Education (FIHE) which was dependent on finding matching funds. The Pennsylvania Treasury Department, through funding from the Rockefeller Foundation, gave $211,000 to match the FIHE grant and expand the scope of the program to result in a more comprehensive whole-campus energy assessment.
Each participating member college has paid $10,000. Grant funding provided by the Rockefeller Foundation is part of a larger program, the Campus Energy Efficiency Fund (CEEF), which is focused on identifying and investing in energy efficiency and sustainability projects at Pennsylvania based private colleges and universities.
This project is now moving forward and has the following AICUP member colleges participating:
- Chatham University
- Moravian College
- Washington & Jefferson College
- Susquehanna University
- Widener University
- Immaculata University
- Philadelphia University
- University of Scranton
- Wilkes University
- Allegheny College
CONTACT: Pete Roberts, ETAC, plroberts@etctr.com or 610-861-5367
AICUP Member Participants: 10
Savings Potential: reduction in energy expenditure of 5–15% typical with little to no capital expenditure in the first year after assessment; often 30% for a well organized program in just a few years