This past August, Platte County R3 School District completed the fourth year since the implementation of an energy performance contract. Each of the previous years the district has surpassed the predicted energy savings, but this past year was even more exceptional. Including the anticipated operations and maintenance savings the district recognized a total project cost avoidance savings of $617,804. This results in a surplus of $221,035 in savings relative to the projected savings of $396,796. This exceeds any of the prior year’s performance by over $120,000 which can be attributed to the COVID-19 shutdown. The graphic below provides an example to the energy reduction during the COVID-19 shutdown by looking at the electric demand during the month of May 2019 versus May of 2020.
About the author – Devin Klish is an Energy Manager with Navitas. Through the use of Data Analytics and other proprietary tools, he works to educate owners, occupants, and operators to further optimize facility operation and ongoing initiatives.