Performance Contracting

Southcentral KY Community College

Kentucky Community Technical College SystemBowling Green, Kentucky

This project for the Kentucky Community & Technical College System was a Guaranteed Energy Savings Contract for Southcentral Community College in Bowling Green, Kentucky that covered four campuses, over 381,235 square feet. Scope for this project included:

  • Extensive DDC system upgrades for two buildings and total controls replacements for five buildings
  • One chiller and one boiler were replaced with new high-efficiency equipment
  • Boiler/fluid cooler water source heat pump system renovation with energy recovery ventilator installation for improved ventilation
  • New interior LED fixtures and retrofits, including occupancy sensor control
  • New exterior LED fixtures with bi-level motion sensing technology
  • Computer power management for over 1,400 campus computers 
  • No cost/low cost utility rate savings resulting in more than $59,000 in annual savings

Southcentral Community College

[{"x":"JAN","Baseline":"369321.0","Guaranteed":"278072.0","Actual":"230384.0"},{"x":"FEB","Baseline":"784601.0","Guaranteed":"590833.0","Actual":"480589.0"},{"x":"MAR","Baseline":"1245454.0","Guaranteed":"937582.0","Actual":"758953.0"},{"x":"APR","Baseline":"1706638.0","Guaranteed":"1285211.0","Actual":"1063244.0"},{"x":"MAY","Baseline":"2150364.0","Guaranteed":"1620952.0","Actual":"1374314.0"},{"x":"JUN","Baseline":"2566897.0","Guaranteed":"1935379.0","Actual":"1605050.0"},{"x":"JUL","Baseline":"2992562.0","Guaranteed":"2257860.0","Actual":"1840212.0"},{"x":"AUG","Baseline":"3409886.0","Guaranteed":"2573172.0","Actual":"2097769.0"},{"x":"SEP","Baseline":"3855933.0","Guaranteed":"2910183.0","Actual":"2421657.0"},{"x":"OCT","Baseline":"4340960.0","Guaranteed":"3277851.0","Actual":"2829992.0"},{"x":"NOV","Baseline":"4870081.0","Guaranteed":"3680688.0","Actual":"3203320.0"},{"x":"DEC","Baseline":"5335056.0","Guaranteed":"4034052.0","Actual":"3499768.0"}]
What does this data mean?
Baseline: The annual energy consumption before the project
Guaranteed: CMTA's guaranteed energy use for the client post-project
Actual: The measured energy use after the project

In over 15 years of campus projects, I hold CMTA at the top of the partners with which we have worked. They bring not only experience and an excellent technical skill set to the table, but a very high level of professionalism.

Chris Cumens, Vice President of Finance & Administration