Background

Westview School Corporation is a highly-rated, public school district located in Topeka, IN. Across 5 core educational buildings in the district, approximately 2,200 students are enrolled in grades K-12. Through a transparent, competitive selection process, the school corporation awarded a multimillion-dollar energy savings performance contract to Performance Services, an energy services company (ESCO) based in Indiana.

Situation

The district wanted to implement an improved visual experience across their facilities while also reducing energy and maintenance expenses. Performance Services, who had implemented an energy savings project for the district in the past, sought out Eco Engineering to assist with the lighting system upgrade. The Performance Services team called upon our team to design and install a lighting system that would meet the needs of Westview School Corporation within the budget allocated.

Solution

The energy efficient lighting project converted existing interior and exterior lighting to LED technology in the district’s junior-senior high school, four elementary schools, and administrative facilities. Full dimming controls were installed in classrooms to provide an enhanced learning environment for the students. Similar controls were deployed in the gymnasiums to enable settings that matched the range of events held in that type of venue. Additionally, occupancy sensors were installed in bathrooms, hallways, conference rooms, offices, and other areas to reduce lighting usage when the areas are unoccupied. The energy savings and reduced maintenance costs objectives for this project were realized, and the overall quality of light across these district buildings was enhanced.

Background

Covington Independent Public Schools (CIPS) was the first district in Kentucky to exercise the new Kentucky Educational Development Cooperative (KEDC) Price Contract. This cooperative allows Kentucky schools to find the best partners to implement their comprehensive energy efficiency programs through a transparent, competitive selection process that guarantees the price of the project. CIPS awarded their multimillion-dollar project to Performance Services, an energy services company (ESCO) based in Indiana.

Situation

As Covington Independent Public Schools faced ever-increasing budget cuts, they had to find new ways to reduce their spending, and one of the easiest ways for them to reduce their spending was to improve their energy efficiency. This objective created a two-fold problem:

• First, they needed to find an energy-savings solution that was robust enough to meet their budgetary goals.
• Second, they wanted a system that would require very little maintenance and could be operated by a small maintenance team

With their requirements in hand, CIPS and Performance Services got to work, and they started by enlisting Eco Engineering to tackle energy waste in their lighting systems.

The Solution

Eco Engineering audited, designed, and implemented a lighting plan that could meet the very specific criteria for their energy efficiency requirements. The design had three primary components.

• LED lights: Eco Engineering incorporated LED interior fixtures in multiple locations, including primary and secondary schools, administrative facilities, and the vocational center. These LED retrofits allowed them to substantially reduce their energy consumption.
• Occupancy sensors: Next, they put occupancy sensors in bathrooms, hallways, conference rooms, and cafeterias. These sensors automatically shut off the lighting when the space was unoccupied, ensuring that the building was not wasting energy by lighting empty rooms.
• Outdoor lighting: Finally, Eco Engineering addressed the exterior lighting throughout the district. This aspect of the project not only improved the energy efficiency of their outdoor lighting system, but it also improved the safety for CIPS students and faculty.

Eco Engineering was proud to partner with Performance Services to deliver high-quality results that reduced energy consumption, improved safety, and lowered maintenance costs for Covington Independent Public Schools.