Ameresco has accomplished a photo voltaic portfolio spanning seven colleges inside Orange Unified Faculty District (OUSD) in California.
Ameresco developed the rooftop and carport photo voltaic PV programs for the district, situated at 4 elementary, one center and two highschool campuses. As a part of the facility buy settlement contract, Ameresco will personal and keep the photo voltaic programs, and OUSD will buy the facility generated by every system at a set charge for the following 25 years. This fastened charge permits OUSD to lock in vitality financial savings, insulating them from any fluctuations in vitality pricing and guaranteeing financial savings. This initiative contains seven photo voltaic initiatives, 5 of that are already full. The remaining two excessive colleges are scheduled to be energized by the tip of 2025.
“Our robust and long-term partnership with Ameresco helps us to lower vitality prices and work towards our aim to optimize effectivity throughout the district,” stated Isela Vazquez, Sr. Government Director, Services Growth & Planning at Orange Unified Faculty District. “By investing in resilient vitality expertise, we’re investing in our district’s vitality independence and guaranteeing our potential to offer the absolute best schooling to each single of our college students.”
OUSD serves roughly 25,000 college students from preschool to grade 12 from Orange County, California, within the cities of Orange, Villa Park, Anaheim, Backyard Grove, Santa Ana and unincorporated county areas. The photo voltaic mission is part of the continued efforts of the district to boost efficiencies district-wide via a concentrate on sustainability and lowered gas consumption, amongst different measures.
Ameresco began the initiative in 2019. Then it was acknowledged a complete of eight initiatives would attain 2.1 MW of solar energy for OUSD.
“These initiatives spotlight how colleges can strengthen their vitality resilience whereas lowering prices,” stated Lou Maltezos, President of Central & Western USA, Canada Areas at Ameresco. “We’re proud to see our long-standing partnership with the district delivering significant outcomes and sit up for constructing on this success collectively.”
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