The New York Power Authority (NYPA) recently completed efficiency upgrades at the elementary, middle, and high schools in the Clinton Central School District and upgrades at the Cortland County office building and courthouse.
Together, the projects will save taxpayers nearly $300,000 a year and cut greenhouse-gas emissions by more than 1,600 tons annually from reduced electricity demand.
NYPA provided lighting upgrades; replaced ventilators, water heaters, and hot-water tanks; installed occupancy sensors; and replaced building energy management system controls in a $3.7 million project that included all three school facilities in Clinton.
The $1.7 million project in Cortland County included a new energy management system and new boilers in the county office building and courthouse along with a new chiller in the county office building.
“The latest energy conservation measures completed in Cortland and Oneida counties will enhance the comfort level in the buildings through lighting, temperature controls, and air quality improvements — all things that we take for granted but that make a real difference while resulting in significant [energy cost] savings,” James Pasquale, NYPA senior vice president of marketing and economic development, said in a news release.
NYPA is a state-owned electric utility. It owns and operates 17 generating facilities across the state and more than 1,400 circuit miles of transmission lines.
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