The Croton-Harmon Union Free School District in New York state reports that it recovered $1.5 million over an initial 18-month term for an energy savings project that integrates a 350 kW rooftop solar array, LED lighting and temperature control upgrades, as well as HVAC system upgrades.

MARCH 7, 2023, MICHAEL SCHOECK   Photo credit:  The net-zero Discovery Elementary School, Image: NREL

The Croton-Harmon Union Free School District, an elementary through high school system with 1,600 students in Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y., reports that it recovered $1.5 million over an 18-month term for an energy savings project that integrates a 350 kW rooftop solar array, LED lighting and temperature control upgrades, as well as HVAC system upgrades to improve the efficiency of its school buildings.

Deployed by energy efficiency company Energia in March 2021, the energy efficiency project provided $188,000 in guaranteed energy savings over its first year in service and eliminated 1,200 tons of carbon dioxide emissions per year going forward.

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