Performance Contracting

Breckinridge County Schools

Breckinridge County SchoolsHardinsburg, Kentucky

This project was a Guaranteed Energy Savings Contract for Breckinridge County Schools, located in Hardinsburg, Kentucky. 8 facilities were included in the project scope. This project was approximately 90% funded through energy and operational savings.  

The project scope included:

  • At Breckinridge High School, existing chiller and boiler plants were removed and a new geothermal wellfield and variable air volume (VAV) water source heat pumps were installed.
  • 13 existing DX/propane packaged rooftop units were replaced, and 2 additional DX/propane packaged RTUs were installed at Custer Elementary School.
  • 66.3 kW solar PV arrays were installed on the roofs of both Hardinsburg Elementary School and Irvington Elementary School
  • Web-based digital HVAC controls upgrades were made district-wide to improve building performance, monitor, diagnose, and troubleshoot HVAC systems at all schools
  • Plumbing upgrades and bottle-filling station upgrades were made district-wide
  • LED lighting replacements and retrofits for over 4,000 fixtures
  • Plumbing fixture upgrades were installed at 3 schools
  • Air purification devices installed district-wide

Breckinridge Energy Usage

[{"x":"JAN","Baseline":"536808.0","Guaranteed":"271630.0","Actual":"188707.0"},{"x":"FEB","Baseline":"946861.0","Guaranteed":"499658.0","Actual":"343455.0"},{"x":"MAR","Baseline":"1270934.0","Guaranteed":"716471.0","Actual":"487533.0"},{"x":"APR","Baseline":"1564148.0","Guaranteed":"954205.0","Actual":"636888.0"},{"x":"MAY","Baseline":"1848390.0","Guaranteed":"1192682.0","Actual":"809784.0"},{"x":"JUN","Baseline":"2165549.0","Guaranteed":"1432601.0","Actual":"1003631.0"},{"x":"JUL","Baseline":"2452141.0","Guaranteed":"1641908.0","Actual":"1168520.0"},{"x":"AUG","Baseline":"2751383.0","Guaranteed":"1850747.0","Actual":"1311708.0"},{"x":"SEP","Baseline":"3124167.0","Guaranteed":"2074503.0","Actual":"1443548.0"},{"x":"OCT","Baseline":"3556820.0","Guaranteed":"2288235.0","Actual":"1588276.0"},{"x":"NOV","Baseline":"4059291.0","Guaranteed":"2507312.0","Actual":"1749080.0"},{"x":"DEC","Baseline":"4573662.0","Guaranteed":"2771917.0","Actual":"1941424.0"}]
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