Energy Benchmarking and Efficiency at Community Colleges
Energy Benchmarking and Efficiency at Community Colleges supports community colleges with technical assistance and funding to track energy use, plan efficiency improvements, and reduce campus consumption.
Funder: Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
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Funding Amounts: Published awards: $106,000 per college
Summary: Technical assistance and project funding help community colleges benchmark energy use, plan efficiency improvements, and reduce campus energy consumption.
Key Information: Support is for qualified Illinois Green Economy Network members, with a focus on financially constrained institutions.
Description
The Energy Benchmarking and Efficiency at Community Colleges (EBECC) Program is administered by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency. It combines technical assistance for energy consumption benchmarking and efficiency planning with funding to implement energy efficiency projects. The program encourages participating institutions to analyze past, present, and future energy consumption behaviors and best management practices, while creating opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration and workforce development.
Awarded projects track electricity and natural gas consumption at college, campus, and building levels. They also install submeters in priority buildings without building-level metering and develop energy visions, goals, and strategies into comprehensive campus energy reduction plans. Funding comes from the U.S. Department of Energy’s State Energy Program through supplemental appropriations authorized under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
