COLLEGE OF CANYONS GETS LOAN FOR ENERGY SYSTEM.Byline: - Naush Boghossian College of the Canyons College of the Canyons is one of the fastest-growing community colleges in the state. According to the National Junior College Research Association, College of the Canyons consistently ranks in the top 50 community colleges in the nation. , hit hard by last year's energy crisis, has received a $1.3 million low-interest loan from the California Energy Commission The California Energy Commission is California’s primary energy policy and planning agency. Created in 1974 and headquartered in Sacramento, the Commission has responsibility for activities that include forecasting future energy needs, promoting energy efficiency through to install a system to generate some of its own electricity and to make other energy-conserving changes. ``It's a great way to get money to complete these energy-saving projects,'' said Jim Schrage, director of facilities planning and services. Last year, during the height of the energy shortage, the college was forced to shut down for several days as power supplies dwindled. The college, along with other larger businesses and institutions, had cost-cutting contracts with Southern California Edison Southern California Edison (or SCE Corp), the largest subsidiary of Edison International (NYSE: EIX), is the primary electricity supply company for much of Southern California. It provides 11 million people with electricity. Co. that required cutbacks during high-use periods, never expecting frequent orders to shut down because of statewide shortages. The new co-generation system will use natural gas as a fuel to generate 100 kilowatts of electricity - enough to power 100 typical Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, homes and to meet about 9 percent of the campus' electricity needs. The heat produced by the process will help heat domestic water and the campus swimming pool, offsetting 25 percent of the natural gas now used for that purpose. College of the Canyons will also make some changes on its campus to reduce its energy use, including replacing old lighting fixtures with newer, more energy-efficient florescent flo·res·cence n. A condition, time, or period of flowering. See Synonyms at bloom1. [New Latin fl lights, and installing new lamps throughout the campus and occupancy sensors that will turn off lights at many locations when they're not needed. The school will make improvements to the heating, ventilation and air- conditioning system and the campus' chilling and thermal energy storage Thermal energy storage can refer to a number of technologies that store energy in a thermal reservoir for later reuse. They can be employed to balance energy demand between day time and night time. facilities. The energy cost-cutting measures should save the college $175,000 per year in energy costs - enough to pay the loan off in eight years. ``And we will continue to save the district money after the loan is paid off,'' Schrage said. Edison will provide a self-generation rebate rebate, partial refund of the total price paid for goods or services. In the United States, rebates were historically given by railroads to favored shippers as a return on transportation charges. to the college as well. The college applied for the loan after an energy services company conducted a full energy audit of the campus. With the list of projects and their estimated price, the school was able to apply for a California energy loan. |
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