WCSU Receives Energy Project Award for its Innovative Retro-Commissioning Work with EnerNOC, Inc.Western Connecticut State University Western Connecticut State University (Western, WestConn or WCSU) is a public university in Danbury, Connecticut. Founded in 1903, WestConn has an arts and sciences curriculum, a business school, and several professional programs including elementary and Receives Energy Project Award from the New England New England, name applied to the region comprising six states of the NE United States—Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. The region is thought to have been so named by Capt. Chapter of the Association of Energy Engineers BOSTON -- EnerNOC, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : ENOC ENOC Emirates National Oil Company ENOC Enterprise Network Operations Center ), a leading provider of clean and intelligent energy solutions, and Western Connecticut State University (WCSU WCSU Western Connecticut State University (Danbury, Connecticut) ) announced today that WCSU was granted the prestigious Energy Project Award from the New England chapter of the Association of Energy Engineers (AEE AEE Adult Entertainment Expo AEE Association of Energy Engineers AEE Association for Experiential Education AEE Arbeitsgemeinschaft Erneuerbare Energie AEE Autoridad de Energía Eléctrica (Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority) ). Through installation of EnerNOC's PowerTrak Analytics[R] (PTA PTA or parent-teacher association: see parent education. ) retro-commissioning system, WCSU was able to significantly reduce its energy usage and costs. This is the first project from Connecticut to receive this award, and it is the first time retro-commissioning and demand response have been recognized with an Energy Project Award. WCSU has been an EnerNOC demand response customer since 2004, reducing electrical consumption during times of peak demand in return for regular payments from EnerNOC. To drive further energy efficiency measures, WCSU signed up for EnerNOC's PTA retro-commissioning offering, enabling EnerNOC to integrate its PowerTrak software with WCSU's existing Building Management System (BMS BMS abbr. Bachelor of Marine Science ) to identify significant, innovative energy efficiency measures. EnerNOC's PTA system enables WCSU to monitor and analyze WCSU's energy consumption in detail and continuously receive near real-time, automated recommendations from EnerNOC on how to maximize operational and energy efficiencies. WCSU has already implemented numerous measures identified by EnerNOC's PTA system, which now tracks and maintains the energy and monetary savings resulting from those measures. Through the PTA retro-commissioning activity, also known as continuous commissioning, WCSU and EnerNOC identified 44 individual energy efficiency measures, 14 of which have been implemented to date. From these measures, WCSU has reduced electrical and natural gas costs by over $90,000. In total, the implementation of all identified measures could cut WCSU's energy consumption by 14 percent and save approximately $251,000 annually in electrical and natural gas costs. "The results WCSU witnessed from our PTA continuous commissioning solution are a strong testament to the benefits of energy efficiency," said EnerNOC's chairman and chief executive officer, Timothy Healy Timothy Healy may refer to:
"We've had a longstanding successful relationship with EnerNOC, and the impact of PTA on our operational expenses speaks for itself," said Luigi Marcone, director of environmental facilities services at WCSU. "Not only are we cutting down on operational costs, we are doing our part as socially responsible citizens. This project is just one step that WCSU has taken to improve the impact we have on our environment." "WCSU showed real initiative in this project," said Jim Armstrong, AEE New England's awards chairman. "It saw the opportunity for energy efficiency and, with EnerNOC's help, found a way to identify and analyze relevant data, and turn the analysis into actionable energy efficiency strategies." About EnerNOC EnerNOC, Inc. is a leading developer and provider of clean and intelligent energy solutions to commercial, institutional, and industrial customers, as well as electric power grid operators and utilities. EnerNOC's technology-enabled demand response and energy management solutions help optimize the balance of electric supply and demand. The Company uses its Network Operations Center See NOC. Network Operations Center - (NOC) A location from which the operation of a network or internet is monitored. Additionally, this center usually serves as a clearinghouse for connectivity problems and efforts to resolve those problems. , or NOC (Network Operations Center) A central or regional location for monitoring a large network. Also called a "network management center" (NMC), "service management center" (SMC) or "network control center" (NCC), a NOC may be used to manage a large enterprise network, , to remotely manage and reduce electricity consumption across a network of commercial, institutional, and industrial customer sites and make demand response capacity and energy available to grid operators and utilities on demand. For more information visit www.enernoc.com. |
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