McKinstry Archives - Environment + Energy Leader

McKinstry Replacing 6,200 Lights with LEDs in Henderson, NV

October 26, 2016August 2, 2019 by Carl Weinschenk

McKinstry will replace more than 6,200 legacy lighting fixtures with LEDs across Henderson, NV, according to LED Inside. In addition to saving money, the LEDs will improve public lighting and are expected to last for more than 20 years. McKinstry was hired last year to audit lighting in Henderson and ... Read more »

AZ School District Looks to Change Energy Use

March 23, 2016 by Carl Weinschenk

The Coolidge (AZ) Unified School District is taking steps to change how it consumes energy, according to the Casa Grande Dispatch. The site says that the school district has retained McKinstry to help it design cultural changes for the 2016-2017 school year. The story notes that McKinstry’s PowerED program takes ... Read more »

McKinstry Wins $10.4M Energy Project with Pueblo City Schools

August 6, 2015August 2, 2019 by Linda Hardesty

Pueblo City Schools D60 in Colorado, in partnership with McKinstry, has begun implementing energy savings measures. The project will pay for itself over the next 20 years via various incentives and guaranteed energy savings. In November 2014, the district awarded a contract to McKinstry to audit 10 of the 39 ... Read more »

Cooling System Eliminates Chemicals by ‘Pulsing’ the Water

July 30, 2015 by Linda Hardesty

McKinstry installed a new cooling system at the Chelan County Courthouse in Wenatchee, Washington, which will eliminate chemicals from entering the city’s wastewater. The old cooling system at the courthouse relied on an aging cooling tower that was requiring increasing maintenance costs and was near failure. The County Commissioners authorized ... Read more »

$859M Savings on Water, Energy Available with Performance Contracting

July 28, 2015July 28, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Western states’ public schools and governments can save $859 million annually by using performance contracting to implement water management and energy conservation measures, according to a market study by Western Resource Advocates and McKinstry. The report, Tapping the Power of the Market: Financial, Energy and Water Savings, and New Revenue ... Read more »

McKinstry Wins $5.8M ESPC with Texas County

July 27, 2015August 2, 2019 by Linda Hardesty

The Texas County of Brownwood approved a $5.8 million contract with McKinstry to make energy efficiency improvements in county buildings, reports the Brownwood News. The scope of the energy savings performance contract (ESPC) includes: Heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) replacements at the Brown County Courthouse, Brown County Jail, Juvenile ... Read more »

Spokane Transit Saves $131,000 Annually in Electricity/Natural Gas

June 3, 2015August 2, 2019 by Linda Hardesty

McKinstry has begun several preservation projects for Spokane Transit Authority (STA) that will save the agency a minimum of $131,000 a year in electricity and natural gas costs. McKinstry conducted an energy audit of the transit authority’s three garages and identified multiple opportunities to create energy savings, such as incorporating ... Read more »

Corpus Christi Receives Incentive for Energy Efficiency Upgrades

April 23, 2015August 2, 2019 by Linda Hardesty

The Corpus Christi City Council received a check for $87,071 from the American Electric Power (AEP) Texas CitySmart Program, which offers financial incentives based on the total amount of energy that improvements save. Corpus Christi worked with McKinstry to implement a number of improvements to city buildings as a part ... Read more »

Courthouse Replaces Oversized Boiler

April 17, 2015 by Linda Hardesty

McKinstry was named the energy services contractor (ESCO) for Tillamook County, Oregon’s courthouse upgrades. The initial engagement will involve replacement of the county courthouse boiler, which failed in late 2014. During an energy audit analysis conducted following the failure, the 1950s-era boiler was determined to be twice the size needed ... Read more »

$8M Upgrades Save Montana State More Than $400,000 Annually

April 16, 2015August 2, 2019 by Linda Hardesty

Montana State University says its first energy savings performance contract (ESPC), which was performed by McKinstry, has exceeded the guaranteed energy savings by more than 15 percent. After an intensive energy audit in 2010 laid out numerous opportunities for utility savings, McKinstry’s Bozeman team began work on the $8 million ... Read more »

McKinstry Spins Off Energy Management Software

April 14, 2015 by Linda Hardesty

McKinstry announced the sale of its Enterprise Energy Management (EEM) software to Energy Hippo, a company that is run by former McKinstry employees and contractors – many of whom came to McKinstry as part of its acquisition of EEM Suite from Itron in 2010. That purchase coincided with the growth ... Read more »

Hospital to Save 490,000 Gallons of Water Annually

March 12, 2015March 11, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Ochiltree General Hospital expects to save more than 490,000 gallons of water per year by replacing inefficient infrastructure. CEO Nathan Staggs says the Texas hospital overpays $54,000 annually to utilities because of the aging infrastructure. He estimates the project will have a payback of $4,367,407 over the next 15 years. ... Read more »

E+E Leader delivered to your inbox

E+E Leader delivered to your inbox

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY! NEXT TIME LET US COME TO YOU:

Sign up for our newsletter