by Rebecca Walker — February 1, 2010—NorthWrite and its reseller partner, Smart Buildings, Inc., announced they have been selected by the State of Idaho’s Office of Energy Resources to provide NorthWrite’s wireless monitoring and Web-based Energy Expert software services to support the state’s K-12 School Efficiency Program.
The Idaho project is providing HVAC tune-ups and select retrofits for each of the 700+ K-12 classroom buildings in Idaho. With approximately $5 million for tune-ups, and $9 million for retrofits, the project’s top goal is to save school districts 10 to 20 percent on their utility bills. The project is funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) State Energy Program (SEP).
The system being deployed by the State of Idaho also uses NorthWrite’s wireless monitoring hardware to efficiently track energy consumption across a geographically diverse portfolio of buildings. In addition to Energy Expert software, Energy Kiosk LCD displays will be installed in public areas in select schools to provide real-time energy use and savings information to the students, faculty and parents.
Publicly displaying a school’s energy savings progress will promote increased awareness of energy savings opportunities and promote a “friendly” competition among the schools in a district, notes the company.
Smart Buildings, Inc. is an Oregon based consulting firm specializing in improving energy efficiency in commercial buildings.
NorthWrite – The WorkSite Company, is an industry leader in Web-based energy monitoring and analysis. For more information, see the Web site.
