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title: Community College Campus - Concord LP | Concord Energy Strategies
description: A system wide central plant retrofit completed for a major community college system in the southwest allowed for the designer of the energy efficient central plant to qualify for a Section 179D deduction of $1,507,435.20. Features of the central plant included ice storage, VAVS, and building controls and automation systems. As a result of the […]
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# Community College Campus

 Posted  Nov 24, 2015  by [ Dennis J. Stilger, Jr. ](https://www.concordlp.com/case-studies/author/dennis-j-stilger-jr)

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**Building Type:** Community College Campus  
**Project Type:** Retrofit  
**Qualifying Systems:** HVAC  
**Square Footage:** 837,464  
**Energy Savings:** 53.40%  
**Deduction Per Square Foot:** $1.80  
**Total Section 179D Deduction:** $1,507,435.20

A system wide central plant retrofit completed for a major community college system in the southwest allowed for the designer of the energy efficient central plant to qualify for a Section 179D deduction of $1,507,435.20. Features of the central plant included ice storage, VAVS, and building controls and automation systems. As a result of the energy efficient retrofit to the campus buildings connected to the central plant, it achieved a power and energy savings of 53.40% over ASHRAE 90.1-2001. The energy efficient design allowed the energy services company, as the project designer, to claim the maximum Section 179D deduction of $1.80 per square foot for their work.

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