NC State generates energy, water savings
With yet another year of energy conservation success in fiscal year 2012-2013, NC State University has reduced campus energy use by 21 percent and water use by 49 percent in the last decade.
According to the 2013 Energy and Water Report, the university’s aggressive energy management strategies during last fiscal year resulted in a 9 percent energy reduction per gross square foot over the previous year, totaling annual cost savings of more than $700,000. The university also posted an 11 percent reduction in water use over the previous year, totaling annual cost savings of more than $63,000.
This progress moves the university closer to its 2015 goal of using 30 percent less energy than campus used in 2003 and within easy reach of its goal to cut 2002 water consumption in half by 2015.
NC State’s Energy Management, which cost-effectively manages energy and water resources purchased and consumed by the university, produces the Annual Energy and Water Report.