The Dothan City Schools will borrow $3 million from Bank of America to help fund a nearly $5 million project that will make city schools facilities more energy efficient, and will eventually pay for itself in reduced energy costs.
The city school board recently approved the plan, which had been presented to them in late June.
The city school system is partnering with Trane, a company that specializes in providing energy efficient renovation plans, to make renovations to city school buildings that will decrease their energy use. The company recently performed an energy audit of the city schools to determine what changes were needed.
The remaining funds for capital improvements to the schools will be paid for from the city schools capital outlay funding and from grants.
The project is authorized under legislation that allows school systems to make energy efficient renovations and use the cost savings to pay for the project. The Dothan City Schools would finance the program through grants and a loan. The total savings in electrical costs over 15 years will be $7,964,303. Renovations to school buildings will include installing system wide controls for air conditioner units at various schools, upgrades of mechanical systems at Northview High School, power control devices to shut down computers throughout the school system when they’re not being used, renovations to school kitchens, among other renovations.
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