| Penn State Facilities Engineering Institute (PSFEI) is playing a lead
role in the education, evaluation and implementation of the Commonwealth's
Guaranteed Energy Savings program. The program is defined under the
new Commonwealth Procurement Code Act 57 of 1998, Subchapter E. Commonwealth
agencies can enter into non capital projects for energy related retrofits
with qualified Energy Services Companies (ESCO's). The ESCO's must
guarantee that the retrofits will pay for themselves in ten years or less.
The Department of General Services, the Governor's Green Government Council
and PSFEI developed the program procedures, contracting mechanisms, and
created standard documents for the agencies to use. For more information,
contact Laura Miller at llmiller@engr.psu.edu
or Bob Becker at jrbarc@engr.psu.edu. |
