Kansas Wesleyan and Energy Solutions Professionals Working to Help Environment

Kansas Wesleyan University (KWU) has begun a project alongside Energy Solutions Professionals (ESP) to make campus-wide improvements that will both help the environment and save utility and operating costs in the long-term. The project will reduce the campus’s carbon footprint by 3.3 million pounds of CO2e annually, which is equivalent to the electric use of 250 homes each year. 

The project got underway June 8 with the start of installation of new LED lighting, which is taking place in nine buildings that currently use fluorescent or incandescent lamps. KWU began this shift in 2019, when an on-campus group led a similar replacement in the Pollak Chemistry Lab. That change resulted in a 9,000-pound annual carbon footprint reduction, initiated entirely by students, faculty and staff. 

Other portions of the project planned in the coming months include new water-saving fixtures in numerous locations and HVAC improvements — or replacements — that will maximize operating efficiency, including through the elimination of R22 HCFC refrigerant. 

When complete, the project will save KWU more than $137,000 annually on utility and operating costs. 

The majority of the work is anticipated to be completed this Summer prior to new students moving in to the campus residence halls.

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