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Minnesota State approves MSU Moorhead $6M guaranteed energy‑savings project

Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System Board (committee meetings) · November 18, 2025
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Summary

Trustees approved the system's first guaranteed energy‑savings contract pilot at Minnesota State University Moorhead with Ameresco — an almost $6M, self‑funded project to convert lighting, install submetering and modernize automation, financed up to 20 years and backed by guaranteed savings.

The Finance & Facilities Committee approved the system office’s recommended guaranteed energy savings project (ESPC) at Minnesota State University Moorhead, marking the first campus project under a new alternative capital financing program that uses guaranteed savings to repay long‑term financing.

System staff and campus leaders told trustees the project, approximately $6,000,000 in scale, focuses on LED lighting conversion (about 17,000 fixtures), building automation upgrades, submetering and…

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