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Arapahoe County moves ahead with energy-performance audit, seeks $330,000 from capital fund
Summary
Facilities & Fleet staff told commissioners an investment‑grade audit could cost about $330,000 for roughly 1.6 million square feet of county buildings and recommended signing a nonbinding MOU with the Colorado Energy Office to solicit an ESCO-led audit; commissioners gave informal unanimous consent to proceed.
Arapahoe County’s facilities team told the Board of County Commissioners on Tuesday that it will pursue an investment‑grade energy audit under Colorado’s energy performance contract (EPC) program and asked the board to set aside capital expenditure funds to cover the estimated audit cost.
Cedar Blazer, the county’s energy manager, said the county would first sign a no‑cost, nonbinding memorandum of understanding with the Colorado Energy Office and then advertise the audit to prequalified energy service companies on the state list. Blazer said Colorado’s EPC guidance requires projects be cash‑flow positive and include…
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