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Schneider Electric pitches $30 million energy overhaul to Fort Mill schools with 20-year savings guarantee
Summary
Schneider Electric presented a district-wide two-phase energy-infrastructure plan to the Fort Mill School District board that would cost just over $30 million in phase 1 work, target a 17% reduction in utility use and guarantee roughly $836,000 in annual savings for 20 years; the board heard financing and implementation plans but did not vote on a contract.
Schneider Electric told the Fort Mill School District board that a proposed district-wide infrastructure program would reduce utility consumption by about 17% and yield a guaranteed annual energy-savings payment of $836,000 over a 20-year guarantee, results the company says translate to roughly $22.5 million in guaranteed savings over the term.
The presentation, delivered by Justin Schutt of Schneider Electric and project development engineer Ashley Hyatt, described a two-phase program. Phase 1 — the scope discussed at the meeting — would include retro-commissioning and standardization of building-automation systems (full replacements at Fort Mill High School and Banks Trail Middle School), interior and exterior LED conversions, sports-lighting retrofits for 23 fields (including replacing wood poles with steel at two Fort Mill fields), water-conservation measures across…
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