Honeywell Helps Coe College Graduate to Next Level of Sustainability
Iowa Economic Development Authority’s Energy Loan Will Fund Building Retrofit Project
MINNEAPOLIS — Honeywell has launched a campus-wide energy efficiency retrofit project for Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, that is expected to decrease the college’s electricity use by 25 percent and natural gas consumption by almost 50 percent, and deliver approximately $220,000 in guaranteed energy and operational savings each year.
The project also aims to reduce the environmental impact of the 20-building campus, trimming close to 2,300 metric tons of annual greenhouse gas emissions. Combined with a transition to gas-fired heating in 2010, the college expects to cut its carbon footprint in half. This will help the school meet the sustainability requirements of the American College & University Presidents’ Climate Commitment (ACUPCC), which Coe College and more than 680 other U.S. institutions have joined to help curb climate change.