Energy System Group

Scope Of Work

Paterson Public Schools has partnered with Energy Systems Group (ESG), a leading energy services provider, to implement a $14.5 million Energy Savings Improvement Program (ESIP) that will include comprehensive energy efficiency and infrastructure improvements for 17 schools. The ESIP is entirely paid for by energy savings, thereby not requiring additional budget dollars from the District. This project, which marks the first phase of a two-phase ESIP, includes energy and infrastructure upgrades at the elementary and middle schools while the next phase, currently in the early stages of Requests for Proposals, will include the high schools. By the end of 2019, all schools in the district will have received energy efficient upgrades.

ESG will install black-start combined heat and power (CHP) units at Schools 10 and 24, which will enable the District to utilize waste heat to heat the buildings and provide backup power to specific circuits at the schools. At no additional cost to the District, ESG will also install solar photovoltaic panels in ten schools, thereby helping reduce the District’s electric spend by approximately $3.3 million over the term of the project while affording students an educational opportunity to see renewable energy solutions firsthand.

Paterson Public Schools will reduce its carbon footprint by more than 2,800 tons of carbon dioxide annually, which is equivalent to reducing greenhouse gas emissions from 650 passenger vehicles, conserving enough energy to power over 280 homes, or planting about 725 acres of forest.

As part of the comprehensive energy efficiency and infrastructure improvements currently underway at 17 Paterson Public Schools, the Energy Savings Improvement Program (ESIP) will also include a Health and Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM) Career Exploration Program (Health/STEAM) for 80 fourth and fifth grade students. Paterson Public Schools partnered with Energy Systems Group (ESG), a leading energy services provider, to incorporate the platform as an educational component of the ESIP, which is projected to save the district more than $15 million in energy costs during the 18-year term of the program.

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