Building efficiency project

Project Overview

Anticipated construction start:Fall 2024
Anticipated completion:Fall 2025
Budget:$5,775,000
Number of buildings:18

Â鶹ÊÓƵ the Project

This project will conduct facilities improvement measures to 18 buildings on Main Campus. Projected annual utility savings are estimated at $352,000 with an additional $25,000 in operational savings. Annual carbon dioxide (CO2) savings are projected at 2,226 metric tons.

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Replacement of steam traps at Benson Earth Sciences Building, Drescher Undergraduate Engineering, Economics Building, IMIG Music Building, Koenig Alumni Center, Norlin Library, Regent Administrative Center, Visual Arts Complex and Woodbury Arts & Sciences Building

Lighting upgrades to LED at Drescher Undergraduate Engineering and Norlin Library.

Optimization of building controls at Continuing Education Center, Regent Administrative Center, Visual Arts Complex and Woodbury Arts & Sciences Building

Installation of low-use water fixtures, and campus constituent engagement and education at Benson Earth Sciences Building, Bruce Curtis Museum Collection Building, Continuing Education Center, Denison Arts & Sciences Building, Integrated Teaching and Learning Laboratory (ITLL), Economics Building, Environmental Health and Safety Building, Fiske Planetarium & Science Center, Gallogly Â鶹ÊÓƵy Learning Center, IMIG Music Building, Koenig Alumni Center, Mathematics Building, Norlin Library, Regent Administrative Center, University Administrative Center, University Theatre, Visual Arts Complex, and Woodbury Arts & Sciences Building.

November 18, 2024: Site verification walks are underway and design and submittal review is happening through November 2024. Lighting materials are being ordered and work will be executed through June 2025. Steam trap materials will be approved and then ordered in the coming weeks; installation will happen between January and March 2025. Water efficiency fixtures will be installed by March 2025. Controls work is starting in January 2025.

June 20, 2024: CU Board of Regents approved the project.

Construction impacts will be posted here as the project launches and continues to progress.

Coming soon!