§179D Tax Deduction – High School – Energy Service Companies (ESCO’s)

Millersville, PA

AT A GLANCE

Building Type: High School

Sector: Public/Tax-Exempt

Taxpayer Type: Energy Service Companies (ESCO’s)

Location: Millersville, PA

Service: Education

Tax Incentive: §179D

Total SF: 415,382

PROJECT OVERVIEW

This High School entered into a Performance Contract with an Energy Service Company (ESCO) and used a variety of Energy Conservation measures (ECMs), including overhauling the lighting system with LEDs and upgrading the HVAC system. Some of the HVAC upgrades included new condensing boilers and DX Roof Top Units (RTUs).

Making the correct capital improvements on your building can be essential to the amount of energy cost savings you will achieve. Improved indoor air quality (IAQ), occupant wellness, and lower maintenance costs are just a few other benefits associated with the correct system upgrades. The improvements made by this school allowed them to achieve a significant 68.13% in energy cost savings.

The successful implementation and upgrade to various systems have made the ESCO who was the designer of the EECBP eligible for a §179D Tax Deduction of $780,918.16.Save

ENERGY MODELING PARAMETERS

PARAMETERREFERENCE BUILDING MODELPROPOSED BUILDING MODEL
Interior Lighting90.1-2007 minimum requirements
0.26 W/SF
Envelope90.1-2007 minimum requirements
Wall R-26 / Roof R-29
HVAC90.1-2007 minimum requirements
Daikin RTU’s 18.2 EER
Boiler Fulton 97% AFUE

SYSTEMS OVERVIEW

LIGHTING

Upgraded: YES

Previous Tech: Fluorescent

New Tech: LED’s

New Brand: Lithonia

HVAC-HEATING

Upgraded: YES

Previous Tech: Fire-Tube

New System: Condensing

Brand: Fulton Vantage

HVAC-COOLING

Upgraded: YES

Previous Tech: RTU CAV

New Tech: RTU VAV

Brand: Daikin

§179D COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS

TOTAL BLDG SQ. FOOTAGE415,382
TAX BRACKET 30%
TOTAL SQ FOOT DEDUCTION $1.88
§179D TAX DEDUCTION CASH VALUE $234,275.45

Walker Reid is a licensed professional engineering firm that specializes in performing §179D studies. Through our extensive experience, we have been able to refine our processes to maximize financial benefits while reducing our client’s internal costs and efforts.

As an industry leader, Walker Reid, actively participates in numerous national organizations related to both energy efficiency and specialty tax services. Our staff of experienced engineers and advisers are well versed in various energy and tax-related policies.

Additionally, our engineers are trained and certified energy raters who come prepared to perform accurate site audits and energy analyses.

Ruben Abreu, P.E., CEM®

Ruben Abreu, P.E., CEM®

Principal Engineer