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Energy Conservation and Sustainability

Buildings on the Rockville campus, all LEED certified.
Science Center Complex on the Rockville Campus all LEED Gold Certified.

The energy conservation team is here to inform the students, faculty, staff, and friends of the College about the important program of energy management and resource conservation. We invite you to partner with us in making Montgomery College and the community more energy efficient and environmentally friendly. Below you will see the College's building energy use and cost per gross square foot, carbon offset, commodity performance, and spending trends. The Current FY Resource Conservation Plan (RCP) (PDF, Get Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader - Link opens in new window) supports the College's energy conservation Capital Improvements Program (CIP) and utility operating budget requests for funding. Resource Conservation is behavior or change in behavior that results in safe, reliable and economical use of resources. Balanced use of resources is the basis for sustainability and Montgomery College’s Resource Conservation Program. A Resource Conservation Plan (RCP) is prepared annually to describe the College’s efforts. The RCP further describes utility management, benchmarking, green building design, MC Green team, renewable energy credits in the form of solar and/or wind energy, building automated controls, and recycling. 

Going Green Practices

 

Energy Design Guidelines

Design guidance is provided to Architectural Engineering Teams through various contract documents. In order to comply with Montgomery County Code “Building Energy Performance Standards,” the College provides the design teams with a copy of the Energy Design Guidelines, which provide information on procedures and processes and on standard design features required by the College.

Existing guidelines are here (PDF, Get Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader - Link opens in new window)  for reference. Design guidelines are currently being revised in FY 20.

Utility Master Plans

Utility Master Plans are prepared alongside the College Master Plans to provide life cycle cost effective utility infrastructure. Utility master plans were revised in FY22.

Incentive Programs

Utility incentive programs are one of the many ways Montgomery College is active in the stewardship of reducing our environmental impact on the changing climate. The rebates received through these programs help us make our buildings more energy efficient and sustainable. View the Incentives Reportnew window to see summary of rebates received through these programs.

Green Training

MC offers a variety of credit and non-credit training opportunities. 

MC's Workforce Development and Continuing Education (WDCE) program offers a variety of green energy courses for business and homeowners, green business certification, and Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) for LEED.

MC Green Team, and Resources

Building Life Cycle Costsnew window developed by The National Standard and Technology site can further be found on the Department of Energy sitenew window: