The Buffalo Public Schools Program was a decade-long, district wide, multi-phase school reconstruction effort involving more than 45 preK-12 schools in the City of Buffalo and nearly $1.4 billion in capital improvements. The project included a multi-phase performance contract with Johnson Controls to improve the schools’ energy efficiency level and student and staff safety while addressing deferred maintenance. The 20-year performance contract, which involved 65 facilities, was designed to generate $71 million in energy and operational savings over the duration of the contract, as the result of a broad range of improvements.

As a subconsultant to Johnson Controls, C.J. Brown Energy performed preliminary energy conservation opportunity assessments and detailed energy conservation audits of over 55 schools totaling