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ECI provides high-elevation energy solutions to the Cloudcroft Municipal School District

Cloudcroft Municipal Schools was having environmental control issues in the Elementary School. While the upstairs occupants were relatively warm, downstairs students and teachers were in coats. ECI conducted a mechanical system audit to determine the best solution to solve their Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning (HVAC) issues. ECI looked at overall building systems to incorporate remedies to other inefficiencies which could provide comfort.  ECI addressed the heating system, fire suppression, roof, drainage, and plumbing system deficiencies and provided the District feasible corrective options. Cloudcroft School District elected to correct all systems. 

ECI was able to rectify the building heating issues in the Elementary School by working with the manufacturer to insure equipment operability and efficiency at high elevations. The Cloudcroft Township sits nearly 2 miles high at 9,000 feet. The system is operating at an astonishing 90% efficiency.  ECI replaced non-functioning mechanical equipment, added gym cooling, and installed a Direct Digital Control system (DDC) utilizing Delta Controls BACnet®.  This provides the facility operators a networked system control station to review and modify system functions and temperatures in all the Schools.

Integrated Specials Systems:  ECI installed a VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) telephone system, which is enabled to call out to 911 and designated staff in case of an emergency.  Fiber-optic cables run underground to provide a common link between schools.  Upgrades to the fire protection system included connectivity to voice systems.  This system interoperability increases staff responsiveness to all the schools.

Since the project installation, ECI has provided web-based surveillance, LED exterior and Gym lighting, and a re-lamp of the Elementary School. ECI assisted the School District in acquiring grant funding to pay for the lighting retrofit.