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Aberdeen Receives State Grant for Energy Efficiency Upgrades
The City of Aberdeen is a Maryland Smart Energy Community
The Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) today announced that the City of Aberdeen will receive a Maryland Smart Energy Communities (MSEC) Fiscal Year (FY) 19 grant for $46,122 dollars.
“This program enables Maryland communities to build a more sustainable future, banking on their energy efficiency and renewable energy savings,” explained Mary Beth Tung, Ph.D., J.D., Director of the MEA. “It is exciting to see communities lead by example.”
Aberdeen will use their grant to retrofit both indoor and outdoor lighting at their waste water facility. The project includes retrofitting 796 lighting fixtures with high efficiency LEDs as well as installing occupancy sensors to further increase energy savings. This energy efficiency upgrade will yield an annual savings of over $29,000 dollars, equal to 237,513 kilowatt hours and boasts a simple payback of just over two years.
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Since MSEC’s 2013 launch, a total of 78 communities across the state have joined, and $13.2 million dollars has been awarded to increase energy efficiency, renewable energy generation, and petroleum use reduction. Aberdeen is one of five existing communities who will receive a grant this year. For more information about this year's grant awardees, click here.