{"id":788968,"date":"2026-05-11T15:05:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T15:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/788968\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T15:05:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T15:05:13","slug":"one-pace-plaza-earns-national-energy-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/788968\/","title":{"rendered":"One Pace Plaza Earns National Energy Award"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pace University has received a 2026 U.S. Department of Energy Better Project Award<\/a> in recognition of the University\u2019s transformative energy retrofit initiatives at One Pace Plaza, its flagship campus building in Lower Manhattan.<\/p>\n

The award recognizes Pace\u2019s comprehensive modernization of the historic mixed-use academic building, One Pace Plaza East,<\/a> which serves as the home of the Sands College of Performing Arts and Pace\u2019s residential community. The project combined innovative sustainability strategies with major infrastructure improvements to dramatically reduce energy consumption while enhancing the student experience and long-term operational reliability.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThis project demonstrates how universities can modernize aging infrastructure and improve campus life, while significantly reducing the environmental impact of our operations at the same time.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

As part of the renovation, Pace replaced aging steam absorption chillers with a high-efficiency heat pump plant, installed advanced insulation to improve the building envelope, upgraded HVAC systems, and implemented energy-efficient LED lighting with advanced controls. Together, the retrofits are projected to reduce district steam consumption by 75 percent and electricity consumption by 32 percent annually.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne Pace Plaza East is an exemplar in deep energy retrofits and decarbonization for urban institutions,\u201d said Ryan McEnany, director of Energy and Resiliency at Pace. \u201cThis project demonstrates how universities can modernize aging infrastructure and improve campus life, while significantly reducing the environmental impact of our operations at the same time.\u201d<\/p>\n

The initiative was developed as part of Pace University\u2019s broader sustainability and energy-reduction strategy<\/a>, while also positioning the institution to comply with New York City\u2019s ambitious building emissions requirements under Local Law 97. University leaders identified One Pace Plaza as the campus\u2019s most energy-intensive building and an ideal candidate for a next-generation retrofit model.<\/p>\n

Beyond energy savings, the modernization delivers substantial benefits for students, faculty, and staff. The upgraded systems provide more precise climate control for performance venues, studios, classrooms, and residence hall spaces, while improving system reliability and reducing long-term maintenance costs. Students living in Maria\u2019s Tower will also benefit from individualized heating and cooling controls for the first time.<\/p>\n

Pace University\u2019s award-winning project now stands as a national model for how dense urban campuses can achieve deep energy reductions through comprehensive, system-wide modernization.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pace University has received a 2026 U.S. Department of Energy Better Project Award in recognition of the University\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":788969,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-788968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-america","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkcity","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116556564498871402","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=788968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788968\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/788969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=788968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=788968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=788968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}