Many academic institutions face the challenge of addressing their primary mission – providing students with the best possible experience – while also grappling with operational issues which includes using campus space wisely, maintaining community relations and tending to aging infrastructure. These same issues challenged Louisiana State University (LSU), whose 1,000-acre campus serving more than 35,000 students was in need of an infrastructure upgrade to modernize utility systems and create more efficient and sustainable energy systems.

This groundbreaking public-private partnership will generate $90 million in cost savings for LSU and uncover operational efficiencies while promoting sustainability and reliability of utility systems campus-wide, including reducing the university’s carbon footprint. Throughout the lifecycle of the project and beyond, the modernization project will provide employment and learning opportunities for local, small, minority, and women-owned businesses.