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Sustaining a future A key component of CPCC ’ s construction projects has a focus on the removal of energy inefficient buildings .
“ Energy efficiency and sustainability is very much rooted in what we do ,” Saville continues . “ We have partnered with an ESCO ( Energy Service Company ) for two Performance Contracts , PC1 and PC2 . The college ’ s existing platforms for monitoring energy and water consumption and waste have been upgraded to monitor and measure usages and begin to track them better . It is a major goal of ours to become more responsible with our utility usage .” In the first four years , PC1 has saved $ 41k , and PC2 $ 16k thus far .
This commitment is exemplified in each department of the college operating under its own sustainable efforts . For example , all of the food waste from the Culinary and Baking and Pastry Arts departments is recycled into a local farm which turns it into compost which is then sold . CPCC is also committed to recycling as much of its solid waste materials as possible to avoid the landfill .
The needs of the many Any company can talk the sustainable talk , but CPCC has been continuously recognised for its efforts on this front . In April 2016 , CPCC was awarded first place in the Community Sustainability Award by Sustain Charlotte , as recognition of the college ’ s reduction in energy consumption since 2006 by 15 percent .
As a community college that sits right in the heart of the Charlotte community , being a community enabler is right there in the name .
The community well and truly is , as Saville calls it , the “ lifeblood ” of CPCC .
“ It ’ s who we are , it ’ s what we do . If our local businesses don ’ t support us then we ’ d be out of business ,” she says .
CPCC takes on a number of students and staff from local business and provides training opportunities for them . The college ’ s strategic process is dictated by the needs of workforce development .
“ We aim to mirror where the jobs are most vital , anywhere where people and students need to get be
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