Cordia has proudly served as Arizona State University’s energy partner for decades, providing them with resilient, sustainable, innovative energy solutions. In 2007, the Sun Devils made the decision to be an example of climate leadership.
Become Scope 1 and 2 carbon-neutral by 2025
Reach complete carbon-neutrality by 2035
Build upon the decades-long development of on-site renewable and sustainable energy technologies and develop new solutions to minimize and mitigate the University’s climate impact
Arizona State University became Scope 1 and Scope 2 carbon-neutral in 2019 – six years ahead of the target date.
Today, Cordia is Delivering:
13 of ASU’s 24.5 MW of on-site solar
16MW of combined heat and power (CHP)
88 campus buildings heating and cooling
Off-site renewable power via power purchase agreements
Renewable energy credits
Designing, constructing, and financing Sun Devil Energy Center, ASU’s CHP plant.
Ensuring CHP continuous compliance with federal reliability requirements for ASU’s critical biomedical research, which provides heating and cooling to campus.
Offsetting plant emissions through ASU’s onsite, natural gas-fueled solar generation.
Designing a future-ready facility that can expand over time (Case-in-point: Capacity doubled to 16 MW in 2019 with the addition of a new turbine).
Want to learn more about how Cordia could help your educational institution? We’d love to talk. From acquiring and operating existing systems to designing and installing innovative solutions, our team has developed projects across a wide variety of types and scopes.
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Through innovation, Cordia helped long-time partner ASU achieve carbon neutrality ahead of schedule, including the Sun Devil Energy Center and continuous compliance with reliability standards.
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