The Challenge
Duquesne University, a 120-year-old institution, was faced with an aging utility solution and not enough capital to update.
The Solution
Cordia acquired Duquesne University’s central utility plant for a substantial upfront payment that was off-balance sheet and credit-positive per Moody’s Review.
We entered into a 40-year Energy Services Agreement (ESA) with Cordia assuming operating and revenue risk throughout the contract.
Innovation Highlights:
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).

Learn More about Duquesne University
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.