Evoque Data Center Solutions and Maricopa Community Colleges, particularly the Mesa Community College campus, are among 14 local businesses SRP named Champions of Sustainability for achievements in electrification, energy efficiency and clean energy through participation in its Business Solutions Program.

Those earning awards were recognized at the 10th Annual Champions of Sustainability Awards luncheon held at the Arizona Biltmore.

Evoque Data Center Solutions implemented retro-commissioning projects such as managed energy programs, HVAC management and lighting, resulting in 1,057,472 kW of energy savings. Maricopa Community Colleges serves more than 100,000 students each year in the Phoenix metro area. MCC made chiller upgrades at its Scottsdale and Mesa locations, leading to a total of 733,018 kWh savings.

SRP’s Business Solutions Program provides business of all sizes with technical expertise and thousands of dollars in incentives to make facility improvements, upgrade equipment, and install tools and systems that help reduce energy use and increase energy savings.

“These sustainability efforts not only benefit the business, but their customers and the greater Phoenix community as well,” Rudy Navarro, SRP interim associate general manager and chief customer executive, shared in a press release.

In total, SRP commercial energy efficiency programs have saved customers nearly 1.3 million megawatt hours of electricity, which is enough energy to power more than 78,000 single-family homes for a year.