Daimler Trucks North America announced a $6.4 million project with Metrus Energy. This is the first project under Metrus’ sustainable energy service agreement (SESA) program. The work will take place at Daimler’s manufacturing plant in Cleveland, NC. The project will include LED lighting retrofits, chiller replacements, cooling tower replacements and chilled water plant control system upgrades.

“Our SESA is all about addressing the whole sustainability ecosystem for our customers and we are thrilled to kick off this important new program with Daimler,” Anastasia Beckett, SVP of sales for Metrus Energy, said. “We look forward to rolling out added comprehensive retrofits across their portfolio that lower operating expenses and improve the sustainability of DTNA’s operations.”

The upgrades will be implemented across seven buildings and generate roughly $1 million in average annual savings over a 12-year SESA term. There will be an annual CO₂ reduction of approximately 6,104 tons, resulting from an 8.6 million annual kWh reduction.

“We appreciate Metrus’ collaboration in helping our Cleveland facility come one step closer to achieving our CO₂-neutral manufacturing goals,” Erik Johnson, Cleveland truck manufacturing plant manager for Daimler Trucks North America, said. “Collaborating with outside partners like Metrus is an important component of our overall strategy and we look forward to working with their team in the years ahead.”

For this project, Metrus partnered with KeyBank Equipment Finance and Centrica Business Solutions, which will provide engineering, construction, and ongoing measurement and verification services.