Case Study: The Dimock Center achieves $150,000/year guaranteed energy savings and improved heating efficiency with Veolia North America

ESPC generates $150,000 annually while meeting heating needs

The Dimock Center, a Boston non‑profit providing health and human services, faced high energy costs and an aging oil‑fired central steam plant that hurt comfort and budgets. Veolia North America, which had supported the center’s commodity procurement and energy consulting since 2009, recommended an Energy Savings Performance Contract (ESPC) and produced an Investment Grade Audit (IGA) to quantify savings and unlock financing.

Veolia North America acted as the ESPC owner’s representative, securing third‑party financing, managing contractors to replace the oil plant with natural‑gas point‑of‑use boilers, and performing a steam‑trap audit. The ≈$1.2M project finished ahead of schedule and about 30% under estimated capital cost, leveraged utility support (60% of the study cost), cut the schedule by a year, and delivered guaranteed annual savings of $150,000 along with better energy efficiency and improved occupant comfort.

The Dimock Center

Myechia Minter-Jordan

President and Chief Executive Officer