Green Building and Operations

We are committed to making progress and reducing our environmental impact through important initiatives across Perdoceo Education:

• We employ robust environmentally responsible and safe conservation elements into ongoing operations
• We currently purchase our power for many of our corporate facilities from a private source that is striving to generate more and more of its energy from environmentally friendly sources
• We also support environmentally conscious renovation and planning throughout the organization

Energy Efficiency

Below are a few of our key accomplishments in 2018 and 2019:

2019

• We replaced and upgraded the HVAC chillers at our main data center so they now utilize fresh air intake, resulting in 25% less power consumption at that site  
• At our corporate headquarters, we replaced exterior lighting with LED lights that burn brighter with less energy requirements
• We worked with EnerNOC, a provider of demand response solutions, to manage and reduce electrical loads during peak times to conserve power at our corporate headquarters, increasing the availability of power for others in our community

2020

• To meet recommended CDC Guidelines we have increased the amount of fresh air intake at all of our properties and have Replaced/improved the intake filter systems to reduce the overall level of germs/bacteria entering the system.

2021

• By adjusting lighting and HVAC schedules at our Corporate Headquarters, were able to reduce power volume by 841,915kWh year-over-year, which equated to an average of 70,159.58kWh per month.
• We also implemented similar power reduction initiatives in our Campuses and University offices
• PEC partnered with EnelX and ComEd to schedule more significant demand reductions and strategically deliver power directly back to the grid during Summer months

2022

• Continued energy mitigation and spatial optimization strategies at our Corporate Headquarters, resulted in a 1,893,334kWh year-over-year reduction, which equated to an average of 157,777kWh per month.
• HVAC optimization at our Corporate Headquarters also resulted in a 391,000 gallon year-over-rear reduction
• We also implemented similar power reduction initiatives in our Campuses and University offices
• Initiated and completed an LED conversion initiative in our owned Houston campus
• PEC continues to partner with EnelX and ComEd to schedule more significant demand reductions and strategically deliver power directly back to the grid during Summer months

Water Use and Conservation

Even though educational providers like Perdoceo do not directly use significant amounts of water, we appreciate the importance of reducing water consumption as much as we can in our core operations to help protect this vital resource for future generations. Because the production of electrical power is one of the critical uses of fresh water, there is an opportunity to reduce our impact on water resources by continuing to make operations more energy-efficient.

While we remain committed to further improvement in our water management capabilities, Perdoceo employs a number of environmentally conscious water management practices:

• We partner with water utilities, owners of our leased buildings and other stakeholders to incorporate best practices into our operations
• We utilize water efficient fixtures designed to reduce water use by 30% over standard fixtures in our corporate headquarters
• In 2018, we replaced our water chiller systems with new air cooled units that can run “free cooling” when the outside temperature is below 45 degrees

Managing and Reducing Waste

We believe that recycling and reducing waste are important environmental goals for every organization. At Perdoceo we are committed to improving our operations to minimize our impact on the environment.

• We maintain recycling programs and policies at many of our corporate facilities
• We endeavor where feasible to utilize products composed of recycled materials (for example, carpet and workstations using recycled fibers)
• We utilize and integrate online learning technologies which reduce paper use of our students through our online virtual campus and classrooms
• We focus on providing students with E-books and digital course materials