The Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center or MDC is a 500,000 ft2 correctional facility built in 2002 and situated on 155 acres located west of Albuquerque, NM. Bernalillo County engaged in a guaranteed energy savings performance contract (GESPC) with Yearout Energy to reduce utility and operational expenditures, address deferred maintenance issues and increase security at their main facility.
Completion Date: Summer 2019
Contract Amount: $13.9 Million
“Bernalillo County is pleased with the outcome of this energy project. Working together with Yearout Energy, we were able to upgrade vital maintenance systems, which will drastically cut utility costs and help propel the county’s goal of reducing our carbon footprint going forward.”
– county manager
julie morgas baca
“When we have an opportunity to take a facility like MDC and make it safe, secure and energy efficient – it’s a huge win for all of us.”
– county commissioner
maggie hart stebbins
“In all my years of experience dealing with different maintenance projects, this is the utmost, seamless, excellent project I have ever been a part of.”
– chief of corrections
ralph fernandez
