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120 <br />Comprehensive Review of <br />Solid Waste Collection and Disposal Options ® EMBEGER ' <br />initiated in 1.98 &, which involved a residence hall pilot program beginning in 1990 and yard <br />waste recycling a few years after that. Currently, NCSU's organic materials (i.e., dining hall <br />food waste, animal bedding, yard waste, etc.) are collected and composted by Brooks <br />Contracting like UNC. <br />In January, 2011, NCSU broke ground on a $61 million performance contract with Ameresco, <br />Inc., part of which will install an 11 Megawatt (MW) Combined Heat and Power (CEP) system <br />in Cates Utility Plant. The CEP system, also called cogeneration, will pay for itself through <br />energy savings over 17 years. The upgrade at Cates Utility Plant is expected to be completed in <br />summer 2012. <br />Initial discussions with NCSU's Sustainability Director, Ms. Tracy Dixon, suggested that NCSU <br />would be interested in partnering with the Town to consider and solicit applicable research grant <br />and .educational funding to initiate feasibility studies to involve the development of a WTE or <br />WC technology (e.g., anaerobic digestion) in the region. <br />Y2.1 186 10/22/12 <br />