Under contract to Texas A&M University, New Horizon Technologies designed measurement plans and installed instrumentation in a variety of large government and university buildings as part of an overall energy study of Texas state buildings.  This major multi-year study will involve over 400 buildings (with over 150 site instrumented to date), to determine the effectiveness of various institutional building energy conservation retrofits.  This project involves metering large, high-voltage loads (including cogeneration systems) and includes extensive thermal monitoring.

The LoanSTAR Program has saved Texas taxpayers millions of dollars to date.  The program was begun in 1989 by the Governor's Energy Office to provide revolving low-interest loans for energy-conserving retrofits made in public buildings and schools.   A unique feature of the Loan STAR program is the Monitoring and Analysis Program which was the first comprehensive metering and monitoring program ever established in the United States.

These projects were all carried out by staff currently employed by New Horizons Technologies Energy Services. The actual contractor could have been the National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT), The NCAT Development Corporation, New Horizon Technologies, Inc. or New Horizons Technologies Energy Services depending on when the project was conducted.