Transcript Energy Management Tools and Options

Energy Management
Tools and Options
Energy Star for Healthcare
Heather Cowley
PA DEP Southeast Regional Office
STEPS TO ENERGY MANAGEMENT
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Official Policy
Designate energy team or staffer
Educate ALL staff
Audit facilities and billing
Identify and implement energy saving
actions
• Measure energy saving actions
• Use savings to fund next projects
• Tell bosses/CFOs about your success
ENERGY STAR
Provides resources for staff across your
organization to implement and promote
energy efficiency:
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Facilities Management
Purchasing
Finance and Budgeting
Design Team
Communications & Public Relations
Resource: ASHE E2C
• Partnership w/EPA Energy Star
• Portfolio Mgr
• Tools include:
– Case Studies
– Energy Star webinars
– Awards from ASHE
– Healthcare Energy Guidebook
http://www.ashe.org/ashe/facilities/e2c/index.html
Resource: Portfolio Manager
• Web-based tool for benchmarking that helps you:
 Manage the energy in your facilities portfolio on
an ongoing basis
 Set building performance goals
 Prioritize upgrade work
 Track progress over time; ensure continuous
improvement
 Compare energy performance to similar
buildings nationwide, using a score from 1 to
100
Labs21
• EPA and Department of Energy
partnership
• All private/public sector labs in US
• Tools
– Design Guide
– Best Practices Guide
– Case Studies
– Benchmarking
– Design Tools
Resource:
Monitor Power Management
• A centrally administered software
program to implement monitor power
management
• Estimated savings:
– 200,000 kWh/yr per 1,000 monitors
– Savings of $12,000/yr (at $.06/kWh)
– Drop in air conditioning load
Resource: Purchasing Tools
• Help organizations identify, specify, and
purchase ENERGY STAR qualified
products
• Estimate savings with Web calculators
• Provide templates for modifying
procurement language and educating
employees
Purchasing
• System Equipment
– HVAC, etc.
• Foodservice
– Use 2.5 times more energy/sq ft
– Dishwashers, Fryers, Hot Food Holding
Cabinets, Ice Machines (effective 01/08),
Solid Door Refrigerators and Freezers,
Commercial Steam Cookers
Resource: Cash Flow
Opportunity Calculator
• Answers three critical questions:
– How much new energy efficiency
equipment can be purchased from
anticipated savings?
– Should the equipment purchase be
financed now, or is it better to wait and
use cash from a future budget?
– Is money being lost by waiting for a
lower interest rate?
Resources for New Buildings:
Design Guidance and Web Tool
• Incorporate energy considerations from
the earliest design stage
• Set an energy performance target for
the new building
• Use the easy online tool “Target Finder”
to estimate your target’s energy use
intensity (EUI)
Resource for Design Team:
Target Finder
• Input five building parameters and
building type
• Select your target score (50 to 100),
and Target Finder determines the
kBtu/yr (EUI)
• Input your estimated kBtu/yr, and Target
Finder determines its performance
score
Communications & Public
Relations (PR)
• Show your commitment and progress to staff
and community
• Be a role model for peers by sharing your
successes (in newsletters, at conferences, on
your Web site)
• Tailor ENERGY STAR templates
• Co-brand or create materials (press releases,
articles, recorded interviews, pamphlets)
• Organize local recognition events
Most Important Dates/Links
• www.energystar.gov
• www.labs21century.gov/index.htm
• 11/15, 12/10 Noon Rating Energy Performance of
Healthcare Facilities with EPA's Portfolio Manager:
Hands-on Workshop
• 11/19 Noon Whole Building Energy Modeling in
Healthcare Facilities
• 11/15 2:00 PM Purchasing and Procuring Efficient
Equipment
• 11/13 1:30 PM ENERGY STAR PC Power Management