Energy

Energy Management

Good energy management is good business management.  We depend on energy to live and work well.  The demand for energy continues to peak.  Energy outages are no longer accepted—the consequences are too costly.

Energy conservation is about using energy resources wisely.  Building technologies give us the ability to achieve the same or desired level of facility support with less energy consumption.  The energy management challenge is to employ these technologies cost-effectively.  

I learned energy management from working 10 months with the Eastman Kodak Company energy management department.  We saved a lot of money by performing facility audits and cutting excesses.  We used computer modeling to predict savings from proposed modifications and had a simplified life-cycle costing method to rank projects for funding.

I took what I learned to Germany where I served as the Facility Energy Manager for 32 reporting locations.  Stanley Consultants, Inc. had the contract to perform energy audits on all the U.S. facilities and proposed many projects for the Energy Conservation Investment Program.  When we met the goals of the Energy Conservation Policy Act, I was reassigned to evaluate the operation, maintenance and condition of our complex critical facilities.  Many of these facilities turned out to be energy hogs that barely supported their missions.   

Central Plants

I have had the privilege to be in-charge of energy plants at Texas Christian University, Indiana University and Baylor University.  All of these have undergone major improvements during and after my tenures.  

I was especially Blessed to be a part of the award winning team at Baylor University that employed $15 million of building technologies very well.

The project included:

• Lighting Retrofits

• Chiller replacements

• Boiler replacements

• Cooling Tower Replacements

• Deaerator and boiler feed pump replacements

• Water Treatment System Replacements

• Variable Frequency Drives

• Building Automation System (Energy Monitoring and Control System)

• Dynamic Piping Design

Services Available

• Audit utility bills and contracts to ensure there are no errors and that the most advantageous rate is used

• Audit facilities and provide valuable feedback on how to operate more cost-effectively. 

• Decision packages that clearly delineate the costs and benefits of implementing various building technologies.  

• Determine energy cost savings based on current costs and project based on published energy futures.  

• Energy Efficient Lighting Retrofits

• Manage the design and construction processes to fit the operation needs of the facility and negotiate planned interruptions of services to be as short and cost-effective as needed.  

• Help select a performance contractor to do all of the above including funding the work to be paid back from energy savings