Project Description
Project Details
Intermountain Healthcare
OVER $2M IN ENERGY SAVINGS
With energy costs on the rise, Intermountain Healthcare (IH) focused their efforts on improving its energy program to reduce its total energy spend. ETC Group was engaged to:
Improve the energy efficiency and operation of their facilities through audits and assessments,
Identify cost-effective energy efficiency measures, and
Implement the identified strategies and tactics.
10-YEAR ENERGY MANAGEMENT PLAN
We worked with IH to develop a long-term energy management plan as well as create an infrastructure to measure success. The core of the overall policy was to:
Build energy teams
- Energy Management Department (in-house resource)
- Energy Management Council (monthly meeting )
- Sustainability Council (Green Teams)
Track, measure and report facility energy consumption
- Benchmark (Energy Star)
- Develop facility energy use profile
Evaluate energy supply agreements
Complete a greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions inventory
Develop equipment performance specifications
Commissioning/Recommissioning standards for new construction
Staff training/education
- Energy Champion(s) recognition
- In-house energy awareness/behavior campaigns
- Annual Energy Symposium
- ETC Group training sessions (AHU operation, zonal scheduling, steam humidification, etc.)