What role does benchmarking play in justifying capital for underperforming or inefficient building systems and components?
At the last facility that I worked at, a low score helped justify a greater than $1 million upgrade of chillers and air handlers. Your Energy Star rating is a metric that your administrators and financial types can relate to. The ranking is on a 1-100 scale. I would recommend that facility engineers looking for upgrade dollars should know their rating before going to their boss. Can you talk about the hospital’s relationship with the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) and its role generating funds for projects to improve energy efficiency and overall operations? The hospital has worked with NYSERDA on many occasions. The lighting retrofit that I discussed earlier was partially funded by NYSERDA. We also get rebates on small projects like individual motor and drive replacements when we buy energy-efficient models. Most recently, we received NYSERDA funding for lighting retrofits in our parking garages. This money was part of the federal stimulus package.
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