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2020 & 2019 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year Award Winner Webinar Series

Webinar Series: Learn from the Best. ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year Award winners share their winning ideas.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s ENERGY STAR program is excited to showcase best practices and innovations from commercial and industrial Partner of the Year award winners through an engaging webinar series. These partners have demonstrated leadership, innovation, and excellence in improving the energy performance of buildings and plants—and now they’re sharing their expertise and lessons learned.

Join this series to learn about best practices for managing your energy use, engaging your employees and tenants, and communicating your success.

Click on the links below to register for upcoming webinars or watch recordings of past webinars.

2020:

  • Discovering Energy Savings with Treasure Hunts – April 29, 2020
  • Strategies for Setting Effective Energy Performance Goals – May 28, 2020
  • How to Develop Playbooks and Employee Guides for Energy Efficiency – June 24, 2020
  • Innovative Technologies Part 1 – Battery Storage – September 10, 2020
  • Innovative Technologies Part 2 – October 8, 2020
  • Communicating Your Energy Plans and Achievements – November 18, 2020
  • Lighting up Energy Savings with LED Upgrades – December 3, 2020

2019:

  • Celebrate Earth Day with Energy Efficiency Education – April 4, 2019
  • POY Award Winners: K-12 Success Stories – May 22, 2019
  • Innovation in Energy Management – June 25, 2019
  • How to Leverage Brokers to Promote Energy Efficiency – July 18, 2019
  • Discovering Energy Savings with Treasure Hunts – September 12, 2019
  • Success Stories on Holding ENERGY STAR Competitions – October 17, 2019
  • Recognizing Employee Participation in Energy Management Efforts – November 6, 2019
  • Engaging Commercial Tenants in Energy Efficiency – December 5, 2019


Discovering Energy Savings with Treasure Hunts

Wednesday, April 29, 2pm ET

  • Watch the recording.
  • Download the slide deck. (PDF, 2.6 MB)

During this webinar, Tyler Puls (Des Moines Public Schools) and Barry Abramson (Servidyne) presented on their experiences using Treasure Hunts to engage building staff in finding new ways to save energy. In case you missed it, here’s a recap of their lessons learned.  

Treasure hunts engage and focus a team on saving energy

EPA’s resident expert on Treasure Hunts, Walt Tunnessen, emphasized that Treasure Hunts aren’t just a walkthrough, they’re a strategy for engaging employees and managers to focus on energy efficiency — to find opportunities to save energy and establish an action plan to ensure the savings measures are implemented.

EPA has off-the-shelf resources

EPA has Treasure Maps (i.e., checklists) for specific building types, step-by-step-guides, detail sheets to calculate potential savings, and opportunities for recognition. Download these resources and learn more at www.energystar.gov/treasurehunt

Take it one building at a time

Tyler’s team has conducted Treasure Hunts for the past three years, and they’ve found that focusing on one building allowed them to take the time to dig deeper and find items that were missed in the past, like set points off in automation systems and malfunctioning air handlers.

Once you start hunting, you can’t stop

DMPS is working toward 100% LED facilities, and Tyler said the treasure hunt energized their building staff to find any remaining lighting that needed to be retrofit.

No finger-pointing (or walking the plank)

Both Barry and Tyler acknowledged that the emphasis on positivity and collaboration yielded a refreshing approach for everyone involved. Tyler’s teams weren’t caught up pointing fingers for potential mistakes, and Barry could build a stronger relationship with his clients.

Example 1: How East High School saved thousands on energy costs

Tyler’s team used EPA’s Treasure Map for K-12 Schools during the walkthrough of East High School. It suggested what to look for and they used it to capture notes. They found that most issues could be corrected immediately and with minimal labor. For example, they found a minifridge’s exhaust vent directly next to a thermostat. Ultimately, they identified projects with a simple payback of 2 years (with utility incentives) that will save the school district thousands of dollars.

Example 2: The mystery of the similar buildings with different energy usage

Parmenter Realty Partners has eight buildings that are situated in several office parks where all the buildings are nearly identical. Despite this, the buildings differed in their ENERGY STAR scores. To solve the mystery, Servidyne conducted a Treasure Hunt in each building. Most of the fixes involved things that were happening during unoccupied periods. Some of the key opportunities included: AHU schedule adjustments; after-hours mode for minimum chiller load; lighting control repairs; Saturday on-demand HVAC; static pressure and temperature resets; and unoccupied floor setback. By the end, Servidyne found an average of 5% savings and around $21,200 total.

In addition, now that their office tenants have largely shifted to telework, Parmenter is expanding their findings to the entire buildings. The team estimates that by applying the strategy to 28 floors, the original savings of $1,700 will be generated every two weeks.

For all the details, watch the recording.

About the speakers:

Barry Abramson, Principal, Servidyne

Barry Abramson is Principal of Servidyne, an energy and sustainability consulting firm based in Atlanta, GA. Barry has led Servidyne’s partnership with ENERGY STAR over the past 20 years, with the company achieving ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year Awards 18 times as a Service and Product Provider working with commercial and institutional building clients throughout the country.

Tyler Puls, Energy and Environment Specialist, Des Moines Public Schools

Tyler Puls is the Energy and Environmental Specialist for Des Moines Public Schools where he manages facilities projects including energy conservation and indoor air quality. He has over nine years of experience completing lighting, HVAC, asbestos, lead, and mold related projects. Tyler will be talking about how Energy Treasure Hunts have positively impacted operations at Des Moines Public Schools.

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Strategies for Setting Effective Energy Performance Goals

Watch the webinar recording

Download the slide deck (PDF, 6.9 MB)

In this webinar, Ben Myers (Boston Properties), Jessica Loeper (CommonWealth Properties), and Jim Soutter (Hudson Pacific Properties) presented on the strategies their organizations used to set effective energy performance goals. In case you missed it, here’s a recap of their lessons learned.

“When there’s a public scoreboard, people play differently”

Ben’s team at Boston Properties recognized the importance of developing the tools for measurement, management, and disclosure to collect the necessary data to set energy and sustainability goals. He added that when that data is widely available and transparent, teams will be significantly more motivated to find and implement solutions to reach those targets.

Boston Properties success drivers: things you need to do to achieve your goals

Boston Properties has unlocked savings of $31M in operating costs to date and contributes much of its success to the following methodology:

  1.      Maintain detailed historical energy performance information through a tool like EPA Portfolio Manager
  2.      Create strong partnerships with operations, property management, and engineering
  3.      Gain buy-in from senior leadership to define the purpose and support implementation
  4.      Build broad stakeholder support through talking to customers, investors, and partners
  5.      Develop a clear and strong business case

Reducing carbon emissions requires an evaluation of Scope 1, 2 and 3 sources

Jessica’s analysis found that most of the carbon emissions in the CommonWealth Properties portfolio came from Scope 2 sources, indirect emissions from the generation of purchased energy. This indicated that the company should focus their performance targets on the efficiency of their buildings and researching utility buying options through Green Power Purchasing plans and Renewable Energy Credits.

Setting performance goals is just the beginning

Success is not achieved with the goals alone, and Jessica provided some key insights on what to do next.

  1. Find a pathway to achieve your goals – consider local and national incentives, examine where emissions come from and what the company can control, and use ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager to target specific properties
  2. Implement Programs – measure and verify real-time performance
  3. Communicate Results – host events, display emissions posters, develop sustainability leasing flyers, and post elevator and lobby signage

When early corporate goals are achieved ahead of schedule, its time to get serious

Jim’s team at Hudson Pacific Properties ran into a similar predicament that many companies experienced in the last few years, that they achieved their first ESG goals considerably ahead of schedule. Instead of resting on their laurels, Hudson Pacific Properties used that as a lesson that it can go deeper. The company expanded benchmarking to 100% of the spaces, invested in RECs, strengthened internal leadership, enhanced internal management, and increased marketing and communication.

Achieving performance targets starts with board-level commitments and continues down through the organization

Hudson Pacific Properties developed the following action plan to achieve its goals:

  1. Make a commitment from board-level sustainability committee, down through the organization, and corporate and tenant business practices.
  2. Assess performance with complete data benchmarking and tenant engagement surveys with ESG questions
  3. Set a variety of goals that show progress across key areas, including: portfolio-wide goals, net zero carbon in operations, and net zero waste in operations
  4. Create and implement long-term strategies incorporated into capital improvement plans, exploring innovative technologies, energy retrofits in older properties, and sharing of best practices with engineering and property management teams throughout the company
  5. Evaluate progress through ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager to benchmark performance, identify tools for real-time performance monitoring, and solicit tenant feedback and input
  6. Recognize achievements to encourage and promote best practices through highly visible internal programs and performance bonuses.

Speakers included:

Ben Myers, Director, Sustainability, Boston Properties

Ben Myers is the Vice President, Sustainability, at Boston Properties (BXP), the largest publicly-traded developer, owner and manager of Class A office properties in the United States.

Jessica Loeper

Jessica Loeper is Vice President at Verdani Partners, a full-service sustainability consulting firm, and Director of Sustainability for CommonWealth Partners, a real estate investment, development, and management organization for Class A office properties across the United States. Jessica will speak on how Commonwealth Partners’ education strategy motivates their tenants.

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James Soutter

James Soutter is Vice President, Engineering of Hudson Pacific Properties (NYSE: HPP), a Los Angeles-based real estate investment trust focused on owning, operating and developing office and studio properties along the West Coast.  In this role, he oversees the company’s engineering operations throughout the portfolio, totaling more than 17 million square feet. James will share how Hudson Pacific Properties implemented a robust engagement and recognition program to recognize: Best Improvement in ENERGY STAR Score, Best Tenant Engagement Event, and Largest Reductions in Energy, Water and Waste.

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How to Develop Playbooks and Employee Guides for Energy Efficiency

Wednesday, June 24

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Playbooks and employee guides can be an effective method to convey best practices for energy efficiency as well as listing ENERGY STAR resources that are available. Join us to hear how three ENERGY STAR Partners have successfully developed employee playbooks and guides. Allergan will share how they developed an employee guide outlining what individuals can do. Lockheed Martin has developed an Energy Playbook program that has been rolled out in 2020 as part of the corporation’s new Go Green goals as a means to identify best practices and opportunities across the enterprise while also measuring success in all matters relating to energy efficiency. The new playbook was utilized for the first time at a large facility in March 2020 with plans to review the ten highest energy use sites over the next three years. Welltower developed the “Performance Playbook: A Guide for Senior Housing Efficiency and Excellence”, a user-friendly guide containing best practices, efficiency measures, and a library of ENERGY STAR tools and resources customized for the senior care industry.

Speakers included:

Tom Pagliuco

Tom Pagliuco is currently Executive Director, Global Energy Engineering at Allergan, where he leads the Allergan Energy Management Program across a global portfolio of facilities.

Dave Gontarz

Dave Gontarz is currently an environmental engineer on the Lockheed Martin Corporate Environmental, Safety, and Health (CESH) energy team, currently leading demand side energy efficiency initiatives across the enterprise.

Scott Jordan

Scott Jordan, currently President of Building Integrated Services, is a lead engineer for Lockheed Martin CESH department’s Go Green initiative. 

Kirby Brendsel

Kirby Brendsel, currently AVP of Sustainability & ESG, Welltower, leads Welltower Inc.’s strategic sustainability and ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) initiatives.  

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Innovative Technologies Part 1 – Battery Storage

Thursday, September 10

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On-site battery storage systems are becoming a viable option to help commercial buildings manage demand for grid supplied electricity. Join us to hear how two ENERGY STAR partners have implemented battery storage projects at their buildings.

Hines will discuss their battery-storage system which they piloted at a property in California to help efficiently regulate the energy flow from the grid, avoiding peak rates. Using a financing plan that eliminates upfront costs, they were able to install a 100-kilowatt-hour system, which uses advanced software and data analysis. To date, the system has provided cost savings to the property and the software interface has provided additional tools for their engineering team to further optimize the building’s energy efficiency. Additionally, Kilroy will discuss how they’ve implemented 9 battery storage system projects with a total capacity of 4.6 MW.

Kilroy Realty Corporation (KRC) has installed 9 battery storage projects, which total 4.3 MW in capacity. KRC installed the batteries to ease strain on the grid as California moves to an all-renewable electric energy portfolio, as well as increase Net Operating Income at their buildings.

Speakers included:

Gary Petersen

Gary Petersen is currently a Senior Engineering Manager at Hines. Since joining Hines, Gary has been involved with all aspects of office building start up, operations, maintenance and assessment during his 25 years with Hines.  

Sara Neff

Sara Neff is Senior Vice President, Sustainability at Kilroy Realty Corporation. At Kilroy, she oversees all sustainability initiatives such as solar and battery deal making, the implementation of energy and water efficiency initiatives throughout the existing and development portfolios, the integration of sustainability standards into annual financial reports, the launch of the Kilroy Innovation Lab, and the award-winning green leasing program. Sara will talk about Kilroy’s “Brokers for Better Buildings” Twitter campaign which celebrated brokers who helped sign green leases in ENERGY STAR buildings.

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Innovative Technologies Part 2

Thursday, October 8

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Commercial buildings are implementing a variety of innovative technologies as part of their energy management plans. Join us to hear about the experiences from two ENERGY STAR partners. Vornado will share how they have piloted technologies such as induction unit valves. Yardi will discuss how they have achieved cost savings and maximized performance using artificial intelligence (AI) to manage sophisticated building controls.

Speakers included:

Dan Egan

Dan Egan is a Senior Vice President for Energy and Sustainability at Vornado Realty Trust. Dan’s program combines environmental, fiscal and social responsibility for Vornado Realty Trust, a $13 billion equity cap real estate investment trust with over 30 million square feet of office and retail properties concentrated in New York, Chicago, and San Francisco.

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Randy Moss

Since 1992, Randy Moss, a Consultant at Yardi has worked in the Energy and Utilities industry focusing on energy management and sustainability projects and systems.

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Communicating Your Energy Plans and Achievements

Wednesday, November 18, 2pm ET

Registration link:
https://esbuildings.webex.com/esbuildings/onstage/g.php?MTID=ea73355907ec2e52ff872e51bbaced490

Communicating your energy plans and achievements both internally to employees and externally to the public can be informative, motivational, and fun. Join us to hear how and why three ENERGY STAR industrial partners implemented creative communications plans. CalPortland will share how they’ve implemented a variety of effective forms of communication, including training videos about their energy management plan, plant tours, an ENERGY STAR Showcase, K-12 school outreach, community fairs, advertising at a rodeo, sponsoring a crash derby car, and more. Celanese will discuss Energy Sparks, an energy training tool developed for communication to sites to motivate discussions and their Energy Small Bites program which they developed to promote Earth Day and energy awareness. Raytheon Company will share their employee engagement videos, Virgin Pulse “Save Energy” Challenge, and monthly energy outreach to inspire employee action on energy and water conservation.

Speakers included:

Steve Coppinger

Steve Coppinger is the Vice President of Engineering Services for CalPortland Company, a major producer of construction materials in the Western US and Canada.   

David Reid

David Reid is the Senior Manager, Global Energy and Productivity for Celanese. He is a graduate of the University of Waterloo, Canada with a Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Chemical Engineering and is a certified energy manager (CEM).

tracy fialli

Tracy Fialli is the Senior Manager, Global Energy and Productivity for Celanese. is a Senior Principal Energy Engineer working at Raytheon Technologies. She has been employed by Raytheon Company for over 30 years working in various positions in energy and water.

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Lighting up Energy Savings with LED Upgrades

Thursday, December 3, 1pm ET

Registration link:
https://esbuildings.webex.com/esbuildings/onstage/g.php?MTID=e367e98d899de0b944294c521f013fcbd

Replacing lighting with efficient LEDs continues to result in substantial savings for commercial buildings. Join us to hear from three ENERGY STAR partners who have installed LED lighting and realized savings. Bimbo Bakeries will discuss their journey towards installing LED lighting in 80% of their bakeries, with LED lighting installations planned for the remainder of the bakeries by 2020. The savings from lighting alone account for at least 15% of their electrical consumption. Food Lion will share how they completed a rollout of LED sales floor lighting by upgrading 163 stores. The savings from the 2019 installs is over 40.6 billion BTUs. Ozinga Bros, Inc will discuss the lighting retrofits of five maintenance shops with LEDs. The combined projects will save $5,500 per year, and they were able to receive nearly $4,000 in utility rebates. In addition to better energy efficiency, the new lights make their shops brighter and safer.

Speakers included:

Leslie Adebayo

Leslie Adebayo is the Corporate Sustainability Manager for Bimbo Bakeries. He will share their experience and success achieved by creating their own Treasure Hunt version to address their company’s needs and realities.

Sean Shropshire

Sean Shropshire is an Energy Engineer for Retail Business Services (RBS) and has an Electrical Engineering degree. He has worked for RBS’ parent company, Ahold Delhaize, for 15 years. He will share how Food Lion encouraged sister brands to start developing energy management programs and helped them manage energy, as well as highlights from their inaugural Battle of the Buildings competition which resulted in a 10% energy reduction for the winning store. 

Nathan Onchuck

Nathan Onchuck is the Energy and Sustainability Manager at Ozinga. He works closely with the operations and maintenance teams to develop and implement Ozinga's Energy Efficiency Program.

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Celebrate Earth Day with Energy Efficiency Education

Watch the recording from our April 4, 2019 webinar here

Are you looking for ways to educate your building or facility occupants about saving energy? Are you trying to get the word out about your building’s energy efficiency improvements? Join us to hear from two ENERGY STAR partners with successful energy education strategies.

Speakers included:

Jessica Loeper

Jessica Loeper is Vice President at Verdani Partners, a full-service sustainability consulting firm, and Director of Sustainability for CommonWealth Partners, a real estate investment, development, and management organization for Class A office properties across the United States. Jessica will speak on how Commonwealth Partners’ education strategy motivates their tenants.

Kelly Stemcosky

Kelly Stemcosky is a Communications Specialist for Sustainability at Corning Incorporated. In her role, she creates strategies, develops content, and designs materials to tell Corning’s sustainability story, including social, environmental, and governance related practices, both inside and outside the company. Kelly will speak about how Corning maintains a consistent energy efficiency message across their company.

Alena Hutchison, ENERGY STAR Communications team, EPA

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POY Award Winners: K-12 Success Stories

Watch the recording from our May 22, 2019 webinar here

K-12 schools across the country are reducing their energy bills, cutting energy consumption, and helping protect the environment. From student engagement to energy audits, a wide range of savings opportunities exist. Listen to this webinar recording to hear first-hand success stories from 2019 ENERGY STAR Partner of Year - Energy Management awardees.

Speakers included:

Greenville County Schools representatives will provide an overview and accomplishments of key projects and initiatives, such as communication improvement, controls system optimization, and lighting and HVAC upgrades.

Bill Knight

Bill Knight is a consultant and Director of Energy Management at Greenville County Schools. He has been in the HVAC industry for 38 years specializing in large building HVAC systems and the analysis of building energy systems. 

Ryan Tonnsen

Ryan Tonnsen is an Energy Management Engineer at Greenville County Schools who manages on-going and one-time energy saving projects, provides review & feedback for capital projects, and interfaces with maintenance & school personnel to assure optimal operation of District facilities.

Tim Berklich

Tim Berklich serves Greenville County Schools as the Performance Improvement Manager in the Energy Management Department. Tim is a training and organization development professional, certified educator, and an Accredited Commercial Energy Manager by the South Carolina Energy Office. 

Pinellas County Schools will share how they reduced utility spending, increased classroom comfort, and optimized systems and reduced maintenance by partnering with Cenergistic in sustainability.

Michael Gaal

Michael Gaal serves as Executive Vice President of Operations at Cenergistic where he leads a 250-strong engineering, measurement and verification, consulting services and energy specialist team responsible for services and operations.

Bullitt County Public Schools

Kimberly Joseph

Kimberly Joseph is the Energy Manager for Bullitt County Public Schools. She will speak about their energy management strategy including leveraging ENERGY STAR tools, creating a District Energy team, providing student and staff education and awareness, and monitoring HVAC systems and indoor air quality.

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Innovation in Energy Management

Watch the recording from our June 25, 2019 webinar here.

Commercial buildings are finding creative ways to reduce energy use by encouraging tenants to modify behaviors that impact energy use, installing efficient equipment, and testing out cutting-edge technology. Join us to hear how two ENERGY STAR Partners have saved energy through innovative approaches.

Speakers:

Al Scaramelli

Al Scaramelli is Managing Director at Beacon Capital Partners.  Dr. Scaramelli is based in Boston and oversees Beacon’s energy and sustainability initiatives, capital projects and building operations, and certain tenant marketing and leasing initiatives. In his presentation he will share how encouraging the use of revolving doors and installing regenerative elevator drives reduced energy use significantly in their buildings; and how office building tenants were very interested in “calculating their personal carbon footprint” as related to today’s climate change issues.

Gregg Fischer

Gregg Fischer is the Director of Energy Systems under the Design + Construction Sustainability and Utilities division of Tishman Speyer. He manages both supply contracts and demand side energy usage for more than 55,000,000 square feet of class A commercial property including buildings like Rockefeller Center (New York), The Metlife Building (New York), The Chicago Mercantile Exchange, and The Franklin (Chicago). Gregg will explain Tishman Speyer’s thermal ice storage pilot program which has demonstrated a 60% decrease in energy intensity thus far. 

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How to Leverage Brokers to Promote Energy Efficiency

Watch the recording from our July 18, 2019 webinar here.

Training brokers to promote the energy performance and sustainability achievements of your buildings is key to attracting clients and executing green leases. Three ENERGY STAR Commercial Real Estate Partners will share how they provide energy efficiency training for brokers and recognize their accomplishments.

Speakers:

Rachel Schiftan

Rachel Schiftan is a Sustainability Project Manager for Cushman & Wakefield. Rachel provides end-to-end sustainability and project management solutions to clients, including assisting teams set and achieve superior sustainability goals as well earn LEED, TRUE, Fitwel, and ENERGY STAR certification. In her presentation she will share Cushman & Wakefield’s experience with holding trainings for brokers, featuring the value of asset energy performance, and how they assisted brokers in benchmarking additional buildings in ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager.

Sara Neff

Sara Neff is Senior Vice President, Sustainability at Kilroy Realty Corporation. At Kilroy, she oversees all sustainability initiatives such as solar and battery deal making, the implementation of energy and water efficiency initiatives throughout the existing and development portfolios, the integration of sustainability standards into annual financial reports, the launch of the Kilroy Innovation Lab, and the award-winning green leasing program. Sara will talk about Kilroy’s “Brokers for Better Buildings” Twitter campaign which celebrated brokers who helped sign green leases in ENERGY STAR buildings.

Jennifer Leitsch

Jennifer Leitsch is Vice President, Corporate Responsibility at CBRE, the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm. Jennifer leads CBRE’s sustainability strategy and reporting, including the development of the company’s annual Corporate Responsibility Report and responses to stakeholder inquiries regarding CBRE’s environmental, social and governance practices. She will discuss their internal training program, The Business of Green, which gives real-world examples while also incorporating a customized ENERGY STAR for Brokers presentation.

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Discovering Energy Savings with Treasure Hunts

Watch the recording from our September 12, 2019 webinar here.

During an Energy Treasure Hunt, groups of people walk around a building looking for opportunities to save energy. Treasure Hunts focus on quick fixes with a short payback period. Hundreds of organizations have used Energy Treasure Hunts to reduce their facilities’ energy use by 7 to 15 percent.

During this webinar, you’ll hear from two ENERGY STAR partners that have used Treasure Hunts as a way to improve day-to-day operations and engage building operators and employees in “discovering” treasure in their facilities. In addition, we’ll provide an overview of new resources available from EPA to help your organization plan and host a successful Treasure Hunt in time for Energy Awareness Month this October.

Speakers:

Michael Roberts

Michael Roberts is Director – Energy Services and Central Energy Plants for Atrium Health. Michael will talk about how Atrium Health uncovered $75,000 in potential annual energy savings through their Treasure Hunt at one acute care facility. The event involved 20 teammates from seven different departments and included training on ENERGY STAR portfolio management and certification.

Leslie Adebayo

Leslie Adebayo is the Corporate Sustainability Manager for Bimbo Bakeries. He will share their experience and success achieved by creating their own Treasure Hunt version to address their company’s needs and realities.

Alena Hutchison, ENERGY STAR Communications Team, EPA

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Success Stories on Holding ENERGY STAR Competitions

Watch the recording from our October 17, 2019 webinar here.

Are you looking for a fun way to engage your building occupants? Join us to hear from two ENERGY STAR partners that have successfully run internal energy efficiency competitions.

We’ll also review off-the-shelf, co-brandable tools and resources that EPA has created to help you “Build Your Own Battle.”

Speakers:

Sean Shropshire

Sean Shropshire is an Energy Engineer for Retail Business Services (RBS) and has an Electrical Engineering degree. He has worked for RBS’ parent company, Ahold Delhaize, for 15 years. He will share how Food Lion encouraged sister brands to start developing energy management programs and helped them manage energy, as well as highlights from their inaugural Battle of the Buildings competition which resulted in a 10% energy reduction for the winning store. 

Crystal Frost

Crystal Frost, Sustainable Behaviors and Conservation Program Leader at The Boeing Company, leads the development and execution of a companywide strategy to engage employees to adopt sustainable behaviors and replicate conservation best practices. 

Alena Hutchison, ENERGY STAR Communications Team

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Recognizing Employee Participation in Energy Management Efforts

No recording available.

Employee engagement is often essential for achieving energy improvements in buildings. Join us to learn from three ENERGY STAR partners how they encouraged employees to pursue energy efficiency and recognized their participation and accomplishments.

Speakers:

James Soutter

James Soutter is Vice President, Engineering of Hudson Pacific Properties (NYSE: HPP), a Los Angeles-based real estate investment trust focused on owning, operating and developing office and studio properties along the West Coast.  In this role, he oversees the company’s engineering operations throughout the portfolio, totaling more than 17 million square feet. James will share how Hudson Pacific Properties implemented a robust engagement and recognition program to recognize: Best Improvement in ENERGY STAR Score, Best Tenant Engagement Event, and Largest Reductions in Energy, Water and Waste.

Michelle German

Michelle German is the Director of Operations and Sustainability at LBA Realty, overseeing corporate operations and sustainability. In her presentation she will share how LBA Realty recognizes engineers as well as their annual “Call for Case Studies” in which operations, construction and engineering groups are incentivized to submit sustainability case studies and share sustainability project ideas with all regional teams.

Cathy Kerr

Cathy Kerr is the Senior Operations Manager at Principal Real Estate Investors. She is responsible for managing the administrative and operations functions within the asset management teams, including property operations, lease and construction administration, commercial management reporting and property management compliance and oversight. She will talk about Principal Real Estate Investors’ Cornerstone Awards program, which recognizes the leadership and engagement in sustainability efforts by their property teams and joint venture partners.

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Engaging Commercial Tenants in Energy Efficiency

Watch the recording from our December 5, 2019 webinar here. 

The people who work in your office building, retail store, warehouse, or other commercial building can make or break your efficiency strategy – after all, they often consume most of the energy. Learn how two ENERGY STAR partners engage tenants and occupants to save energy. We’ll also give an update on the status of the forthcoming ENERGY STAR Tenant Space recognition program.

Speakers:

Christopher Cayten

Christopher Cayten is a Principal at CodeGreen Solutions, a leading sustainability and energy efficiency consulting firm based in New York City. He will speak about CodeGreen Solutions’ participation in the 2018 ENERGY STAR Charter Tenant Pilot program, and how they achieved recognitions for their headquarters & client offices in the Empire State Building.

Dan Egan

Dan Egan is a Senior Vice President for Energy and Sustainability at Vornado Realty Trust. He will share how Vornado earned ENERGY STAR Charter Tenant recognition for tenants and hosted an energy savings competition based on the principles of “Bring Your Green to work with ENERGY STAR.”

Cindy Jacobs

Cindy Jacobs is a Senior Advisor in the Commercial and Industrial Buildings Branch, within the Climate Protection Partnerships Division at US EPA.

Craig Haglund

Craig Haglund is the Program Manager for Commercial Real Estate and Multifamily, in the Commercial and Industrial Buildings Branch, within the Climate Protection Partnerships Division at US EPA.

 


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