The Northeast Business Leaders for Energy Efficiency award recognizes NEEP’s sponsors and their customers who exemplify "best practices for energy efficiency." NEEP is proud to showcase these successful partnerships between businesses, utilities and program administrators who are working across the region in a variety of industries to improve energy efficiency.
Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships congratulates the 2006 Northeast Business Leaders for Energy Efficiency for their great achievements and thanks them for their willingness to increase public awareness by participating in this program.
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The Albanese Organization (Garden City, N.Y.)
Brown University (Providence, R.I.)
City of Claremont (Claremont, N.H.)
Jackson Laboratory (Bar Harbor, Maine)
New Atlantic Development Corporation (Boston, Mass.)
New York-Presbyterian Hospital (New York, N.Y.)
Raytheon (Woburn, Mass.)
Whitman Hanson Regional High School (Hanson, Mass.)
The Albanese Organization sponsored by Long Island Power Authority
The Albanese Organization (AO) is a real estate firm dedicated to creating commercial and residential buildings of distinction, quality and architectural merit that optimize value, are environmentally responsible, and enhance the communities in which they are located.
In 2000, AO started the design of this country’s first environmentally responsible high-rise residential building. The building, now known as the Solaire, was completed in 2003 and received a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold designation by the U.S. Green Building Council. Solaire was designed to achieve 35 percent energy savings and over 65 percent lower peak electric demand as compared to code compliant buildings.
Currently, the firm is completing a second green high-rise residential building, the Verdesian, which is also expected to receive a LEED Gold designation this year. On Long Island, AO has just finished the major renovation of an office building utilizing various energy efficiency measures eligible for rebates from the Long Island Power Authority, including an ENERGY STAR® rated roof, an enthalpy energy recovery system, and other measures that are contributing to approximately 18 percent energy savings.
The Albanese Organization is a member of the New York Building Congress Energy Committee and the Environmental Business Association of New York. A member of the firm currently serves as Chairman of the Board of the New York Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council.
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Brown University sponsored by National Grid
The mission of Brown University is to serve the community, the nation, and the world by discovering, communicating, and preserving knowledge and understanding in a spirit of free inquiry, and by educating and preparing students to discharge the offices of life with usefulness and reputation through a partnership of students and teachers in a unified community known as a university-college. The mission of Brown University Facilities Management is to support the University by enhancing the quality of physical facilities through planning, designing, engineering, constructing, and maintaining in a responsive, service-oriented, effective, and environmentally-conscious manner.
Brown has a strong commitment to keep their campus buildings architecturally sound and energy efficient. Facilities Management employees have worked with National Grid for 20 years to improve building energy efficiency. In 1991, Brown instituted a campus-wide environmental initiative, known as Brown Is Green. New capital projects at Brown participate in National Grid’s Comprehensive Design Approach Demand Side Management program. Brown has been an early adopter of advanced technologies such as daylight dimming control and demand-controlled ventilation.
Projects that improve the efficiency of lighting systems and heating ventilation and air conditioning systems typically result in an average 30 percent reduction in energy use.
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City of Claremont sponsored by Public Service of New Hampshire
In 2004, when Public Service of New Hampshire’s (PSNH) service territory expanded to include former Connecticut Valley Electric Company customers in western New Hampshire, the City of Claremont was economically depressed and geographically challenged. Electric rates had been increasing steadily over the
years, and the City of Claremont was seeking ways to reduce energy costs, improve municipal facilities, and draw new businesses and residents to the area.
Through PSNH’s energy-efficiency programs, detailed lighting assessments were completed on 15 of the city’s buildings and a separate review was done on city streetlights. PSNH’s Smart Start program allowed the city to complete all 16 projects with no up front costs. The lighting improvements included upgrading nearly 1,000
streetlights from mercury vapor to high pressure sodium lights, changing fluorescent, T12 fixtures to high performance T8 systems, upgrading to LED exit signs, and installing occupancy sensors.
By 2006, all cost-effective energy saving measures were installed. This year alone, the city is anticipating a $27,000 reduction in electricity costs, and, when the Smart Start improvements are paid off, the city expects to see a $118,000 reduction in their electricity bills each year—or $1.9 million over the life of the equipment.
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The Jackson Laboratory sponsored by Efficiency Maine
The non-profit Jackson Laboratory is a world-renowned bio-medical research institution and a leading provider of genetically defined mice whose mission is to improve the quality of human life through discoveries arising from their genetic research and by enabling the research and education of others. In 2003, Jackson Laboratory began a program of measuring and benchmarking its energy use through a metering and software system that allows it to measure, monitor, and control energy use from select office computers. The Laboratory has also installed variable
speed drives and advanced burner controls on its boiler plant, and is in a continuing process of upgrading and retrofitting its lighting systems throughout the facility.
The Jackson Laboratory supports training and further education of its engineering and operations staff, which includes two certified Energy Managers, and three certified Building Operators. Energy awareness and conservation are annual facilities performance goals and are explicitly noted on departmental and individual performance evaluations. Energy plant operations personnel are provided with semi-annual refresher training regarding automated boiler and chiller operating control algorithms to assure optimum operating parameters for the plant systems under their control.
The Laboratory has achieved a 16 percent and eight percent unit decrease in fuel oil and electricity consumption respectively since its energy conservation program inception in 2003. During this period the facility has grown by over 100,000 gsf with new research facilities being designed from the start to include energy efficient equipment, building methods, and technologies to assure that the lowest operating costs possible can be achieved while meeting their unique business operational requirements.
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New Atlantic Development Corporation sponsored by KeySpan Energy Delivery
New Atlantic Development specializes in the development of mixed-income housing projects, often re-using abandoned or foreclosed properties to create new housing for low to moderate income families and special needs populations. Recent activity includes the creation of over 200 new and affordable housing units in Boston, in
addition to the development of community-oriented retail space and arts and cultural facilities. New Atlantic has advocated for energy efficiency by challenging its architectural and construction partners to deliver energy efficient designs and installations in projects across Boston including the Uphams Corner Marketplace, Columbia West Apartments, The Roxbury Center for Art, Culture and Trade, and the soon to be completed ArtBlock project in Boston’s South End.
The Corporation’s projects combine various measures to address systems efficiency as well building and systems interaction. The measures implemented primarily addressed space heating, water heating and building envelope improvements. Through four years of investing in energy efficiency improvements with KeySpan, New Atlantic Development’s projects have experienced a 25-30 percent improvement in energy usage and total annual savings of almost $100,000.
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New York Presbyterian Hospital sponsored by NYSERDA
New York-Presbyterian Hospital (NYPH), based in New York City, is the nation’s largest not-for-profit, non-sectarian hospital, with 2,344 beds. It provides state-of-the-art inpatient, ambulatory and preventive care in all areas of medicine at five major centers: New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital of New York-Presbyterian, New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Allen Pavilion and New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Westchester Division. One of the largest and most comprehensive health care institutions in the world, the Hospital is
committed to excellence in patient care, research, education and community service.
New York-Presbyterian has participated in 20 energy efficiency projects with the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) over the past 5 years, including a complete lighting retrofit of over 9,000 fixtures at the Westchester campus. NYPH has also completed a major capital project in their central facilities plant at the Weill Cornell Medical Center campus that replaced old inefficient chillers with a new 4,400 ton two-stage electric centrifugal one. This project alone is estimated to reduce peak demand by more than 1,500 kW this summer. New York Presbyterian Hospital has also implemented many low cost/ no cost modifications such as reprogramming existing control systems to optimize energy efficiency.
By participating in the NYSERDA New York Energy $martSM Commercial/Industrial Performance Program (CIPP) and the New York Energy $martSM Peak-Load Reduction Program (PLRP), NYPH was able to obtain $1.4 million in incentives based upon kWh and kW reductions. New York Presbyterian Hospital will save an estimated $1.5 million annually as a result of these improvements.
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Raytheon Company sponsored by National Grid
Raytheon has been a leader in energy efficiency since the 1970’s. Raytheon has continued a successful energy program during the past several years that contributes to business growth, customer success and environmental sustainability. The company’s 80,000 employees, as well as contractors and suppliers, are engaged in the Raytheon Energy Action Program (REAP) to reduce energy consumption at more than 200 U.S. and International Raytheon locations. In the Northeast, Raytheon locations in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New Hampshire have demonstrated particularly strong leadership in energy efficiency.
Raytheon has been an ENERGY STAR® Partner since 1999, and was recognized in 2003 with a Leadership in Energy Management award. Raytheon also partnered with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through the Climate Leaders initiative. Efficiency improvements over the last ten years addressing lighting, HVAC, building envelope, office equipment and business needs have resulted in a 26 percent improvement in energy use for Raytheon Northeast locations and an annual savings of $2 million.
To manage Raytheon’s Northeast energy portfolio, full time energy engineers have been employed since 1996. Recently, a network of “Energy Champions” was established to work closely with facilities management to ensure equipment is shut off when not needed for business purposes. Facilities staff also attend numerous
training seminars offered by utilities, vendors, federal and state agencies, and industry groups. Raytheon Facilities Engineering staff includes certified Building Operators, Certified Energy Managers (CEM) and Professional Engineers (PE).
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Whitman Hanson Regional High School sponsored by National Grid
Whitman Hanson Regional High School is a public facility educating 1,300 students in grades 9-12. Its state of the art school building employs sustainable design principles utilizing resources from the electric and gas utilities and the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative (MTC) as well as the local Water Department. To reduce energy needs for heating and cooling, the building envelope features high performance glazing, variable air volume HVAC systems, a variable flow hot/chilled water pumping system, demand control for kitchen exhaust
hoods, an optimized hybrid chiller plant with chilled water supply temperature reset control, a demand control ventilation system in gym, cafeteria and auditorium as well as the library and high efficiency condensing gas boilers. The occupancy-based ventilation system regulates air flow and temperatures based on the building usage.
Energy requirements for lighting are greatly reduced due to extensive day-lighting features, reduced lighting power densities and direct/indirect pendant lighting fixtures. The school system has contracted with an independent commissioning firm to ensure that the building is operated efficiently. MTC predicts Whitman Hanson will experience energy savings of 38 percent beyond code requirements. This will result in annual savings of $130,000, including the power from the photovoltaic system.
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