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                                                                                                Construction
                                                                                           Facilities Management
                                                                                                  Real Estate
                                                                                                 Engineering 
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                   Renewable Energy & Sustainability Initiatives 
             Case Studies:   Healthcare, Real Estate & Higher Education
        Energy management and carbon footprint reducKon are common goals among organizaKons of all industries making renewable 
        energy sources and sustainability iniKaKves prevalent. The following three case studies outline specific objecKves and strategies 
        developed within Main Line Health, Empire State Building and University of Iowa.   
                                                                                                                           ‐ by Sami L. Barry


        ‐ Main Line Health, Philadelphia, PA ‐                            Sustainability Efforts:
                                                                          In its commitment to the community, ML is incorporaKng pracKcal, 
*Based on interview with Frank Cannon, Director of ConstrucKon            sustainable design soluKons into their renovaKon and new 
& Project Management and Douglas Williams, Director of Planning           construcKon projects on all campuses. They have completed a 
& Design                                                                  LEED Gold cerKfied medical office building on one of their 
                                                                          campuses, and other LEED projects are now under construcKon. 
Main Line Health is a healthcare organizaKon that consists of four        Where possible, locally produced, recycled, and energy efficient 
of Philadelphia’s acute care hospitals, Lankenau, Bryn Mawr, Paoli        materials are specified for the buildings and surrounding site 
and Riddle, as well as Bryn Mawr RehabilitaKon Hospital.                  areas.

Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Efforts:
Over twelve years ago, Main Line (ML) developed a procurement 
process and entered into a "Master Energy Services Agreement" 
pursuant to which energy audits were conducted at 100% of its 
faciliKes. Following those audits, numerous energy conservaKon 
and efficiency projects were implemented. As a result, there has 
been minimal growth in energy consumpKon at ML's faciliKes. 
During that same Kme, the organizaKon installed “real‐Kme” 
energy meters to conKnually monitor consumpKon. Doing so has 
allowed ML the ability to react to various market price signals and 
respond accordingly. ML has parKcipated in PJM and local uKlity 
demand response programs for the last seven years and was at the 
                                                                            Riddle Memorial Hospital New Medical Office Building, Media, PA
forefront of parKcipaKon of these types of programs. As energy 
conservaKon and efficiency is an on‐going process, ML conKnually            Specific iniKaKves include:
reviews its consumpKon as conservaKon and efficiency 
technologies improve to ensure that energy is uKlized in the most                        Riddle Hospital Health Care Center IV
efficient manner.
                                                                          ConstrucKon of an 80,000 SF medical office building at the Riddle 
Beyond energy conservaKon, ML is also at the forefront of uKlizing        Campus for physician pracKces, hospital funcKons and an 
renewable energy sources. It will be purchasing 17% of the electric       Ambulatory Surgery Center. The project was completed in 
output of the 102 MW Locust Ridge II wind farm in                         November 2009 and they anKcipate LEED Gold CerKficaKon.  
northeast Pennsylvania through 2020.  These purchases are 
projected to meet 35% to 40% of ML's electric requirements. In            SITE PLANNING & DESIGN
addiKon to these wind purchases, the organizaKon has and will             • Constructed on previously developed land within the Riddle 
conKnue to evaluate solar power. They are now in the process of                Hospital Campus limiKng damage to the environment.
evaluaKng localized distributed power opportuniKes such as                • Over 50% of the building site contains naKve or adapKve 
storage and cogeneraKon. These projects will increase ML's overall             planKng, restoring previously developed land and promoKng 
producKon efficiencies and support its goal to pursue the highest                biodiversity.
level of energy efficiency, minimize its environmental impact and           • Light colored roof reduces heat island effect and energy usage 
move the organizaKon to a more sustainable energy supply future.               associated with cooling loads.
WATER                                                                  SITE PLANNING & DESIGN
• NaKve and drought resistant planKngs were used in lieu of an         • Green (vegetated) roof miKgates storm water runoff.
   irrigaKon system reducing the building’s potable water usage.       • White roofing miKgates the urban heat island effect to reduce 
• Uses 25% less water than comparable code compliant building.              cooling loads.
                                                                       • Parking garage landscaping reduces urban heat island effects.
ENERGY                                                                 • Landscaping is drought tolerant.
• EsKmated to use 21% less energy than comparable code                 • Exterior lighKng produces li8le or no light polluKon.
   compliant building.                                                 • 70 preferred parking spaces are being reserved for fuel 
• 35% of building’s power from green power sources (solar, wind             efficient and low‐eminng vehicles.
   turbines, etc.).
                                                                       WATER
MATERIALS & RESOURCES                                                  • Potable water consumpKon is esKmated to be reduced by 
• Over 90% of construcKon waste diverted from disposal in                 more than 20%.
   landfills.                                                           • IrrigaKon system is designed to reduce potable water 
• 22% of building materials contain high levels of recycled               consumpKon by 64% over typical systems.
   content.                                                            • IrrigaKon system is esKmated to save 210,000 gallons of water 
• 22% of building materials are regionally manufactured.                  per month during typical watering seasons.
• Interior finishes and materials contain low or no volaKle 
   organic compounds (VOCs).                                           ENERGY
                                                                       • Energy consumpKon is esKmated to decrease by 17% beyond a 
                                                                          code compliant building.
                                                                       • Energy analysis models performed demonstrate decreased 
                                                                          energy usage.

                                                                       MATERIALS & RESOURCES
                                                                       • The construcKon team has integrated a waste management 
                                                                          plan that maximizes the amount of construcKon debris to be 
                                                                          recycled.
                                                                       • “Green” concrete mixes uKlizing waste slag and/or fly ash are 
                                                                          esKmated to reduce energy producKon input.
             Lankenau Medical Center, Lower Merion, PA                 • A minimum of 20% of construcKon materials have been 
                                                                          specified to come from recycled material.
               Lankenau Medical Center Expansion                       • A minimum of 10% of construcKon materials has been 
                                                                          specified to be locally sourced and manufactured.
Overall Master Plan Project at Lankenau Campus includes                • LighKng containing reduced levels of mercury has been 
construcKon of a new 96‐bed paKent tower, new parking garage,             specified.
new central uKlity plant, and other major renovaKons to the 
campus. ConstrucKon is underway. 



       ‐ Empire State Building, New York, NY ‐                              “Clean energy and our nearly 40 percent reduced 
                                                                            consumpOon of waQs and BTUs gives us a 
The Empire State Building (ESB) is a member of the Environmental            compeOOve advantage in aQracOng the best 
ProtecKon Agency’s Green Power Partnership. In support of its               credit tenants at the best rents. Our program of 
mulK‐year, $20M sustainability iniKaKve, the ESB signed on with             innovaOon at the Empire State Building shows 
Green Mountain Energy’s (GME) parent company, NRG Energy, for               simple, replicable, non‐proprietary steps for other 
a 100% renewable energy package. The 2.85 million square‐foot               landlords to follow to be more energy efficient, 
office building will purchase 100% wind power in the form of                  cleaner and greener.” 
Renewable Energy CerKficates (RECs) in a two‐year contract 
amounKng to nearly 55 million kilowa8 hours (kWh) of renewable              ‐ Anthony E. Malkin, President of Malkin Holdings 
energy each year. The energy plan will establish the ESB as New             in a recent statement.
York City’s largest commercial purchaser of 100% renewable energy 
by twofold. Based on EPA’s current rankings, it is expected to rank    The project, primarily funded by energy and operaKonal savings, is 
#18 on EPA’s naKonal Top 100% Green Power Purchaser List. As           also expected to cut energy costs by $4.4 million annually and 
well, it is GME’s biggest commercial purchaser in the company’s 13‐    reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 105,000 metric tons over the 
year history.                                                          next 15 years according to the building’s website.
‐ University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA ‐                                                 In 2009 and 2010, University of Iowa 
                                                                                                was the only university to be recognized 
*Based on University of Iowa (UI) web site and interviews with                                  by the EPA as one of the top 20 on‐site 
Glen Mowery, Director of UKliKes & Energy Management and                                        green power users with a rank of 15th in 
Ferman Milster, Associate Director, UKliKes & Energy Management.                                the naKon.
Iowa has no acKve coal mines and no natural gas wells and 
                                                                              energy technology when UI planned an addiKon to its Cambus 
therefore, all money spent on fuel leaves the state. In response, UI 
                                                                              Barn Maintenance Facility. When Mowery saw the design 
developed an iniKaKve to use alternaKve fuels in the area for 
                                                                              which included a metal roof that slopes outward, he asked the 
energy generaKon. In 2009 and 2010, it was the only university to 
                                                                              Director of Parking & TransportaKon to allow them to put an 
be recognized by the EPA as one of the top 20 on‐site green power 
                                                                              alternate in their bid to have thin film photovoltaics applied 
users with a rank of 15th in the naKon (2009 and 2010). On 
                                                                              directly to the metal roofing as it comes from the factory. The 
October 29, 2010, UI’s President, Sally Mason, formally announced 
                                                                              bid came in more a8racKve than Mowery anKcipated and they 
its Vision 2020 plan which included the primary goals of 40% 
                                                                              now have a whole roof system of thin film PV. The energy 
renewable energy consumpKon on campus by 2020 and total 
                                                                              generated will exceed the needs of the barn so it will act as 
consumpKon in 2020 to be less than consumpKon in 2010 despite 
                                                                              another generaKon source on the uKlity grid. A solar electric 
growth.
                                                                              car charging staKon is also currently under construcKon and 
                                                                              will provide charging spaces for approximately 20 electric 
UI’s renewable energy program began as early as 2001 when 
                                                                              vehicles uKlized by the FaciliKes Management Department.
Quaker Oats approached UI with a new concept. The manufacturer 
has a very large combinaKon mill and cereal producKon facility in 
Cedar Rapids, 20 miles away from UI. It produces about 100,000 
tons of oat hulls per year, which are the outer shell of the oat grain 
leu over auer the food making process. They asked UI if they would 
be interested in using their oat hulls as fuel and within two years, 
UI had successfully retrofi8ed one of their coal‐fired boilers to burn 
the oat hulls. According to Ferman Milster, Associate Director of 
UKliKes & Energy Management, today that on‐site power plant 
produces nearly 9 million kilowa8 hours of biomass power 
annually, 3% of the University’s electricity use. The equivalent of 
that is powering almost 900 average American homes annually. The 
                                                                                   Rendering of UI’s Solar Electric Vehicle Charging StaOon 
plant also enabled them to reduce their fossil fuel greenhouse gas 
emissions by over 50,000 tons of CO2 each year, which is equivalent 
                                                                          •   Paper Sludge UMlizaMon – UI is currently tesKng the usage of 
to taking 1,200 passenger vehicles off of the road. Saving the 
                                                                              paper sludge in one of their coal boilers. Working closely with 
university $670,000 each year, the project became the springboard 
                                                                              Cedar River Paper, a local cardboard recycling plant, 
for mulKple other renewable energy and educaKonal efforts.
                                                                              preliminary results show promise and they are opKmisKc on 
                                                                              blending that once tesKng is completed.
Those other iniKaKves include:
                                                                          •   Hydroelectric CapabiliMes ‐ The main Power Plant was built in 
•   Oakdale Renewable Energy Plant (OREP) – This is a series of 
                                                                              the 1920s and enclosed an 
    projects whose purpose is to uKlize mulKple technologies 
                                                                              exisKng hydroelectric 
    using locally renewable resources to provide cost‐effecKve and 
                                                                              facility which conKnued  
    reliable energy sources in response to increased growth on the 
                                                                              to generate power unKl 
    UI’s Oakdale Research Park Campus.  
                                                                              the 1960s, when the unit 
                                                                              was shut down and the 
•   Landfill Gas Project – Part of OREP, UI has partnered with 
                                                                              equipment removed. 
    MidAmerican Energy Company who will transport landfill gas 
                                                                              However, the structural 
    from the City of Iowa City landfill to UI’s Oakdale Research Park 
                                                                              porKon of this facility is 
    via an underground pipeline. Once the landfill gas arrives at  
                                                                              sKll inside the Power Plant 
    UI's Oakdale Renewable Energy Plant, it will be combusted in                                              University of Iowa Power Plant
                                                                              and would support 
    an engine and used to produce electric power and heat for its 
                                                                              installaKon of hydroelectric generaKon equipment. An iniKal 
    Oakdale Research Park campus. The goal is to have the small 
                                                                              study has confirmed that it would be possible to restore 
    satellite campus uKlize 100% renewable energy and they are 
                                                                              hydroelectric generaKon to the Power Plant. The University 
    opKmisKc they will achieve that.
                                                                              expects about 500‐kW of renewable energy would be 
                                                                              generated from a restored hydroelectric generator.
•   Solar Energy Technology – Glen Mowery, Director UKliKes & 
    Energy Management, saw the opportunity to uKlize solar 
•   Partnership with the College of Engineering ‐ Milster stresses 
                                                                              “Colleges and universiOes have a stewardship 
    that schools with engineering colleges have great talent and UI 
                                                                              obligaOon to go figure this stuff out, and our 
    has been very successful in engaging professors and students 
                                                                              students are our future leaders, so we have to get 
    in performing projects from fundamental research through 
                                                                              them involved while they’re young.” 
    senior design projects. An example is one professor, a 
    combusKon specialist, has a combusKon lab where they are 
                                                                              ‐Ferman Milster, Associate Director, UOliOes & 
    conducKng fundamental research on combusKon 
                                                                              Energy Management
    characterisKcs of various biomass fuels. They have made a 
    computerized model of one of their coal boilers and are tesKng 
    it prior to working on the physical modificaKon.                       Milster conKnues to look toward the future of energy 
                                                                          management. He says, “Plasma gasificaKon is very interesKng. It’s 
•   Wind Energy ‐ UI is exploring possibiliKes of wind energy at or       about to break here in the US and we would like to have a seat at 
    near the main campus.                                                 the table when that comes out.” Plasma GasificaKon Process, 
                                                                          abbreviated PGP, is a new trash disposal soluKon using plasma 
Results:                                                                  technology. This process of trash disposal is self‐sustaining and 
                                                                          converts trash into electricity. Although it has been around for a 
✓   During 2003 – 2008, biomass represented an average of 12%             number of years, its applicaKon to trash disposal was never 
    of UI’s fuel (coal, natural gas, biomass) and electric power          seriously considered because the convenKonal approach of using 
    consumpKon.                                                           landfills was less expensive. Now with landfills in scarce supply, the 
✓   Power Plant improvements to increase efficiency, including              process has merited deeper consideraKon. 
    heat recovery and improving the efficiency of turbine 
    generators, are saving an esKmated $1.14M / year.                     “Colleges and universiKes have a stewardship obligaKon to go 
✓   Chilled water improvements are saving $367,000 / year.                figure this stuff out, and our student are our future leaders, so we 
✓   Energy audit program is saving $1.5M / year.                          have to get them involved while they’re young,” Milster concludes.




                                    ‐  Sami Barry performs Strategic Market Development for Helbling & 
                                    Associates and has been with the firm since 1994. She is a member of 
                                   Washington Building Congress and Green Building Alliance of PiQsburgh.


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Renewable Energy & Sustainability Initiatives Case Studies: Healthcare, Higher Education & Owner

  • 1. R e t a i n e d   E x e c u t i v e   S e a r c h  Construction Facilities Management Real Estate Engineering  Pi8sburgh www.helblingsearch.com 724.935.7500 Renewable Energy & Sustainability Initiatives  Case Studies:   Healthcare, Real Estate & Higher Education Energy management and carbon footprint reducKon are common goals among organizaKons of all industries making renewable  energy sources and sustainability iniKaKves prevalent. The following three case studies outline specific objecKves and strategies  developed within Main Line Health, Empire State Building and University of Iowa.    ‐ by Sami L. Barry ‐ Main Line Health, Philadelphia, PA ‐ Sustainability Efforts: In its commitment to the community, ML is incorporaKng pracKcal,  *Based on interview with Frank Cannon, Director of ConstrucKon  sustainable design soluKons into their renovaKon and new  & Project Management and Douglas Williams, Director of Planning  construcKon projects on all campuses. They have completed a  & Design LEED Gold cerKfied medical office building on one of their  campuses, and other LEED projects are now under construcKon.  Main Line Health is a healthcare organizaKon that consists of four  Where possible, locally produced, recycled, and energy efficient  of Philadelphia’s acute care hospitals, Lankenau, Bryn Mawr, Paoli  materials are specified for the buildings and surrounding site  and Riddle, as well as Bryn Mawr RehabilitaKon Hospital. areas. Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Efforts: Over twelve years ago, Main Line (ML) developed a procurement  process and entered into a "Master Energy Services Agreement"  pursuant to which energy audits were conducted at 100% of its  faciliKes. Following those audits, numerous energy conservaKon  and efficiency projects were implemented. As a result, there has  been minimal growth in energy consumpKon at ML's faciliKes.  During that same Kme, the organizaKon installed “real‐Kme”  energy meters to conKnually monitor consumpKon. Doing so has  allowed ML the ability to react to various market price signals and  respond accordingly. ML has parKcipated in PJM and local uKlity  demand response programs for the last seven years and was at the  Riddle Memorial Hospital New Medical Office Building, Media, PA forefront of parKcipaKon of these types of programs. As energy  conservaKon and efficiency is an on‐going process, ML conKnually  Specific iniKaKves include: reviews its consumpKon as conservaKon and efficiency  technologies improve to ensure that energy is uKlized in the most  Riddle Hospital Health Care Center IV efficient manner. ConstrucKon of an 80,000 SF medical office building at the Riddle  Beyond energy conservaKon, ML is also at the forefront of uKlizing  Campus for physician pracKces, hospital funcKons and an  renewable energy sources. It will be purchasing 17% of the electric  Ambulatory Surgery Center. The project was completed in  output of the 102 MW Locust Ridge II wind farm in  November 2009 and they anKcipate LEED Gold CerKficaKon.   northeast Pennsylvania through 2020.  These purchases are  projected to meet 35% to 40% of ML's electric requirements. In  SITE PLANNING & DESIGN addiKon to these wind purchases, the organizaKon has and will  • Constructed on previously developed land within the Riddle  conKnue to evaluate solar power. They are now in the process of  Hospital Campus limiKng damage to the environment. evaluaKng localized distributed power opportuniKes such as  • Over 50% of the building site contains naKve or adapKve  storage and cogeneraKon. These projects will increase ML's overall  planKng, restoring previously developed land and promoKng  producKon efficiencies and support its goal to pursue the highest  biodiversity. level of energy efficiency, minimize its environmental impact and  • Light colored roof reduces heat island effect and energy usage  move the organizaKon to a more sustainable energy supply future. associated with cooling loads.
  • 2. WATER SITE PLANNING & DESIGN • NaKve and drought resistant planKngs were used in lieu of an  • Green (vegetated) roof miKgates storm water runoff. irrigaKon system reducing the building’s potable water usage. • White roofing miKgates the urban heat island effect to reduce  • Uses 25% less water than comparable code compliant building. cooling loads. • Parking garage landscaping reduces urban heat island effects. ENERGY • Landscaping is drought tolerant. • EsKmated to use 21% less energy than comparable code  • Exterior lighKng produces li8le or no light polluKon. compliant building. • 70 preferred parking spaces are being reserved for fuel  • 35% of building’s power from green power sources (solar, wind  efficient and low‐eminng vehicles. turbines, etc.). WATER MATERIALS & RESOURCES • Potable water consumpKon is esKmated to be reduced by  • Over 90% of construcKon waste diverted from disposal in  more than 20%. landfills. • IrrigaKon system is designed to reduce potable water  • 22% of building materials contain high levels of recycled  consumpKon by 64% over typical systems. content. • IrrigaKon system is esKmated to save 210,000 gallons of water  • 22% of building materials are regionally manufactured. per month during typical watering seasons. • Interior finishes and materials contain low or no volaKle  organic compounds (VOCs). ENERGY • Energy consumpKon is esKmated to decrease by 17% beyond a  code compliant building. • Energy analysis models performed demonstrate decreased  energy usage. MATERIALS & RESOURCES • The construcKon team has integrated a waste management  plan that maximizes the amount of construcKon debris to be  recycled. • “Green” concrete mixes uKlizing waste slag and/or fly ash are  esKmated to reduce energy producKon input. Lankenau Medical Center, Lower Merion, PA • A minimum of 20% of construcKon materials have been  specified to come from recycled material. Lankenau Medical Center Expansion • A minimum of 10% of construcKon materials has been  specified to be locally sourced and manufactured. Overall Master Plan Project at Lankenau Campus includes  • LighKng containing reduced levels of mercury has been  construcKon of a new 96‐bed paKent tower, new parking garage,  specified. new central uKlity plant, and other major renovaKons to the  campus. ConstrucKon is underway.  ‐ Empire State Building, New York, NY ‐ “Clean energy and our nearly 40 percent reduced  consumpOon of waQs and BTUs gives us a  The Empire State Building (ESB) is a member of the Environmental  compeOOve advantage in aQracOng the best  ProtecKon Agency’s Green Power Partnership. In support of its  credit tenants at the best rents. Our program of  mulK‐year, $20M sustainability iniKaKve, the ESB signed on with  innovaOon at the Empire State Building shows  Green Mountain Energy’s (GME) parent company, NRG Energy, for  simple, replicable, non‐proprietary steps for other  a 100% renewable energy package. The 2.85 million square‐foot  landlords to follow to be more energy efficient,  office building will purchase 100% wind power in the form of  cleaner and greener.”  Renewable Energy CerKficates (RECs) in a two‐year contract  amounKng to nearly 55 million kilowa8 hours (kWh) of renewable  ‐ Anthony E. Malkin, President of Malkin Holdings  energy each year. The energy plan will establish the ESB as New  in a recent statement. York City’s largest commercial purchaser of 100% renewable energy  by twofold. Based on EPA’s current rankings, it is expected to rank  The project, primarily funded by energy and operaKonal savings, is  #18 on EPA’s naKonal Top 100% Green Power Purchaser List. As  also expected to cut energy costs by $4.4 million annually and  well, it is GME’s biggest commercial purchaser in the company’s 13‐ reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 105,000 metric tons over the  year history. next 15 years according to the building’s website.
  • 3. ‐ University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA ‐ In 2009 and 2010, University of Iowa  was the only university to be recognized  *Based on University of Iowa (UI) web site and interviews with  by the EPA as one of the top 20 on‐site  Glen Mowery, Director of UKliKes & Energy Management and  green power users with a rank of 15th in  Ferman Milster, Associate Director, UKliKes & Energy Management. the naKon. Iowa has no acKve coal mines and no natural gas wells and  energy technology when UI planned an addiKon to its Cambus  therefore, all money spent on fuel leaves the state. In response, UI  Barn Maintenance Facility. When Mowery saw the design  developed an iniKaKve to use alternaKve fuels in the area for  which included a metal roof that slopes outward, he asked the  energy generaKon. In 2009 and 2010, it was the only university to  Director of Parking & TransportaKon to allow them to put an  be recognized by the EPA as one of the top 20 on‐site green power  alternate in their bid to have thin film photovoltaics applied  users with a rank of 15th in the naKon (2009 and 2010). On  directly to the metal roofing as it comes from the factory. The  October 29, 2010, UI’s President, Sally Mason, formally announced  bid came in more a8racKve than Mowery anKcipated and they  its Vision 2020 plan which included the primary goals of 40%  now have a whole roof system of thin film PV. The energy  renewable energy consumpKon on campus by 2020 and total  generated will exceed the needs of the barn so it will act as  consumpKon in 2020 to be less than consumpKon in 2010 despite  another generaKon source on the uKlity grid. A solar electric  growth. car charging staKon is also currently under construcKon and  will provide charging spaces for approximately 20 electric  UI’s renewable energy program began as early as 2001 when  vehicles uKlized by the FaciliKes Management Department. Quaker Oats approached UI with a new concept. The manufacturer  has a very large combinaKon mill and cereal producKon facility in  Cedar Rapids, 20 miles away from UI. It produces about 100,000  tons of oat hulls per year, which are the outer shell of the oat grain  leu over auer the food making process. They asked UI if they would  be interested in using their oat hulls as fuel and within two years,  UI had successfully retrofi8ed one of their coal‐fired boilers to burn  the oat hulls. According to Ferman Milster, Associate Director of  UKliKes & Energy Management, today that on‐site power plant  produces nearly 9 million kilowa8 hours of biomass power  annually, 3% of the University’s electricity use. The equivalent of  that is powering almost 900 average American homes annually. The  Rendering of UI’s Solar Electric Vehicle Charging StaOon  plant also enabled them to reduce their fossil fuel greenhouse gas  emissions by over 50,000 tons of CO2 each year, which is equivalent  • Paper Sludge UMlizaMon – UI is currently tesKng the usage of  to taking 1,200 passenger vehicles off of the road. Saving the  paper sludge in one of their coal boilers. Working closely with  university $670,000 each year, the project became the springboard  Cedar River Paper, a local cardboard recycling plant,  for mulKple other renewable energy and educaKonal efforts. preliminary results show promise and they are opKmisKc on  blending that once tesKng is completed. Those other iniKaKves include: • Hydroelectric CapabiliMes ‐ The main Power Plant was built in  • Oakdale Renewable Energy Plant (OREP) – This is a series of  the 1920s and enclosed an  projects whose purpose is to uKlize mulKple technologies  exisKng hydroelectric  using locally renewable resources to provide cost‐effecKve and  facility which conKnued   reliable energy sources in response to increased growth on the  to generate power unKl  UI’s Oakdale Research Park Campus.   the 1960s, when the unit  was shut down and the  • Landfill Gas Project – Part of OREP, UI has partnered with  equipment removed.  MidAmerican Energy Company who will transport landfill gas  However, the structural  from the City of Iowa City landfill to UI’s Oakdale Research Park  porKon of this facility is  via an underground pipeline. Once the landfill gas arrives at   sKll inside the Power Plant  UI's Oakdale Renewable Energy Plant, it will be combusted in  University of Iowa Power Plant and would support  an engine and used to produce electric power and heat for its  installaKon of hydroelectric generaKon equipment. An iniKal  Oakdale Research Park campus. The goal is to have the small  study has confirmed that it would be possible to restore  satellite campus uKlize 100% renewable energy and they are  hydroelectric generaKon to the Power Plant. The University  opKmisKc they will achieve that. expects about 500‐kW of renewable energy would be  generated from a restored hydroelectric generator. • Solar Energy Technology – Glen Mowery, Director UKliKes &  Energy Management, saw the opportunity to uKlize solar 
  • 4. Partnership with the College of Engineering ‐ Milster stresses  “Colleges and universiOes have a stewardship  that schools with engineering colleges have great talent and UI  obligaOon to go figure this stuff out, and our  has been very successful in engaging professors and students  students are our future leaders, so we have to get  in performing projects from fundamental research through  them involved while they’re young.”  senior design projects. An example is one professor, a  combusKon specialist, has a combusKon lab where they are  ‐Ferman Milster, Associate Director, UOliOes &  conducKng fundamental research on combusKon  Energy Management characterisKcs of various biomass fuels. They have made a  computerized model of one of their coal boilers and are tesKng  it prior to working on the physical modificaKon.  Milster conKnues to look toward the future of energy  management. He says, “Plasma gasificaKon is very interesKng. It’s  • Wind Energy ‐ UI is exploring possibiliKes of wind energy at or  about to break here in the US and we would like to have a seat at  near the main campus.  the table when that comes out.” Plasma GasificaKon Process,  abbreviated PGP, is a new trash disposal soluKon using plasma  Results: technology. This process of trash disposal is self‐sustaining and  converts trash into electricity. Although it has been around for a  ✓ During 2003 – 2008, biomass represented an average of 12%  number of years, its applicaKon to trash disposal was never  of UI’s fuel (coal, natural gas, biomass) and electric power  seriously considered because the convenKonal approach of using  consumpKon. landfills was less expensive. Now with landfills in scarce supply, the  ✓ Power Plant improvements to increase efficiency, including  process has merited deeper consideraKon.  heat recovery and improving the efficiency of turbine  generators, are saving an esKmated $1.14M / year. “Colleges and universiKes have a stewardship obligaKon to go  ✓ Chilled water improvements are saving $367,000 / year. figure this stuff out, and our student are our future leaders, so we  ✓ Energy audit program is saving $1.5M / year. have to get them involved while they’re young,” Milster concludes. ‐  Sami Barry performs Strategic Market Development for Helbling &  Associates and has been with the firm since 1994. She is a member of  Washington Building Congress and Green Building Alliance of PiQsburgh. To subscribe to Helbling’s quarterly newsleQer, visit our home page at  www.helblingsearch.com and click on the green buQon on the boQom  right.