HHI Series: Leaner Energy - Achieving Reductions in Energy Use and Cost Savings with ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager

Overview

Session Description

Join Clark Reed, U.S. EPA’s National Program Manager for Health Care, to get an understanding of how EPA’s ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager tool can help provide a foundation for your energy management program. Since you can’t manage what you don’t measure, Portfolio Manager provides an online tool to track energy and water consumption, as well as greenhouse gas emissions, but that’s not all. Hospitals can set energy reduction baselines and targets in Portfolio Manager, and integrate the key performance metrics into a strategic management plan. Portfolio Manager also makes it easy to produce custom reports and share data. And maybe you’ll be able to join the top 25% of energy-efficient buildings nationwide and apply for ENERGY STAR certification.

Learning Objectives

This session will enable you to:

Identify the common myths about energy savings
Align your energy savings goals with national data
Compare your energy management program with leading companies
Maximize the use your hospital’s ENERGY STAR score

Presenter

Clark Reed, National Program Manager ENERGY STAR, US Environmental Protection Agency

Clark Reed serves as a National Program Manager for ENERGY STAR at the US Environmental Protection Agency where he works with commercial building partners to identify energy opportunities, promote energy efficiency best practices, and recognize top performing buildings. He managed EPA’s efforts to establish a national energy performance rating scale for hospitals, medical offices, and most recently, senior living communities.

Mr. Reed has over sixteen years’ of experience writing and speaking on energy issues for the EPA. He earned a BA in Economics from the University of Washington and his MA in Environmental Policy from Tufts University.