Green Team

ENGINEERING EXCELLENCE EARNS ENERGY STAR AWARD

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What We Did

Our Green Team has led the effort to obtain the ENERGY STAR rating for our Cincinnati headquarters office.  Through social commitment from all departments of the company, the team was able to help raise our score over 17 points in just over a year.  Our carbon footprint reduction was  over 86 tons of carbon dioxide.  This equals removing 14 cars from the road or reforesting 20 acres.

How We Did It

In January 2008, the building was benchmarked using EPA’s Portfolio Manager, and the building received an energy performance rating of 64. This rating was set as the baseline from which to build. Next, Engineering Excellence investigated the energy consumption in the building by conducting an internal Engineering Excellence energy audit. The audit revealed that the building needed a controls upgrade to gain the ability to control all office suites from one central location. This control system created schedules based on the occupancy of the departments and also enabled employees to override the system when working during non-business hours.  Along with the controls, a lighting upgrade was implemented and several HVAC units were installed in dedicated areas to reduce the need to run units serving occupied and unoccupied areas at the same time.

Who Lead this Effort

Thomas J. Winstel, CEM | President & C.E.O.

Jim Manning, P.E. LEED AP | Vice President

Jade Bennett | National Accounts Billing Manager

Brent Byrd | Construction Operations Manager

Jenny Hirsh | Chief Financial Officer

Adam Pulskamp | Program Coordinator

Susan Reed | Corporate Assets Manager / Construction Administrator

Jamie Steinker | Marketing Coordinator