Facilities Mgt' Perspective Barriers to Energy Efficiency

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Facilities Mgt. Perspective -Barriers to Energy
Efficiency

• Sean Gallagher, Asst. Director
• Dept. of Facilities Management
• Montgomery County Public Schools

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Do you have Credibility?

• Unproven or inappropriate technology
• Resistance from experienced maintenance personnel
• High maintenance/high risk of failure

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Spend credibility on Unproven or inappropriate
technology?

• Will it work and save energy as advertised?
• Is it appropriate for you level of operations and
  maintenance personnel?

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Credibility - Resistance from maintenance
personnel

• Who is going to fix this when it breaks?
• High maintenance, high risk of failure?

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Pressures of facilities management

• Get it fixed!
• Not enough time
• Not enough money

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Pressures of facilities management

• The tale of the smoking ballast

Tilden Middle School
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Pressures of facilities management

• Crisis Opportunity
• 45 schools need expedited solution
• energy savings

Tilden Middle School
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Net facilities benefitsor costs?

• Other benefits in addition to energy
• Solves problems in partnership with others
• Align with department and organizational mission

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Net facilities benefitsor costs?

• Spark Matsunaga ES
• Geo-thermal
• Energy savings
• Cooling/heating on demand
• Lower maintenance costs

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Net facilities benefitsor costs?

• School Eco Response Team (SERT)
• Student involvement enthusiasm energy focus
• school ownership of energy use (energy
  
  savings)

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Mutual benefits Win-win!

• Jessica GoldingBrooke Grove ES
• Laura Sillers
  Winston Churchill HS

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Barriers can be overcome!

• Credibility can be earned by consistent
  performance and reliability.
• Help reduce pressures on facility managers with
  integrated solutions.
• Find win-win solutions that have mutual benefits.