Application in the Corporate Operations category based on work in the Energy Management field within Civic Facilities.
Over the past decade the Civic Facilities Division has partnered with BC Hydro Power Smart to undertake many individual energy improvement projects, including lighting upgrades, building energy management system installations, ice plant efficiency improvements and heat recovery, and separately building envelope/roofing insulation upgrade projects. Although these projects all resulted in substantial energy reductions, it was decided a more comprehensive energy management program which would involve getting all staff to buy in to energy management would be a substantial benefit for the city.
In late 2007 the City of Prince George formally partnered with BC Hydro under their Energy Manager Program and hired the firm Energy Advantage Inc. to act in the capacity of Energy Manager. This followed the city producing an Energy and Greenhouse Gas Management Plan, having a One-2-Five Energy Diagnostic completed, and partnering with Direct Energy for natural gas procurement flexibility. The One-2-Five Energy report identified that the city could save from $250,000 to $350,000 yearly in energy savings through improved energy management.
The energy manager project is now in its' first year 3rd quarter with executive and working groups identified, capital and operating budgets set up, energy audits completed on 12 major facilities, a new energy policy being developed, and initial work completed on identifying reasonable payback projects to tackle first. We will be capping off the first year of work by producing a Sustainable Energy Management Plan.
