Jefferson's Building Commissioning Initiative in Collaboration with Cimetrics Analytika
Jefferson Health Achieves Significant Energy Savings with Continuous Commissioning
In a remarkable stride towards energy conservation, Jefferson Health, a regional health system based in Philadelphia, has successfully reduced its carbon footprint by an amount equivalent to taking 1500 cars off the road for a year, thanks to the implementation of the Cimetrics Analytika Process.
This reduction in CO2 emissions, totalling over 7,000 Metric Tons, is a significant contribution to Jefferson Health's overall energy conservation efforts. The details of this achievement are outlined in the latest issue of Currents, an energy conservation newsletter for Jefferson Health.
The Building Continuous Commissioning Project, which began in 2013, involved a team of recognized experts, including Cimetrics Analytika. This project focuses on continuously checking and testing a building's energy-using equipment while it's operating, with the aim of maintaining optimal performance and preventing energy waste.
The Cimetrics Analytika Process is a key component of this project. It is a valuable tool for Jefferson Health in their ongoing efforts to manage their high energy spend for maximum savings. The Process is capable of finding existing energy-wasting problems with equipment and predicting potential problems, ensuring systems operate at peak efficiency.
Continuous Commissioning, the process employed by Jefferson Health, differs from traditional commissioning. It employs smart algorithms, automated data collection, and remote adjustments to ensure systems operate at peak efficiency throughout the building’s lifecycle, rather than just at initial startup.
This approach has resulted in substantial energy savings, reduction in CO2 emissions, extended equipment life, improved indoor environmental quality, and financial savings due to reduced utility costs and fewer repairs. For instance, the HVAC system at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital was optimized so that compressors would pre-start to maintain indoor temperature efficiently during outdoor temperature spikes, illustrating how continuous commissioning directly translates into energy and cost savings with environmental benefits.
The Currents newsletter, which focuses on energy conservation efforts within Jefferson Health, has reported on the results of the Building Continuous Commissioning Project. The newsletter also highlights the enterprise-wide energy conservation efforts at Jefferson Health.
With the Cimetrics Analytika Process, Jefferson Health has achieved energy cost savings of over $1 Million Dollars, demonstrating the effectiveness of continuous commissioning in achieving energy savings and reducing CO2 emissions. This dynamic, data-driven, and proactive approach goes beyond one-time fixes to provide ongoing optimization, enabling buildings to meet sustainability goals and contribute to carbon footprint reduction effectively.
- The Cimetrics Analytika Process, employed by Jefferson Health for continuous commissioning, plays a crucial role in their ongoing efforts to manage energy spend for maximum savings, not just in healthcare, but also in areas like environmental science, such as health-and-wellness and climate-change, where energy efficiency can lead to significant reductions in carbon emissions.
- The significant energy savings, reduction in CO2 emissions, and financial savings achieved by Jefferson Health through the Building Continuous Commissioning Project could potentially inspire other sectors, like therapies-and-treatments and the environmental science field, to adopt similar proactive, data-driven approaches to address energy waste, contribute to carbon footprint reduction, and promote sustainability in their respective operations.
