The Facility Maintenance Decisions Achievement Awards honor the nation’s best maintenance and engineering departments in institutional and commercial facilities. Here are the 2015 recipients:
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston. An HVAC retrofit reduced maintenance costs by $75,000 annually and lowered fuel use by 10 percent.
Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, Okla. HVAC upgrades helped lower electricity use by 32 million kilowatts (kWh), despite the addition of a 31,000-square-foot student center on campus.
Arlington (Texas) Independent School District. Lighting upgrades and HVAC system commissioning helped the district avoid $6.6 million in utility costs over five years.
Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston. The hospital lowered its utility cost per square foot from $7.04 to $5.20 by maximizing its building automation system.
Broward College, Davie, Fla. The college centralized more than 100 full-time employees from different departments into a new maintenance team.
Frederick County (Md.) Public Schools. More than 170 maintenance workers participated in the school district’s professional development program to help improve their skill sets.
Frito-Lay Facilities, Plano, Texas. Investments in HVAC and lighting systems helped reduce energy use by 2 million kWh annually, saving $1.5 million per year.
Winston-Salem/Forsyth (N.C.) County Schools. The school district used more than $300,000 in incentive dollars to upgrade lighting systems and HVAC equipment and install low-flow plumbing fixtures.
Texas Children’s Hospital earns special recognition for its third honor in the program’s six-year history. Broward College received its second award. To view all 2015 entries, visit www.facilitiesnet.com/fmd/fmdaa.
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