Honeywell also will install an energy dashboard kiosk

As part of the campaign, Honeywell also will install an energy dashboard kiosk in the university’s new Center for Sustainability, Energy Efficiency and Design (SEED) — a 14,000-square-foot facility built to Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Silver standards. (The official LEED rating for the building is pending.) The Web-based dashboard will pull data from electricity, gas and water meters across several campus facilities into a single, easy-to-read view to show real-time energy consumption data, energy cost savings, and carbon dioxide emissions reductions.

Earth builds on a relationship established in 2001 when Honeywell helped outfit the university with a variety of building control systems and energy conservation measures across 25 campus facilities, covering more than 840,000 square feet of space or approximately 80 percent of the campus. These improvements included enhanced building controls, an energy management system and sub-metering to improve visibility into energy consumption. Honeywell also integrated the SEED building’s heating and cooling systems, temperature controls and meters into the school’s energy management system.

To date, Philadelphia University has reduced its carbon dioxide emissions by 3,360 metric tons per year, which is equivalent to removing more than 650 cars off the road, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.“Demonstrating carbon neutrality and improving campus facilities while keeping an eye on the bottom line are pressing issues facing nearly every college and university nationwide,” said Paul Orzeske, president of Honeywell Building Solutions. “Through the awareness, communication and education efforts of the Earth initiative, we are helping Philadelphia University establish a long-term energy sustainability strategy to responsibly address these challenges.”

November 23, 2011

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