Greg’s Update

Hello All – So far here in Portland things have been moving along – sometimes steadily other times not. However, overall, it has been a great experience. Primarily I’ve been busy working with the city in collecting usage data on roughly 35 municipal facilities, buildings, and schools in preparation for sending out a Request for Proposals (RFP) in mid-August. In sending out this RFP, the city is seeking the best company (or ESCO) to conduct an industrial grade energy audit on these buildings. The ultimate goal, of course, is to make them more energy and cost efficient. Another part of my job this summer has been to put this data (water, oil, natural gas, electricity) into the US EPA Portfolio Manager program, which will enable the city to organize and track performance and savings over time. There is a great deal of political support for this project (the City Manager has called it his top priority for the year), so it feels good to put the effort into a project that you know will go somewhere and have tangible benefits for the city. I hope all of you are having a good summer as well!