Education Programs

Hands-on Workshop to Rate the Energy Performance of Healthcare Facilities

Description: This hands-on workshop will walk you through the benchmarking process step-by-step. This training will cover creating a private user account, identifying data requirements, managing and sharing information, and establishing and interpreting your energy performance rating. The rating serves as a benchmark that enables you to compare the energy performance of your facility to similar ones across the nation, and to itself over time. From a portfolio perspective, energy performance ratings provide valuable information for making decisions regarding investments in energy efficiency, developing energy management plans, and tracking improvement over time. Who should participate: Healthcare facility managers, energy managers, engineers, property managers, and service and product provider’s organizational leaders interested to learn how effective tracking and benchmarking quantifies savings, helps to set measurable goals, and can earn recognition.

At the end of the training you will have an Energy Performance Rating for your healthcare facility. Please bring your building data to the training. If you do not have access to facility data, a sample data set will be provided.

Upcoming Live Sessions:

Wednesday, July 30, 2008 at 1 PM, EST
Register: https://energystar.webex.com/energystar/k2/j.php?ED=106302922&UID=324353674

Thursday, August 14, 2008 at 2 PM, EST
Register: https://energystar.webex.com/energystar/k2/j.php?ED=106302972&UID=177307582

Wednesday, September 10, 2008 at 1 PM, EST
Register: https://energystar.webex.com/energystar/k2/j.php?ED=106303027&UID=767909183

Tuesday, October 7, 2008 at 1 PM, EST
Register: https://energystar.webex.com/energystar/k2/j.php?ED=106303082&UID=470832629

Pre-recorded session:
This training is also available as a recorded training that can be viewed at any time. To access the training to go https://energystar.webex.com. Under “Attend a Session”, click “Recorded Sessions” and select “Rating Energy Performance of Healthcare Facilities with EPA’s Portfolio Manager” from the list.

Whole Building Energy Modeling

Description: Design teams are increasingly integrating energy efficiency components into their design, but few use design tools to measure the impact of these components. EPA’s Target Finder and energy modeling tools, such as eQuest, enable a design team to put science into decision-making by identifying the most cost-effective energy efficiency measures. This training will demonstrate how to properly model whole-building energy use with energy modeling tools and incorporate the results into EPA’s Target Finder tool to assess the energy performance of the designed building.

This is a pre-recorded training that can be viewed at any time. To access the training to go https://energystar.webex.com. Under “Attend a Session”, click “Recorded Sessions” and select “Whole Building Energy Modeling” from the list.

ENERGY STAR Energy Management Web Conference

The ENERGY STAR Energy Management Web Conferences are held regularly on the third Wednesday of the month from 1 PM to 2:30 PM EST. Each monthly Web conference is structured around a different energy management topic that provides a starting point for discussion. The Web conferences provide a forum for sharing successful energy management practices.

As part of ASHE’s partnership with ENERGY STAR, participation in these Web Conferences has been offered to participants in ASHE E2C. Each month, we will send information about the subject and presenters for the Web Conference. To register, send an email to ENERGYSTARHealthcare@icfi.com. In the subject line please enter “Web Conference Registration” and in the body of the email, please include your name, your hospital name, and, if applicable, the name of your health system.

Other Trainings Offered by ENERGY STAR

ENERGY STAR offers many other online training opportunities which are free to attend. Session topics include PC Power Management, improving your performance, purchasing and procurement of energy efficient equipment. Session formats include self-guided, pre-recorded, and live, online. To learn more about available sessions and how to access the trainings, visit http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=business.bus_internet_presentations.