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Customer ‍Success Stories

The global leader in HVAC optimization with customer savings of 2.5 Billion kWh, 3.4 Billion Lbs CO2 and $289M+

University of Texas – Austin
Austin, TX
Industry
Higher Education
Years with Optimum Energy
10+ years

“The secret to our success is having the right balance of plant equipment, marrying that with the optimization and dispatching opportunities Optimum provides, and doing it in a way they don’t
compromise or fight each other. When they do good, we do good.

Juan Ontiveros,
Former Associate Vice President for Utilities & Energy Management
25%
Plant efficiency improvements
3.7 M
Square feet added (2009-2019)
72,000 Tons
CO2 Prevented per year
Baylor University
Waco, TX
Industry
Higher Education
Years with Optimum Energy
5+ years

“Chiller optimization offered us the biggest bang for the buck when Baylor explored ways to reduce its energy spend. Optimum Energy is top notch.”

Kenneth Haltom,
Aramark Energy Services
24%
Plant Efficiency Improvements
$464K
Operations Cost
1.3 YRS
Est. Roi
Georgia Tech
Atlanta, GA
Industry
Higher Education
Years with Optimum Energy
8+ years

“By keeping the equipment operating at maximum efficiency, we’re saving money—and that’s what the optimization project is really about. I expect the plants to continue to improve and perform at a more efficient level than today. As we add more research buildings, we’ll need more chilled water capacity—we’ll definitely start off with optimization.”

Donald P. Alexander,
facilities design and construction Institute engineer, Georgia Tech
34.6%
Plant efficiency improvements
$271K
Operations Cost
5 YRS
Est. Roi
University of Maryland – Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research
Rockville, MD
Industry
Higher Education
Years with Optimum Energy
5+ years

“Optimum is different. I’ve got a plant that is running at absolute maximum efficiency.”

James Johnson,
director of facilities & lab services
36.6%
Plant Efficiency Improvements
$36K
Operations Cost
6.25 YRS
Est. Roi
Penn Medicine
Philadelphia, PA
Industry
Healthcare
Years with Optimum Energy
3-4 years

“In 20 years of experience, I’ve never seen chiller optimization like this,” said Morlang. “It has more depth, it analyzes the system as a whole, and it uses advanced algorithms to adjust for the system you have in a holistic way. We’re exceeding our predicted savings, and I expect that to continue year after year.””

Kathleen Morlang
Energy Manager
31%
Plant efficiency improvements
$288K
Operations Cost
1.6 YR
Est. Roi
Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Hershey, PA
Industry
Healthcare
Years with Optimum Energy
5+ years

“Through this project, we are more aware of energy efficiency and savings. It’s helping the team see the bigger picture—we’re not just providing chilled water, but we’re doing it as efficiently as possible and, ultimately, saving money.”

Kevin Kanoff
Campus Energy Engineer
25%
Plant efficiency improvements
$300K
Operations Cost
4.3 YR
Est. Roi
Thermal Energy Corporation
Houston, TX
Industry
District Cooling
Years with Optimum Energy
4+ years

“The monthly analytics reports are very valuable. They give us insights into potential problems with our machines—starting with overall efficiencies and then diving deeper into the details with things like approach temperature degradation on the chillers. We are also looking at how all that information trends over time—combined with Optimum’s experience from other sites, we get a different set of eyes and experience to help drill down into what the machines are telling us.”

Mike Manoucheri
VP of Engineering & Maintenance
6%
Plant efficiency improvements
$509K
Operations Cost
1.9 YR
Est. Roi
Rockefeller Group
New York City, NY
Industry
CRE
Years with Optimum Energy
5+ years

“We are very proud to be one of the first companies in New York City to receive such a large rebate from Con Edison.”

Kevin R. Hackett
President & CEO
3K
Tons of CO2 Prevented
$557K
Rebate Awarded
LEED-ED
Certified
Fortune 100 Company
New York
Industry
Data Centers
Years with Optimum Energy
5+ years

“Thanks to Optimum Energy, we’re seeing real cost and energy savings, and we’ve reduced performance drift.”

Plant Operations Manager
17%
Plant Efficiency Improvements
$172K
Operations Cost
1.9 YR
Est. Roi
Global Optical Care Manufacturer
Europe
Industry
Manufacturing
Years with Optimum Energy
5+ years

“Optimum Energy’s engineers were very good at finding opportunities to save additional energy and working with the building automation system vendor to make them happen.”

Facility Energy Manager
3.3 M
kWh Saved per Year
$412K
Operations Cost
3.7 YR
Est. Roi
Global Pharmaceutical Company
Europe
Industry
Pharma
Years with Optimum Energy
5+ years

“Optimum Energy’s engineers were very good at finding opportunities to save additional energy and working with the building automation system vendor to make them happen.”

Facility Energy Manager
3.3 M
kWh Saved per Year
$412K
Operations Cost
3.7 YR
Est. Roi

“The secret to our success is having the right balance of plant equipment, marrying that with the optimization and dispatching opportunities Optimum provides, and doing it in a way they don’t compromise or fight each other.”

Juan Ontiveros, P.E.

Associate Vice President for Utilities and Energy Management, The University of Texas-Austin

“Optimum is different. I’ve got a plant that is running at absolute maximum efficiency.”

James Johnson

Director of Facilities & Lab Services

“We now have an overall picture of what efficiency across the plant should look like, as well as the savings that we’ve achieved.”

Healthcare Provider in the Southeast

Manager, Maintenance & Engineering

“If we turn the system off, we can watch energy usage increase. Then we turn it back on and we can make it go back down again. We can see the immediate, quantifiable impact. The savings are verifiable—we know that our money is being quickly recovered and that the investment is helping patients.”

Kathleen Morlang

Energy Manager, Penn Medicine

“Chiller optimization offered us the biggest bang for the buck when Baylor explored ways to reduce its energy spend. Optimum Energy is top notch.”

Kenneth Haltom

Aramack Energy Services

“The collaboration between Optimum Energy and TECO has allowed us to accommodate load growth without adding capital equipment. This is always the first choice, and the efficiency gains provide savings every day of the year. This is a win-win for Optimum Energy, TECO, and TECO’s customers.”

Steve Swinson

CEO, Thermal Energy Corporation