Customer Success Stories
A global leader in energy and building performance optimization, delivering 2.5+ billion kWh in energy savings, preventing 3.4 billion pounds of CO₂ emissions, and generating more than $289 million in measurable customer value.
“From day one, we knew something wasn’t right—simultaneous heating and cooling in a brand-new facility was a big red flag. Optimum Energy didn’t just identify the problem—they partnered with us to solve it in a way that respected our clinical environment. Their team proved that efficiency and patient safety can go hand in hand.”
“By responding swiftly to BioMérieux’s decarbonization roadmap, OE uncovered and eliminated the single largest energy wasters—reheat loops and a stuck valve—before any major equipment work began. With that foundation in place, SVT adjustments, dynamic setpoint resets, and precise control re-sequencing have driven significant, verifiable energy savings.”
“Chiller optimization offered us the biggest bang for the buck when Baylor explored ways to reduce its energy spend. Optimum Energy is top notch.”
“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.
“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.”
“Optimum is different. I’ve got a plant that is running at absolute maximum efficiency.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
