Carpooling and Energy Stewards

By Iqbal Mian

Sustainability Team Leader

Don’t worry, it isn’t this complicated.

Organized Chaos

Department of Transportation ViolationsHow many can you spot?

HWY• 500 million dollar project – largest reconstruction in WI to

add 4 lane traffic in order to meet the demands of the future

• Increased accidents and congestion• How do we lighten traffic?

A study released by the Metropolitan Planning Council states

that:

Traffic congestion in the Chicago area costs $7.3 billion a year in

lost time and wasted fuel, almost double previous projections ...

[It] prompted calls for reinvestment in mass transit and road-

expansion projects before the problem worsens.

Carpool Facts from Every Monday Matters

• Only 10.2% of workers rideshare.• 45.3 cents per mile is the average cost to drive a car due to fuel,

maintenance, tires, depreciation, and insurance.• $2,174 can be saved annually by each person in a 2-person, 40-

mile roundtrip rideshare.• 12,000 gallons of gasoline would be saved each year for every

100 people who paired up into a daily rideshare.• 20 pounds of CO2 is produced by burning 1 gallon of gasoline.• A 10% nationwide increase in transit ridership would save 135

million gallons of gasoline a year.• 34% of roads are in poor or mediocre conditions due to heavy

usage and lack of proper repairs. Save your car, the roads, and your tax dollars.

Current State

Are you willing to participate in a car pool as a driver?

Are you willing to enter your home town, work location and work schedule into a registry?

Are you willing to make contact with potential car-poolers and work out ride-share details?

93.88% 94.90% 97.96%

92.86% 94.90%

36.73%

6.12%5.10%

2.04% 7.14%5.10%

63.27%

AHS Carpool Survey 2008Yes No

Why Share?• Gas is really expensive. • Wear & tear costs more than gas. • Driving is stressful, especially in winter.• Socializing and sense of community. • Takes vehicles off the road. • Helps you, helps someone else.

Recovering Economy = Higher Gas Prices

Carpoolworld.com Pilot

Site Tutorial• Test drive the site

- Ease of use and access- Setup available time – utilize park and rides

• Carbon calculator• Preferences and safety• Test sites at AHS

- Clinics, NHP, standard hour employees

• Goals of the program- 100 participants (once a month, week, or day)- Compete with success stories of local companies

Payment Please

Energy Facts• What is a Watt?

- standard unit of power- a 60W bulb burns 60 watts an hour when on- 60 watts = burning 205 wooden matches- Kilowatt is 1,000 watts, thus a kilowatt hour (kWh) is 1,000 watts in an hour. - The average home takes 45 kWh a day for its energy needs

• What is a Therm?- unit of heat for measuring natural gas- 1 therm = 29.3 kilowatt hours- the equivalent of burning 100 cubic feet of gas

What is Energy Stewards?

• It is a web-based platform that makes energy improvement efforts easy to understand, engaging participants to take action to reduce financial and environmental costs.

• Allows us to see energy performance of various facilities with a level of standardization in the form an Energy Intensity Score (Electrical + Gas Usage/Square Footage of facility). The lower the score, the more efficient use of energy in the building.

• Benchmarking tool – Hospital + Clinic comparison within organization, or across the country.

Energy Stewards

Making the Grade

EU

I: Energy U

tilization Index = kBtu/ft 2/yr

(Annual kW

h X 3.413) =_____kB

tu

+ (A

nnual Therms X

100) =_____kBtu

Total Annual E

nergy =_____kBtu

Benchmark Battle

Triplets Aren’t Always Identical

• 3 LEED Affinity Clinic Buildings - Identical in design and construction, yet variable performance.

• What does this mean?

Take ActionMercy Medical Center

We believe in 3 necessary ingredients to change

any system:  Will, Ideas, and Execution (reference:

Tom Nolan, Associates in Process Improvement,

2003).

 

Energy Stewards™ helps EXECUTION of effective

energy management—by making actions visible

and available to many people via the web,

organizing key IDEAS in the Action Table, and can

build up WILL when you evaluate results (energy

performance), all in a way that is intended to

promote friendly competition.

Discussion• How do we communicate this information

in a meaningful way?• How can I contribute to the energy

consumption in the building I work in?• Can I see this type of information for my

home?• What does it mean to be Energy Star

Awarded?

BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE….It is necessary to make courageous decisions

that reflect knowing how to re-create a strong alliance between man and the earth.

A decisive “yes” to the protection of creation is necessary, and a firm

commitment to reverse those tendencies that run the risk of bringing about situations

of unstoppable degradation.

Pope Benedict XVI

Thank You!