"Opportunities are seldom labeled."
- John A. Shedd

Energy management on the Brown campus is a full time job. Currently, Brown does not have a single person on staff whose entire job is devoted to energy management. There is no one person who directs, coordinates, and administers the day-to-day operations of Brown's utility energy program; these positions are split up among many personnel or not covered at all. The Department of Facilities Management is under-funded and under-equipped for managing the operating costs of Brown's buildings. Meanwhile, the list of deferred maintenance programs continues to grow. Although creating a new position at first seems like a hardship, the savings an energy manager will bring to the University will pay for the staff position many times over.

A Brown University Energy Manager would

1. Monitor and analyze energy consumption and costs, develop forecasts and reports for budget establishment, energy consumption, and conservation (including performance against standards and benchmarks)
2. Develop and recommend equipment and operational strategies to maximize operating efficiency.
3. Become educated in current high performance building design initiatives.
4. Develop a campus energy management and conservation program and makes sure it is followed.
5. Perform energy calculations and incorporate results in the management of campus energy conservation programs and central plant operations.
6. Monitor and influence regulatory policy and systems benefits through direct interface with Narragansett Electric.
7. Assist in the development and management of the annual operating budget of the Utilities Division.
8. Identify and manage energy efficiency projects that will pay for themselves in energy savings.

An energy manager will look for campus projects with potential for operational savings, manage these projects, and provide follow up.

It is cost effective and environmentally considerate for Brown to hire a full time energy manager.
The University should increase its capacity to measure campus consumption of resources. The Energy Manager's efforts will be facilitated by increased metering; Brown should meter more of its buildings for water and electricity use. This is essential to both educate building occupants regarding their resource consumption as well as provide valuable feedback for efficiency improvement projects.

Brown's energy manager will be one of many professionals involved in Building Project Teams. To read about how these teams will work together to increase the performance of the whole building, please visit "Integrated Design".