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As any energy manager knows, it\u2019s one thing to find energy-saving projects that are worth doing, and quite another to get them implemented.\u00a0 Over the last three years,\u00a0EDF Climate Corps<\/a> fellows have uncovered almost a billion kilowatt hours of\u00a0potential energy savings<\/a>, representing $439 million in net operating savings.\u00a0 But our biggest question has always been, \u201cWill the companies move forward with those energy-saving investments after the fellows leave?\u201d\u00a0 Thankfully, the answer is yes:\u00a0 so far, companies report that they are implementing projects accounting for\u00a086 percent<\/a>of the savings identified by EDF Climate Corps fellows.<\/p>\n

This year, as we looked back on three years of results, we noticed that many of the projects that got implemented first were lighting projects.\u00a0 For example, Hospital Corporation of America will roll out a\u00a0lighting retrofit program<\/a> across the organization, and eBay recently\u00a0upgraded the lighting<\/a> in a 60,000-square foot building on its San Jose campus.\u00a0 Other companies are employing devices to make sure the lights are on only when people need them:\u00a0 AT&T will installoccupancy sensors<\/a> in its 250 largest central offices, and Sungard is\u00a0optimizing the lighting timers<\/a> in its New York City office.<\/p>\n

This is no surprise if you\u2019ve ever looked at the ROI on lighting projects.\u00a0 The upfront costs tend to be relatively low \u2013 zero in the case of delamping or switching timer settings \u2013 so payback time is short.\u00a0 And lighting projects are pretty straightforward to identify.\u00a0 You can often spot ways to cut lighting costs just by walking through a building, and use a $50\u00a0light logger<\/a> to document when the lights are on and don\u2019t need to be, as our fellow at AT&T did.<\/p>\n

Beyond lighting, EDF Climate Corps companies are also implementing upgrades to HVAC systems, office equipment, and data centers.\u00a0 Eaton is moving forward with an\u00a0air circulation improvement<\/a> in a North Carolina plant that could yield an annual electricity reduction of 2.5 million kWh.\u00a0 eBay is currently installing power management software for all of its PCs.\u00a0 And Cisco has\u00a0raised temperatures in some of its research labs<\/a>, which could save the company about $1.8 million and 18 million kWh of electricity annually.<\/p>\n

But if we\u2019ve learned anything about energy efficiency over the last three years, it\u2019s that it has as much to do with changing behavior as changing lightbulbs.\u00a0 And EDF Climate Corps fellows have contributed to several projects that integrate energy and environmental data into a range of business decisions.<\/p>\n

For example, Compass Group North America created\u00a0a web-based toolkit<\/a> for its food service clients, illuminating choices they can make to cut their carbon emissions.\u00a0 And Diversey has introduced several\u00a0decision-support tools<\/a> with the help of its EDF Climate Corps fellow, including one that factors energy and carbon emissions into capital expenditures, and another that tracks savings from avoided travel.\u00a0 As the firm\u2019s global travel is 10 percent of its carbon footprint, Diversey estimates $6 million in annual savings from reduced travel that can be invested in other energy projects.<\/p>\n

Putting the facts about energy use and greenhouse gas emissions into decision-makers\u2019 hands is a powerful way to spotlight the business and environmental benefits of energy efficiency, and move energy-saving projects forward.\u00a0 Another bright idea brought to you by EDF Climate Corps.<\/p>\n

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