Hospitals/medical centers are high energy consuming buildings which tend to be highly complex, as they comprise of a wide range of services and functional units. Many of these facilities are comprised of buildings and additions/renovations made up over the span of many years. These systems and resources are typically outdated and inefficient. The focus of this training is to provide information on technologies available to support EO 14057 decarbonization requirements such as CFE, electrification, and GHG reduction within a hospital environment.
Instructors
Scott Wolf, Federal Project Executive, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Read Bio
Scott Wolf is a federal project executive at Oak Ridge National Laboratory where he supports the U.S. Department of Energy's Federal Energy Management Program. Scott assists federal agencies in the western part of the country with launching successful third-party financed projects and has worked with most federal agencies in the field. He has 30 years of energy technology and engineering experience including performing technical analysis and energy program development in the government sector. He is responsible for assisting a variety of federal agencies with implementing alternatively financed energy projects. In this capacity, Scott provides expert advice and guidance to all levels of an organization that are responsible for completing multimillion dollar energy project deals through energy saving performance contracts and other mechanisms.
Kurmit Rockwell, Program Manager, Team Lead, PE, CEM, LEED AP, Federal Energy Manager Program (FEMP) Read Bio
Kurmit serves as ESPC program manager where he oversees services, tools, and resources needed to assist agencies with implementing successful ESPC projects. Over a career spanning 25 years, Kurmit's work included engineering and all aspects of ESPC project implementation for federal, state, and local governments. His work in the public and private sector energy services industry has focused on evaluation and implementation of energy and water cost saving technologies, smart building energy optimization services, renewable energy systems, and demand side management. He holds a bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from Polytechnic Institute of New York University and a master's degree in Building Systems Engineering from the University of Colorado. He is a registered professional engineer in multiple states.
Michael Mungal, Project Executive, CEM, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Read Bio
Michael is a Federal Project Executive (FPE) supporting the ESPC Program for DOE FEMP. Mr. Mungal coordinates ESPCs, including other third-party financing activities by assisting federal agencies in the development and evaluation of energy efficiency and renewable energy projects. Mr. Mungal has over 26 years of experience in developing and evaluating energy projects for local, state, and federal government sector customers. Mr. Mungal has previously served as a FEMP approved Project Facilitator (PF) and has assisted numerous agencies in navigating through FEMPs ESPC project development process. Michael is a licensed Professional Engineer in two states, a licensed General Contractor in Florida and has a M.S. and B.S. degrees in Civil/Environmental Engineering.
Fred Betz, Mechanical Engineer, LEED AP BD+C, Betz Consulting, LLC Read Bio
Fred Betz, PhD LEED AP BD+C is a mechanical engineer with fourteen years of professional experience designing healthcare and laboratory facilities around the world. Dr. Betz is active in both ASHRAE and ASHE currently serving as chair of ASHRAE SPC 191P, a corresponding member of ASHRAE T.C. 2.8 and is a member of the ASHE Sustainability Committee and Decarbonization Task Force. Dr. Betz has authored over 20 articles and presented as numerous conferences including ASHRAE, ASHE, and GreenBuild. He specialize in healthcare, laboratory, and corporate office environments.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, attendees will be able to:
- Identify Decarbonization Drivers in the federal sector;
- Recognize the Basics of Performance Contracts;
- Select facility Decarbonization and Electrification measures;
- Identify the main processes that can adopted through Decarbonization strategies to meet agency and federal goals;
- Recognize Emerging Approaches to decarbonize a health care facility;
- Identify how to decarbonize cost effectively.
