Left to Right: Henock Kidanu, energy manager, Kevin McKay, energy advisor for the Peoples Gas® energy efficiency program, Brian Bozell, senior director, Kevin Keating, energy and utilities manager, Torrence Hinton, president at People Gas®, Jean Gibson, Peoples Gas® manager of energy efficiency programs, Christina Pagnusat, Peoples Gas® director of energy efficiency S&I customer strategy, and John McKendry, Peoples Gas® principal account manager.
The University of Chicago has been awarded the 2022 Therm-Savings Triumph Award from Peoples Gas®. The award is in recognition of proactive efforts to increase efficiencies on campus, including custom measures that recapture heat, save steam, and save natural gas.
In a statement, Peoples Gas® praised the University of Chicago Energy Programs team within Facilities Operations for being an exemplary partner. “Multiple times, the vast number of annual projects completed by the University have allowed them to achieve the maximum yearly incentive our program can deliver. If something can save natural gas, they proactively reach out to our program to see how we can help them expedite work using our resources.”
The University has primarily focused on two ways of saving gas: steam trap maintenance and engineering studies at the buildings that use the most energy. In 2022, they completed 17 projects saving 290,000 therms and received incentives for the work. Additionally, gas optimization studies have identified a roadmap of opportunities for the University to save another 500,000 therms through work that will be completed in 2023–2024.
Present at the awards ceremony were staff members of the Energy Program team, including Brian Bozell, senior director, Henock Kidanu, energy manager, and Kevin Keating, energy and utilities manager.
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