1. Creating an Energy Management Program from Limited Resources, Expertise and Funding (aka, Something from Nothing) Laura Fieselman Meredith College, Raleigh, NC

2. Meredith College 2200 students women’s education; co-ed graduate program Raleigh, NC; Triangle region leadership transition

3. setting the stage job description: “explore and implement energy conservation programs” no expertise no facilities services staff (HVAC only) no bill analysis no recorded data, lots of heresay comfort issues

4. first steps Greenprint utility bills GHG inventory webinars, webinars, webinars solar thermal proposal energy service company (ESCO) proposals conference: energy management 101*** grant writing (and receiving)

5. cash money 2 grants: one public, one private (total $178,586) supporting: energy manager ($60k) energy audit ($60k) student education, energy fellow ($30k) sub-metering ($20k)

6. the professionals “Energy Manager on Loan” + Energy Fellow energy audit, lighting audit data gathering, bill analysis tracking energy conservation measures (ECMs) sub-metering study and plan local professional connections prioritizing recommendations

7. energy team Energy Manager, Chair Assoc. VP of Business and Finance VP of Academic Affairs (liaison to executive leadership) Energy Fellow Sustainability Coordinator Director of Facilities Maintenance Manager HVAC Supervisor and visiting guests…

8. together energy team energy and water conservation plan no-cost solutions proposal student education curricular behavior change project GHG inventory green living competition co-curricular Power Shift Sustainable September: movies, articles, lights out “Watts Up on Campus?” green jobs

9. BIGGEST challenges long-term plan deferred maintenance competing interests, budgeting changes in leadership need to spend money to save money comfort issues, behavior change

10. getting started cashpartners public grants (ARRA) private grants utility incentives renewable PPAs ESCOs good internal accounting professors students Business and Finance, an administrator Facilities Services foundations, granting agencies community partners government business other institutions

11. questions? Laura Fieselman Sustainability Coordinator Meredith College (Raleigh, NC) fieselma@meredith.ed u 919-760-8899 www.meredith.edu/su stainability