We try to discover problems before they are apparent to the campus community. I also keep track of campus energy use, costs and trends. This includes budget aspects of energy usage. This includes electricity, natural gas, water and sewer. Many buildings get their energy from the campus power plant.
Energy management sounds like a long term project.
It's a pretty extensive project. For example, control-monitoring technology is changing all the time. What we can do now compared to what we could do five years ago is completely different. It's interesting and mind-boggling to keep up with. There are a lot of different ways to save energy.