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Monday, June 28th, 2010
Haida Gwaii School District
Responsible for managing all schools in Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, School District 50 required a method of benchmarking, monitoring and analyzing real-time energy trends to improve energy effciency and optimize electrical demand. In addition, the school district wanted to provide its facility managers with immediate alerts when heating systems did not operate as commissioned. To this end, Pulse™ energy management software was installed in several schools in the district in the fall of 2009.
Energy consumption patterns at Tahayghen Elementary were immediately noted as unusual when compared to nearby George M. Dawson Secondary. Although 20% smaller, Tahayghen was consuming twice as much energy as Dawson. School administrators were alerted and upon further investigation, the culprit — a malfunctioning boiler — was identified and corrected resulting in a 50% drop in energy consumption, with savings of 22,000 kWh, or more than $2,000, in the first month alone.
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