The University of British Columbia
OP-7: Building Energy Consumption

The 2005 baseline year marks a period when UBC had achieved significant energy reductions by addressing many low-hanging fruit. Launched in 2001, the UBC EcoTrek project retrofitted 288 academic buildings - at the time, the largest energy and water retrofit project ever on a Canadian campus. By 2007, energy consumption was reduced to 23% below 2000 levels. UBC recently began a new energy management initiative. In partnership with BC Hydro, from 2010 to 2014 UBC will retro-commission 72 core academic buildings. The Continuous Optimization program identifies and implements low-cost operational changes, and then maintains this new optimized state through real-time performance monitoring and response. The goal for the Continuous Optimization program, combined with behaviour change initiatives, is to reduce core building energy use and greenhouse gas emissions 10 per cent by the year 2015, compared to 2007 levels. [Note that energy consumption is reported for the fiscal year (April 1st - March 31st), whereas greenhouse gas emissions are reported on a calendar year basis.]