Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center in Washington State
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center was also able to implement this program in buildings on
campus that already had direct digital control (DDC). Together with their property management team,
the Sacred Heart facilities management team assessed each building on campus for technical capability,
evaluated tenant schedules and communicated plans for the change, where applicable. While not exact
because multiple buildings feed into one meter, the Sacred Heart team estimates that this effort
reduced their electricity consumption in the buildings where this was rolled out by at least 20 percent.
Advice for other ministries from Sacred Heart:
o Understand how the building uses energy and if there are any critical areas that
must remain operational. Learn about the tenants in the building, their hours of
operation.
o Pull together the maintenance personnel and property manager for the building and
speak with them regarding how tenants use their spaces.
o Communication with tenants is critical. Be sure to communicate what is being done
and why, so that everyone understands they are part of something important and
bigger than all of us. Once we communicated with tenants, we were able to get
everyone on the same page.
o Understand if the building has a building management system (BMS) that can
handle the HVAC programming.
o Then, program new setpoints and schedules one building at a time so you can learn
and adapt as you go.
For more information, please contact Michael Nafzgar, Manager of Facilities, Providence Sacred Heart
Medical Center at Michael.Nafzgar@Providence.org
