RANDOLPH L. HAINES NAMED 2004 INTERNATIONAL ENERGY MANAGER OF THE YEAR

Atlanta, August 20, 2004… Randolph (Randy) L. Haines, Energy Manager for Thomas Jefferson University and the Jefferson Health System in Philadelphia has been named the “International Energy Manager of the Year” by the Association of Energy Engineers. Thomas Jefferson University and the Jefferson Health System (JHS) make up the largest healthcare group in the Philadelphia region with more than 10 million square feet of clinical, research, teaching and housing property and more than 22,000 employees.

Randy was selected for this prestigious award based on his progressive energy management program, leading the advocacy of the importance of saving energy, and being a key facilitator and implementer of many energy-related projects throughout the JHS and the Thomas Jefferson University campus saving more than $1.4 million per year. Randy has worked more than 20 years as a Facilities Manager, and has been instrumental in the development of energy management at Jefferson starting seven years ago.

The Association of Energy Engineers (AEE) is a professional association with more than 9,000 energy professionals throughout the world. AEE’s roster of corporate members is a veritable “Who’s Who” from the commercial, industrial, institutional, governmental, energy services and utility sectors. AEE offers a variety of information outreach programs from technical seminars, conferences and certification programs.

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The Jefferson Health System has an electrical peak of more than 60 megawatts, consuming more than 300 million kilowatts per year, 700,000 BTUs of natural gas, 325 million pounds of steam and 306 million gallons of water per year. It spends around $45 million a year on all its utilities.

In the past two years, Randy was responsible for the design, installation and operation of more than $6.9 million in energy projects. These projects included the retrofitting of more than 73,000 lamps (from T-12 to T-8), 33,700 ballasts from magnetic to electronic, and the replacement of 1,360 exit signs, from incandescent to L.E.D. type. Another project was the replacement of more than 1,000 steam traps from traditional float and thermostatic to an engineered fixed orifice-venturi type. He also installed 23 Variable Frequency Drives on HVAC fans; added 230 points to the Building Automation System; installed 415 removable, reusable steam insulation blankets on valves; strainers and pressure reducing stations. This group of projects saved more than 15 million kWh of electricity and 36 million pounds of steam.

In addition, Randy managed the installation of more than 250 electric, steam and water meters throughout the Jefferson Health System. This included the purchase of a central computer data server, web server, and application server; and the installation and set-up of the software system. Using the corporate ethernet system, each meter is read every 10 minutes, and used on a near real-time basis to facilitate purchasing of electricity and load shedding on peak demand days. The software also automatically collects data for daily, weekly, and monthly reports for operation supervisors, managers, financial officers and accountants, for the billing of tenants.

To raise energy awareness of Jefferson’s 10,000 Center City employees, Randy conceived and edits a quarterly newsletter, Currents. This newsletter presents pertinent energy efficiency ideas for use on the domestic front, and energy cost-cutting achievements on the campus are highlighted. Each quarter, an employee is spotlighted (and given a compact fluorescent bulb) for contributing an idea toward cutting energy use on campus.

Randy’s forward thinking will continue to account for energy reductions in the coming year, as improved lighting controls will be installed to increase the use of daylight harvesting, timers, occupancy sensors, and Building Automation Controls. Randy has been the driving force behind the implementation of design standards to standardize equipment and improve energy efficiency in retrofitting existing spaces and construction of new buildings.

Randy is very active in the Association of Energy Engineers, both at the local and national levels. He joined the Greater Philadelphia Chapter in 1996, and has held the positions of Board-at-Large, Membership Chair, Vice-President, and President. In 2002, Randy received the Energy Manager of the Year from the Philadelphia chapter. Randy has been a regular attendee of the World Energy Engineering Congress in Atlanta, and has been a speaker at the Congress for the past three years. He has attended numerous seminars given by AEE, and has accreditation as a CEM, CLEP, and CMVP. He is currently on the Certified Lighting Efficiency Professional Board and last year, won the Region 1 Corporate Energy Management Award.