- Owner: Kaiser Permanente
- Location: Portland, OR
- Building Type: Urgent care medical office building
- Size: 51,000 square feet
- Completion Date: January 2007 (Building Tune-up)
- Electric Utility: PGE
When Tony Moiso took over as Facilities Maintenance Manager
at Kaiser Permanente, he inherited 43 buildings in a region that stretches from
Longview, Washington to Salem, Oregon. Managing such far-flung facilities
presents a significant challenge. He decided to upgrade the building controls
to provide remote access and a centralized view of the buildings’ systems. He
also wanted to maximize this investment by making sure the buildings were
operating as efficiently as possible.
Karl Friesen, Senior Account Executive at Control
Contractors, Inc. (CCI), suggested using BetterBricks’ Building Performance
Services (BPS) approach to identify the most cost-effective opportunities for
building improvement. This combination of a building tune-up with ongoing
enhanced Operations & Maintenance (O&M) efforts usually results in
significant savings for building owners. Karl presented a proposal to bundle
the BPS services with the control system upgrade.
For Tony, this top-to-bottom analysis made sense. He chose
the East Interstate Medical Office for the pilot project: a 30-year old
building offering a host of HVAC energy efficiency opportunities.