Two buildings on the University of Michigan’s Ann Arbor campus beat out competing buildings across the state to earn recognition as the biggest losers in energy consumption in 2016.
The W.K. Kellogg Eye Center and Medical Science Research Building III (above, at right) led their respective categories in the Michigan Battle of the Buildings, a program that recognizes buildings in the state with the greatest energy reduction during the calendar year.
The West Michigan Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council has presented the program in partnership with Consumers Energy and DTE Energy since 2014.
“Receiving recognition of our efforts from a state chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council is very valuable to the energy management team. The work we do is typically done behind the scenes, without much interaction with building occupants,” says Kevin Morgan, manager of the energy management team for Energy Management, part of the Office of Campus Sustainability.
“This recognition helps showcase how our work directly supports the university’s 2025 sustainability goal focused on reducing greenhouse gas emissions.”
Using utility data that is adjusted for fluctuations in weather, the program ranks the annual energy reduction of buildings competing in nine categories including entertainment, health care, education and public buildings.
U-M submitted a total of eight buildings and won in the health/hospital and research/education categories.
Read more about these awards in The University Record.