Barich named energy manager of the year: University of New Mexico is best project.

EUN presented its energy manager of the year award to Mark Barich in a presentation held on the show floor of the World Energy Engineering Congress on September 22, 2004. Kevin Heslin, editor of EUN, awarded a plaque to Barich, energy manager of Summa Health Care Systems. Heslin also recognized work al the University of New Mexico as Project of the Year, Summa Health Care as Best Retrofit Project, Western Milling CHP as Best New Construction Project, and the Ridge Lytton Vineyards as best renewable project.

Mark Barich, SUMMA Health System's energy manager earned recognition in the 2004 EUN Energy Efficient Building Awards program because of the aggressive work he has done for SUMMA, according to Siemens Building Technologies, which nominated Barich and SUMMA for recognition.

Siemens reports that Barich "has assumed responsibility for the $5.5 million SUMMA utility budget since 1994 and played the lead role in defining program objectives, evaluating vendors. reviewing and directing program options and in establishing agreeable methodologies for tracking the impact of the program."

UNM

EUN recognized the University of New Mexico (UNM) for a series of campus-wide physical plant utility projects that addressed the university's need for significant repair, improvement, and upgrade of its utility systems. UNM embarked on an internally funded $60 million energy infrastructure integrated project that included chilled water system improvements, utilities center renovation, and additional energy conservation measures.

The chilled water system improvements included construction of a new 18,998 square foot ([ft.sup.2]), 11,350 refrigeration-ton chilled water plant, constructed as part of the larger UNM physical plant department utility project at a cost of approximately $12 million. Currently, 7350 tons of capacity Js installed in the form of three 2000-ton Trane electric chillers and one 1350-ton absorption chiller.

The existing 22,391 [ft.sup.2] space within Ford Utilities Center will be modified into a district energy system production facility. An additional 15.581 [ft.sup.2] on the south side of the existing structure included a new 4000-ton all-electric chilled water plant, new pumps, renovated cooling towers, and two new 80,000 pound per-hour steam boilers, installed as replacement for the demolished equipment. The new boilers emit 7.5 times fewer nitrogen oxides (NOx) and 2.1 times less carbon monoxide (CO) than the boilers they replaced.