Location
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
Square Feet
2,500,000
Project Cost
$52 MILLION
Annual Energy Savings
$2.6 MILLION
Ochsner Medical Center is the first of three Energy-as-a-Service agreements between Ochsner Health and ENFRA.
Ochsner Medical Center chose to partner with ENFRA to deliver a comprehensive Energy-as-a-Service project that included the construction of a new central plant to serve a patient tower expansion, infrastructure upgrades, campus-wide retro-commissioning, and building automation system upgrades. The 15-year agreement provides for the financing of the project and ongoing operation and maintenance of the central energy plant.
The new central energy plant is connected to the existing south campus main central plant to create a district loop serving 1.88 million square feet. In addition, the north campus plant has been upgraded with pumping and piping modifications to improve energy efficiency. Within the hospital, ENFRA provided retro-commissioning, upgrades to the building automation system, controls upgrades within operating rooms, and replacement of air handling units. These upgrades reduced demand on the central utility plant and improved operational and energy efficiency. The project achieves $2.6 million in annual energy savings.
ENFRA also provided an energy savings guarantee for the first three years of the project to mitigate the risk of savings degradation. ENFRA is ensuring sustainable savings for the life of the contract through operator training, measurement and verification, and remote support services.
Ochsner Medical Complex High Grove
