NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital (NYP-Columbia) is increasing its chiller plant performance — and reaping big savings — with the use of weather forecast-based analytics. The hospital saved approximately $6.5 million from May 1, 2010 through May 31, 2015 compared to its baseline chiller plant performance (on average, $1.3 million a year).
This is due in part by optimizing chiller plant operations in “real time” based on continuous remote energy monitoring and oversight by utiliVisor, an energy advisory firm. In 2014 and 2015, NYP-Columbia saved an additional $130,000 after implementing the firm’s predictive analytics/operating matrix, which uses a 10-day weather forecast to enable plant operators to optimize chiller plant performance based on anticipated weather changes.