Less Money, Smaller Footprint — EnergyUnited/NISC Is Helping to Bring Our Energy Consumption to Light
Energy consumption at our postal facilities for utility items like heating and lighting fueled Postal Service™ costs to the tune of $610 million in FY 2007. One strategy to help meet our goal of reducing energy consumption by 20 percent over the next 5 years is the Utility Management System (UMS).
UMS will capture cost and use data for electricity, natural gas, and fuel oil bill management. It will provide detailed facility utility consumption and cost profiles, bill payment, auditing, rate optimization, and easy-to-use reports. This information will help us manage energy consumption, prioritize how we invest in our facility energy infrastructure, and obtain better pricing for utility contracts. Historically, processes like UMS typically reduce utility costs by 1 to 3 percent.
EnergyUnited/NISC is the vendor that will implement and support UMS. The UMS pilot started November 1, and will run for 6 to 12 months. It includes 500 of our largest facilities as well as 100 smaller facilities. If the pilot is successful, the project will be implemented nationwide.
— Energy Initiatives, 11-8-07
