Facilities Management &
Real Property Management

Mike Janos, our Energy Manager, was hired to help
us determine how best to reduce our energy costs
and manage our resources better and more
efficiently. Officially, his position is responsible for
planning, organizing, and coordinating the
University’s energy program in such a manner that it
meets the highest standards to bring the greatest
value to the University and its customers.

This initiative was driven by two main forces. First is
our need to help curtail the escalating costs
associated with running Longwood University as
prices for electricity, oil, water, and the sawdust
we use to fire our boilers keep creeping ever
higher; second is our commitment to sustainability
on two sides: economic, as seen in the previous
driving force for this department; and
environmental, by (a)using more renewable
resources that also reduce the the amount of
pollutant byproducts created and (b) cutting back on
nonrenewable resources and, at the same time,
fighting to reduce our carbon footprint.

Some steps we have already taken toward this
end are adding a film to the Dorrill Dining Hall
windows that reduces the amount of ambient heat
from the sun and, subsequently, reduces the amount
of energy expended to moderate the temperature in
the building. Another step that eliminates airborne
pollutants and cuts back on use of fossil fuels is the
use of sawdust in out heating plant to fire our
boilers.