Strategic Planning, Design and Management

Cadmus works with senior decision-makers to answer questions such as, “How do we meet our environmental or sustainability goals? What is the most effective path to reduce our energy waste in the first of a three-year process? Or, what state, federal and utility resources are available for my organization to reduce our startup and implementation costs?”

Our senior staff is trained to discuss overall goals and resource availability. We share our expertise identifying best management practices, examples and changes in technology that affect investment decisions linked to building operations and occupant behavior. When looking to leverage existing performance platforms, we’re national experts on ENERGY STAR and the LEED Green Building Rating System as the owners of those platforms, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Green Building Council, are our clients.

Cadmus can provide as much or as little advice and support as your organization needs to plan and improve single project or building portfolio performance. Cadmus assists with earning LEED certification and ENERGY STAR recognition. We assess your specific needs and help determine how to best leverage resources to maximize results.

Most importantly, we’re focused on the long term success of our clients. We serve as technical experts, strategists, as well as motivators to advance your sustainability goals.

Project Example: Southeast Rebuild Collaborative

With a history of low utility costs and growing interstate solidarity, the coastal states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, and South Carolina saw the need for a regional strategy to reduce energy consumption and its associated environmental and financial impacts. The states wanted to raise the public profile of the benefits of energy efficiency and strengthen regional collaboration.

The Challenge

Although contiguous, the states are highly diverse and energy efficiency was not a priority among public institutions. Alabama, Mississippi, and South Carolina are predominately rural, while Florida and Georgia have sizable, rapidly growing urban centers. As a result, the region needed a self-driven energy efficiency program that provided the flexibility for customization according to the needs of each state, while achieving measurable, replicable results.

Our Approach

In 2005, Cadmus seized an opportunity created by the Department of Energy (DOE), the National Association of State Energy Officials (NASEO), and the Florida Energy Office (FEO). Through a grant, NASEO channeled DOE funds to supplement a program called Rebuild America. Cadmus and the FEO recognized the conditions to create a regional effort that would emphasize energy efficiency and the Southeast Rebuild Collaborative (SRC) was born. By leveraging the lessons learned and best practices from our extensive experience with ENERGY STAR®, Cadmus developed a robust platform for tracking energy use, training participants about energy reduction strategies, and tactics, and sharing success. With Florida’s leadership, a coalition of state energy offices teamed together to do what no state alone could achieve.

Our Success

Cadmus worked with the states to identify potential funding and partner sources. Ultimately, we focused on 900 schools and 300 other institutions in the public sector (including local governments and higher learning) as the primary targets for the first wave of training. Cadmus and SRC set a goal of influencing reductions in energy consumption by 10 percent among the target group. By August 2007, Cadmus had launched a suite of training, communications, and support services, which include: a Web site and Web-based training, support, and outreach; telephone and e-mail support for participating facilities; on-site support for committed, qualified organizations; and energy reduction verification, motivation, and recognition. Cadmus will continue providing support, drive energy efficient resources to the area, help to meet state and regional energy efficiency goals, and work with the newly created Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance to provide continued service to the southeast states.