The challenge for the facility manager is to identify best practices and energy efficient technologies that will deliver consistent savings to 'payback' the investment in time and money. This seminar will introduce PG&E resources to help you conserve energy and water in your facility.

Commercial cooking appliances are big energy users and are typically not replaced for a long time. The challenge is to identify energy efficient technologies that deliver savings to “payback” the associated incremental purchase cost. PG&E has developed a comprehensive incentive program for energy efficient foodservice equipment. An overview of this rebate program will be provided, along with a demonstration of online tools to help save energy in your facility.

The energy cost associated with operating a commercial kitchen ventilation (CKV) system are well recognized by facility managers. However, there is no piece of equipment that generates more controversy within the foodservice industry than the exhaust hood, in all its styles and makeup-air combinations. There are opportunities to dramatically reduce the amount of energy consumed by the kitchen ventilation system through system retrofit and control. This seminar will recap the concepts, terminology, and proper application of kitchen ventilation systems.

The energy saving benefit of demand ventilation controls will be featured, while openly discussing the pros and cons of this technology. A new PG&E incentive program for demand ventilation controls called GreenVent will be introduced.

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Speaker: Don Fisher

Don Fisher, President/CEO of Fisher-Nickel, inc., manages the Food Service Technology Center in San Ramon, CA. Don received a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering in 1972 and a M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering in 1974 from the University of Manitoba.

After ten years of promoting energy efficiency in Canadian restaurants, Don migrated to California in 1986 with his partner Judy Nickel to operate what has become North America’s foremost center on energy performance in commercial foodservice – namely the PG&E Food Service Technology Center. »more about Don