Case Study
Unity Point Methodist
UNITY POINT METHODIST CASE STUDY QUICK GLIMPSE Customer Unity Point Methodist Hospital Measures Implemented Install Boiler Skimmer Blowdown Flash Tank Total Project Cost $59,501.00 Estimated annual energy savings 61,320 Therms Estimated annual cost savings $29,640.69 ActOnEnergy incentives received $29,750.50 Estimated Payback 1 year BASELINE Established in 1900, Unity Point Methodist is a 330-bed hospital founded by the Methodist Episcopal Church. The 1,014,000 square foot hospital is partially served by a boiler running at 80 percent efficiency. Energy could be recovered by preheating the boiler feed water. The current system was wasting 61,320 therms of natural gas a year. OUR SOLUTION Ruyle installed a properly engineered flash economizer tank to