Jacksonville Transportation Authority – Lisabeth Tremblay – 2014

Goals

Lisabeth Tremblay spent the summer working with the Jacksonville Transportation Authority (JTA) in Jacksonville, FL., where she was asked to find energy savings.

Solutions

For most of Tremblay’s fellowship, she focused on sustainability strategy and expanding upon JTA’s sustainability efforts. This included assisting in a new recycling initiative, creating metrics and organization-wide standardization for sustainable products, as well as the introduction of sustainability focused employee engagement activities. Through the aggregation of energy data, Tremblay was also able to identify areas of opportunity in JTA’s property portfolio. Through analysis of energy consumption, Tremblay recommended a re-evaluation of the organization’s park-n-ride lighting, as well as a conversion to a LED lighting source. 

Potential Impact

The lighting retrofit recommendations have the potential to reduce JTA’s park-n-ride lighting costs by as much as 50 percent. Through a presentation which addressed the organization’s management team, Tremblay provided analysis and actionable steps to assist the JTA along its sustainability journey.