In April, Bernhard and Hackensack Meridian Health announced a groundbreaking 30-year Energy-as-a-Service partnership. Hackensack Meridian Health is set to own the largest solar and battery energy storage system of any not-for-profit healthcare provider in the U.S., thanks to this pioneering collaboration. Nearly 98 percent of the project scope is solar and battery storage, including 50,000 solar panels manufactured in the USA. The agreement encompasses $134 million in infrastructure improvements, a 10 percent reduction in carbon emissions, a 25 percent decrease in purchased electricity, and 33 percent guaranteed energy savings. This project solidifies Hackensack Meridian Health‘s dedication to remaining the largest, most comprehensive, and truly integrated healthcare network in New Jersey, offering innovative research, life-enhancing care, and a complete range of medical services. #sustainability #energy #healthcare
Bernhard
Utility System Construction
Metairie, Louisiana 29,074 followers
Turnkey Energy-as-a-Service Provider
About us
Bernhard is one of the largest privately-owned Energy-as-a-Service companies in America with 100+ years of energy and infrastructure project experience servicing higher education, health care, commercial and specialty markets. Bernhard combines development, financing, design, construction and operations to deliver turnkey Energy-as-a-Service solutions that reduce energy use, risk and cost so that our clients can focus on their everyday work. Headquartered in Metairie, Louisiana, Bernhard has more than 2,000 employees in more than 20 office locations across the country. We have a rich history of providing high quality, client-focused engineering and contracting services for clients across the nation.
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http://www.bernhard.com
External link for Bernhard
- Industry
- Utility System Construction
- Company size
- 1,001-5,000 employees
- Headquarters
- Metairie, Louisiana
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 1919
- Specialties
- Energy, Engineering, Energy As A Service, Energy Optimization, Facility Management, Commissioning, Retro-commissioning, Mechanical Construction, Electrical Engineering, Plumbing, MEP, Mechanical, Electrical, & Plumbing, Engineering, and Energy Performance Contracting
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Employees at Bernhard
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Isela Bahena
Private Equity | Infrastructure and Sustainability Investing| Board Director | Investment Management
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Rhonda Hollier, SPHR and SHRM-SCP
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Adam Scheider, PE
Vice President
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Michael Lewis
Global IT Leader ➡️ System Design & Implementation → IT Strategy → Revenue Growth → Project Management → Process Improvement | Change Management ▪…
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Unity Health is partnering with Bernhard to update existing equipment and install an array of Earth Mount solar panels that will produce power for its rural hospitals and lead to greater sustainability. FIND OUT MORE.>>> https://lnkd.in/g_qG7_bK Erthos
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Bernhard operates more than 300,000 square feet of manufacturing and fabrication facilities where we build and assemble system components for timely delivery to customers and project sites. This in-house capability allows us to design and create custom, modular HVAC and plumbing units. Our philosophy is to manufacture as much as possible to promote safety, reduce on-site labor, and improve the overall quality of the work. #fabrication
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Jim Crockett, Jaron Peck, and Gregory Jimmie are participating in a webinar on July 10th moderated by John Avina. The webinar focuses on their novel approach to maintaining chiller efficiency. New advancements in technology give chiller plant owners and operators the ability to monitor their chilled water systems, find equipment failures, or detect changes in efficiency that historically would only have been detectable by a technician conducting a detailed on-site assessment. Bernhard recently had the opportunity to investigate and learn more about chiller failures by watching and gathering data from a large chiller fleet for 3 years. When changes in efficiency were observed, Bernhard teams investigated their root cause, made necessary repairs, and quantified the energy penalty avoided by fixing the problem. Join us July 10th to learn more!
President, Chief Butt-Kicker, Self-Proclaimed Super Star, Winner of All Contests Everywhere
A Novel Approach to Maintaining Chiller Efficiency: Lessons Learned from Monitoring 78 Chillers Chillers are often the largest energy consuming pieces of equipment in large buildings. But over time they become less and less efficient. Why is that? I don’t know how many of us have asked that question. I bet not enough of us. I didn’t. I just thought chillers degraded over time. That is what I used to think anyways, until I read an article in International Journal of Energy Management by Jim Crockett, Gregory Jimmie and Jaron Peck at Bernhard. The team at Bernhard studied 78 chillers at several hospitals and found that chiller efficiency degrades in step changes, not gradually. The events that lead to the degradation are fixable, so that, if you monitor your chillers and isolate the problems that arise, you can maintain your chillers working at a high efficiency. I don’t want to tell you more. You should listen to the crew explain what they did, what problems cause chillers to become less efficient, how they fixed the problems and the result. Hopefully they will convince you to change the way you approach chiller plants. Maybe you don’t always need to replace chillers. Maybe a few tweaks will do the job. I know for the occasional failing M&V guarantee, this could be a "get out of jail free" card. This is such a different approach to chillers. I found it fascinating, genius really, and so obvious in retrospect. I would have never figured it out. Please join us on Wednesday, July 10 at 10 AM Pacific to hear Jim and his crew teach us their novel approach. Click the link below to sign up today. https://lnkd.in/grhmxRFv
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📢 Breaking Announcement: 📢 CellCube and Bernhard unveil 1MW/7MWh 🔋battery storage system at Conway Medical Center - South Carolina! 🚀🏥 Our vanadium flow batteries are the perfect solution for critical infrastructure. Reliable, cost-efficient and with proven stack stability. #VanadiumFlowBatteries #CellCube #BernhardEnergy #HospitalSafety
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Great time watching this group of rockstars talk Energy-as-a-Service today at the HFMA Annual Conference. Excellent discussion followed up with some insightful questions from the audience. Nice work 🙌 Frank Ferramosca, CPA David Krauss Joseph Saverino Brandon Seibold Nick Barcellona James De Rosa, CPA
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Join us on June 26th at the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) Annual Conference for a panel discussion featuring David Krauss, Joseph Saverino, Brandon Seibold, James De Rosa, CPA, and Nick Barcellona. The session "Energy-as-a-Service Solution: Modernize and Monetize Energy Infrastructure" discusses the transformative potential of Energy-as-a-Service and how it empowers health systems to strategically reduce operating expenses, mitigate operational risk, and monetize typically illiquid energy infrastructure assets. #energy #sustainability