ITHACA, N.Y.—A new paper in the Cornell Hospitality Industry Perspectives series highlights Energy University, developed by Schneider Electric for the benefit of building managers in all industries, including the hospitality industry. Available at no charge from the Cornell Center for Hospitality Research (CHR), the white paper, “Energy University: An Innovative Private-Sector Solution to Energy Education,” was written by R. Sean O’Kane and Susan Hartman, both of Schneider Electric.
“Our model is similar to the CHR, since we provide all our course materials and information without charge,” said O’Kane, who is Schneider’s director of hotel strategic alliances. “Also like Cornell we are vendor neutral. Our goal is to provide the information required by building managers to make good decisions to be become more energy efficient.”
“There was a real need for energy education when we started Energy University three years ago,” Hartman added. “We are delighted at the hospitality industry’s response, and we particularly appreciate the alliance with the Educational Institute of the American Hotel and Lodging Association, which uses our courses for professional certification.” As Schneider’s global manager of customer education programs, she manages Energy University.
With more than 70 courses in 11 languages, Energy University is a virtual, professional, college-level training program focused on energy consumption and efficiency that can be used by building and facility managers at all levels. O’Kane and Hartman emphasize that the decision to make the information vendor neutral has been critical to the success of this idea. Then, by opening the courses to all people, whether customers or not, Schneider has created an unmatched resource, both in terms of depth and breadth of courses.
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