Recently, BYU acquired infrared technology that allows technicians to produce photographs showing the details of building heat loss during the winter and cooling loss during the summer. Armed with this information, we are able to take corrective measures and make our buildings as energy efficient as possible. In the next several years, Physical Facilities has established a goal to significantly reduce energy consumption in 15 major campus buildings.

We have also installed variable speed drives on all fans and pumps, replaced incandescent lights with fluorescent lights, upgraded the campus electrical system to prevent power loss, replaced office light switches with motion sensors, upgraded to more energy-efficient chillers, upgraded roof insulation and retrofit many campus buildings with low-E reflective glass.