{"id":5864,"date":"2026-06-06T18:48:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T18:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/green-nau\/?page_id=5864"},"modified":"2026-06-06T18:48:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T18:48:07","slug":"nau-campus-dining-energy-audit","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/green-nau\/nau-campus-dining-energy-audit\/","title":{"rendered":"NAU Campus Dining Energy Audit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"eplus-bg-color-row bg-color-extra-light-gray\"><div class=\"eplus-bg-color-row-content\">\n<h2>NAU Campus Dining Energy Audit<\/h2>\n<div class='shortcode-column-container'><!-- shortcode-column -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-column shortcode-column--count-2\">\n    \n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Project Summary: <\/span><\/h4>\n<p>The NAU Campus Dining Energy Audit project is analyzing the energy demands of food preparation and service equipment on the mountain campus. Led by a student researcher in partnership with NAU Campus Dining and the Department of Mechanical Engineering, this initiative measures the specific utility inputs\u2014such as electricity, natural gas, and water\u2014against the service outputs of various dining facility assets.\u00a0By establishing a comprehensive energy intensity metric and database for an inventory that includes equipment up to 40 years old, the team is successfully identifying major inefficiencies.\u00a0The project directly supports the university&#8217;s sustainability goals by providing ranked, economically viable recommendations for new, high-efficiency equipment upgrades based on payback periods.\u00a0Ultimately, this research empowers the campus to significantly lower its utility expenses and greenhouse gas emissions while modernizing its culinary infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-column -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-column shortcode-column--count-2\">\n    \n<h5>Project Lead:<\/h5>\n<p>Mikela Petersen<\/p>\n<h5>Project Advisor:<\/h5>\n<p>Dr. Jennifer Wade<\/p>\n<h5>Date:<\/h5>\n<p>2021-04-15<\/p>\n<h5>Funding Amount:<\/h5>\n<p>$3,070<\/p>\n<h5>Department:<\/h5>\n<p>Mechanical Engineering<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2026\/06\/Campus-Dining-Energy-Audit-Grant-App.pdf\">Supporting Documents<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3002,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ring_central_script_selection":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5864","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/green-nau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/green-nau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/green-nau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/green-nau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3002"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/green-nau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5864"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/green-nau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5864\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5866,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/green-nau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5864\/revisions\/5866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/green-nau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}