Carlisle, LLC (Wendy's Franchisee): Energy performance

Better Buildings Challenge Partners strive to decrease portfolio-wide source energy use intensity (EUI) and to increase the percent improvement compared to a set baseline. Carlisle, LLC's portfolio consists of approximately 150 buildings and over 400,000 square feet. Carlisle, LLC has improved energy performance by 10% from a 2013 baseline, making progress towards a goal of 20% by 2026. Energy savings has been achieved by implementing leading edge technology equipment and consistent preventive maintenance, practices, and managed thermostat settings that produce lower utility requirements.

Looking at the percent improvement in energy performance across all facilities can provide insight into how an organization is saving energy. Carlisle, LLC has achieved energy performance improvement of greater than 10% at 61 of its properties. There are 44 properties that have experienced an increase in Source EUI, so these properties have been targeted for future energy efficiency improvements.

Property-level energy performance metrics, including EUI and percent improvement to date, are critical to track progress over time and identify opportunities for additional energy savings. Carlisle, LLC's portfolio consists of properties with baseline EUI values ranging from 15 to 35 kBtu/transaction. The majority of properties have shown energy improvement since 2013. The properties located near or below the 0% axis may present good opportunities for further savings.

Better Buildings Challenge Partners strive to decrease portfolio-wide source water use intensity (WUI) and to increase the percent improvement compared to a set baseline. Carlisle, LLC's portfolio consists of more than 150 buildings and 400,000 square feet. Carlisle, LLC has improved water performance by 28% from a 2018 baseline, surpassing its goal of 20% water savings by 2029.  Water savings has been achieved through a restaurant monthly awareness program communicated and embraced by the entire restaurant team using a 40,000 gallons/month target, addition of irrigation taps for greater water use control, and identification and elimination of water cooled equipment.