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From the Editor
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WhenIstartedasEditor-in-ChiefforEnergy Engineering, I let you knowthatIwouldtrytoshakethingsupfromtimetotime(From the Editor,Vol.113,No.3).Apparently,Ihavebeensuccessful(maybetoosuccessfulwhenyoureadthelastpartofthismessage). In Energy Engineering(Vol.113,No.4),Iwrote“Decisionsaremadebythosewhoshowup.”MygoalwastostimulatereaderstobecomemoreinvolvedintheAssociationofEnergyEngineers(AEE).Themes-sagedefinitelystruckachordinsomereaderswhoreachedouttoaskformoreinformationaboutstartinglocalchaptersofAEE.DavidHinesfromtheGainesville,Florida,areaaskedaboutstartinganAEEchapterinGainesville.AEEhasseveralchaptersaroundtheUnitedStates,butsurprisinglyonlyoneinFlorida(andthatoneisnotclosetoGainesville).Isaysurprisinglybecauselastyear(September30-October2,2015)AEEhosted the World Energy Engineering Congress in Orlando, Florida. Gainesville,homeoftheUniversityofFloridaGators,isalargepopula-tioncenterandshouldeasilybeabletosupportanactiveAEEchapter. Meanwhile,KanchanaMarasinghe,CMVP(whoplanstoobtainhisCEM),notedthatattendingAEEeventsisabitdifficultgivenhisloca-tioninEdendale,NewZealand.WantingtobecomemoreactiveinAEE,Mr.Marasignhealsoaskedaboutstartinga localAEEchapter. WhileAEEhasseveralchaptersaroundtheworld,noneisclosetoEdendale,whichisonthesouthernendofthesouthernisland(Southland)ofNewZealand. IfyoutooareinterestedinstartingalocalAEEchapter,Irecom-menddownloadingandreviewingoneoftheAEEstart-upkitsforlocalchapters.Start-upkitsare locatedathttp://www.aeecenter.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3312. Ifyouare interestedinhelpingeitherMr.HinesorMr.Marasinghe,sendmeyourcontactinformation,andI’llpassiton.StartingalocalAEEchapterisnotcomplicated,butitdoestakeeffortanddevotion.IhavespokenwithseveralAEEmembersre-sponsibleforstartinglocalchapters,andtheyallattesttotheeffortbutmoresotothesatisfactiononcethechapterbecomesself-sustaining.
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As I write this message to you, it is mid-June 2016. The weather startedcoolingofflastmonth(yea!)asweenterthelocalcoolseason.Betteryet,themigratinghumpbackwhaleshavereachedthelocalwa-ters.Thenext fewmonthsshouldhavesomeawesomeshowsas themalewhalesbreach(showingoff)tocapturetheattentionofthefemales.Forthoseofyouunaware,MyraandIbegananewadventureinearly2015movingtoEcuador.IgenerallywritethesemessageswhileonmydeckoverlookingthePacificOcean. EcuadortoppedthenewscycleonApril16,2016,whenthecountrywasrockedbyamassive(magnitude7.8)earthquake.SeveralcitiesandtownsinnorthwesternEcuadorweredecimated.Sincethen,theareahasbeenrockedbyscoresmorequakes(aftershocks)rangingfrommagni-tude4.0to6.9.Talkaboutshake,rattle,androll!Thingshavequieteddownlately;ithasbeen10dayswithoutameasurableaftershock.Ire-memberthegroundrollingundermyfeetwhenthequakehit.Wewere(andcontinuetobe)lucky. WhenwemovedtoEcuador,weinitiallylivedinacitymuchclosertothequake’sepicenter.Infact,thefirsttwobuildingswelivedin(aswesearchedforamorepermanenthome)arenowcondemnedasaresultofearthquakedamage.(ImustadmitthatIwasimpressedbytheoutpour-ingofsupportfromtheEcuadoriangovernment, thelocalEcuadoriancommunities,thelocalexpatcommunities,andtheworldwidecommu-nitywhichcametolendahandtothoseaffectedandcontinuetoassistinthereconstructioneffort.)Ourcurrenthomewasundamagedbythequakes.AsIsaid,wearelucky. WhenIsaidthatIwantedtoshakethingsup,Imeantitmorefigu-ratively,notliterally.Still,alittleexcitementstimulatesthesoul.IwishallofyouwellandhopeyouareasluckyasIam.Ithinkitistimeformetowalktothebeachandwatchforwhales.
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Measurement and Verification ofIndustrial Equipment: Sampling
Interval and Data Logger ConsiderationsAndrew Chase Harding, PE, CEM
Darin W. Nutter, PhD, PE
ABSTRACT
Measurementandverification(M&V)ofenergyefficiencyprojectsisan importantactivity forenergymanagers,governmentagencies,building owners, and utility representatives. Misapplication ormisunderstandingofM&Vprotocolrequirementscancausesignificanterrorinenergysavingscalculations.Additionally,incompleteknowledgeofhowcommondataloggersfunctioncancreateconfusionaroundthemeasurementsbeingtakenandtheresultsbeingreported.Thisarticleseeks to further theunderstandingofdatacollection intervals,M&Vcosts,andM&Vplanuncertainty.Additionally,adetaileddescriptionofhowseveral typesofelectricaldata loggers function ispresented,showingtheadvantagesandpotentialdisadvantagesofeach.
INTRODUCTION
Measurementandverification(M&V)ofenergysavingshasbeenan important topicamongenergymanagers,governmentalagencies,buildingowners, andutility representatives since the first energycrisis in themid-1970s.And,asutility incentiveor rebateprogramsbecomemoreubiquitousacrosstheU.S.,moreindustrialcompaniesarepursuingviableenergyefficiencyasawaytoreducebottomlinecosts.Theutilityincentivescanreducethesimplepaybackofthesemeasurestobecompetitivewithothercapitalprojectswithinthecompany,suchasnewproductdevelopmentandprocessefficiencyimprovements.TheutilityprogramsrequireM&Vtoqualify theprojects for therebatesandincentives.Furthermore,theseindustrialenergyefficiencyprojectsincludevariableswhichcanbemorecomplexthancommercialbuildingprojects, suchasvaryingproductionoutput,workschedules, shift
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efficiencies,andothers.Theseareaddedto thecommoncommercialsectorvariablessuchasweatherandoccupancyloads. Giventheabundanceofinformation,itisworthytonotethatthereisstill significantconfusionamongenergymanagers regardingdatacollectionmethods,developmentofM&Vplans,anderrorsassociatedwithapplicationofM&Vprotocols,whetherproperornot.ThismaybeduetothefactthatM&Visnotacommonpartofday-to-dayoperationsformostenergymanagers,butratherdonepossiblyonceortwiceayeartojustifyaprojectorprocurearebate.TheauthorshaveobservedthattheinfrequencyofdataloggingandM&Vtechniquesleadtoimproperapplicationsoruseofout-of-date informationand/ormethods.Also,because power and energymeasurements typically require someknowledgeofelectricalandmechanicalsafetyprocedures, it isquitecommonforanenergymanagerorenergyengineers todevelop theM&Vplan,whichinturn is implementedbyatechnician,suchasanelectrician.Withoutgoodcommunicationsbetweentheengineerandtechnician, thedatamaynotrepresent the intentof theproject.Thiscaneitherbecausedbymistakesby the technician incarryingoutaproperlydesignedM&Vplan,butmorecommonlycanbearesultofthetechnicianfollowingapoorlydesignedM&Vplan,developedbyanengineerwithinsufficientknowledgeofdatagatheringtechniques. This article seeks to explain howdata logging intervals arecommonlymisapplied,andwhattheperceivedandactualrequirementsarewithinthegoverningM&Vframework.Thediscussionandguidanceprovided should lead readers to an understanding that will lead to betterM&Vplandesignandimplementation.Further, thearticlewillproviderelevantinformationonseveraltypesofavailableelectricaldataloggers,theircapabilities,theircosts,andtheimplicationsofusingeachforpre-andpost-retrofitM&Vofenergyefficiencyprojects.
BACKGROUND
A brief history ofM&V is given in the EnergyManagementHandbook,chapter27[1].Inthe1980s,M&Vofenergysavingsbecameimportantwhenutility incentive, rebate, and loanprogramswereprevalent.Inaddition,severalUSDepartmentofEnergy(DOE)programstargetedresidentialandcommercialbuildings.Theseprogramsrequiredproofthattheimplementedenergyefficiencymeasureshadperformed
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asexpectedandachievedthesavingsthatwerepromised.Successfulandnot-so-successfulenergyefficiencyprojectshavebeenwelldocumentedbyWaltz[2],Roosa[3],McBride[4],andothers.Notethatsavingscannotbedirectlymeasured,becausesavingsisthereductionofusage,soovertimeperformancecontractorsandenergyengineersdevelopedmethodsthatprovideahigh levelofconfidence inprojectionsorestimatesofsavings,oftenbasedonmeasurablequantities. TheNorthAmericanEnergyMeasurementandVerificationProtocol(NEMVP)wasfirstpublishedin1996,andlaterexpandedandre-namedtheInternationalPerformanceMeasurementandVerificationProtocol(IPMVP)[5].ThissetofmeasurementprotocolsgivesguidanceonthetypeofM&Vrequiredtoquantifyandreportenergyorcostsavings. More recently, the InternationalStandardsOrganization (ISO)released ISO50001:2011,which is theoverarching standard foranenergymanagement system[6]. ISO50015:2014“MeasurementandVerificationofOrganizationalEnergyPerformance—GeneralPrinciplesandGuidelines” [7] is a companion standard thataddressesM&V.This standard is similar to IPMVP in that it provides an overview or frameworkofhowM&VshouldbeconductedandwhatM&Vplansshouldinclude.ISO50015includesguidanceonM&Vplanconstruction,datagathering,uncertainty,andreporting. Whilemanyexamplesaregiven fordifferent typesof energyefficiencymeasures,facilities,andsavingsgoals,nospecificM&VplansaredefinedwithinthecurrentIPMVPframeworkorISO50015.Infact,theIPMVPprefacespecificallystatesthat“EachusermustestablishitsownspecificM&Vplanthataddressestheuniquecharacteristicsoftheproject.”[5] SpecificguidanceonM&VplanswasofferedbytheDOEwhentheypublishedaguidetitled“TheUniformMethodsProject:MethodsforDeterminingEnergyEfficiencySavingsforSpecificMeasures”[8]inApril2013.Thisguideoffersspecificguidelinesthatshouldbefollowedformanyspecificenergyefficiencymeasures, includingcommerciallighting,residentialboilers,andseveralothermeasuresthatarecommonlyimplemented as energy efficiency improvements. The informationpublishedintheUniformMethodsProjectincludesdirectionsfortypes,levels,anddurationsofmeasurement,equipmenttypes,datahandling,andmeteringmethods.However,only7specificmeasuresarecoveredin detail, and these measures are largely related to the residential and commercialsectorsonly.Therearenoindustry-specificmeasurescovered.
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Chapter9ofthatdocumentdiscusses“Meteringcross-cuttingprotocols”atahighlevel,butdoesnotincludespecificsforthesetypesofmeasures.Related,ASHRAEGuideline14[9]addresses thetechnicalaspectsofcommercialbuildingM&Vingreatdetail.
IPMVP OPTIONS
IPMVPprovides fouroptions forM&V.OptionA is“partiallymeasuredretrofitisolation,”wheremanyparameterscanbestipulated.OptionB is“retrofit isolation,”whereallparametersaremeasured.OptionCis“wholefacility,”wheredatafromtheutilityrevenuemetersareused todeterminesavings fromallmeasurescombined.OptionD is“calibratedsimulation,”where, forexample,abuildingenergymodelingprogramsuchaseQuest[10]isusedtodeterminethesavingsfromoneormoremeasures. Goodsavingsestimatesofsimplemeasureswithconstantenergyusage (e.g. lighting retrofits) canbedeterminedwith singlepowermeasurements,takenpre-andpost-retrofit,andknownannualoperatinghours.Littleguidance isneededondeterminingsavingswith thesemeasures,whichuseIPMVPoptionA;andinfact,someutilityprogramsallowprescriptive rebates,withoperatinghours, fixturewattage,andotherparametersallbeingstipulated. In thesecases,nameplateinformationandacountofthepre-andpost-retrofitunitsisallthatisrequired. Multiple measures with system, weather, and productioninteractionsmay requiremulti-variable regression analysis, andmeteringindividualmeasuresmaynotprovidesufficientinformation.Kissock[11]describesmethodstoperformthiscomplexanalysiswithrelatively simple inputs.TheDepartmentofEnergyEnPI tool [12]isanotherexampleofsuchregression-basedanalysis.Thesemodelstypicallyconformtousewith IPMVPoptionC,usingdata fromtheutility revenue meters. IPMVPoptionD is intended foruse in commercial buildingsimulationmodeling,anddoesn’thavebroadapplicationinindustrialenergyefficiency.Industrialsimulationcanbedone,andisusedforsomeselectedindustrieswherethesimulationprovidessignificantbenefitstoproductionefficiency,output,andothermeasures.Thecomplexityofdoingindustrialprocesssimulationfor individualfacilitiesmakesthe
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endeavortoocostly tobe justifiedforenergyefficiencyprograms,soIPMVPoptionDisrarelyusedforindustrialfacilities. Othermeasuresrequiredataloggingatspecificintervalsoversetperiodsof time.Thesemeasuresmaybesmall incomparison to theoverallenergyusageof the facility,haveno influence fromweatherpatterns,orbemeasureswhereitisrelativelyeasytoaccessandmeasureindividual energy usage. These measures will use IPMVP option A or B.Asmentionedabove,M&VplansthatuseoptionAmayhavesomeparametersloggedandothersstipulated,eitherthroughtheuseofspotmeasurements,facilityinputs,engineeringexperience,oracombinationof these.OptionBrequires thatallparametersbemeasured,sodataloggingismoreprolificinoptionBM&V. ForallM&Vplans thatuseoptionAorB,properapplicationofM&Vmethodscan increase theefficacyofmeasuresbyreducingtheoverallM&Vcostsassociatedwith themeasures.However, theimproper application ofM&Vmethods can inaccurately estimatesavings,therebyeitherinflatingtheclaimedsavingsandprovidinganimproperassessmentoftheprojectcosteffectiveness,orunderestimatingthesavings,whichreducestheapparentcosteffectivenessoftheproject.
THEM&VPLAN
TheguidingprinciplesofM&Vthatareset forth in IPMVPareintendedtoprovidereasonableaccuracyinthedeterminationofactualenergy savingsgiven themanyvariables that could takeplace inanyenergyefficiencyproject.Theseprinciples include“M&Vcostsshouldnormallybesmallrelativetothemonetaryvalueofthesavingsbeingevaluated,”and“Accuracytradeoffsshouldbeaccompaniedbyincreasedconservativeness inanyestimatesand judgments” [5].Totheseends,theM&VplanshouldconsiderthecostofanyrequiredM&VactivitiesanddeterminethelevelofM&Vthatreducesuncertaintyinthesavingsestimateswithoutunnecessarilyreducingtheefficacyoftheenergysavingsproject.
The Cost of M&V Costsavingsisnottheonlygoalofenergyefficiencyprojects,butitisusuallythemostimportantdriveroftheprojectsinthecommercialandindustrialsectors,soexpensiveM&Vplanscanact toreducetheimplementationratesoftheseprojects.Quantitativeuncertaintyanalysis
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canbeusedtodeterminetheproperlevelsofM&Vthatareacceptableforeachproject,andMathew[13]hasshownthatthiscanbesimpletointegrateintotheplanningstagesofanyenergyefficiencyproject. Oftentimes,anM&Vmethod is selectedand theM&Vplan isdeveloped based solely on the measure being implemented, without regard to the costofM&Vcompared to the savingsof theproject.Considercompressedairefficiencyprojectsforexample;itiscommontoseeoptionBselected,with2weeksofdataloggingrequiredregardlessofscaleorscope.However,theDOECompressedAirSourcebookstates,“Energysavingsfromsystemimprovementscanrangefrom20to50percentormoreofelectricityconsumption”[14].Clearlytheelectricityconsumptionofthesystemisrelatedtothesizeofthesystemandtheoperatinghoursofthesystem,sosavingsavailableforacompressedairprojectisrelatedtothosevariables. Asanexample,considera fully loaded,continuouslyoperatingcompressedairsystemwithasingle50-hpaircompressor.Thissystemmayhavetheopportunity toreduceoperatingcostsby50%,withanannualsavingsofaround$15,000(basedon$0.065/kWhand$10/kW-mo).Adifferentcompressedairsystemmayhavethesameopportunitytoreduceoperatingcostby50%,butifthesecondsystemismuchlarger,withasingle500-hpcompressor,thesavingscouldbe10timesasmuch.Inthesetwosystems,thesameM&Vplanmighthaveexactlythesamecost,butitsimpactontheoverallprojectcostmightbe10timesgreater. Forthesmallersystem,thiscouldmeanthatanexpensiveM&Vplanreducestheefficacyoftheprojecttoalevelthatmakestheprojectuntenabletothedecisionmakers.Forthelargersystem,thelessexpensiveM&Vplanmightprovideaveryhighuncertainty level, in termsofdollars.Thishighcostuncertaintymayequaloroutweighthepotentialsavingsoftheproject,makingtheM&Vplaninadequatefortheproject.Therefore,measurementuncertaintyforanyM&VplanshouldalsobedeterminedandbothshouldbeconsideredduringtheproperselectionoftheM&Vplanforeachindividualproject.
METHODS FOR ESTIMATING ENERGY SAVINGS
Therearefivemethodsavailablefordeterminingtheparametersneededtoestimateenergysavings.Thesearestipulation,spotchecking,current logging,energy logging,andpower logging.Thesemethods
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have increasingaccuracyand increasingcosts, fromstipulationwithlowaccuracyandlowcost, topower loggingwithhighaccuracyandpotentiallyhigh costs.Because loggingenergyand loggingpowerrequireverysimilarequipmentandhavesimilaraccuraciesover longperiodsof time, theseareconsideredequivalent for thepurposeofdetermininguncertaintyandcost. Becausesavingscan’tbemeasured,eventhemostrigorousM&Vplanhassomeuncertainty.Take thecaseofanM&Vplanwhereallparametersare loggedfora fullyearbeforeanda fullyearafter theimplementationofanenergyefficiencyproject.Evenwhenthedataisnormalizedforproduction,weather,andallothervariablesthataffectenergyintensity, thedifferencebetweenthetwomeasuredperiods isstillanestimateofsavingswithsomeerror.Thaterrormaycomefromcalibrationofdevices,unplannedoutages,equipmentmaintenance,otherproductionrelatedeffects,oranynumberofothersources.Thisisthebaselineuncertainty. LessrigorousM&Vplansadduncertaintytothisbaseline,whichisreferredtoas“additionaluncertainty”withinthisarticle.Lee[15]showedthatstipulatingoperatinghourscanadd30%additionaluncertainty.TheAmericanNationalStandards Institute (ANSI) standard forvoltagegivesanacceptable tolerance forutilizationvoltagesof -13%to+6%[16].DooleyandHeffington[17]showedthatactualservicefactorsofelectricmotorscanrangefrom6%to109%ofratedhorsepower,sospotcheckingofvaryingloads,orstipulatingelectricmotorloadsbasedonnameplate ratingscanadduncertaintyofup to94%.Baldorelectricmotorspecificationsshowthat thepowerfactorofpremiumefficientelectricmotorscanvaryfrom11%to17%acrosstheirnormaloperatingrange,sostipulatingapowerfactororspotcheckingthepowerfactoronavaryingloadcanaddthismuchuncertainty.Basedontheseaddeduncertainties, thecostuncertaintyassociatedwithasinglemeasureenergyefficiencyprojectcanbeestimated.
Proper Sampling Intervals AstheM&VplanisbeingdevelopedpertheIPMVPframework,specialattentionshouldbegiventothemeasures thatwillbe loggedper option B and how the logging will be implemented. This is an area wherelittleexpertiseandsignificantopportunityformistakesmayexist.Themostcommonmistakesoccurwithchoicesofdata loggingandsampling intervals.
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As an example, logging motor energy usage at 1-minute intervals is oftenrequiredbyutilityincentiveprogramswhenmeasuresuseIPMVPoptionB.This isusuallybecauseofamisinterpretationof theactualIPMVPrequirements.Section4.7.3states;“Themethodofmeasuringelectricdemandonasub-metershouldreplicatethemethodthepowercompanyusesfortherelevantbillingmeter”[5].Further,itspecificallystates that if theutilityusesafixed15-minutedemandwindow“therecordingmetershouldbeset torecorddata for thesame15-minuteintervals”[5].Thissectiongoesontodiscussslidingdemandwindowsandmakesthegeneralstatementthat ifaslidingwindowisused,thedemandwindowcanbeestimated“…byrecordingdataon1-minutefixedintervals…”[5]andthenrecreatingtheslidingwindowduringthedataanalysisphase.Dataloggingintervalsof1-minutearementionedintwootherplacesinthetext,oncetodescribeaspotcheckofasimplemeasure,andonce in thesamecontextasabove.Theprotocolneverspecificallystatesthatdatamustbecollectedat1-minuteintervalsforanypracticalpurposeofdeterminingactualmotorenergyusage. Infact,intervalsof1minutemayormaynotactuallycapturethetrueoperatingcharacteristicsofsomemotoroperatedsystems.Forinstance,anaircompressorwithload/unloadcontrolsmaycycle in lessthan1minute,andthedatacollectedat1-minute intervalsmayonlyrecordthefullyloadedorfullyunloadedpowerforsignificantperiodsoftime.Ratherthanspecifyingadatacollectionrate,datashouldbecollectedattheproperintervalstodefinethedynamicperformanceofthesystem. Alternately,whenfinesamplingdataisnotrequired,adataloggerwith the ability to oversample (meaning that data is sampled more times thanarerecorded)andrecordaveragescanbeselected.These typesof loggersmaysampledataatveryhighfrequencies,butonlyrecordtheaverageofthosesamplestomemoryataspecifiedinterval. Inthecaseoftheload/unloadcompressor,somedataloggersmaybeabletooversampleat1secondintervals,andthenrecordtheaverageofthosereadings at 15-minute intervals, giving true average power or true energyconsumption.Inthiscase,agraphoftherecordeddatawillnotbetrulyrepresentativeofpowerovertime,butwillrepresentaveragepower over time. This is the same methodology that utility meters use, andwillproducethesameresultsasusingautilitymeter. Several typesofdata loggersareavailableonthemarket today,withdifferentcapabilities,accuracies,andconsiderationsregardingease-of-use.So,properapplicationofeachtypeorstyleofdatalogger
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reliesonasolidunderstandingofhowtheyworkandhowtheycanbeappliedtomeasuringpowerandenergyusage.Thenextsectionpresentsadiscussionof three typesofdata loggersystems: current loggers,energy loggers, and power loggers.
EQUIPMENTCONSIDERATIONS
Thespecificdevicesthatareusedtomeasureandmonitorenergy,power,andothernecessarydata forM&Vplansshouldbe installedbyknowledgeable techniciansperthemanufacturer’s instructionsforeachdevice. Installationinstructionsaretypicallyquitethoroughandcomplete,andequipmentmanufacturers typicallyprovidesupport toendusersoftheirequipmentasneeded. Areviewoftheliteratureshowsthatapplicationsandusesofdataacquisitionsystemshavebeenwelldocumentedsincethe1970s[18-20].Dataacquisitionsystemsareoftenpermanentlyinstalledinanindustrialfacility,andthesearemeanttoprovidereal-timedatatoplantoperationspersonnel.Thesesystemscantypicallyprovidedata logs thatcanbeanalyzedoff-linefordifferentpurposesandthesedatashouldbeusedwheneverpossibleforM&Vactivitiesbecausethedataisavailableandaddsnocosttotheprojectbudget. Today,portabledata loggersarewidelyused forM&V.Thesedevicescanbe inexpensive,easy to installandoperate,andprovidethenecessaryprecisionandaccuracyforM&Vactivities.Thesedevicesrecordand storedata,which can laterbe extractedandanalyzed.Moderndata loggershavesignificant storagecapacity,highsamplerates,smallsize,andhighdurability.Thelargenumberofmanufacturersmeans thatdata loggersarereadilyavailable formostprojectneeds.Stateequipmentloanlibraries,utilityplanimplementers,andutilitiesthemselvesmaybeabletoprovidedataloggingequipmentforanM&Vprojectwithoutdirectlyaddingcosttotheproject.Thechoicesaremany,soitisuptotheM&Vprofessionaltoensurethattheproperdataloggersareselectedfortheproject,andthattheseareutilizedcorrectly.
CURRENT LOGGING
Loggingelectricalmeasurementsisrelativelystraightforward,andcanbeaccomplishedwithnon-destructivemeansatalowcost.Current
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canbe loggedwithacurrent transducer (CT)andadata logger.Thecurrent transformerhasbeenusedtosuccessfullymeasureelectricalcurrent since itwaspatentedbyEdwardWeston in1888 [21].Theportabledataloggerisamoremodernconstruct,havingbeenintroducedinthe1980storeplacechartrecorderswithsolid-statedevicesthatcouldcapturevoltageandcurrentsignalsandstorethemdigitally. Typicalcurrent transducersaresolidcorecurrent transformers,splitcorecurrenttransformers,andRogowskicoils.SolidcoreCTsarecommonlyused inpermanent installations,because theyrequire theconductortobepassedthroughthecenterofthedevice,requiringthecircuittobeopenwhiledoingso.SplitcoreCTsarethemostcommontransducerusedto temporarilymeasureandlogcurrent.Thesehavereasonableaccuracies,buttheirlargesizeandrigidspacelimitationsareadisadvantage.Additionally,CTshaveastrictcurrent limitation,andtheoutputsignalsaturatesatthatlimit,meaningthatanycurrentabovethelimitcannotbedetermined. Rogowskicoilsareanothertypeofcurrent transducerthathaveariseninrecentyearsasthetransducerofchoiceforM&Vprofessionals.TheRogowskicoil isaflexibletransducerthatproducesascaledtimederivativeof theprimarysignal [22].This signal requires thedataloggeror transducerset tohavesomecomputationalcapabilities intoreproduce theprimarycurrentsignal inanunderstandable form.Moderndataloggershaveallthecomputingpowernecessarytoperformthisfunction. Theflexible transducer isamajoradvantageoverrigidCTsandislikelytheprimaryreasonthattechniciansprefertoinstallRogowskicoils.TheothermajoradvantagethatshouldbeconsideredisthaterrorinRogowskicoilsisafunctionoftheprimarycurrentbeingmeasured[23],whereerror inCTs isa functionof full-scaleratedcurrent.ThismeansthatCTsmustbeselectedbasedonthemagnitudeofthecurrentbeingmeasured;amaximumcurrent toensure that theCTdoesnotsaturate,andaminimumcurrenttoensurethatCTerrorisacceptable.BecauseRogowski coils donot saturate, themaximumcurrent islimitedonlybythediameteroftheconductorbeingmeasured,andtheminimumcurrentisnotalimitingfactorbecausetheerrorscaleswithcurrent. OnedisadvantagethatshouldbeconsideredistheRogowskicoil’sneedforpowertoproduceasignal that the loggercanrecord.WhentheRogowskicoil isusedasastand-alonecurrent transducer, itwill
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likelyrequireeitherabatteryor110-VACsource.Inanindustrialsetting,thismayrequireanextensioncordtoberoutedfromawallreceptacletotheelectricalpanelwiththetransducer,andthismayverywellbeunacceptabletothefacilityoperators,not tomentioninconvenienttoinstall. Whilecurrent logsarevaluable toengineersandmaintenancepersonnel,thegoalofmostelectricalM&VplansistomeasureenergyusageinkWh.Threephasecurrentisrelatedtoenergybytheformula:
kWh=V*A*PF*sqrt(3)*OH/1000
Whencurrent is logged, theother independentvariablesvoltage(V),powerfactor(PF)andoperatinghours(OH)canpresentsignificantuncertainty. Theuncertainty related to actual operatinghours isdifficulttomanage,becauseplantemployeeworkinghoursandequipmentoperatinghourscandiffersignificantly.Lee[15]showedthat incorrectassumptionsregardingoperatinghourscanaffectsavingscalculationsbyupto30%.Luckily,thedatalogswillprovideaverypreciserepresentationof theequipmentoperatinghoursduringtheM&Vperiod,andthesecanbecomparedtoanystatedoperatinghours.Projectingtherecordedoperatinghoursoverthecourseofayearisasimplearithmeticproblem,producinganestimateofannualoperatinghours.Holidaysandplantshutdownsmustbeconsideredbecauseany interruptions innormalactivityduringtheloggedperiodwillreducetheloggedoperatinghoursandcouldproduceanunreasonablylowestimateofannualoperatinghours.Conversely, if theequipmentnormallyshutsdownfor someperiodoutsideoftheloggedperiod,nottakingtheseshutdownhoursintoaccountcouldproduceanunreasonablyhighestimateofannualoperating hours. Any assumptions regarding operating hours should be clearlystatedandjustifiedintheM&Vreport. Voltage,particularlyinanindustrialfacility,canvaryduringthecourseofanormaldayasplantequipmentloadschange,HVACloadschangewithtemperature,orutilitygridloadschangeforvariousrea-sons.TheWesternSystemsCoordinatingCouncil (WSCC),agroupof86westernutilities,requirementforutilitysupplyvoltagestability[16]givessometoleranceonvoltagesuppliedbytheelectricutility.Withoutloggingvoltageover time, it is impossible topreciselydeterminethepower,andthusenergyusageofanypieceofequipment.
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However,iftheloggedequipmentissmallrelativetothesizeofthetransformersupplyingpowertoit,andifthesupplyvoltageis“stiff,”*itisreasonabletocheckvoltagewhenthedataloggerisdeployedandusethatvoltagereadingfortheenergycalculation.Ifadditionalvoltagereadingscanbetakenwhentheloggerisremovedorduringtheloggedperiod,thesecanbeusedtoestimatetheaveragevoltage.Anyassump-tionsregardingvoltageshouldbestatedandjustifiedintheM&Vreport.Note,itisrarelyreasonabletoassumethattheoperatingvoltageisequalto the nominal supply voltage. Power factor isameasure that isdifficult toobtainwithout thepropermeasurement.Becausethis isaderivedmeasurement,apowermeterorpowermonitorthatsimultaneouslymeasurescurrentandvolt-ageisrequiredtodeterminepowerfactor.Withoutthistypeofmeter,currentandvoltagemeasurementscanbetakenseparatelybutsimulta-neously,andthenthepowerfactorcanbecalculated,butthemathin-volvedisdifficultandlikelybeyondthescopeofmostM&Vtechnicians.Powermetersareavailablefromseveralmanufacturersatpricesrangingfromafewhundredtoseveralthousanddollars,andat leastasimplepowermetershouldbepartofanyelectricalM&Vtechnician’stoolbox.It iseasytostate thatpowerfactor isassumedtobe80%or90%,butthisisrarelycorrectandcanintroducesignificanterrorintotheannualenergycalculation,becausepowerfactorlinearlyinfluencesthecalcula-tion.It issometimespossibletoobtainareasonableestimateofpowerfactorofaspecificmotorbyestimatingtheloadfactorandreferencingthemanufacturer’sdatasheets for thatmotor.Motor load,age,andmaintenancepracticescansignificantlychangetheactualpowerfactorfromthemanufacturer’sstatedvalues.Alowestimateofpowerfactorismoreconservative,andbarringanyothermeanstoobtainactualpowerfactor,alowestimateshouldbeused.
ENERGY LOGGING
Energy loggingbeganinthe late19thandearly20thcenturyaselectricutilitiesneededawaytochargetheircustomersfortheservicesthattheyrendered,namelyprovidingcheap,reliableelectricitytohomes
*Ieeexplore.ieee.org,IEEEStandardsDictionary:“Theabilityofanareaelectricpowersys-temtoresistvoltagedeviationscausedbyadistributedresourceorloading.”
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andbusinesses [24].Utilitygrade revenuemetersarepermanentlyinstalledon theelectrical service,andprovideameasureofenergyused.Originally, thismeant thatadialwould incrementasaunitofenergywasconsumed,andthisdialhadtobemanuallyreadforbillingpurposes.Modernsmartmeterscantransmitdata,whichcanbereadin real time, and have the ability to measure energy, power, and other parameters. Loggingenergy“directly”actuallymeansloggingvoltsandamps,andusingthosemeasurementstocalculatepowerfactorandpower,andthencalculatingenergybasedonpowerovertime.Theenergyloggerapparatuswill include,ataminimum,acurrenttransducer,avoltagelead, and a data logger. On three-phase systems, there will be 3 or 4 sets of transducersandleads,andthesecaneitherbeattacheddirectly tothelogger,orattachedtoan“integratorbox”thatdoesallofthemathandsendsoutenergymeasurementsas“counts”or“pulses.”Energyor“kWh” loggersetswithRogowskicoils typicallyuse thevoltageleadsnotonlytomeasurevoltage,butalsotopowertheRogowskicoilwaveformgeneratorcircuit,eliminatingtheneedforanexternalpowersource.Theenergyusedbythiscircuitisusuallyverysmallcomparedtotheenergybeinglogged,andcanthereforebeneglected,orcompensatedforintheenergymeasurements[23]. This typeof logger/transducercanbeveryaccurateover longdurations,butcanbeveryinaccurateovershortdurations.Itiscommonforthesetransducersetstohaveselectabledipswitchesthatcanbesettorecorda“count”orpulseat1kWh,0.5kWh,0.25kWh,or0.1kWhintervals.Whenusingthistypeofdevicetomeasuredataat1-minutedataintervalstheindividualdatapointscanbewildlyinaccurate. Forexample, ifacontinuallyoperating, fully loaded20-hp loadis logged at 1-minute intervals with a pulse type kWh meter that is set torecord1pulseper1kWh,thedatasetdoesnotaccuratelyrepresenttheactualenergyusage.Infact, thedataappearstoshowthatduringmanyofthe1-minuteintervals,noenergyisused.Thisobviouslyisnotthecase,becauseweknowthat20-hp,or14.92kW,isbeingconstantlyrequired.Figure1showsthepulse-typemeterdataoverlaidwiththeactualenergyconsumed. Theactualenergyconsumptionduringeach1-minuteinterval is0.249kWh.Forthisconfiguration,thepulse-typemeteronlyincrementsthecountafterafullkWhisconsumed,soduringthefirstfourintervalsthereportedenergyusageiszero.Attheconclusionofthe5thinterval,
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theactualenergyusagehasbeen1.243kWh,soacountof1isrecordedduringthisinterval.The0.243energyusageiscarriedovertothenextinterval,andzeroscontinuetoberecordeduntilthe9thinterval,whenthe2ndkWhisconsumedandanother1countisrecorded.Theprocesscontinues,recording1counteachtimeafullkWhisconsumed. Manyofthesepulsetypeenergytransducersetshavetheabilitytoreportcountsinfinerincrements.Forinstance,itiscommontoseedipswitchesonthecurrenttransformerthatallowsenergytobereportedas1.00,0.50,0.25,or0.10kWhperpulse.Atthehighestsettingof0.10kWhperpulse,thedatafortheabovecasewouldshow1-minuteintervalus-ageof0.2,0.2,0.3,0.2,and0.2kWhforthefirst5intervals.Thisdataisshown in Figure 2.
Figure 1. 20-hpe constant load energy consumption. Actual versus 1 kWh/pulse metered data.
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Becausenoadditionaldataisrecordedbythisstyleoftransducer,it iseasytomistakethisdata forbeingrepresentativeofpowerovertime.IfthedataaboveismistakenlyconvertedfromtheapparentunitofkWh/minutetokW,theresultantpowercurvesdonotaccuratelyreflectthetruepowerbeingconsumed.ThethreecasesareshowninFigure3. The20-hpconstantloadpresentedaboveisprovidedforillustra-tive purposes only, and is not intended to represent a real-world exam-ple.Letusconsidertherealcaseofa100-hpaircompressorbeingdataloggedforM&Vpurposes.Thiscompressormayhaveavaryingloadthatpeaksataround78kWwhenthecompressorisfullyloaded,andmayhavealowloadconditionofaround30kWwhenthecompressorisidling.Thiscompressormayalsoshutdownonnightsandweekends.Apossiblelogoftheactualpowerversustime,in15-secondintervals,overaperiodof2hoursisshowninFigure4.
Figure 2. 20-hp constant load energy consumption. Actual versus 0.1 kWh/pulse metered data.
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Acountingmeter,set torecord0.10kWhpercountat thesame15-secondintervals,wouldprovidethefollowingdatalogforthesameperiod (Figure 5). Theenergycalculatedfromthepowerdata inthe2-hourperiodis157kWh.Theenergycalculatedfromthepulse-typeenergyloggerisalso157kWh,showingthatovertime,thetwomethodsareequivalent.However,lookingat1-minuteintervalsthestoryismuchdifferent,withthepowerloggershowinganaveragekWforthefirstminuteof75.6kW(whichiscorrect),andtheenergyloggercounting12pulses,whichisequivalentto1.2kWh/minuteor72-kWaveragepower.Thisisadiffer-enceof4.7%. Longertimeintervalsof5and15minutescanbeanalyzedtoshowthatthepulse-typemeterismoreaccurateoverlongerintervals.Inthefirst5-minuteinterval, thekWloggershowsanaveragepowerof76.1
Figure 3. Power versus time for 20-hpe constant load.
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Figure 4. Directly logged power for a theoretical 100-hp air compressor over a 2-hour time period.
Figure 5. Indirectly logged power data for the same compressor, converted from a pulse type logger recording at 0.1 kWh/pulse at 15-second intervals.
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kW,andthepulsemeterrecords63pulses,whichisequivalentto75.6kW,adifferenceof0.7%.Inthefirst15-minuteinterval(acommonutilitydemandwindow),thekWloggershowsanaveragepowerof76.2kW,andthepulse-typeloggerrecords190pulses,whichisequivalentto76.0kW,adifferenceof0.3%.DataforthevariousloggertypesandsettingsarepresentedinFigure6forcomparison. Ifthedataaretobeusedforsimplyestimatingenergyusageoverthecourseof1-year,theerrorineachshorttimeintervalisinconsequen-tialbecausethetotalenergyovertheloggingperiodisveryaccurate.Ifthedataaretobeusedforadditionalenergyauditingandanalysispur-poses, the short time data provided by a pulse-type logger may provide verylittleinsightandmaynotbeusefultotheauditoratall.
Figure 6. The same data from Figures 4 and 5 overlaid with 5-minute and 15-minute pulse logger data converted to kW. The data period in this figure is 1 hour of the total data from the other figures above.
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kW LOGGING
Directly loggingpower isa thirdoption,which ispreferred inalmost every scenario, if economically feasible.Power loggersarerelatively new, andhave arisen as computingpower and storagehaveincreaseddramaticallywhilecostshavedroppedinthemoderncomputingera.WhileenergyloggersstorekWhreadings,powerloggersstore instantaneouskWreadings,aswell askWhandotherusefulinformationthatiscalculatedfromvoltsandamps. The kW logger set up is similar to the kWh logging apparatus, with acurrent transducer,voltage leads,andadata logger.Theexceptionis that these loggers typicallydonothavean integratorboxorotherelectronics thatareseparate fromthedata logger,so thecurrentandvoltage informationis loggeddirectlywithouttheuseof“counts”orotherrepresentativemeasures.Becausepower inkWisderivedfromvoltageandcurrent, this typeof loggercanproduceaveryaccuraterepresentationofpowerovertimeaswellastotalenergyused. Power loggers that can recordmultiple channels, includingmeasuredvoltage,measuredcurrent,calculatedpowerfactor,calculatedpower,calculatedreactivepower,andothermeasuresareuseful.Theseloggershaveonlyrecentlybecomeavailable,asaresultofthememoryrequirementsofloggingmultiplechannels.Thebenefitisthattheactualcurrentovertimedataisstoredinthelogger,whichisexactlythesameasthatrecordedbyasimplecurrentloggerdescribedpreviously,aswellastheactualmeasuredvoltageovertime.Thisreducesanyuncertaintyintroducedbyspotchecksofvoltage,orassumingaconstantvoltage. BecausethedatapointsusedtocalculatethederivedvaluesofPF,kW,kVAR,andothermeasuresarestoreddirectly,thedatacanbemuchmoreaccurateovershort intervals.Onetradeoffisthatthenumberofrecordeddatapoints ismultipliedbythenumberofchannels,sodatasetscanbemuchlargerandrequiremorecomputingpowertoanalyze.Moderndesktopandevenlaptopcomputersshouldhavetheabilitytohandlelargeamountsofdata,sowithrelativelyinexpensiveupdatestocomputinghardwarethisshouldnotbeanissue. Another consideration is that the cost of thesemodern kWloggersmaybemanytimeshigherthanacomparablecurrent logger.OrganizationsthatperformsignificantM&Vactivitiesshouldfindthatthisincreaseinfirstcostwillreducethelong-termcostofdataanalysis,becausealloftherelevantdataiscollectedandavailable.
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EQUIPMENTANDDEPLOYMENTCOSTS
Theloggingequipmenttypesdescribedabovearerapidlyevolv-ing,withdatastoragecapacityandwirelessdatatransfercapabilitiesin-creasingdramaticallyoverthelastfewyears.Thecostsoftheindividualpiecesofequipmentmaybesubject tochange,andcertainlywillnotremainconstantovertime.TotheextentthatequipmentcostfactorsintothecostofM&V,severalobservationsarewarranted.First,measuringdevicesareessentialfortheM&Vprofessional,andwhilecostisimpor-tant,noM&Vcanbeperformedwithoutthesedevices.TheminimumM&Vprofessionaltoolkitmustincludedevicesthatcanmeasurevoltage,current,andpowerfactor;orpowerdirectly,aswellassometypeofdataloggerwiththesamecapabilities.Thedataloggertypesdiscussedabovecanhaveawiderangeofprices,withcurrentloggers(includingsmallbat-terypowereddataloggerandcurrenttransformer)costingafewhundreddollars,andenergy/powerloggerscostingatleastthreetimesasmuch(since3currenttransducersarerequired).ThesecostsmaybefactoredintothecostofanM&Vplan,ifnecessaryequipmentisnotavailable.Ad-ditionally,ifloggingenergyorpowerdirectlyreducesuncertainty,thenthepurchaseofmoreadvanceddata loggingequipmentmaybewar-ranted.Becausethisequipmentisdurable,thecostofequipmentmaybeamortizedoverseveralM&Vprojects. Thelong-termcostofM&Vactivitiesshouldincludelaborcosts,asqualifiedtechnicians(suchaselectricians)mustdeploythedevicesinasafeandeffectivemanner.ThecostofM&Vactivitiesshouldalsoincludeengineeringtime,becausecalculationsarerequiredtodeter-minetheannualenergyusageof theequipmentbeforeandafter themeasure is installed.Table1shows theestimatedadditionalcostofM&Vactivities,usingthecasewhereallparametersarestipulatedasthe lowestcostscenario. Inotherwords,M&Vcannotcost less thanthecasewhereeverythingisstipulatedandnothingismeasured.Thisbaseline (stipulated)alsopresents thehighestamountofuncertainty.Theestimatesassumethat the technicianalreadyhasbasic tools formeasuringvoltsandamps.Thecostofpurchasingadevicetomeasurepowerfactorandanydata loggers isaddedto theM&Vcost for theproject.Techniciantimeisestimatedas$50perhour,andengineeringtimeisestimatedas$100perhour. Becausemeasurementsaretakenonplantequipment,oftenwhiletheequipment isoperating, thetimerequiredtoobtainanynecessary
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permissions,dress in theappropriateprotectivegear,openelectricalpanelsorcabinets,andrestoretheworkareatoasafestateafterwardscanbesignificant.Theactualtimetoinstallthemeasurementdevice(s)issmallincomparison.Whileitmaytakesubstantialplanningtoscheduleandprepareforadata logger installation,theactual installationtypi-callyonlytakesafewminutes.Thisistrueforspotchecks,single-phasecurrentlogging,andthree-phaseenergy/powerloggingalike.InTable1,thisisestimatedas1technicianlaborhourtoperformalloftheneces-saryfunctionstoacquireonespotcheckedpowermeasurement.Assum-ingthatthetechniciandidnotalreadyownapowermeter,thisactivitywouldcost$950morethanstipulatingallparameters,butmayreducetheadditionaluncertaintybyagreatamount. Thecostdifferencebetweenspotcheckingofmeasurementsanddeploymentofdataloggers,fromalaborperspective,resultsfromtheneed for thedata logger tobebothdeployedandbe removedoncetheloggingperiodiscomplete.Again,thetimetoactuallyremovethedeviceisverysmallincomparisontothetimethetechnicianmusttaketodoitsafelyandproperly. Engineeringcalculationalsorequiressomeminimum,orbaseline,amountoftimeandeffortregardlessofthemethodusedtodeterminetheparameters.Stipulatingalloftheparameters, therefore,representsthezeroaddedcostscenario.Spotcheckingofmeasurementsprovidessinglevalues for theparameters (suchasvolts, amps, etc.), so thecalculationtimeforthisscenarioissimilartostipulationofparameters.Data loggingtypicallyrequiresanalysisof largedatasets,whichcantakeseveralhourstoseveraldays,dependingontheamountofdata.Forthepurposeofcomparison,asinglemeasureprojectwithasingledataloggerdeploymentshouldgenerateasingledataset,whichmaytaketwohourstointerpret.InTable1,ascenariowhereonecurrentdataloggerisdeployedwouldcostanestimated$1,400morethanthecasewhereallparametersarestipulated.Thecasewhereonepowerloggerisdeployedwouldcost$2,800morethanthecasewhereallparametersarestipulated. Theseestimatedadditionalcostscanthenbeused,alongwiththeestimatedadditionaluncertaintiespresentedpreviously, todeterminewhichM&Vmethod ismost cost effective for aparticular energyefficiencyproject. Asanexample,consideracompressedairprojectwithanestimatedsavings of 100,000 kWh annually.At $0.10/kWh, this represents
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anannual savingsof$10,000.Stipulatingallparametersmayhaveadditionaluncertaintythat isveryhigh.Simplystipulatingoperatinghourscanadd30%uncertaintytothesavingsestimate,or$3,000,whichshouldruleoutstipulationofallparametersaswellasspotchecking,whichrequiresstipulationofoperatinghours.Data loggingcurrentrequires thatvoltageandpower factorbespotchecked,whichadds16.5%to22.9%additionaluncertainty,representingupto$2,290,foracostof$1,400.Loggingpower(orenergy)reducesadditionaluncertaintytozero,foracostof$2,800,orabout$1,400morethanloggingcurrent.Inthiscase,loggingpowerdirectlyreducesuncertaintyby$2,290foracostof$1,400.Determiningifthebenefitisworththecostislefttothereader,recognizingthatthecostofpurchasingsomeoftherequiredequipmentmightbeneglectedoramortizedoverseveralprojects.
CONCLUSIONS
Measurementandverificationofenergysavingshasbeenandwillcontinuetobeanimportantactivityforenergymanagers,governmentagencies,buildingowners,andutilityrepresentatives.UnderstandingtheM&Vprocess, theimportanceoftheM&Vplan,thelimitationsoftheM&Vequipment,andtheprocessofdeterminingenergysavingsarekeysforasuccessfulenergyefficiencyproject. M&Vplans should follow the IPMVP framework, taking intoconsiderationthecostofM&Vactivitiesandthepotentialreductionsinuncertainty relatedwithdifferent levelsofM&V.Estimatesandjudgments shouldbe sufficiently conservativewith regards to theaccuracyoftheM&Vmethodsthatarespecified. Finally, loggingelectricaldataaspartof IPVMPoptionAandoptionBM&Vplanscanbeaccomplishedwithseveralavailablestylesofdataloggers,andeachofthesestyleshasadvantagesandlimitations.Current loggersare inexpensive,butcareshouldbetakentomeasurevoltageandpower factorappropriately.Pulse styleenergy loggerscanprovidesimplelong-termmeasurementsofconsumedenergy,butshouldnotbeused tocollect short-time intervaldata,because theiraccuracyinshortintervalscanbepoor.Loggersthatmeasureandrecordcurrentandvoltage,andthencalculateothermeasuressuchaspowerfactor,power,andkVARaremoreexpensive,butcanprovideaccuratedataforbothshortandlongintervals.
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————————————————————————————————ABOUT THE AUTHORS Andrew Chase Harding, PE, CEM, is staff engineer in theUniversityofArkansas’DepartmentofMechanicalEngineering.Heisresponsible for theday-to-dayoperationsof theArkansas IndustrialEnergyClearinghouse.Chase received his Bachelor of Science inMechanicalEngineeringfromtheUniversityofArkansasin1999.HeisaregisteredprofessionalengineerinArkansas.Chasehasbothutilityandmanufacturingexperience.HestartedhisengineeringcareerworkingforEntergyOperations insystemsengineering, followedby10yearsofmanufacturingexperienceworkingattwoArkansasmanufacturingbusinesses, includingCooperPowerSystemsinFayetteville.Chase isaCertifiedEnergyManagerandaDOEQualifiedSystemsSpecialistinAirMaster+ and PHAST. Email: [email protected]
Darin W . Nutter, PhD, PE, isaprofessor in theUniversityofArkansas’DepartmentofMechanicalEngineering.He is thedirectorof theArkansas IndustrialEnergyClearinghouseandanaffiliateofthe Industrial Assessment Center. Over the last 25 years, Dr. Nutter’s research interests have been encompassedwithin the broad areaofenergyconservation.His focushasbeenon the improvementofHVAC&Rsystemsandmanufacturing/processingplants,withregardtooperation,energyefficiency,andsustainability.Email:[email protected]
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Virtual Audits:The Promise and The Reality
John M. AvinaSteve P. Rottmayer
ABSTRACT
A good energy audit is a valuable owner’s guide to making the bestenergyefficiencyinvestmentdecisions.Whenthebestenergycon-servationmeasures(ECMs)areidentifiedandimplemented,thefacilityownerwillmakethesmartestchoices,andreceivethegreatestreturnoninvestment.WhenthebestECMsarenot identifiedandimplemented,thentheopportunityforreducingutilitycostshasbeensquandered,andthefacilityownersuffersfinanciallyasaresult.Traditionally,develop-ingenergyaudits involvedhiringprofessionals to identifyandcom-municatetheECMs.Typically,themoreseasonedandskilledtheenergyauditor, the better the energy audit. With theadventofadvanceddatabasesand theavailabilityofelectricity intervaldata,newsoftwareandservicesarenowavailablethatprovidesomeimpressiveanalysisofbuildingenergyusage.Oneofthesenewservices,virtualaudits,oftenofferinexpensiveenergyaudits,attractivewebgraphicsandthecapabilitytoprovidefastanalysisofin-dividualbuildingsaswellasaggregatesofbuildingswithoutanenergyauditorhavingtosetfootonsite. Thequestionaddressedinthispaperiswhetherthesecompaniesthatprovidevirtualauditsaremakingclaimsthatareunsupported.Themainclaimisthatavirtualauditcanproduceanactionableenergyauditwithouthavinganenergyauditorsetfootonsite.Thisarticleendeavorstoevaluatethesepotentiallyoverreachingclaimsbyconsideringthedif-ferencesbetweentraditionalandvirtualaudits.
THE PROMISE OF VIRTUAL AUDITS
Analytics-basedaudits,orvirtualaudits,fillamarketneed,asen-ergyauditscanbeperceivedtobeexpensive.Thehighpriceofanenergy
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auditoftenservesasabar,preventingmanyfacilityownersfromhavingthemdone.Atraditionalauditmightcostbetween$8,000and$30,000fora500,000squarefootofficebuilding,dependingonthelevelofdetail.Theauditormightspendoneormanydaysonsite,andwouldrequirehoursofthefacilitystaff’stime,whichitselfcostsmoney. Severalcompaniesarenowofferingvirtualauditswhichcandra-maticallycutthenumberofengineeringhoursandcostassociatedwithperforminganenergyaudit.Thesevirtualauditsaremostlybeingusedbyutilitiesandthefederalgovernment(whichhastensofthousandsofbuildings). The claim is thatvirtual auditsprovideuseful energyauditswithout having to send energy auditors on site to evaluate the build-ing.Theseauditsrequireonlyelectricintervaldata,gasbills(whichareoptional),andtheaddressofthebuilding.Thesevirtualauditsarerela-tivelyinexpensiveandsellforafractionofthecostoftraditionalaudits.Inaddition,virtualauditsdonottieupbusyfacilitystaffforhours.Thevirtualauditsmaybepresentedonawebportalwithattractivegraphics,goodutilityusageanalysis,benchmarking,andevenmeasurementandverificationcapacity. Toevaluatetheeffectivenessofavirtualaudit,wemustfirstdefinewhat a good energy audit is.
WHATISA“GOOD”ENERGYAUDIT?
Energyauditscantakeamultitudeofforms,andwhethertheauditis“good”dependsonthegoalsoftheproject.Withthedifferentgoalsinmind,ASHRAE(theAmericanSocietyofHeating,Refrigerating,andAir-conditioningEngineers)hasdefinedthreeenergyaudit levels.ASHRAELevel1auditsprovideanoverviewofthebuildingandgiveguidancetowardareasofinefficiency.ALevel1auditincludesalistofmeasures,butdoesnotprovideenergysavingsorcostsforeachmea-sure.ASHRAELevel2and3auditsaremuchmoredetailedwiththegoalofprovidingthefacilityownerwithanactionableplanthatcanbeusedtoreduceenergyuseatthebuilding.Table1liststhereportdeliv-erablesassociatedwiththedifferentlevelsofenergyauditsbasedontheASHRAEProceduresforCommercialBuildingEnergyAudits. Manycompaniesthatsellvirtualauditsclaimtoprovidedetailedaudits thatenabletheuser to immediatelystartworkwithacontrac-
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tor to begin implementation. Based on Table 1, this is, at minimum, an ASHRAELevel2audit,whichiswhatweconsidera“good”audit.Sowhatshouldbeincluded?Firstandforemost,theauditshouldincludeacomprehensivelistofenergyconservationopportunitiesthatprovidesacleardescriptionofwhatneedstobedone.Eachoftheefficiencymea-suresneedstodescribe:
• Whatistheproblem• Whichunitsareaffected• Howdoesitwasteenergy• Howshoulditberemedied• Howmuchenergyandcostscanbesaved• HowmuchwillitcosttoimplementtheECM• FinancialmetricstoevaluatetheECMsagainsteachother.
Table 1. ASHRAE Audit Deliverables
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Inaddition, theenergyauditwill considerwhether therecom-mendedmeasurescanbeimplemented,andwhetherthemeasuresarecosteffective.Forexample,ifamechanicalroomisalreadytoofull,ad-ditionalequipmentcannotbeaddedtothemechanicalroom,andthismaynecessitatebuildinganotherone.Anotherexample, ifnaturalgasserviceisnotavailableontherooftop,naturalgaslineswillneedtoruntothenewpackageunitsthatarebeingrecommended. Level3audits includeadetailedscopeofworksothecontractorwhoimplementstheefficiencymeasurewillknowexactlywhattodo.Thescopeofworkdescribesclearlywhatthecontractormustandmustnotdowhenimplementingthemeasure.Thescopeofworkwillpreventthecontractorfrom
• repairing/replacingthewrongunit,• repairing/replacingtoomanyunits,• installingtheunitbutnotprovidingappropriatecontrolstrategies
to ensure that the units save energy• addingonadditionalunwantedservicesandequipment.
Havingdefinedtheobjectiveofa“good”detailedaudit,letusex-aminethevirtualauditapproach.
HOW THE ANALYTICS MODEL WORKS
Althoughtheirmarketingmaterialmaystressthevalueofanalyt-ics,thenewdevelopmentsincomputerpowerandthesuccessfulutili-zationofintervaldata,themethodsemployedbythesecompaniesrelyheavilyonanoff-sitesurveythatissimilartoatelephoneaudit.Usingaquestionandanswerformat,theyseektouncoverenergyefficiencyop-portunities.Forexample,“areyoucurrentlyemployingachilledwaterreset?”Iftheanswerisno,thenanECMhasbeenfound,achilledwaterreset. Virtualauditsuseaquestion-andanswer-typeprocesswithfacilitypersonneltouncoverECMs,andthenoftenuseintervaldatatobackupthefindingsfromthedialog.Sometimestheintervaldatamaypointtoissuesindependentofdialog.Thedialogmaybeintheformofanonlinesurveyoratelephonesurvey.Thesesurveysaskmanyquestionsaboutthefacilityincluding:constructiontype,ageoffacility,occupancyhours,
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buildingautomationsystem(BAS)type,ageofBAS,whatcontrolstrate-giesareinplace,etc.Certainlythesetypesofphonecallsorsurveyscanbeusefulandcanidentifyenergysavingsopportunities.Easytoiden-tifyopportunitiesmightinclude:equipmentscheduling,nightsetbacks,lightingretrofits,andsomecontrolstrategies.
Analysis Virtualauditsemploysoftwaretoanalyze15-minuteelectric in-tervaldata.Thesoftwareusessophisticatedalgorithms,oftenwithas-sistancefromaperson,tobreakoututilityusageintoenduses,suchaslighting,pumping,Heating,ventilating,andairconditioning(HVAC)fans,etc.ThesoftwarecanalsopointtopotentialECMs.Themodelcaneasilyidentifysomepotentialareasofwaste,suchaslightingandHVACscheduleproblems,aswellasinefficientlightingorcooling. Themodelproducesanoutputthatistheninterpretedbyanenergyengineer,whodigsdeeperintothedatatofindmorepotentialmeasures,anddisqualifyanythatthemodelinappropriatelyrecommended.Dur-ingthisstage,theenergyengineermayalsocontactthefacilitymanagerorengineertotalkthroughquestionsthatpresentthemselves.
Measure Review Onceananalysishasbeencompleted,andalistofmeasureshasbeencreated,thevirtualauditorsmeetwiththeclient(usuallyinawebconference)todiscussthemeasuresfoundandthenextstepstheclientshould take.
Implementation Afterthemeasuresarepresented,itissuggestedthattheclientcallanappropriatecontractor to implement themeasures.Thecontractorwilldeterminecountsofequipment tobereplaced,or insomecases,theexactissue(s)causingtheexcessiveenergyusage,andwillthenputtogetheraproposalandpricetoremedythesituation.
STRENGTHS OF VIRTUAL AUDITS
Analyticsoftware,withtheirsophisticatedalgorithms,isapower-fulanalysistool.Throughtheuseofthistool,virtualauditshavesomesignificantstrengths.
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Cost-Effective Analysis of Large Data Sets Thedataavailable toanalyze facilityenergyusehas increasedsignificantlyinthelastdecadeandcontinuestoincreaseasthecostofmonitoring,storingandanalyzingdatadecreases.Thelistofusefuldataincludes:
1) Intervalenergyandweatherdatathatcanbeusedtogaininsightintothedailyoperation.Sub-metersatfacilitiesfurtherenhancesthis insight.
2) Databases(EnergyStar,CBECS*,etc.)containingabreakdownofthetypicalfacilityenduse,groupedintostandardbuildingcatego-ries,canhelpidentifyareasofinefficiencytotarget.
3) Databasesofpastenergyefficiencyprojects,suchastheDatabaseforEnergyEfficientResources(DEER),containingtypicalsavingsandcostsforspecificmeasuresthatcanbeusedtohelpcreatemea-sures.
Theexistenceofsomuchdataprovidesanopportunitytoimprovethevalueofenergyaudits,but italsopresentsaproblembecause itbecomesmoreandmoredifficulttoincorporatedataintotheanalysis.Effectivelyidentifyingthepatternsandanomaliesinallthisdatatakesapersonlongerandlongerandbecomeslessandlesspossible.Insum-mary,analyzingbuildingshasstartedtobecomeabigdata† problem. Analytictoolsprovidethebestmeansofcost-effectivelyfindingthepatternspresentinthatdata.Analyticsarenowusedinmanyindustriesincludingfinancial,retail,andevensports.Utilizingthispowerfulap-proachmakessenseforenergyefficiencyaswell.
Presentation of Data from Multiple Buildings Most, ifnotall,customersof thevirtualauditcompaniesarere-sponsibleforalargeportfolioofbuildings.Tryingtoreviewandtrack
*CommercialBuildingsEnergyConsumptionSurvey(CBECS),apublicationoftheU.S.EnergyInformationAdministration(EIA),http://www.eia.gov/consumption/commer-cial/†Bigdata,asdescribedbyMetaGroup(nowGartner)ina2001researchreport,referstolargedatasetsthataresocomplexthattraditionaldataprocessingtechniquesdonotwork.Althoughenergyauditingmaynotquitebeonthe levelofsayanalyzingsocialmedia,moreandmoreitappearstobeheadingtowardthatlevelofsophistication.
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energyefficiencyprojects fromastackofseparatereports isdifficultandtimeconsuming, ifnotoutrightimpossible.Virtualauditingtoolscompile thevirtualauditreportdata intoonepowerful interfacethatprovidesmanagersaneasiermethod to reviewand track theECMsandenergyusagecharacteristicsoftheirportfolio.Imaginehavingonethousandbuildingstotrack,andbeingabletoseeanaggregateenergybalance,whichbreaksoutenergyusageintolighting,cooling,etc.ThesewebinterfacescanalsoreportthefrequencyofECMtypes,whichtypesofbuildingsorregionsareassociatedwithdifferentECMs,etc.Thein-formationpresentedonthesetoolshelpsmanagersprioritizesites,trackprojectsandevaluatetheresults.
Potential Issues are Highlighted Mostfacilitypersonnelareverybusyandhaveverylimitedtimeandresourcesavailable tospendwithenergyauditors.Rather thanspending hours walking on site, auditors around the building, an online surveyortelephonesurveywiththevirtualauditorsprovidesaquickandeasymethodtoconveyinformationaboutthebuilding.Thissurveythen helps the virtual auditors understand the building remotely so they caninterprettheanalyticsmodelandidentifyareasthatneedattentionsuchas:
• Equipmentoperatingmorehoursthannecessary• Outsideaireconomizersnotfunctioningoptimally• Simultaneousheatingandcoolingisoccurring.
Althoughtherearemanypossibilitiesofcauses,simplyidentifyingtheproblemscanhelpimprovethecost-effectivenessofanyfollow-upanalysis.
Straightforward Measures are Identified Quickly Energyefficiency isoneofmanyresponsibilitiesunder thepur-viewoffacilityoperators.Andgiventherelativelylowcostofelectricitycomparedtothecostofemptyfloorspaceorlostproduction,energyef-ficiencyistypicallyalowprioritycomparedtosafety,comfortandmain-tenance.Thisleadstosituationswhereevenstraightforwardmeasuresare overlooked. Recently,whenwewerepresentingalistofECMstoafacilityman-ager,wesuggestedthattheyscheduletheirair-handlingunits(AHUs),
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becausetheAHUswererunningallweekendconditioninganemptybuilding. The manager angrily told us that we were wrong, that this was his building, and that he knew the AHUs ran only during weekdays. WeshowedhimpicturesoftheBASschedulingscreenprovingthatthattheAHUshadbeenscheduledtorunallnight.Thefacilitymanager,asitturnsout,hadnotlookedcloselyatthecontrolsforyears,becausehehadbeenpromotedtomanagerforafewsites.Allalongthefacilitycrewthatnowrunsthebuildinghadbeenoverridingtheschedulesandset-pointshehadsetyearsago.Thiswasacasewherethefacilitymanagerused to know how the building operated, and he thought he still did know.Asurveyalonewouldnothavecaughtthatmeasure,butcoupledwithanalytics,anddiligentfollow-upwithsitestaff,thismeasurelikelycouldhavebeenidentifiedwithouttimespentonsite.
SHORTCOMINGS WITH VIRTUAL AUDITS
Althoughanalyticsareapowerfultool,usingthisapproachexclu-sivelytoreplacetraditionalauditshassignificantweaknesses.
Problems with the Survey/Interview Acriticalcomponentofthevirtualenergyauditisthesurvey.Inatypicalsurveyafacilitymanager(oroperator)answersaquestionnaire,either online or by phone, about the building energy using systems. The questionnaire isrelativelyshort,coveringthemajorcharacteristicsofthemainend-usesystems*.Therearemanyshortcomingswiththisap-proach:
1) Many Important Follow-up Questions Get Left Out Thesurveysdonotalwaysidentifythedistinctivecharacteristicsofbuildingsandtheirenergy-usingsystems.Buildingsareoftensouniquethatitisimpossibletoidentifyalloftheimportantquestionstoaskinadvance.Oftentheanswertoonequestionleadstoanotherquestion.Forexample:
*Forthetraditionalenergyauditprocess,thissamestepistaken,however,intheformofaliveinterview.Buttypically,aftertheequipmentandBAShavebeeninspected,theauditorhasaseriesoffollow-upquestionseithertogainmoreinformation,ortohandleinconsis-tenciesbetweentheinterviewandwhattheauditorfoundinthefield.
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How is your data center cooled? It iscooledbycomputerroomairconditioner(CRAC)unitsand
AHUs.
In the winter, which does most of the cooling? The CRAC units or the AHUs?
The CRAC units. The AHUs only provide ventilation.
Do the AHUs bring in 100% outside air? AHU-1does,butAHU-2doesnot,becausewehadproblemswith
humidity.
So AHU-2 has a damper that modulates the amount of outside air? No,itisbringinginafixedamountofoutsideair,maybe10%.
And the AHUs are delivering air to the ceiling of the building? No,AHU-1deliversair intotheunderfloorarea,AHU-2delivers
air to the battery room and other auxiliary areas.
Oh, and the size of the motors? Well,wereshivedAHU-1sothatitnowdelivers30%ofitsoriginal
CFM.
Why did you do that? Tosaveenergy.Wehadtodehumidifythehotair inthesummer
andtohumidifythecoldairinthewinter.Thisway,withlessout-side air, we were able to avoid that.
The CRAC units, they have their own compressors right? No,theygetchilledwaterfromthechillers.
Somuchcomplication!Butmanybuildingsareuniqueinthisway.In this example, the survey would likely have missed:
• thatoneAHUisdeliveringairunderfloor• thatoneAHUwasreshived• that theCRACunitswereactuallycomputer roomairhandler
(CRAH) units• thattheywerehavingproblemswithhumidification.
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Becausebuildingsarecomplicatedandunique,thesurvey-basedapproachoftencannotgainacompleteunderstandingofthebuilding,norconsequentlyof theECMopportunities.Furthermore,anonlinesurveythatattemptedtocaptureallpossiblescenarioswouldbecomeexceedinglylong,tediousandunlikelytobecompleted.Anexperiencedauditorisabletoguidetheprocessefficientlytocorrectpossibleerrorsandidentifyuniquesituations. Energyauditsareaninherentlyiterativeprocess.Firstthereisaninterviewofthefacilityoperator,thenaninspectionoftheBASandtheenergy-usingequipment.Typically,therewillbeanotherdiscussionwiththefacilityoperatorasnewquestionsarisethatneedtobeanswered. Forexample,werecentlyauditedastrangebuildingthathadverylarge internalcooling loads,andrequiredcoolingatall times. In thewinterthechillerswereturnedoff,andoutsideairwasusedtocoolthebuildingthrougheconomizersontheAHUs.However,someareaswerecooledbyfancoilunitsthatdidnothaveaccesstooutsideairforcool-ing.Ratherthanhavethechillerproducechilledwaterforthefancoilunits,theoutsideairdampersfortheAHUswerefullyopen,andchilledwaterwascreatedfromthecoldambientairusingthecoolingcoilsin-side the AHUs. The AHU supply air heated some in the AHUs, and then reheatedinthezonalvariable-airvolume(VAV)boxes.Wouldanoff-sitesurveyuncoverthistypeofoperation?Evenasinglephoneconversationmightnotuncoverthisone,becausethefacilityoperatorsdidnotthinkto mention this until we had analyzed the BAS and started asking ad-ditionalquestions.
2) Facility Managers Limited Availability Most facilitypersonnelareverybusy,which isanegativewhenrelyingonasitesurvey.Therearealwaysmoreprojectstoundertakeandproblemstosolvethantheyhavetimefor.Theseoverburdenedfacilitypersonneloftenaddresstheenergyauditasquicklyastheycan.Forsomeprojects,wehavesentoutpre-sitevisitquestionnaires,andwehaveseenquestionnairesreturnednearlyblank,withverylittleefforttaken.Whentheenergyauditoristhereinperson,it iseasiertogettheattentionoffacilityoperators.Thefacilityoperatorisabletorespondtoarealpersonaskingquestions,andthesurveyisfollowedbyatourofthesite.*
*Sometimesfacilityoperatorswillnotevenparticipateinthisstepandthisshouldmaketheauditorquestionthelikelihoodofanymeasuresactuallybeingimplemented,whichisusuallyanevenmorelabor-intensiveprocess.
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Whentheauditinvolvesanonlinesurvey,therewillbemanyfacil-itymanagerswhowillanswerthesurveyasquicklyaspossible,andintheirhurry,mayeithermisinterpretquestions,orskipthequestionsthatrequiremoretime.Ifthesurveyistoolong,thefacilitymanagerwillbelesslikelytocompleteit.Ifthesurveyistooshort,lessbuildinginforma-tioncanbecollected.
3) No Independent Confirmation that the Survey is Accurate The other problem with online surveys and telephone-based as-sessmentsisthatthefacilitymanager’sdescriptionisnotverifiedbyac-tualobservations.Aseveryseasonedauditorknows,facilityoperators’understandingoftheirbuildingsvariesgreatly.Someareveryknowl-edgeable,havingworkedattheirbuildingformanyyears,and(we)en-ergyauditorsarehappytolearnfromthem;butmanyarenotintimatelyfamiliarwiththeirbuildingbecausetheyarenewortoobusytostayontopofallthechanges. Theon-sitesurveyoften identifiesmistakes fromthe interviewand,insomecases,exposesanengineertryingtoconcealtheirinexperi-enceorlackofknowledge.*Wehaverunacrossfacilityoperatorsgivingtheanswersthattheythinkwewanttohearbyguessingand,inrarecas-es,outrightlying.Afterthein-personinterviewabouttheenergy-usingsystems,wetheninspecttheBASandtheHVACequipment,andthatiswherewefindouthowaccuratethefacilitymanagerhasbeen.Howisanonlinesurveyoratelephoneauditgoingtodeterminetheaccuracyoftheanswers?Ananalytics-basedenergyauditishighlydependentontheassumptionthattheanswersaccuratelyrepresentthebuilding.Inalargepercentageofbuildings,thisisjustnotso. Onecommonproblemwithmilitarybasesisthatthefacilityopera-torsormechanicsrotateevery2or3years.Onmilitarybases,thefacilityoperatorsoftenhavemanybuildingstomaintain,andnevergetthetimetoactuallylearnhowtheywork.Manyofthesefacilityoperatorsdonotknow their systems. Wehaverunacrossmanybuildingswherethepersonwhoknewthesystemshadjustretired;infact,thatiswhymanagementdecidedtogetanenergyaudit.Therewerenodrawingsofthebuildings,sparserecords
*Itisnottheintentofanenergyaudittotellmanagementthattheirfacilitystaffiseitherincapableorignorantofhowtoefficientlyrunabuilding,butsometimesitisperceivedthatway.Theindustry’suseoftheterm“audit”probablydoesnothelp.
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ofalltherenovations,andnobodyknewanythingabouttheHVAC. Ineitherofthesecases,whoisgoingtoanswerthesurvey?Whatvaluewill theybeable toprovide?Ananalytics-basedauditwouldlikelyofferveryfewsuggestionsforenergyefficiency. Insum,whenthemajorityof thedatacollectionassociatedwiththevirtualaudit isassociatedwithanonlinesurveyortelephonecall,thereisagreatlikelihoodthatthecollectedinformationwillnotgiveanaccuraterepresentationof thebuildinganditsenergy-usingsystems.Theproblemwiththismethodofdatacollectionisthatthevirtualaudi-torwillneedtorelyonthefacilityoperators,whomaynotknowtheinformation,ormaynottakethetimetoprovideaccurateandcompleteanswers.Thiscanbecompoundedbysomeonewhomayguessorpro-videoutrightfalseinformation.Ifthevirtualauditor’sknowledgeofthebuildingisbasedoninaccurateor incompleteinformation,howisthevirtualauditortodevelopalistofECMsappropriateforthebuilding?
Issues with Identifying Which Items are Problematic Anotherissuewithavirtualauditisthelikelihoodoffalsepositivesandmisdiagnoses.Supposethatananalyticsbasedenergyauditidenti-fiesthatthereisnotenoughfreecoolingbeingutilizedinthebuilding.Althoughthisisusefulinsight,therearestillmanyquestionsthatneedtobeansweredconcerningtherootcauseoftheproblem.Coulditbethat:
• Theductsaretoosmalltoallowinsufficientoutsideair?• Theeconomizerdampersarerustedinplace?• Thedamperlinkagesaresomehowfaulty?• Theactuatorsarebroken?• Thepneumaticshavebeendisconnectedfromtheactuators?• Theeconomizerprogrammingisfaulty?• TheeconomizersetpointsintheBAShavebeenoverridden?• Theoutsideairtemperaturesensorisnotreporting?• TheBASisnotcommunicatingwiththeAHUcontrollers?
Itcouldbeanyoneorseveraloftheserootcauses.Eachofthesedifferentissueswouldleadtotheeconomizersnotprovidingfreecool-ing.Therangeincostsforaddressingtheseissuesgoesfromvirtuallyfree(resettingtheoverriddencontrolpoint)toprohibitivelyexpensive(theductingistoosmalltoprovidesufficientoutsideair).Aremoteauditcouldnotmakethatdetermination,andthisiswheretheaddedexpense
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ofatraditionalauditprovidesrealvalue. Furthermore,itisnotunusualforalargebuildingtohave50AHUs.SupposealargenumberoftheseAHUshaveeconomizerissues,andthatthevirtualauditisabletoidentifythatthereisinsufficientfreecooling.Notonlywilltheremoteauditornotknowwhattypesofeconomizeris-suesneedtobeaddressed,theremoteauditorwillnotevenknowwhichofthe50AHUshaveeconomizerissues.Howisthevirtualauditgoingtocostthismeasurewhentheydonotknowwhathastoberepaired,norhowmanyunitsneedworkdoneonthem?
Issues with Identifying the Root Cause of the Problem Analyticsisoftenabletodeterminewhetherafacilityisusingtoomuchenergyforcooling.Althoughtheanalysisshowsthatthecoolingsystemisinefficient,itisdoubtfulwhethertheremoteauditorcandeter-mineexactlywhatiscausingtheproblem.Thefollowingrootcausescanleadtoexcessivecoolingusage:
• Lowchilledwatersetpoints• Lowzonetemperaturecoolingsetpoints• LowAHUsupplyairtemperaturesetpoints• Openwindowsinsummer• Oversizedsupplyfans• Toomuchoutsideair• Undersizedcoolingtower• Excessivefoulingincoolingtowerfill• Poorlyperformingcoolingtower• Inefficientchiller• Buildingoperatoroverridesoncondenserwater, chilledwater,
AHU and/or zone setpoints• Poorchillerstaging• Chilledwaterleaks• Leakingpreheatcoilvalvesalongwithnoboilerlockout• Stuckchilledwatervalve• NocommunicationbetweenBASandAHUcontrollers• Uninsulatedchilledwaterpipes.
And there are many more possible reasons. Someof theproblems listedabovecanbe identifiedduringaninterviewwiththefacilitymanager.Manyothers,though,canonlybeidentifiedbysomeonewhoisonsite.
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Limited List of Measures Therearesomemeasures thatarenearly impossible to identifywithonlyintervaldataandanoff-sitesurvey.Someonereallyneedstoseetheproblemwiththeirowneyes.Thelistofthesepossiblemeasuresisactuallyquitelongandonlyafewarelistedhere.
• Temperaturesensorsoutofcalibrationorpoorlyplaced• Poorlyprogrammedcontrolstrategies• Stuckchilledwaterorhotwatervalves• Daylighting• Datacentermeasuressuchasisolatingwarmaislesandcoolaisles• Replacing/repairingicedovercompressors• Waterorsteamleaks• Missingceilingorunderfloorinsulation• Disconnectedpneumatics,compressedairleaks• Fumehoodleaks• Uninsulatedchilledwater,steamorheatinghotwaterpiping• Throttledchilledwaterorheatinghotwaterloops• Inefficientkitchenequipment• Stripcurtains,doorclosers,electroniccommutatedmotorsand
evaporatorcontrollersinwalk-incoolers
We have seen three virtual audits point, and they had three, three, andsixECMsidentifiedinthereports. Incontrast,whenweperformenergyaudits,wetypicallyhaveadifficult timekeepingthenumberofECMsunder15,andhaveturnedinreportswithover30.Providingacomprehensivelistofmeasures isacriticalcomponentofanyaudit.Becauseanenergyauditorisnotonsite,virtualauditscannotproduceacomprehensivelistofECMs.
Poor Measure Descriptions ECMdescriptionsinvirtualauditsarenotoriouslyshort.AtypicalECMdescriptionwillhaveoneortwosentences.ThesedescriptionsarelikelyshortbecausethereisnotenoughdetailknowntoprovidefullerECMdescriptions.Manytypesofinformationaremissing:whatequip-mentistobeinstalled,adescriptionofthesequenceofoperationtobeprogrammed,andwhichpiecesofequipmentneedtobeaddressed(i.e.,whichlights,whichAHUs). TheshortECMdescriptionscanleadtoimproperimplementation
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ofthemeasures,whichcanseverelyhurtreturnoninvestment.Asimpleexamplemaybe“ReplacefluorescentlightingLEDs.”Thiswouldbeagoodmeasure,butiftheobjectoftheenergyauditistocosteffectivelyreduceexpenses,thenthefluorescentsshouldonlybereplacedinthoseareaswherelightsburnthousandsofhourseachyear.Janitorclosets,mechanicalrooms,andabandonedspacesshouldprobablykeeptheirfluorescents,becauseitisnotcosteffectivetoreplacethefixtures.Be-cause theyareusedsorarely, theymost likelywillnotburnoutanytime soon. Anotherexamplemightbe:“Installoccupancysensors inofficespacesandrestrooms.”Onthesurface, thismeasure isagoodECM.However,therearesomehiddenproblemsassociatedwiththismeasure.Occupancysensorswillnotoperateproperlywithinstantstartballasts.The20,000-hourlamplifecanbeshortenedsodramatically,thatthead-ditionaloperationsandMaintenance(O&M)costofreplacingburnedoutfluorescent tubescanbecomegreater thanthecostof theenergysavings.Thisinformationisnotgiveninthevirtualaudits.Inaddition,dependingonthecostofelectricity,occupancysensorsareonlycostef-fectivewhenthereareseveralfixturesononeoccupancysensor.Manyprivateofficeswouldnotbecost-effectivechoices foroccupancysen-sors.Butthevirtualauditorwouldnotbeabletoidentifywhichspacesshould have sensors installed.
Inaccurate Measure Pricing Accuracyinestimatingenergysavingsis importantinanenergyaudit,butwhatisoftenoverlookedisthataccuracyinpricingtheECMsisequallyimportant.OftenwhatreallymatterswhendeterminingwhichECMstoimplementissomefinancialmetric,suchassimplepaybackorlifecyclecost.Thesefinancialmetricsarecalculatedusingbothenergysavingsandcosts.Foraccuratefinancials,youneedaccurateenergysav-ingsandaccuratecosting.* Todetermineaccuratecosting,theauditormustknowwhatexactly
*Ifall thatmatteredwasenergysavings, thenanenergyauditwouldneedonlyrecom-mendanoffgridsolarphotovoltaic(PV)systemforeverybuilding.Thenallelectricitycanbesaved.Therewouldbenopoint investigatingcomplicatedHVACcontrolsmeasures.Thereasonthesesystemsrarelymakeit intoenergyauditreports is thepoorfinancialsassociatedwithoffgridPV,especiallywhencomparedtoretro-commissioningandotherenergyefficiencyretrofitswhicharemorethanthreetimesfinanciallyattractivethanoffgrid PV.
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needstoberepaired,replacedorinstalled,andhowmanyunitsneedtobeaddressed.Aswehavealreadystated,avirtualauditcannotprovidethisinformation.Insteadofprovidingagoodestimateofcosting,virtualauditsprovideacostrange.Inourpreviousexampleabouteconomizers,thecostrangewouldbebetweenreleasingBASoverridesofoutsideair%(perhaps$25each)toreplacingrusteddampers(uptoseveralthou-sanddollarseach).Stillworse,inthisbuildingof50AHUs,howmanyofthemneedtobeaddressed?Thecostrangeforthisexamplecanrangefromafewhundreddollarstotensofthousandsofdollars.Widecostrangeslikethisrenderthefinancialmetricsoflittlevaluetothefacilityowner. Evenassumingthattheremoteauditteamcanidentifytheequip-mentthatneedstobereplaced,iftheremoteauditteamhasneverbeenonsite,howwill theybeabletoestimatecostsofpiping, thecostsofdemolitionandremovalofoldequipment, thecostsofplacingnewequipment intomechanicalrooms?Toreasonablypriceanefficiencymeasure,theenergyengineermustknowconstraintsthatwillaffectthecost.Theseconstraintsinclude:
Access:Somemechanicalroomscanonlybereachedthroughnarrowhallways,orafterclimbingordescendingstairways.Occasionallyaboil-ermayhavetobeeithermothballedinplace,orcutintopiecesbeforebeinghauledout.Sometimesnewenclosureshavetobebuilttohousethenewequipment.
Energy Supply:Someroofs(orevenbuildings)donothavenaturalgaslines,andmusthavethelines installed.Someelectricalpanelscannothandlethecurrentrequiredtoimplementelectricdomestichotwater,orelectricreheats.Thesecostsneedtobeintegrated.
Controls Integration: It is important to understand the existing HVAC controlsystemtodeterminehownewequipmentwillbeabletoconnectto it.Sometimes,specialdriversorcontrollersarerequiredtoconnectnewequipmenttothecontrolsystem.Thisaddsextracost.
Theauthorshopethatwehaveconveyedthedifficultyofattempt-ingtocosttheECMsidentifiedinaremoteaudit.Again,howistheclienttoknowwhethertheECMiscosteffectiveifthereisnoreasonablepriceestimatefortheECM?
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Construction Contractors Are Not Energy Experts Oneanalyticscompanyonceexplainedtousthatafteraproblemisfound,thentheclientwouldpayacontractortoidentifytheunderlyingissues,provideaquote,andthenimplementtheremedy.Forthisreason,thereisnoneedtoprovidespecificECMdescriptionsbecausethecon-tractor,anexpertinhisfield,willdeterminewhatneedstobedone. Askanyenergyengineerwithadecadeormoreofexperience,andhewilltellyouthatmostcontractorsarenottrainedtoidentifyandimplementenergyconservationmeasures.Theydoknowhowtoinstallaspecificpieceofequipmentandhowtomakeitwork;however,theyneedthedetailsonhowtomake itworkefficiently. In theaforemen-tionedcase,whereavirtualauditidentifiesexcessivecoolingusagebutisunabletoidentifytheproblem,achillercontractormightrecommendanewchiller,acontrolscontractormightrecommendnewcontrols,etc.Contractorsaretypicallynottherightpeopletoidentifyenergyefficiencystrategies.Theyareveryknowledgeableabouttheirfield,oftenknowingmoreintheirspecialtythantheenergyauditor,buttheirareaofexpertiseisnarrow.Someoneisneededwithabuilding-wide,systematicapproachwhotakesintoaccountallofthesystems.Onlythencantheproblemsbeidentifiedandremedied.Thisisthejobforsomeonewithexperienceinenergyefficiencyandauditing,whichisnotatypicalcontractor.
CONCLUSIONS
Althoughdataanalyticscanbeapowerful tool, therearestillanumberof reasonswhytraditionalauditingmethodsarestillneces-sary.Oneofthebiggestweaknessesofvirtualaudits(andpoorlydonetraditional energy audits) is that the best ECMs are usually missed. This hastwonegativeimpacts.First, thefacilityownerwill focusvaluableresourcesonmeasuresthatarenotgoingtoprovidethebestresults.Ifthefacilityownerplansonactingonthevirtualauditrecommendations,whenthebestECMsareoverlooked,thefacilityownerwillendupin-vestinginsecond-tiersolutionsandreceivelessreturnoninvestment.Second,thefacilityownermaybeleftwithasensethattheirbuildingisactuallyquiteefficientwithlimitedopportunitiestosaveenergy.Theowneris, inessence, leavingmoneyonthetablebynotimplementingECMsthatasub-parauditdidnotproperlyidentify.Virtualaudits, intheircurrentform,willlikelyperpetuatetheseproblems.
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Theinabilityofvirtualauditstospecifyaccurateestimatesofen-ergysavingspotentialorcoststoinstallECMscontributestoauditsofquestionablevalue.VirtualauditscanidentifysomeECMs,butcannotaccuratelyestimate theenergysavingsorcosts,becausethespecificsoftheproblemathandarenotknown,suchascountsofequipmenttoreplace,thetruenatureoftheproblem,andimplementationdifficultiesthataddtocost.Sosavingsandcostestimatesaregivenasarangeofvaluesinstead.ThisinaccuracymakesitdifficultforthefacilityownertodeterminewhichECMswouldbecosteffectivetoimplement,againwiththeresultthat, thefacilityowner,heedingtheadviceoftheauditmayendup implementingECMswithhighsimplepaybacks,while thosewithlowsimplepaybacksareoverlooked. Althoughvirtualauditscanbeavaluableaid,theseauditscannot,asofyet,replaceanexperiencedenergyauditor.RevisitingtheASHRAEdeliverablesshowninTable1,virtualauditsdocompletetheASHRAELevel 1 tasks, but there is a high probability that a virtual audit will miss alargenumberofcost-effectiveenergyefficiencymeasures, thatevena traditional ASHRAE Level 1 audit would provide. The virtual audits thatwe’veseencertainlydonotprovideanASHRAELevel2orLevel3audit.Withthisinmind,careshouldbetakennottooverreachandstraintoolcredibility.Theseoverreachingclaimsnotonlyhindertheuseofothergoodproducts,butdamagethecustomer’sperceptionofthevalueofanenergyaudit,andharmthecustomers,whoareleftwithanincom-pleteanalysis,andconsequentlyendupmakingpoorenergyefficiencyinvestments,andmissingopportunitiesforreducingutilitycosts. Anenergyaudit,bydefinition,providesexpertguidancesothatthefacilityownermakesthebestenergyefficiencyinvestments. If theenergyauditprovidespoorguidance,andtheownerismisledintomak-ingsecond-tierinvestments,thentheauditprovedtobe,ifanything,adetrimenttotheowners’soundfinancialdecisionmaking.Whenrelyingsolely on a virtual audit, an owner is very likely to be led into making poorinvestmentdecisions.Inthiscase,theauditprovidestheoppositeofitsintendedfunction,tothepointthattheownermighthavebeenbet-teroffwithnoauditatall.
References1. ASHRAE.2011.ProceduresforCommercialBuildingEnergyAudits,SecondEdition.
DevelopedbyASHRAETechnicalCommittee7.6,BuildingEnergyPerformance.2. “BigData.”Wikipedia:TheFreeEncyclopedia.WikimediaFoundation, Inc.Re-
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————————————————————————————————ABOUT THE AUTHORS John Avina, CEM, CMVP, CxA, has worked in energy analysis andutilitybilltrackingforover19years.DuringhistenureatThermalEnergyApplicationsResearchCenter,JohnsonControls,SRCSystems,SiliconEnergyandAbraxasEnergyConsulting,Mr.AvinahasmanagedtheM&Vforalargeperformancecontractor,managedsoftwaredevel-opmentforenergyanalysisandM&Vapplications,createdM&Vsoft-warethatisusedbyhundredsofenergyprofessionals,taughtover250energymanagementclasses,createdhundredsofbuildingmodelsandutilitybilltrackingdatabases,modeledhundredsofutilityrates,andhaspersonallyperformedenergyauditsandRCxonover25millionsquarefeet.Mr.AvinahasaMSinMechanicalEngineeringfromtheUniversityofWisconsin-Madison.Mr.Avinamaybecontactedatjohnavina@abrax-asenergy.com.
Steve Rottmayer, P.E.,hasbeenworkingintheenergyefficiencyfieldforover15yearsandhas ledenergyassessments inoverahun-dredbuildings, includingscoping-levelwalk-throughassessments,detailedenergystudiesandretro-commissioninganalyses.Manyofhisenergy-efficiencyprojects includedstart-to-finish implementationthatculminatedwithmeasurementandverificationof theachievedenergysavings.Hespecializes inenergyaudits,retro-commissioning,design-buildscopeofworkdevelopment,designreview,constructionassistance,fielddatacollectionandmeasurementandverification.HeconductedenergyassessmentsforavarietyofcustomersincludingtheSFPUC,PG&EandAlliantEnergy.Mr.Rottmayerhasworkedwithallpartiesinvolvedinretrofitssuchascompanyenergymanagers,buildingpropertymanagers,buildingoperationsandmaintenancestaff,designengineers,contractorsandutilityrepresentatives.Mr.RottmayerhasaMSinMechanicalEngineeringfromtheUniversityofWisconsin-Madi-son.Mr.Rottmayermaybecontactedatsteverottmayer@abraxasenergy.com.
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How Microgrid isChanging the Energy Landscape*
The Honorable William C. (Bill) Anderson
ABSTRACT
For thevastmajorityofpeoplearoundtheworld, theirelectricpowerisdeliveredviaasystemthatreliesoncentralizedpowergenera-tioncoupledwithsignificanttransmissionanddistributioninfrastruc-turetodeliverelectricalpowerfromthesiteofgenerationtothepointofuse.Thatsystemhasprovidedreliableandrelatively inexpensivepowertomuchoftheworldforwelloveracentury.However,anewsetofconcernsandrequirementspointustowardsanalternativeapproachtopowergenerationanddistribution.Thatalternativeismicrogrids.Tomany,microgridsappearasanewandnovelidea.But,inrealitythecon-ceptdatesbacktotheoriginsoftheelectricindustry.Thisoldideathatisnewagainofferspromiseintermsoftacklingsomeveryrealandverycurrentenergyissues,andpromisestochangetheenergylandscapeofthefuture.Microgridtechnologiesofferrealsolutionstoaddressthesig-nificantissuesof(1)accessibility,(2)recovery,(3)resiliency,(4)economyand (5) sustainability.
INTRODUCTION
Theearlydaysof theelectricity industrypitted two industrialtitansagainsteachother.Theinventor,ThomasEdisonbattledtheen-trepreneur,GeorgeWestinghousetosetthegroundrulesbywhichtheelectricityindustryhasplayedformorethanacentury.Westinghouse’svisionofacentralizedsystem,madepossiblebythedevelopmentofapowergeneratorcapableofproducingalternatingcurrentwonoutoverEdison’sdistributedgenerationmodel.EconomiesofscalehadabighandintippingthescalesinfavoroftheWestinghouseapproach.
*OriginallypublishedatGlobalcon2015
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Thecentralizedsystemhasservedtheworldwellformorethan120years,andwilllikelycontinuetobeacornerstoneofpowergenerationanddistributionformanyyearstocome.However,averysignificantsetofnewly-emergingissues,aswellaslongstandingweaknessesassoci-atedwiththecentralizedmodel,suggeststhatadifferentapproachmustbeadoptedtodeliverassured,reliableandaffordablepowertoeverycorneroftheglobe.Thatdifferentapproachismicrogrids…theconceptdevelopedbyEdison…althoughheneverusedthatterm. Thearrayof issuesthatrequiresignificantandimmediateatten-tionspanasignificantgamut…fromcosttonationalsecurity.Microgridsofferoneverypowerfuloptiontoaddressidentifiedweaknessesinthecurrentelectricalsystemeffectivelyandeconomically.Themostcriticaloftheseissuesareoutlinedbelow.
ACCESSIBILITY
Thestarkrealityisthatourworldis…andisexpectedtocontinuetobe…energypoor.That isnottosaythatwelackthetraditionalandrenewablefeedstocksnecessarytomeetglobaldemand.Whatislackingistheinfrastructureandinvestmentdollarstodeliverenergytothepointofuseinmanypartsoftheworld…predominantlyemergingeconomiesandremotelocations. Over1billioninhabitantsofthisplanethavenoaccesstoelectric-ity.InSub-SaharanAfrica,forexample,70%ofthepopulationiswithoutelectricpower.Eveninoneofthemostenergy-richregionsontheplan-et…Alaska…accesstoreliableandcost-effectiveelectricityiscurrently
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outofreachtomanyAlaskanNativevillagesintheState.Remoteness,lackofinfrastructure,andtheharshenvironmenthaveprofoundeffectsonenergyneeds,costs,andaccessibility. Theareasofgreatestconcernarenormallynotwithinthereachofelectricaltransmissionanddistributionsystemsthatcouldcarryelectric-ityfrommegapowerplants longdistancesaway.Greatdistancesandsparsepopulationsdonot lendthemselvestoafinanciallysustainablesolutionsetofcentralizedgenerationandlongrangetransmission. Certainrudimentaryrequirementsforelectricalpowerinemergingmarketsandremotevillagesarecurrentlysatisfiedviadieselgeneratorsets.Reliability,cost,coverageandthe fuelsupplychaincontinue tochallengethepracticalityofthissolutionset.The“plugandplay”natureofhybridmicrogridsallowsformultipleelectricalgenerationsourcesselectedonthebasisoflocally-availableenergyfeedstocks.Thiswillal-lowforgreaterlocalautonomyoverpowergenerationassetsandfarlessrelianceonfuelsupplylineswelloutofthecontroloftheuser. Thesignificanceofmicrogridtechnologiesinchangingtheenergylandscapefor those1billion-pluspeoplewithoutaccess toelectricityisnotaboutoptionsandeconomy.Thesignificanceis thathybridmi-crogridscurrentlyprovidetheonlyviablesolutiontodeliveradequateandreliableelectricalpowertoasubstantialpercentageof theglobalpopulation.
RECOVERY
Probablynoeventmorepoignantlyillustratesboththecriticalityandfragilityofourcritical infrastructuremorethananaturaldisaster.Electricitycanbescarce,generatorstoughtoacquire,andfuelsuppliesforthosegeneratorsuncertainatbest.Lackofpowerlimitswaterpump-ingandpurification,waste treatment,sterilizationofmedical imple-ments,rechargingofcommunicationdevices,andahostofotherissues.Thosewithlimitedmeanstofleeareforcedtorelyonshelterstosustaintheir lives. AcaseinpointisNewOrleansinthedaysandweeksafterHur-ricaneKatrina.Estimatesvarywidely,butsufficeit tosaythattensofthousandsofNewOrleansresidentsandvisitorswereforcedtoseekrefugeintheSuperdome…afacilitydesignatedbythenNewOrleansMayorRayNaginasashelteroflastresort.
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KatrinaleftmostofsouthernLouisianawithoutpower,includingthecentralbusinessdistrictofNewOrleanswheretheSuperdomeislo-cated.Theairconditioninginthearenafailedimmediately.Somelight-ingwasmaintainedviaanemergencygenerator,butthatunitquicklyfailed.Aback-upgeneratoralsosoonfaltered.Thecity’swatersupplyheldonabitlongerbutfinallygaveout,sotoiletsintheDomebecameinoperableandbegantooverflow.Afacilitythatwaspressedintoser-vicepresumablyasasafehavenforthosewithoutthemeanstofleethedisastersoonspiraledintochaosandlawlessness,puttingcountlessin-nocentsurvivorsofthehurricaneatperil. ThisstoryrepeateditselfintheaftermathofSuperstormSandy.InNewYorkCity,thelossofpowerandtheabsenceorfailureofbackupgenerators, translated into (1) theshutdownofheatingsystems, lifesupport,andothertechnologiesthatwerevitaltopeople’ssurvival;(2)morethan1,000patientshavingtobeevacuatedfromNewYorkmetroareahospitals;and(3)thelossofpowerpresentedadistinctthreattopeople living in high-rise apartments. The elevators stopped working, andpeoplephysicallyunabletodescendthestairwaysweretrappedfordays and even weeks. Toaddressthesesignificantrisks,emergencyrespondersintheU.S.havehistorically,andcontinueto,relyonapatchworkofsmallemer-gencygeneratorstoprovidecriticalemergencypower.Thissolutionisnotcapableofprovidingthesignificantamountsofpowernecessarytoprovideadequaterelief in largermetropolitanareas. Inaddition, thisapproachreliesonasupplychainofliquidfuelstorunthegenerators…ata timewhentransportationroutes…roads,railandairports…havelikelybeenseverelycompromisedbythesamecatastrophicevent.Untilrecently,emergencyback-upgeneratorsweretheonlysolution.Recentdevelopments inmicrogridtechnologies,however,provideanoppor-tunitytochangetheplayingfieldintermsofrecoveryoftheelectricalsysteminanimpactedregion. Thesolutionsetcontemplatedhererequiresashiftinthinkingfromourcurrentmindsetofutilizingtemporarystandbypowergenerationequipmentdedicated toasingleuser toasolutionprovidingcriticalpowertomultipleusersfromonesource.Attheheartofthisapproachwouldbeadvancedhybridmobilepowersystemsthatcanbedeployedeasilyandrapidlytoimproveresilience.Thesesystemswouldbespecifi-callydesignedtobeabletoleverageexistingenergyassetsthatrecoveryworkersfindwhentheyarrive in the impactedarea,andcanbeaug-
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mentedbyadditionalgenerationequipmenttransportedtotheregionaspartoftherecoveryeffort. OverthepastfewyearstheDepartmentofDefensehassupportedanumberofmicrogriddemonstrationprojects.Thelessonslearnedfromthoseprojects,whencombinedwitheffortsundertakenbytheprivatesector,providethebuildingblockstodesignandconstructanewclassofadvancedhybridmobilepowergenerationanddistributionsystemstoassistinprovidingthelevelofcriticalpowertrulynecessarytosupportdisasterresponseefforts.Thiscouldbeaccomplishedthroughauniqueandprovenapproachthatdeliverselectricalpowerbytying into thesurvivingcomponentsofexistingelectricalgridinthe impactedarea.The utility grid operates at higher voltages (23, 13.8, 13.2 or 4 Kilovolts) necessarytomanageandmovethelargequantitiesofpowernecessarytosupportlargerislandsofrefugeaswellascriticalutilitieslikewater/wastewaterneededtosupportrelieflocations.Generatorsusedforback-uppower(generallyoperatingat480or208volts)cannotdirectlyfeedintoexistingutilitypowergrids.Therefore, toappropriately leveragethesegeneratorsinanintegratedsystem,electricalpowercoordinationisrequired.Inadditiontotheabilitytodrawfrommultiplegenerationsources…bothalreadyon locationandthosebrought inpost-event…thesesystemswillprovidethekeyfeaturesofsourcemanagement,dis-tributionprotectionandloadmanagement. Systemscannowbedesigned tobecompletely self-contained,readily transportable,andinaplugandplayconfigurationforquickcommissioningbylocalelectriciansandutilityworkersThesesophisti-catedsystemscanbedesignedtointegratemobiledistributedgenera-tioncontrol,renewableenergygenerationsources,energystorage,dis-tributionbusprotectionandload.Functionalityofferedbythesesystemsnecessarytomaximizetheeffectivenessofpowerdeliveryandcontrolintheaftermathofamajoreventinclude:
1. Directstart-stopofgenerationassetstoensureefficientuseoflim-itedfuelsources.
2. Comprehensiveloadmanagementtoinsurecontinuedsafepowerdistributionbysheddingloadsbasedonpriority,resourceavail-abilityandreservecapacity.
a. Loadscanbeshedandrecoveredaccording tocontingencytype,disruptiondurationandonlinegenerationcapacity.
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3. Communicationcapabilityensurestheenergystoragecomponentshavethecapacityandstateofhealthtoprovidepowertothemi-crogridfortransientmitigation,peakshavingofgenerationassetsand stand-alone operation.
a. Additionally theenergystoragecanbemanagedasa loadduringchargingtoensurethedemandisappropriateformaxi-mumgeneratorefficiency.
Theapproachasdetailedaboverequiresadevice toseamlesslyintegratevariouspowergenerationassetsandstoragedevices,connecttoavailablesurvivinggridinfrastructureandtoeffectivelymanageloadrequirementstosafelyprovidepowerasneededtoadequatelysupportrecoveryefforts.OnesuchsolutionistheModularIntegratedTransport-ableSubstation(“MITS”),whichcanserveasa“universaladapter”tointegrateintoanygrid(utilityorcommercial).
Modular Integrated Transportable Substation. Photo courtesy of EATON
TheMITSsystemwillallowforaspeedyconnectiontothegridandtherestorationofpowerinasafetemporarymanner.Themobilityofthissolutionallowsforflexibility indeliveringelectricalpowertoaffectedcommunities.MITSprovidestheflexibilitytoconnecttothegridbasedontheavailableutilityvoltages inanyaffectedarea.Theunitcanbemountedonatraileroraskidtoallowforeasytransportbyroad,railorair.Designedforquicksetupandconnection,theunitcanbeoperationalwithin4to8hoursofdeliverytothesite.Eachunitcansupplyenoughpowertosupport theequivalentof400homes.Andoncethecrisis isover,theseunitscanbedisconnected,removedandstagedforuseagainforresponseatthenextcrisis.
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RESILIENCY
TheelectricalgridintheUnitedStatesisvulnerabletowidespreadandlong-termserviceoutage.Thesevulnerabilitiescomebothfromthecomplexityandageofthesystem,aswellasfromtherapidlyincreas-inguseofadvancedelectronicsandcomputers tocontrol thesystem.Threatstothegridcancomefromnaturalandmanmadeevents,bothofwhichhavebeenexperiencedintherecentpastacrossthecountry. Alarmbellsarebeing soundedbyelectedofficialsandseniorAdministrationpersonnel.FormerSecretaryofDefenseLeonPanettawarnedthata“cyber-attackperpetratedbynationstatesorextremistgroup[wouldbe]asdestructiveas theterroristattackon9/11.”Onewouldexpectsuchasternwarning toresult inswiftandsignificantactions.However,SenatorSusanCollinshas lamentedthat“inallmyyearsontheHomelandSecurityCommittee, Icannotthinkofanotherissue where the vulnerability is greater and we’ve done less.” In a May 21,2013reportauthoredbythestaffsofCongressmenEdMarkeyandHenryWaxmanitwasacknowledgedthat“in lightof the increasingthreatofcyber-attack,numeroussecurityexpertshavecalledonCon-gresstoprovideafederalentitywiththenecessaryauthoritytoensurethatthegridisprotectedfrompotentialcyber-attacksandgeomagneticstorms.Despite thesecalls foraction,Congresshasnotprovidedanygovernmentalentitywiththatnecessaryauthority.” AccordingtotheU.S.GovernmentAccountabilityOffice(GAO),oftheU.S.DepartmentofDefense’s(DOD’s)34mostcriticalglobalas-sets,31relyoncommerciallyoperatedelectricitygridsfortheirprimarysourceofelectricalpower.A2008DefenseScienceBoardreportnotedthatinmostcases,neitherthegridnoron-basebackuppowercouldpro-videsufficientreliabilitytoensurecontinuityofcriticalnationalpriorityfunctionsandoversightofstrategicmissionsinthefaceofalong-term(several months) outage. Extendedgridoutagesposesignificantchallengestonationalandhomelandsecurity,aswellastheabilityofstateandlocalagenciestoprovidebasicservicestocitizensandcriticallocalinstitutions.Theneedsandresponsesthatwillensureenergysuretyat thefederal,stateandlocal levelsarequitesimilar,whichprovidesopportunitiesforvariousgovernmentagenciesinthesameareatopartnerinthedevelopmentandexecutionofcommonsolutionstotheproblem. Solutionsareavailable todaythatcandeliverassuredpower to
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critical infrastructureduringaprolongedgridoutage.Advancedmi-crogridsserveasthebackboneofthesolution.Distributedpowergen-erationassets,ownedlocallyandoperatedlocally,andfueledbylocally-availableenergy feedstockcanprovideenergyresiliencyandsuretythroughoutanextendedoutage.Incorporatinglocalpowergenerationassetsutilizingmicrogridtechnologies,theseinstallationscanbedevel-opedmaximizingtheuseofcurrentlyinstalledelectricalinfrastructure,while takingadvantageofprivatesector financingandgovernmentgrantsandcreditstoreducetheoverallcostsofinfrastructureupgrades. Recognitionofthedepthandbreadthofthesignificantchallengesassociatedwithbothrecoveryandresiliencyofourcriticalelectricalsys-teminfrastructureandfunctionalityhasgreatlyexpandedoverthepastseveralyears.Anumberofstategovernments…motivatedinlargepartby lessons learned inthewakeofSuperstormSandy…andfundedinpartviafederaldollarsprovidedaspartoftheSandyreliefeffort…havesteppedforwardto incentivizethedevelopmentofsecuremicrogridsintheirrespectivestates.Todate,Connecticut,NewJersey,NewYork,MassachusettsandMarylandhaveestablishedgrantorloanguaranteeprogramsintendedtoaugmentprivatedollarstoacceleratemicrogridprojectdevelopment,witha focusonsecuring theoperationofpre-identifiedcritical infrastructurenecessary toprovideprotectionandsustainmentofthepopulationbefore,duringandafteranycatastrophicevent.
ECONOMY
Theeconomiesofscalethatweighedinfavorofcentralizedsys-tems during the Edison/Westinghouse era still largely maintain their advantagetoday.Itistruethatdeclinesinthecostofmodulartechnolo-gieschallengethestatusquo,butalotofgroundneedstobegainedformicrogridsystemstocometocompletecostparitywithmuch largerfossilplants. Thereare,however,notableexceptionstothegeneralrule.Remotevillages,forexample,oftenpresentscenarioswheremicrogridscannotonlyreachparitywithcurrentenergygenerationsystems,butcanoffersignificantcostsavings.InmanyAlaskanNativevillages,residentspayupto$0.60perkilowatt-hourforelectricity,resultinginbillsforelectric-ityandheatingequaltoonehalfofaveragemonthlyincome.Hybrid
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microgridsolutionsholdpromiseforsignificantlylowerenergybillsforresidentsoftheseremotevillages. In regionsof theworldwhereelectrificationhasyet tooccur,the substantial costsassociatedwithpowerplantand transmissionsystemconstructionpresentascenariowheremicrogridsoftenofferasignificantly lowercostsolution.Couplecostadvantageswiththe lo-gisticalchallengesofconstructionofanextensivepowertransmissioninfrastructure,anditiseasytoseewhythePowerAfricainitiativehasacknowledgedthatdistributedmicrogridswillbethecenterpieceoftheoverall program. Islandnationsandstatesfacethesameenergycostchallengesasremotevillages,soalsopresentpromiseasearlyadoptersofhybridmi-crogridsolutions.EvenpartsofthecontinentalUnitedStates…mainlytheNortheastandPacificCoast…whereutility ratesareamong thehighestinthecountry,microgridsystemsarebeginningtobecomecostcompetitive…especiallyinstateswherefundedmicrogridincentivepro-gramsarealreadyinplace. Finally,asdemandchargesbecomea largerpercentageof thecustomer’soverallmonthlyenergybill,microgridsmovetowardsandbeyondcostparitywithgrid-providedpower.
SUSTAINABILITY
Whenwethinkofthedefinitionof“sustainability,”wequitenatu-rallydefault tothinkingintermsofenvironmentalstewardship.And,ofcourse,thatisacriticalcomponentofsustainability.Intheelectricalworld,environmentalsustainabilityisachievedthroughtheintegrationofrenewableenergygenerationsourcesandviaenergyefficiencyinitia-tives.Asrenewableor“green”powergenerationtechnologiesmatureanddevelopmentofrenewableenergyprojectsproliferate,manywilltaketheformofsmallerprojectsinstalledclosetothepointofuse.Mi-crogridsofferanidealplatformtointegratethesedistributedrenewableenergyresourcesintotheoverallgrid,whileensuringgridstabilityandpowerquality.Inaddition,theadvancedcontrolsystemsfoundinmanymicrogrid installationscanmaximize theeffectivenessof thepowergenerationunits,whileatthesametimemanagethedemandsideoftheequation,therebydrivingtheoverallenergyefficiencyofthesystem. But, theconceptofsustainabilityencompassesmuchmore than
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justenvironmentalawareness.Financialsustainability,systemreliabil-ity,resilienceinthefaceofacatastrophiceventandlocalautonomyallcanbeconsidered,weighedandprioritizedwhenamicrogridsystemisdesigned.Becauseofthenatureofmicrogrids…distributedpowergen-erationclosetothepointofuse…theuserssetpriorities,andhavetheopportunitytodesignasolutionsetthatmeetstheirparticularsustain-ability goals.
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION
Thedemandsandchallengesofthe21stcenturyelectricitymarket-placearedrivingrequirementstoaddressahandfulofcriticalissuesthatrangefromthebasicsofprovidingreliableandcost-effectiveelectricitytolargeareasoftheglobethathavenosuchaccesstoday…allthewaytoprotectingthemostsophisticatedandcriticalnationalsecurityassetsoftheplanet’smostpowerfulnation-states.Thetaskaheadbecomesevenmorechallengingaswearecompelledtofindnewandmoreeffectivewaystoprepareforandrespondtomajornaturalevents that leadtowidespread and prolonged power outages, while at the same time tak-ingconcretestepstoreducethecarbonfootprintofhumankind. Therearefew“silverbullets”thatwehaveatourdisposal.But,intermsofmeetingthemostsignificantchallengesfacingtheelectricpowerindustryinthe21stcentury,microgridscomeasclosetothatsil-verbulletascouldbeimagined.Anenergylandscapethathasseenverylittle intermsofchangeoverthelastcenturyiswitnessingtherebirthofanapproachasoldastheindustryitselfgainingnewrelevanceinitsinherentabilitytoaddressthemostsignificantpowerchallengesofourtime.
————————————————————————————————ABOUT THE AUTHOR The Honorable William C. (Bill) Anderson served as the Assistant SecretaryoftheUnitedStatesAirForceforInstallations,EnvironmentandLogistics,aswellasAirForceSeniorEnergyExecutive,underPresi-dentGeorgeW.Bush.Heisa frequentauthorandrequestedspeakerontopicsincludingnationalsecurity,energy,[email protected].
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EnMS and EMIS:What’s the Difference?
Mike Brogan, Ph.D. and Paul F. Monaghan, Ph.D.
ABSTRACT
Thisarticlefocusesonclearlyidentifyingthetwodifferentwaysthattheexpression“energymanagementsystem”iscommonlyusedto-day.Theconclusionisthatfutureconfusionmaybeeliminatedbyuseofthe terms: energy management system (EnMS); and energy management informationsystem(EMIS).
INTRODUCTION
Oftenweaskpeople,“Doyouhaveanenergymanagementsys-tem?”WhatwemeanbythisisafullformalEnMS,likeISO50001orSEP(SuperiorEnergyPerformance).Often, theotherpersonsaystheydo,but what they really mean is that they have a monitoring or energy data analysis system or a building energy management system (BMS/BEMS/EMCS/BAS)forequipmentcontrol. “Energymanagement”isatermthat isbeingusedquitebroadlyat themoment.Clearly, itcanmeanverydifferent things todifferentpeople.Inthisarticleweexplainwhatthedifferenceisbetweenthetwoterms, energy management system (EnMS) and energy management informationsystem(EMIS). WeaimtoexplainhowanEMISispartofacompleteEnMS.Thekeyishowoneintegratesthem! Attheendofthisarticleisalistofdefinitionsofcommonly-usedenergymanagementterms.Eachoftheseiscategorizedas“EnMS”or“EMIS.”
EnMS&EMIS
AnEnMSisaframeworkbywhichanorganizationestablishespro-cessestoachievecontrolandimprovementofenergyperformance—asystematicapproachtoenergymanagement.
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ThinkofanEnMSas theumbrellaunderwhichthoseprocessesrelateand interact.AnEnMSisoftenviewedashavingtwoaspects:“Management”and“Technical.”TherelationshipdiagramillustratedinFigure1supportsthisconcept,usingtheterminologyofISO50001. The leftsideof thediagramillustrates the“Management” typeprocesses involved inanEnMS,suchas,gainingmanagementcom-mitment(e.g.,topmanagementprovidingnecessaryresourcesfortheEnMStobesuccessful),theestablishmentofgoodsystemsforaudits,correctiveactionsandmanagementreview.Italsoguidesanorganiza-tiontowardsnurturingandpromotinganenergyefficientculturebytraining,communicatingandpromotinggoodenergysavingpracticeseffectivelywithallstafffromtopmanagementdownwards. Ontheright, the“Technical”processes involvedare illustrated,suchas,energyplanning (e.g.,establishinganactionplanbasedonrelevantobjectivesandtargets,realizedduringanenergyreview;es-tablishinganenergybaseline,energyperformanceindicators(EnPIs));monitoring,measurementandverifyingactionplanresults.Withinthisanalysis,anEMISdealsdirectlywithmonitoringandmeasure-ment. TheEMIS isacriticalpartof theEnMS.TheEMIScollectsdatathatsupportsmanyaspectsof theEnMS(theenergyreview, thecal-culationofanenergybaseline,EnPIs,and toverify theactionplanresults). However, the EMIS delivers no value unless the right data is collectedanditisanalyzedandusedintherightway. Forexample,wehaveoftenheardthefollowingstatements:• “I never have time to look at the data”• “We are swamped with data”• “Wehave100metersforelectricalconsumptionbutonly1meter
forsteam”• “Ican’trememberhowtogeneratenewenergyreports”• “Idoa lotofworkproducinggreatenergyreportsbutno-one
does anything with them.”
Thesestatementsareclearsignsofanon-systematicapproachtoenergy management. This is where the EnMS supports the EMIS investment. For ex-ample, the EnMS:• ensures that the teamhasobjectivessetand timeallocated for
energy reporting;
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CONSUMPTION AND COST Marvin T. Howell
This practical, hands-on reference is designed to serve as a guide for any organization in planning, developing, and implementing an optimally effective energy cost reduction and management pro-gram. The information presented is intended, first, to facilitate the achievement of energy reduction deployment (ERD) which includes top management, all employees and onsite contractors. Although ERD, implemented by itself, can indeed render significant energy reductions, the book shows how to accomplish even greater sav-ings by putting in place an energy centered management system (ECMS) which can identify and address additional critical sources of preventable energy waste. It also clarifies specific measures necessary to conform to the ISO 50001 energy management standard. The author has included a useful checklist, information on how to perform an internal audit or self-inspection, and tips on the best ways to create an overall energy awareness organizational culture.
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• definesthekeydatatobeanalyzedandwhattheimportantEnPIs(energyperformanceindicators)are;
• basedonSEUs(significantenergyuses),definesthekeylocationswhere metering investment is really needed;
• ensures training is well managed;• ensurescontinuousaction isdrivenbykeyperformancedata,
basedonclearpolicyandenergymanagementplans.
CONCLUSION
Thebottomline:EMISisanimportantpartoftheEnMS;EMISdata(properlyused)supportsgoodEnMSdecision-making;theEnMSguidesEMIS design and ensures good return on the EMIS investment. EnMSandEMISarebothimportant.However,incommunication,weshouldbeclearwhentheenergymanagementsystemwedescribeis“EnMS” or “EMIS.”
TERMINOLOGY
BAS: Building Automation Systems (EMIS)BMS/BEMS: Building (Energy) Management Systems (EMIS)EIS:EnergyInformationSystem(EMIS)EMCS: Energy Management and Control System (EMIS)GSEP:GlobalversionofSEPprogram(underdevelopment)(EnMS)M&V: formalmeasurementandverification—M&Vaddsvaluebyin-
creasingthecredibilityofenergyperformanceresults.(EMIS)ISO 50001:anInternationalStandarddescribingaformalenergyman-
agement system (EnMS)ISO 50015:an InternationalStandard thatestablishesguidelines for
measurementandverification,M&V,of (a)energyperformanceand (b) energyperformance improvementofanorganization.(EMIS)
SEP (SuperiorEnergyPerformance):SEPcertificationisaUSprogramthatrecognizesfacilities thatdemonstrateexcellentenergyman-agementpracticesandsustainedenergysavings.SEPincorporatesISO50001butalso includesM&Vandgivesdifferent levelsofawards,basedonamountofenergysaved.(EnMS)
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————————————————————————————————ABOUT THE AUTHORS Mike Brogan, PhD,CEOofEnerit,hasover20yearsofexperienceintheareaofenergymanagement.Hehasproject-managemententer-prise-wideISO50001andSEPsoftwaresolutionsdeploymentsthrough-outEuropeandNorthAmerica.MikeisdelegatedtotheISOTechnicalCommittee 242 (Energy Management), as an expert in developing guid-anceforimplementinganISO50001EnMS.Dr.Broganmaybecontactedatmike.brogam@enerit.comoronLinkedInatwww.linkedin.com/in/miketbrogan.
Paul Monaghan, PhD, C.Eng, FIEI,co-founderofEnerit, isa30-yearveteranofenergymanagement throughoutNorthAmericaandWesternEurope.AformertenuredProfessor inMechanicalEngineer-ing,healsohadanenergyconsultingcareerbeforeco-founding theworld’sfirstcompanytoprovidecomprehensiveISO50001software.DrMonaghanmaybecontactedatpaul.monaghan@enerit.comoronLinkedInatie.linkedin.com/in/paulfmonaghan.
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Teaching Pneumatics Controls withNew Tricks: Case Study on Existing
Buildings Getting Intelligent Solutions*
Consolato Gattuso, Leo O’Loughlinm, and Harry Sim
ABSTRACT
Intelligentbuildingspromisetheabilitytosignificantlyimproveenergyefficiencyandreduceoperationalcostsbyconstantlymonitor-ingandoptimizingmillionsofdatapointsfromequipmentandsensors.However,onlynewerbuildingswithmodernautomationsystemscantakefulladvantageofthis.Olderbuildingsthatemploypneumaticandanalogcontroltechnologies,typicallyconstructedbefore1999,mustun-dergoverycostlyanddisruptiveupgradestoenablethemtobesmart. Inrecentyears, innovativenon-invasivetechnologieswereintro-ducedthatsignificantlyreducethecosttoretrofitanexistingbuildingcomparedtoconventionaldirectdigitalcontrols(DDC)upgrade.Thisarticledescribestheprojectat311SouthWackerDrive,a65storyhi-riseacquiredbyZellerRealty inearly2014.This1.4millionsq-ftClassAofficetowerinChicagowasupgradedtoanintelligentbuildingat70%lowercostthanusingDDC,achievinga1.7-yearpayback.
INTRODUCTION
“Intelligentbuildings,”“internetofthings,”“cloudsolutions”….theseconceptsgeneratealotofdiscussioninthebuildingscommunity.Forfacilityoperators,theypromisetheabilitytoremotelymonitorandmanagebuildingstoimproveenergyefficiencyandreduceoperationalcosts.Thistechnologycangathermillionsofdatapointsfromindividualpiecesofequipmentacrossabuildingportfolioandanalyze theminreal-timeusingcomplexalgorithms.When thesystem identifiesananomaly,itcanoftendiagnosethecauseandmakeadjustmentstocor-recttheproblem(Figure1).Costsavingsarerealizedviareducedenergy
*OriginallypublishedattheWestCoastEnergyManagementCongress2015
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costs, lowermaintenancecosts,andlongeroperational life forequip-ment.Anintelligentbuildingwouldtypicallycost10%lesstooperatethanaconventionalbuilding.
CHALLENGES FOR EXISTING BUILDINGS
However,onlynewerbuildingsalreadyequippedwithnetworkedsensorsandautomationsystemscantakefulladvantageof intelligentbuildingsoftwareandalgorithms.Olderbuildings(constructedbefore1995generally)arefrequentlyconsideredtonotbegoodcandidatesbe-causetheyemploypneumaticandanalogtechnologiesthatprovidelittleornodatavisibility.Morethanhalfofallexistingnon-residentialbuild-ingsfall inthis lattercategory, includingsomeofthemostprestigiousbuildingsinthecountry. The65-storytowerat311S.WackerDriveinChicagoisonesuchexample (Figure2). It is locatedby theChicagoRiverandboastsanimpressivetwo-level,50-foot-tallglass-ceilinged“wintergarden”withpalmtreesandafountain.Builtin1990,itsbuildingautomationsystemwasupgradedin2000.Yet,virtuallyallofthetenantspacestillreliesonpneumaticthermostatswithnoremotemonitoringorcontrol.Ifaspaceistoohotortoocold,atenantmustalertthefacilitiesstaff.Thebuildingcannotimplementenergysavingsstrategiessuchasnightandweekendsetbacks,optimalstart/stop,auto-demandresponse,ductstaticpres-surecontroletc.
NON-INVASIVE LOWER COST SOLUTION
Immediatelyafteracquiring thebuilding,Zellerconsideredup-gradingtoadirectdigitalcontrol(DDC)system,butfoundthatwouldincurunacceptable cost andalso significantdisruption to tenants,involvingcuttingopenceilingsandwalls.Afterevaluatingdifferenttechnologies,Zellerdecidedtoimplementanovelnon-invasiveretrofittechnologycalledthewirelesspneumaticthermostat(WPT).TheWPTcanbeimplementedinafractionofthetimeandcostofconventionalDDC,butprovidesessentiallythesamefunctionality(Figure3). 950WPTswereinstalledinapproximately6weeks(comparedwithmanymonthsrequiredforDDC)andwerefullyintegratedwiththeJLL
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IntelliCommandcloud-based intelligentbuildingplatformtoprovideremotevisibilityandcontrolto1.5millionsqftoftenantspace—forthefirsttimesincethebuildingwasconstructed. ThecombinedWPTand intelligentbuildingsoftwarewas thenprogrammedtoimplementadvancedenergysavingsandoptimizationstrategies includingoccupancy-basedsetpoint control,“deadband”setpointcontrol, fanductstaticpressurecontrol,optimalstart/stop,supplytemperatureresets,andmonitoringbasedcommissioning(Fig-ure4).Thesystemalsoprovidesadvanceddashboardsandanalyticstoimprovetheeffectivenessofthebuildingstaff(Figure5). Inthefirstsixmonthsaftertheretrofitwascompleted,thebuildinghasalreadyseenareductioninHVACenergyuseby25%.Basedonthesavingstheprojectqualifiedforrebates fromCommonwealthEdisonfor50%ofthetotalcost,resultinginapaybackperiodof1.7years.The$400,000rebatewasthe largesteverenergysavingsawardgiventoacommercialbuildingbyCommonwealthEdison. The311SouthWackerprojectisanexcellentexampleofhowcost-effectiveintelligentbuildingtechnologiescanunlocktheenergysavingspotentialinherentinthehugeexistingbuildingstock.
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Evenexistingbuildingswithlegacypneumaticandmanualtech-nologiescanberetrofittedtobecomean“intelligentbuilding”atarea-sonablecostwithpaybackperiodsasshortas1.7years.
Further Background and ReferencesZellerRealtyGroup,311SouthWackerDr.;http://www.zellerrealty.com/311-south-
wackerUSGeneralServicesAdministration—WirelessPneumaticThermostatFindings;http://
www.gsa.gov/portal/content/215315SmartBuildingsInstitute—SmartBuildingOverview;http://www.smartbuildingsinsti-
tute.org/JonesLangLaSalle—IntelliCommandSmartBuildingsPlatform;http://www.us.jll.com/
united-states/en-us/intellicommand/CypressEnvirosystems—WirelessPneumaticThermostat—http://www.cypressenviro-
systems.com/products/wireless-pneumatic-thermostat/
————————————————————————————————ABOUT THE AUTHORS Leo O’Loughlin isSeniorVicePresidentforEnergyandSustain-abilityServicesat JLL.Leohasmore than20yearsofexperience incommercialrealestate,specializinginenergyandsustainability,build-ingautomation,andsmartbuildingsolutions.Inhiscurrentrole,Leopartnerswithclientstoimplementenergyandsustainabilitystrategiesthatoptimizetheirrealestateportfolios.Leoisalsotheproductmanagerfor theIntelliCommandSMplatform, JLL’s leadingsmartsolutionforremotebuildingmonitoringandcontrol.LeomaybecontactedatLeo.OLoughlin@am.jll.com.
Harry SimistheCEOofCypressEnvirosystems,acompanythatfocusesonimprovingenergyefficiencyinexistingfacilities.Harrybe-lievesintheneedfornon-invasiveandfastpaybacksolutionstoretrofitexistingbuildings.Hehasbeen involved inallphasesofdevelopingproductsandapplicationsforenergyefficiencyforexistingbuildingsandindustrialplants.PriortoCypressEnvirosystems,HarrywasaVice-President at Honeywell Automation and Control Solutions, working in the Building Automation, Industrial Automation, and Wireless and Sensorsbusinesses.PriortoHoneywell,HarrywasaPayloadDirectoratNASA’sMissionControlCenter inHoustonforSpaceShuttlemis-sion STS-40. He has lived and worked in the US, Canada, Europe and
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AsiaPacific.HarryholdsBSandMSdegreesinMechanicalEngineeringandElectricalEngineeringfromStanfordUniversity,andanMBAfromInseadinFrance.Harrymaybecontactedatharry.sim@cypressenviro-systems.com.
Mr. Consolato Gattuso is theVicePresidentofTechnicalOpera-tionsatZellerRealtyGroup.Withover30years’experienceinengineer-ingdesignandoperations,Mr.Gattuso’scurrentresponsibilitiesincludedevelopingcapitalandengineeringstrategiesforacquisitions,develop-ingbestpracticesfortheportfolio,creatingpoliciesandproceduresfortheengineeringteams,technicaladvisorformanagement,andleadingtechnically-orientedprojects.Mr.Gattusoisacertifiedfacilitatorinde-liveringcustomerservicetrainingmodules.Mr.GattusoparticipatedinthecreationoftheLEEDO&Mexamination,isaLEEDAPOperations+Maintenanceprofessional,GreenGlobescertifiedandaDataCenterEnergyPractitioner(DCEP).Mr.GattusograduatedfromtheUniversityofIllinoiswithaBSinMechanicalEngineering.
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Secret Benefit #3Special Tax Benefits for 2016
Eric A. Woodroof, Ph.D., CEM, CRM
ABSTRACT
Ifyour401kcouldyielda35%returneveryyearover7years,wouldthatbeattractive?Ofcourseitwould!Whatifyoucouldfindaninvestmentinyourowncommercialbuildingthatwouldyieldamini-mum35%return,andquitelikelyover50%guaranteed?Itmaysound“too good to be true,” but this has already been done.
INTRODUCTION OF BENEFIT
Mostsimpleenergyefficiencyupgradesyielda35%return,andthere ismuch less risk than trustingyourmoneywith“WallStreet”investors.The“catch”(totakeadvantageofthespecialtaxdeductionsandachieve35%tomorethan50%returns)isthatyoumustimplementprojectsin2016…whichmeansyoushouldstartnow.
CALCULATIONS
Don’tworry,thesearesimpleprojects(likelightingretrofits)thatyoucandoyourself.Evenforsmalloffices,thiscanbea“winner.”Forexample,Table1illustratesarealcasestudyfromKentucky(whereen-ergyratesareverylowcomparedtotheUSaverage).
Table 1. Case study economics for a small 2,000 ft2 office
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Plus, there is a special tax deductionof$1.80perft2,whichwouldbeanadditional$900(minimumtaxdeduction)forthebuildingowner. Ofcourse,thelargerthebuilding,thegreaterthesavings.Inaddi-tion,youcanfinanceprojectssoyoucouldspendzerodollarsupfront.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Ifyouwouldliketolearnmore,thislinkleadstoafree3.5-minutevideothatexplainsthespecialtaxdeductionsavailablefor2016:http://www.profitablegreensolutions.com/content/2016-special-tax-credits. Thisadditional freevideoshowstheeconomics ina“highbay”LEDretrofit,whichisusefulforindustrialwarehousesandevengymna-siums:http://www.profitablegreensolutions.com/content/ballast-free-led-retrofits. Hope this helps you.
————————————————————————————————ABOUT THE AUTHOR Eric Woodroof, PhD, CEM, CRM,isthefounderofProfitableGreen-Solutions.ComandassociateeditorforEnergy Engineering. He may be [email protected].
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5 From the Editor; Shake, Rattle, and Roll
7 MeasurementandVerificationofIndustrialEquipment:SamplingIntervaland Data Logger Considerations; Andrew Chase Harding, PE, CEM and Darin W. Nutter, PhD, PE
34 Virtual Audits: The Promise and The Reality; John M. Avina and Steve P. Rottmayer
53 HowMicrogridisChangingtheEnergyLandscape;The Honorable William C. (Bill) Anderson
63 EnMSandEMIS:What’s theDifference?;Mike Brogan, Ph.D., and Paul F. Monaghan, Ph.D.
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