Building Energy Efficiency:

The Path To Optimization

Cary Vandenberg, CEO

Agilewaves, Inc
The Mandate: Net-Zero Energy Buildings

!  Department of Energy’s definition:

A residential or commercial building
with greatly reduced needs for energy
through efficiency gains
(60 to 70 percent less than
conventional practice)
with balance of energy needs (30%)
supplied by renewable technologies. Efficiency

!  National NZEB goals/Built Environment:

"  50% of all commercial buildings by 2040
!  Buildings Consume 39% of U.S. Energy
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The Challenge in Built Environment
!  Currently comprised of Holistic
“…the properties of a
“silos of data”: given system cannot
"  HVAC be determined... by its
component parts
"  Lighting alone. Instead, the
"  IT / Data Centers system as a whole
determines in an
"  Other Plug Loads important way
how the parts behave “
What’s needed? Source: Wikipedia

!  A holistic system that transforms data into

actionable information and drives improved
building performance
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Trends Underpin Holistic EE Solutions
!  Rising Energy Costs
!  Internet connectivity and ubiquity of low cost
IT components (HW, SW, Sensors)
!  Growing awareness of GHG & conservation

!  Utility Rebates and Decoupling

!  Gov’t Regulations, Incentives, & Stimulus

!  Financing of EE and Renewable Energy

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Building Performance
!  Energy Monitoring & Optimization:
"  Identify efficiency opportunities
!  Peak Demand Shaving
!  Operational Facility Improvements
"  Tune building performance,
sustain gains & leverage experts
!  Correct degradations/PMs
!  Predictive trending and RecommendationsOakland City Center
"  Energy Efficiency Savings of 15-25%
"  Drive Behavioral Efficiencies of 8-15%
"  Verify operational and EE retrofits

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Building Performance Infrastructure
Instrumentation Optimization Algorithms IP Access

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Building Performance-Command Center

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Perpetual Tuning: Water vs Electric
Potential leak
Cooling Tower 1,
Chilled Water
Return

▼  University

▼  Campus Hall
Map VFD
CT-1 1 Week Average: 18.1 KW
▶  First Floor
▶  Second Floor

▶  Third Floor

▶  Fourth Floor

▶  Fifth Floor

▶  Sixth Floor
▶  Central Plant

▶  HW System CT-1 Chilled Water Return 1 Week Total: 137,854 Gallons

▼  CHW System 5000

▶  Chiller 1 3750
▶  Chiller 2
2500
▶  Chiller 3
1250
▶  Secondary Pu

▶  Cooling Towers 0

▶ Mass Spec.
Optimization – Validating Performance

Failed PV System

Failed Solar
Thermal System

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Sustaining Optimization Via
Monitoring-based Commissioning

Source: Lawrence Berkeley

National Lab , Mills, 2009

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The Path to Optimization
!  High Quality Data is Foundation for Optimization
!  Integrated Actionable Information for Entire Building
!  Measurement & Verification key to sustainable
efficiency (LEED, Energy Star, Commissioning)
!  Ramp-up Green Retrofit financing programs
!  Strike the right balance with green building codes,
incentives:
"  NYC green building code backlash
"  Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE)
!  Get industry participants collaborating on building
optimization best practices & open standards

What we Measure we Manage……

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