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Sustainable Energy Management Plan for Mid-Sized US Cities: A Multistakeholder Approach

A comprehensive energy management plan focused on 150 municipal buildings, emphasizing office spaces. Addressing key issues like building manager disincentives, data integration challenges, and financial constraints. Solutions include submetering, portfolio management, and stakeholder training. Financial solutions leverage clean energy funding for upgrades. Conclusions highlight audits, incentives, and retrofit strategies for long-term sustainability.

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Sustainable Energy Management Plan for Mid-Sized US Cities: A Multistakeholder Approach

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  1. Electri-City Team Oorja Tufts University

  2. City plan

  3. Introduction • Statement of Goal • Team Approach • Key Issues • Financial Analysis • Budget Allocation • Conclusions

  4. Goal Assumptions • Create a long-term, sustainable energy solution for a mid-sized US cities • We focus on energy management in the 150 municipal public buildings • Primarily on office space

  5. Approach • Energy plan for a mid-sized US city managing diverse stakeholders • Key Issues • Building manager disincentives • Data disintegration issues • Financial constraints • Multi-stakeholder problem

  6. Energy plan organization chart

  7. Data deficiencies

  8. Data Deficiencies • Utility data availability • Inconsistent standards • Budgetary constraints • Lack of building data

  9. Data Solutions • Submetering • Portfolio Manager • Benchmarking • Auditing

  10. Multi-stakeholders

  11. Stakeholder Issues • Disincentives • Poor Information Channels • Inflexibility

  12. Multi-stakeholder Conceptualization

  13. Building manager discentives

  14. Building Manager Disincentives • Disaggregated standards • Lack of awareness and understanding • Absence of support of city management • Little budget flexibility • No inclusion of energy performance in facilities management • Additional work for building managers

  15. Building Manager Solutions • Training program • Flexible budgets • Adding to performance evaluation criteria • Additional discretionary spending • Monitoring incentives from savings • Energy management handle paperwork and pre-approve vendor

  16. Financial constraints

  17. Financial Constraints • Financing for upgrades • Procurement policy issues • Rigid capital budgets • High upfront capital costs

  18. Financial Solutions • Using extensive clean energy funding network • Channel additional audits and building upgrades based on need • Financing scheme for capital upgrades • Outcome-based monetary incentives for stakeholders

  19. Budget allocation

  20. Energy savings through capital improvement

  21. Conclusions • Audits, submeters, incentives, and retrofits • Conservative cost estimation • Replicability & Scalability • Better integration with utility

  22. Thank You.Any Questions?

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