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Ongoing Operations. Project: An Assessment of Current Practice in the Energy-Efficient Operation of Buildings. Goal of Energy-Efficient Operation. To ensure that each significant energy-consuming device uses only as much energy as necessary to perform its intended current function.
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Ongoing Operations Project: An Assessment of Current Practice in the Energy-Efficient Operation of Buildings
Goal of Energy-Efficient Operation • To ensure that each significant energy-consuming device uses only as much energy as necessary to perform its intended current function.
Ongoing Operations Outline of Activities: • Identify current participants in energy-efficient operation • Select a representative sample to interview • Collect information on current practices • Compile and report findings • Formulate recommendations for improving energy-efficient operation
Interview Subjects • Persons Engaged in Building Management and Operations - 243 buildings - 44 million SF - $87.8 million/year energy expenditure • Building Categories State Government Large Office (managed) Corporate Office Educational: Post-Secondary Educational: K-12 Large Retail
Interview Subjects • Persons Providing Services that Affect Building Operations Efficiency Recommissioning Energy Audit LEED EB LEED NC Test & Balance SEE (K-12 Schools) ReDirect (K-12 Schools/Offices)
Findings • Low management recognition of value (risk) of energy-efficient operation • Approached as periodic projects, not an ongoing process • Priorities not based on understanding of risks, based on bias of provider
Findings • Procedures seldom include actual measurement of performance over time of key energy consumers • Limited availability of proactive time • Processes that do exist are not institutionalized • No ability to supervise energy-efficient operation process (No shared vision of a process to sustain energy-efficient operation)
Energy-Efficient Operation Process PROCESS SETUP ON-GOING MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES
Energy-Efficient Operation Process • Start-Up Activities • Allocate metered energy consumption • Define key operating variables • Establish performance verification schedule • Design method to measure actual performance • Define required performance • Design reporting protocol
Recommended Next Steps • Create a market for Sustainable Energy-Efficient Operation Training for building owners and managers • Create a capability for Sustainable Energy-Efficient Operation Setup capability: Develop a template for Sustainable Energy-Efficient Operation Develop setup procedures Develop training and aids for setup providers Ongoing capability: Develop training and aids for building operators Develop training and aids for operations supervisors
Recommended Next Steps • Methods National search for relevant similar practices Collaborative pilot projects
Modes of Operation for Energy-Consuming Equipment in Buildings