Effective Energy Management

1. Effective Energy Management

2. Keys • Save energy • Lower utility operating costs • Maintain or improve operations • Support corporate goals

3. ANSI Std MSE 2000:2005 • A Management System for Energy • Parallels ISO 14001:2005, Environmental Management System • Documentation and Record Keeping • Management Commitment & Policy

4. Energy & Environment • Interconnected • Energy Audit = Inventory of Emissions Sources. • Reduce the risk of non-compliance with emissions regulations.

5. Why? http://www.ase.org/uploaded_files/industrial/5_Pathfinding%20Mar05.pdf

6. Benefits • Reduced costs, improved efficiency, and diminished environmental impact. • Effective and continually improved energy performance. • Greater organizational involvement and competency concerning energy issues. • Better communication about energy management inside and outside the organization. • Better relationships with energy-related suppliers.

7. Role of Energy Mgr

8. Recommended Process • Achieve savings without capital outlay • Establish benchmarks and budgets • Collaborate with other departments • Plan and implement specific property actions • Verify, document and report

9. No Capital Outlay? • Purchase electricity or natural gas from alternate supplier • Change rate codes and identify on-going billing savings • Thermostat settings • Turn things off • Etc

10. Cost Savings “Triple Crown” • No capital outlay • Refunds from utility company • Savings every month going forward

11. So Many Meters & Bills & Calls Every Home and Business Has At Least 2 Of These Read and Billed Every Month

12. Important Points • Utility bills aren’t like other payables • Small cost savings might be bigger than you think • Communication between Accounting and Property Management leads to lower utility bills

13. Cost Has Two Parts • Property related UNITS per DAY • Equipment, its control, operation and maint. • Utility related COST per UNIT • Rates and charges by utility

14. Bill History Is A Pattern

15. Utility Tracking • Track utility bills each month and establish normal pattern for process/property for each type of utility • Check utility meters in the field for correlation to what Accounting is paying on the utility bills. • Digitize utility bills for ease of retrieval when researching potential savings opportunities • Establish Utility Analyst in Accounting if you have many properties and accounts

16. Energy Footprint Source:http://www.eere.energy.gov/industry/energy_systems/footprints.html

17. Most Common Problems • VFD’s that don’t modulate, • faulty control valves, • controls out of calibration, • static pressure higher than required, • night setbacks not implemented, • equipment operating more than necessary or inefficiently, • EMCS never programmed, • improper sequence of operation, • simultaneous heating and cooling, • outside air damper settings/economizer controls.

18. Types of Audits and Costs http://www.energy.ca.gov/reports/efficiency_handbooks/400-00-001C.PDF

19. Carbon Emissions Association of Energy Engineers http://www.aeecenter.org

20. Questions? Thank You!