unlock your buildings hidden energy data - corenet seattle

Unlock Your Building’s Hidden Energy Data

Jason BurtCo-founderbuildpulse.com

Bethany DavisSustainability CoordinatorSeattle Pacific University

Dev DuRuzDirector of CommissioningPaladino and Company

Overview

• Why unlock your building data?• What are practical benefits ?• Case study – SPU climate action plan and

retro-commissioning success• How is this economically possible … NOW

1980PC-based temperature controls & building automation to commercial real estate based on the DNA of analog pneumatic & electric controls

2010Cloud computing

Then & Nowa brief history of controls

2008Climate commitment signatory

2010Climate Action Plan

2036Carbon neutral

SPU at a Glance

4,200 students

100 buildings – 1.2m sf

41 acre, quasi-urban campus

2008Climate commitmentsignatory

2010Climate Action Plan

2036Carbon neutral

Natural Gas

Fleet

2008 GHG Baseline

Commuting

Air travel

ElectricityLandscaping

201520% less natural gas

2008Commitment

2010CAP

2036Carbon neutral

201520% < therms

-100,000 therms

Building submetering

Improved building controls

Retro-commissioning

RCx implementation

Planned development / major renovations

Building submetering

Improved building controls

Retro-commissioning

RCx implementation

Planned Development / Major Renovations

2015

-12% -8% 80%

Building submetering

Improved building controls

Retro-commissioning

RCx implementation

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%

100%

Utility incentivesInternal borrowing

Funding Mechanism

$1m

What is RetroCx?

What is RetroCx?

Investigation

Recommendations

ImplementationTraining

Track Performanc

e

Energy Audits

Unlock data.

• Leveraged existing building automation and temperature control systems

• Buildpulse.com web appliance (hardware) captures system and building level performance data real-time.

• Data exported to cloud services for automated analytics & reporting

Through a partnership with Seattle’s Smart Buildings Center, SPU piloted a Internet of Things Technology - a smart sensor energy monitoring and management system. 

Manage energy.

Reveal hidden opportunitiesEstablish mean EUI for

each program

Identify

which buildin

gs perform well

and which don’t.

Use IoT

technology and

BAS to create Site Cx Roadm

ap

Conduct site commissioning to ensure data integrit

y.

Use IoT

dashboard

to track

additional

corrections

Results: Significantly reduced building energy use and operational costs.

Alexander Hall

Buildpulse reporting identified HVAC units running 24 hours versus the intended BAS scheduled 10 hours for its variable refrigerant flow system (VRF).

11,100 SF building constructed in 1893 and renovated in 2014.

Interactive Decision Tool

Energy Efficiency Selection Menu

Reduced building energy use

Energy savings generally exceeded retro-Cx costs by a factor of five.

An estimated $15,000 was saved compared to traditional retro-Commissioning engineering and sub-contractor coordination process.

Reduced building energy use

• Simple changes will save 5% to 15% per year on heating bills –Up to 1% for each degree.

• Interactive tool allows SPU to track performance and decision making.

Energy savings exceeded retro-Cx costs by a factor of five.

An estimated $15,000 was saved compared to traditional retro-Commissioning engineering and sub-contractor coordination process.

Significant cuts to operational costs

SPU is on track to meet its natural gas reduction goalthis year

Lessons Learned

Utility incentive programs

• Modifications for campus setting

• Know what you’re getting into

• Clear it with legal

Coordinating with other efforts

• Reduce internal IT resources - Shift data storage to cloud

• Support facilities and contractor effort

• Automatically identify & rank by ROI Energy Conservation Measures (ECMs)

Today’s Tools

• Unlock data from all brands of existing building automation systems

• Reduce reliance on 3rd party specialty contractors and integrators

• Available now to bridge the gap between promise of future IoT and existing realities

Building Efficiency Overtime

Why are we still wasting money?

Look! We have a command center.

Scenario:90 buildings2 techs4 test conditions (1 piece of equipment / building)

How long to diagnose 4 Issues?

How long to diagnose 4 Issues?

40 buildings in 1 year, they don’t finish.

Scenario:90 buildings2 techs4 test conditions (1 piece of equipment / building)

Manual Process

Where is the Return on Investment in current process?

Data Issues

Accessing

NormalizationRoom TemperaturermTmpRoom TempZ.N.T.M.P

AnalysisManualExcel and one off calculations

Customizable Tools / DashboardsManual setup of rulesOne off rules

SecureNo network credentials

ScalableUnique Series Parallel read

SimplePlugs into your current system

Data Standardization

Machine LearningCreates a standard alias Based on Ashrae and haystack standards

Compatible data and APIMaps to haystack and other standards

Standardized Reporting Across systems

Automate Issue Identification

What is running? Why?

Operations

How Much time is the room really cold?

Comfort

QUESTIONS?

Bethany DavisSustainability Coordinator, Seattle Pacific University

davis@spu.edu

Dev DuRuzPaladino and Company

devd@paladinoandco.com

Jason Burtbuildpulse.com

Jason.burt@buildpulse.com