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March 2013

Business Service Overview:Accenture Smart Building Solutions (ASBS)

Contents

Executive Summary

Business ContextWhy is ASBS an important aspect of retail and worth giving attention to?

Why Accenture?Why should a client partner with Accenture to implement this capability rather than building it in house?

Components of the ServiceWhat capabilities does ASBS enhance or enable?

Identifying a FitWhat signs indicate that ASBS would be make valuable improvements at a client, and what questions should be asked?

Value PropositionWhat hard and soft benefits does ASBS provide?

Service ImplementationWhat approach, timeline, team, and deliverables would be involved in implementing ASBS?

Client CredentialsWhere has ASBS been implemented before, and what results were achieved?

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Executive Summary

Accenture Smart Building Solutions (ASBS) uses advanced data analytics to provide enterprise energy management services to commercial building owners, helping them reduce energy usage and maintenance costs, while improving occupant comfort.

ASBS leverages the convergence of IT and Building Technologies to provide a suite of data-focused services to reduce building operating costs by up to 30%. The continuous analytics improves equipment performance that results in a number of tangible and intangible benefits for building owners and occupants.

• Lower utility bills (decreased consumption and demand)

• Lower carbon emissions

• Lower maintenance costs (parts and labor)

• Increased equipment life

• Lower risk of catastrophic equipment failures

• Improved tenant comfort, retention, and leasing rates


Energy

Carbon

Maintenance

Comfort

Business Context

Energy is a growing cost item and a mission-critical commodity for many organizations today, therefore its efficiency is a critical component of our client’s sustainability strategy whilst offering favorable business benefits.


Client Challenges & OpportunitiesEnergy consumption is a significant operational expense item for most industries and buildings making up about 20% of overall operating costs.

While there is a growing need for energy efficiency, most organizations:• Do not have a strategic approach to

energy management• Do not understand their most energy

consuming assets• Do not actively manage energy

efficiently or effectively• Do not understand what technologies

are available to drive energy efficiency

Why Buildings?• Buildings consume ~40% of the world’s

energy – far more than what is used in other areas such as transportation

• Regardless of age, nearly every building wastes energy.

Why Information Technology?• IT enables unprecedented efficiencies

for many core business functions and the real estate portfolio is no exception

• Building systems and solutions are the last to migrate to IP, yet are instrumental in controlling energy spend

• Analytics enables the analysis of millions of data points per day from existing equipment to identify improvements to building operational efficiency

Inside track on industry-leading solutions:We have strategic relationships with leading technology providers such as Schneider Electric, Microsoft, and Siemens.Because we know our partners and their technology inside-out, we can rapidly tailor solutions to each client’s specific needs

Leadership in sustainability: Accenture is at the forefront of delivering value from sustainable development. Accenture’s 1600+ sustainability professionals have completed 200+ projects in the past 18 months. We have a broad view of the interrelated issues in the sustainability agenda and are experienced managing change, and driving employee engagement and cultural transformation

Gainshare approach: We are committed to partnering with you to maximise the value

realised from this project. We have a number of flexible approaches

which incentivise continual performance improvement over the lifetime of the contract and

maximise energy savings

Technology know-how:Accenture excels at understanding

how technology drives the sustainability agenda and how

analytics can help companies become more transparent , better understand

their risks and create sustainability benefits across the value chain

High quality team ready to deploy: We are committed to delivering value for

our clients; our global network of staff and assets across 54 countries

enables us to deliver world class results for our clients’ global programmes. Our

Global Delivery Network provides clients with high-quality solutions,

lower costs and quicker results

Energy management results delivered:We have a proven track record for complex, end-to-end transformational projects in energy management. Our experience ranges from a 1900 store roll-out of the advanced analytics platform for a US retailer to delivering $1.1 million annual savings across 6 buildings for a major telecom firm

Holisticsustainability

leadership

Flexible contracting

approach

Proven delivery

excellence

Global network of high quality people

Strategic relationships

Leading edge technology solutions

Why Accenture?


Components of the ServiceAccenture Smart Building Solutions & Energy Services


Enterprise Energy and Carbon ManagerProvide client with an energy and carbon management coordination function that will initiate, implement and manage energy procurement, efficiency projects, ASBS and carbon management.

Utility Incentive Program ManagementManage the application for utility incentives for clients to reduce the cost of initiatives and to improve ROI.

Program Coordination

Enterprise Energy &

Carbon Mgmt

Utility Incentive Program Mgmt

Facility Benchmarking and Energy AuditHelp organizations design, implement and execute an energy audit program across their facilities and/or members.

Accenture Smart Building SolutionsUse open-IP and advanced data analytics to provide enterprise energy management services and enable commercial building owners to cost-effectively reduce energy usage while improving occupant comfort.

Demand ResponseReduce client operation cost for energy by generating a revenue stream from utility-driven demand side management programs.

Demand Side Management

Facility Benchmarking & Energy Audit

ASBS &Energy

Manager

Demand Response

Supply Side Management

Energy Procurement

Energy Bill Verification

Energy ProcurementProvide essential foundations, managerial clarity and best practices for a sustainable and cost-effective energy procurement program that minimizes energy costs, enables verifiable demand side management, carbon foot-printing and environmental sustainability management.

Energy Bill VerificationProvide the analysis, context and tools for recovering funds that have been paid to utilities as a result of the errors and inconsistencies often found throughout the billing process.



Retro Commissioning (RCx)

Accenture Smart Building Solutions (ASBS) /Continuous Commissioning (CCx)

A building’s performance deteriorates due to its age, usage, or functional adaptation to new uses

• Traditional approaches, like Retro Commissioning (RCx) and/or energy audits, are point-in-time, stop-gap measures that are ineffective in sustaining a high level of building energy efficiency

• Accenture Smart Building Solutions, leveraging Fault Detection and Operational Guideline Monitoring, enables Continuous Commissioning (CCx), thereby helping the building to reach or exceed its original efficiency


ASBS is based on 8 years of research and development which led to analytics and trending capabilities far beyond those of traditional building management systems.

• Persistent Savings: ASBS continuous commissioning maintains savings through changes in seasons, operational strategies, building use, and equipment condition


• Capital “Light”: Instead of expensive retrofits, ASBS optimizes existing equipment to run more efficiently

• Non-Disruptive: Since there is no equipment to replace, the building does not need to be taken “off-line” and tenants are not impacted

• Quicker Payback: ASBS produces savings much faster than traditional RCx, leading to quicker ROI


ASBS provides a comprehensive range of powerful energy management reports is available to building engineers to systematically track and optimize building energy performance over time.


Identifying a Fit


Questions to ask… Why we are asking… Client who would know…

1. Do you have an energy management program in place?

It’s beneficial to understand how mature the client is when it comes to energy and sustainability initiatives.

• C-Level• Corporate Responsibility Officer• VP of Facilities / Director of

Facilities

2. Does this program address energy efficiency in your facilities?

It’s beneficial to know if any program they have also includes managing energy in their facilities and not simply sourcing from green energy providers

• C-Level• Corporate Responsibility Officer• VP of Facilities / Director of

Facilities

3. What initiatives are being pursued to manage energy in your facilities? (e.g. Basic operations scheduling, energy management dashboarding, predictive analytics, participation in demand response programs)

It’s important to know what the client is already doing at their facilities and how advanced that work is. Many clients believe their building management systems (the computer brain that controls HVAC operations) are equivalent to smart building analytic solutions, but they are not. We are also curious as to what other programs they participate in such as utility incentive programs, etc.

• Corporate Responsibility Officer• VP of Facilities / Director of

Facilities

4. [a] Do you own your facilities or is the spaced leased? [b] Do you perform the maintenance in your facilities or do you contract the work out to a facility maintenance company?

If a client owns the building they are in (“owner-occupied”) and also manages the maintenance, implementing recommended energy conservation measures is much easier. However, this is not all that common and we are still able to provide our analytics solution to clients who are leasing space and where maintenance is performed by a 3rd party.

• Corporate Responsibility Officer• VP of Facilities / Director of

Facilities

5. [a] How old are the facilities in your portfolio?[b] Do your facilities use pneumatic controls or direct digital controls?

Older buildings use pneumatics to control equipment while newer buildings (~10-20 years old) have direct digital controls (DDC). ASBS requires facilities to have DDC. Note, an older building may have been converted to DDC so age is not the only qualifier.

• VP of Facilities / Director of Facilities

Value Proposition

Existing facility BASs are not designed to optimize facility operations and minimize energy consumption. 40% of BASs save less energy than they are capable of saving, on average producing less than 55% of the expected savings


Design Intent Current BAS

Fac

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rman

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Smart Facilities

BAS Optimization

Operational Guidelines

& Fault Detection

Savings Opportunity

Source: “Achieving energy savings with building automation systems” www.automatedbuildings.com

Existing BAS Capabilities• Operations based on strategies that

may be flawed• Static alarms that go off too late• Limited trending (number of points

and time period)• Single facility viewSmart Facilities Capabilities• Optimal operating strategy• Dynamic alarms based on an energy

model• Predictive analytics/maintenance• Prioritized list of recommendations• Enterprise/portfolio view• Supervisory control

Value Proposition

Continuous data-driven analytics improves equipment performance that results in a number of tangible and intangible benefits for building owners and occupants, including reduce building operating costs by up to 30%.


Retro and Continuous Commissioning (CCx)

Energy Saved: 15 – 35%

Carbon Reduction: 10 – 20%

Optimization and Monitoring Improved tenant comfort and productivity

Fewer sick days / Enhanced client comfort

AFDDI1 for Predictive & Preventative Maintenance

Maintenance costs reduced: 5 – 15%

Spares inventory reduced: 20 – 45%

Energy Star Certification Rent premium and improved tenant attraction and retention

Increased asset value:$5-10 / Sq. Ft.

Key Services Benefits / Value Delivered

Service Implementation

Following the initial installation, our phased approach delivers value over a 5-7 year period


AssessmentIntegration & Data Collection

Analysis & Recommendations

Corrective Actions

Measurement & Verification

1 wk 2-6 wks 6-8 wks 2-4 wks 3-5 wks

Project Management Office

EEMS reportingInterval Data Analysis Solution Report

Full optimization and monitoring covers a multi-year period. Beyond initial installation and analysis, Accenture continues to optimize the system, providing continuous monitoring for each integrated facility, with options for further integration of enterprise systems.

A gain sharing agreement allows Accenture to share both the up-front cost and the continuing benefits. This enables a long-term relationship that leads to continuously increasing benefits.

OGs & AFDD AnalyticsEnergy Bills

Continuous Optimization

Service Implementation

• Client support in engaging stakeholders, setting expectations, and facilitating internal approvals and 3rd party involvement is critical

• Joint ASBS-Client sub-teams will collaborate to complete specific On-Boarding tasks to achieve economies of scale


Program Management

Building Survey

Gather Bldg Data

Remote Access

Establish Connectivity

Validate Connectivity

Eng. Audit

OG

AFDD

Corrective actions

Perform M&V

Client led team

ASBS team

ASBS led & Client-supported

Measurement & Verification

Corrective ActionsAssessment Integration &

Data CollectionAnalysis &

Recommendations

Brochures & White Papers:

• Energy-Smart Buildings White Paper• http://www.accenture.com/SiteCollectionDocuments/PDF/Accenture-Energy-Smart-Buildings.pdf

• Accenture Smart Building Solutions Brochure• https://microsite.accenture.com/sustainability/business_solutions/Pages/smart_buildings_solution.aspx

Additional Information

https://microsite.accenture.com/sustainability/business_solutions/Pages/smart_buildings_solution.aspx



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