using benchmarking to catalyze greater energy efficiency
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Using Benchmarking to Catalyze Greater Energy Efficiency
Updates from Federal Government Partners
Tracy Narel, EPAMonisha Shah, WH CEQ
Cody Taylor, DOE
Regional Utility Data Access Working GroupOctober 25, 2012Philadelphia, PA
Data benchmarking efficiency
• Data is the lifeblood of energy management• Benchmarking is an energy management practice
that is data-dependent• EPA’s Portfolio Manager tool is widely used to
benchmark buildings. • EPA analysis shows a 2.4%/year improvement (7%
over three years) for 35,000 buildings in Portfolio Manager.
• Recent CPUC evaluation links benchmarking to energy saving actions
Data Access Involves Policy and Technology
• Relevant Public Utility Commission Policies – Data privacy– Rules for data aggregation– Recovery of costs
• Utilities– Implementation costs– Funding– Integration with technical platforms
9/26/12:Launch of Portfolio
Manager data exchange beta for
testing
11/1/12: PECO files Act 129 Phase 2 EE&C Plan
2/28/13: Commission rules on PECO’s Act 129 Phase 2 EE&C Plan
filing
April – October 2013: Anticipated development and rollout of PECO’s PM data exchange services
(per PECO staff, subject to approval)
Context in Philadelphia
10/1/12:Green Button
Connect My Data launched with a few
utilities
03/22/12:PECO committed to provide data in the
Green Button format to their customers.
June 2013:Release of
Portfolio Manager Upgrade
10/31/13: First city of
Philadelphia deadline for
benchmarking data submission
6/1/13: PECO’s Act 129 Phase 2 EE&C
programs begin
Methods for Benchmarking with EPA’s Portfolio Manager
• Single Building Manual Entry• Bulk Data Upload
– Upload large sets of building data using an Excel template
• Portfolio Manager Data Exchange– Internet-based (i.e., web services) system for exchanging data
between EPA’s Portfolio Manager and a third party system. (formerly automated benchmarking system (ABS))
– Over 70 energy service providers are supplying data to benchmark 60,000 buildings each month
– Ten utilities have provided energy data to benchmark over 16,000 buildings
Upgrade to Portfolio Manager
EPA upgrade goals
• Easier to use– Completely new user interface– Make data entry more user friendly, like TurboTax®
– Enhanced sharing features• Streamlined system database
– Faster processing– Easier to update in the future
• Modern approach to exchanging data via web service– New REST-based web services– Granular and synchronous services improve opportunities for new
applications
Green Button can increase access to energy data in a standard, electronic way • An industry-led, White House inspired effort to encourage
private energy suppliers to make personal energy usage data available to their customers
• 35 utilities and electricity suppliers in various regulatory regimes across the country have committed to provide 36 million US homes and businesses with Green Button data– over 16 million of which already have access today!
• Green Button Download My Data and Connect My Data• Future direction:
– Continued adoption and implementation of Green Button– Natural gas data is starting to be released in the GB format– Can also use the data standard for DERs: solar, EVs to building or to
grid
Green Button: common way to express energy data for use in lots of different applications
A commercial building owner could use Green Button data for the following applications:
• Insight: entrepreneur-created web portals analyze energy usage and provide actionable tips;
• Heating and Cooling: customized heating and cooling activities for savings and comfort;
• Retrofits: improved decision-support tools to facilitate energy efficiency retrofits such as virtual energy audits;
• Verification: measurement of energy efficiency investments;
• Solar: optimize the size and cost-effectiveness of rooftop solar panels.
• And Benchmarking…
One example of GB data: the amount of electricity (kWh) one metered customer consumed every hour for the last 12 months
Possible Data Flows for Benchmarking and Disclosure
Owner enters building characteristics
City transfers data into a common platform, e.g. SEED
City publishes data in standard format, potentially from the SEED Platform
Building Owner
CityEPA
Portfolio Manager
• Green Button can play a role in helping building owners get access to their energy consumption data from utilities for use in Portfolio Manager.
• Green Button data could either be transferred to Portfolio Manager through direct manual or automated transfers to Portfolio Manager or through a third party service provider.
Utility facilitates access to energy data Utility
Potential Pathways for Using GB Download My Data to Transfer Energy Data to PM
Utility customer/BO downloads GB data
UTILITY
BUILDING OWNER/
CUSTOMER
3rd PARTY
OR
Sends GB to 3P
BO enters or uploads the energy data into PM
3P enters or uploads the
energy data into PM
Potential Pathways for Using GB Connect My Data to Transfer Energy Data to PM
UTILITY
3rd PARTY
OR
Customer authorizes utility to automatically send data to PM
Customer authorizes automatic data send to 3P
BUILDING OWNER/
CUSTOMER
Next Steps
• EPA is evaluating how best to take advantage of energy data provided in the Green Button format
• Federal partners committed to continue participation in EEB Hub Regional Data Management Working Group and related initiatives
Questions?Tracy [email protected] http://www.energystar.gov/benchmarking
Monisha [email protected]/green-buttonwww.greenbuttondata.org
Cody [email protected]://www1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/commercial/seed_platform.html