The Role of CERT in the Field of Energy & The Environment

1. CERT-Volt Energy Meeting The Role of CERT in the Field of Energy & The Environment Dr. H. Singh, Professor and Director Center for Energy Research & Technology (CERT) North Carolina A&T State University February 09, 2010

2. CERT’s History, Goals & Activities • History: • Established since 1984; • Approved by the UNC System as a Center in 2001; • Committed to the recruitment, retention and training of talented students from under represented communities and preparing them for challenging careers in energy related areas. • Mission/Goals: • Adopt a competency based research agenda • Facilitate the application of energy related technologies to buildings • Collaborate with the building industry • Provide practical education, research and training opportunities for students • Develop University wide relationships with public and private sectors • Activities: • Research • Outreach and Extension, and • Educational Focus

3. Clean Coal Technology Economic and Policy Analysis Renewable Energy & Biofuels Hydrogen Economy & Fuel Cell Research Activity Combined Heat Power (CHP) Sustainable Building Energy Efficiency C.E.R.T. Certification Program Graduate Program Carolina Project Academic Program Outreach Workshops Seminars Undergraduate Program CERT’s Activities

4. CERT’s Building Energy Efficiency Activities Energy Audit Energy & Environmental Conservation Measurement & Verification Building Energy Simulation

5. Recent Building Energy Conservation Activities • ENERGY ANALYSIS AND DIAGNOSTIC CENTER • 150 Technical Assistance Surveys • STATE ENERGY OFFICE UTILITIES SAVINGS INITIATIVE • 9 Detailed Energy Surveys with M &V • 60 Preliminary Energy Audits

6. Recent Building Energy Audit • Guilford County • O. Henry Hotel • Proximity Hotel • Grand-over Hotel • Appalachian State Univ. • FT. BRAGG

7. Detailed Energy Audit at Hanes Middle, Winston Salem • Constructed in 1920 • Total Area: 71,557 square • Host 605 Students and 78 Teachers • Operated from Monday-Friday • Consumes 708,560kWh & 12,623 therms in 2008 (Total: 3,679,907 kBTU)

8. Identified Opportunities & Payback Period Lighting • Replacing T12, 34 watt and magnetic ballast fluorescent lamps with T8, 25 watt lamps and electronic ballast: • Estimated Savings $ 2,674/year • Estimated Cost: $10,412 • Simple payback period: 3.9 years • Replacing 400 watt Metal Halide with energy saving T5HO Premium lamps: • Estimated Savings: $4,053/year • Estimated Cost: $30,600 • Simple payback period: 7.5 years • Install photo-sensors in the corridors that have enough natural lighting in the day • Estimated Savings/year: $531/year • Estimated Cost: $320 • Simple payback period: < a year

9. Identified Opportunities & Payback Period HVAC • Install water side economizer • Estimated Saving $ 4,758/year • Estimated Cost: $ 35,000.00 • Simple payback period: 7.3years • Reset the chilled water temperature • Estimated Savings : $ 1,230/year • Estimated Cost: $3,000 • Simple payback period: 2.4years • Reset the hot water temperature • Estimated Savings $ 1,300/year • Estimated Cost: $3,000.00 • Simple payback period: 2.3 years • Install Exhaust Energy Recovery Unit (EERU) • Estimated Savings: $ 2,359/year • Estimated Cost: $ 10,000 • Simple payback period: 4.24year

10. Outreach Program (EESP) • CERT organizes the EESP (Energy Engineer Starters Program), an outreach program on energy for 7th to 11th grade students to prepare them toward future energy/engineering careers • Each year the program attracts about 50 students for 2-week non-residential program from the community. • Some students from EESP program have cited this experience as their reason for choosing NCA&TSU for higher education

11. EESP Student at NCA&T

12. EESP Fieldtrip to ASU Solar Center, NC

13. Outreach Program: Teachers In-Service Energy Workshop • Purpose • The long term goal of the workshop is to establish a partnership between regional science education professionals and the Center for Energy Research and Technology, NCA&T State University and to design an environmentally benign energy based syllabus which could be incorporated into their classroom lessons. The specific objectives . • To introduce the science teachers to emerging environmentally benign energy conversion technologies. • To define the role of science teachers in energy and environmental conservation measures. • Assist the teachers to incorporate energy related topics in their teaching syllabus so that our nation becomes energy independent

14. Teachers in Water Purification Lab, NCA&T

15. Questions?? ? Thanks!