Energy Management: Understanding the Options

1. Energy Management: Understanding the Options

2. Energy Users of today are faced with… • Deregulation • Soaring Energy Costs • Energy Purchasing and Choices • Tenant Comfort and Retention • Energy Budget Justification • Environmental Issues

3. Energy Management- The Value Energy efficiency strategies powerful way to increase profitability and earnings per share. Examples • A $5,000 a month savings on energy costs can contribute as much to profitability as an increase in sales of $100,000. • A 10% reduction in energy costs is equivalent to increasing profit margins by 6% or earnings per share by 7%. (EPA Energy Star study) • Slight improvements in energy performance can impact profitability.

4. What is “Energy Management”? • Energy Management is the control/automation of energy consuming devices via some form of technology for the purpose of minimizing energy demand and consumption. • Many times customers would get the “control” of the devices, but never see a relative drop in energy demand and consumption.

5. Confusion • For years, building automation systems have been sold as “Energy Management” Systems… • Thus, disappointing engineers and end users with results that yielded less than what was promised.

6. Where To Start Start with Energy Measuring and Monitoring Program: • Monitor House Meter and Largest Loads • Collect Data for Procurement Opportunities • Identify Cost Savings Opportunities • Benefit: Minimal Investment and High Return • Information brings improved understanding of how energy is used and how it impacts the organization’s costs. • Improved utilization of assets.

7. Metering/Monitoring • Measure and delivers data to End-user. • Energy Scoreboard for all technology implementations. • Makes an opaque process transparent. • Data is valuable when used. • Leads to cost savings- • -Find poor performing assets

8. Metering DG BAS Lighting Technology Overview-Mediator Designed to deliver operational, management and administration efficiency. Supporting infrastructure necessary for energy efficiency. --Open System Gives Freedom of Choosing Any Applications/Vendors-- Facility Devices And Systems Enterprise Software Applications Mediator Protocol s Control Export s Energy Information System Alarms Scheduler SCADA/HMI Data Mgt Facility Mgt Applications

9. Typical Deployment Mediator connects meters and sub-meters to deliver per unit energy usage. Energy data delivered in Real time available thru web browser.

10. Direct Benefits Delivers Operational Efficiency • One secure network for many facility-centric systems • Widespread, controlled access to systems and data Delivers Management Efficiency • Means for a coordinated operations • One management platform for many applications • Real-time information, allowing the ability to sensor, monitor, and control • Competitive energy procurement Energy Efficiency Infrastructure • M&V platform • Platform to measure energy use for metering and beyond; digs deeper to see where/how energy is used; HVAC, lighting;

11. Summary Start with Getting the Data: First Step to Savings Data on the IT InfrastructureAccess Data AnywhereWeb Enabled =Mediator