ashrae level ii energy auditing program sustainability

GUILFORD COLLEGE

ASHRAE LEVEL II ENERGY AUDITING PROGRAM

sustainability

energy Cracking the Case for Facilities Management

Introductions Jon Varnell – Vice President for Administration Brett Hacker – Energy Manager

Approaching energy management

Traditional ESCO vs. In-House energy audits

Decision making and energy projects

Guilford College’s experience

Energy results

Questions

Triple Bottom Line Approach

People

Profit

Planet

Sustainability: Green House Gas: Energy Management

RefrigerantsSolid WasteTransportationNatural GasElectricAgricultural

Traditional ESCO Path

Long-Term

Shared Savings

Plan

Canned Reports?

Limited Ownership of

Savings

Ability to Know Your Facility?

Community Engagement

? Employee Knowledge Benefits?

Internal Process

Improvements?

Letter of Deficiencies

Create Your Own Path

Long Term

Success

Ownership•Report quality + use

• Identify all ECMs•Build contractor relationships

Facility Understanding•System interaction•Performance indicators

•Custom M+V

Community Engagement•Community awareness

•Behavior modification

Energy Savings•Keep all savings•Use savings to fund more energy projects

Employee Growth•Training•Expand knowledge

Process Improvement•Optimize efforts•Customer satisfaction

Capital Decision Making Benefits

Carbon

Energy Sav-ings

Programmatic Needs

Appearance

Safety/ADA

Maintenance

Guilford College’s Path

“Home Grown” Energy Audits

Guilford College’s Experience Hired in-house energy audit team

ARRA Grant recipient Sought outside professional guidance

Harvard University Green Building Services Conducted 35 ASHRAE Level II Energy Audits

98% of all facility square footage (700,000+ sq. ft.) 430 ECMs identified

Didn’t put the reports on the shelf Used a cohesive facility implementation approach Customized measurement and verification SAVINGS = More SAVINGS!!

Energy Project Cycle

Energy Projects

Identify

Implementation Approach

Measurement and Verification

Realize Savings

Guilford College Energy Use

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 201155,000

60,000

65,000

70,000

75,000

80,000

85,000

90,000

MMBTU

16% Decrease

Ah-hah! moment

Questions