Power Quality & Sustainability in High Performance Buildings Everton McKenzie Sales Manager, Latin America North, Eaton Corporation, [email protected]

Agenda

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Trends and drivers of high performance buildings

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Cost implications

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Components of LEED® Certification

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Optimize energy consumption

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Real-life case study

Trends: Why buildings?

“Public opinion is the lord of the universe” – Thomas Jefferson

Source: Yale Center for Environment Law & Policy

U.S. energy and electricity consumption U.S. total energy consumption

Buildings present the greatest opportunities for energy efficiency U.S. Green Building Council

U.S. electricity consumption

Energy and jobs from green buildings •

Greater building efficiency can meet 85% of future U.S. demand for energy through 2030

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Potential to generate 2.5M American jobs

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Every year American economy loses more than $130B from leaky, inefficient building

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Green building industry to contribute $554B to the U.S. GDP from 2009-2013 Source: McGraw Hill; US Green Building Council

Government: Biggest consumer – LEEDing by example •

The federal government itself: – is the single-largest energy user – owns and operates some 500,000 buildings – announced a 28 percent greenhouse gas reduction target – owns 187 LEED-certified projects

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Of 26,000 non-residential projects in LEED pipeline, 30 percent are government-owned (federal, state & local)

Drivers: Why green buildings?

Why green buildings?

* Turner, C & Frankel, M. (2008). Energy performance of LEED for New Construction Buildings. Final Report. ** Kats, G (2003). The Costs and Financial Benefits of Green Building. A Report to California’s Sustainable Building Task Force. *** GSA Public Buildings Service (2008). Assessing green building performance. A post occupancy evaluation of 12 GSA buildings.

Clear financial benefits to building green

McGraw Hill Construction, Green Building SmartMarket Report, 2006

Source : USGBC

Minimal incremental cost implications • • •

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Average incremental cost of 1%-2% of total construction cost Average payback of 2yrs Financial benefits include: – Lower energy consumption – Lower waste disposal – Lower water costs – Lower environmental and emissions costs – Lower operations and maintenance costs – Savings from increased productivity and health Major corporations have constructed green buildings – Examples: IBM, PNC Financial Services, Toyota, Ford, Interface, Haworth and Eaton

Source: California’s Sustainable Building Task Force

Embracing green building standards

Atlanta/Georgia Standards – The City of Atlanta: Municipal buildings over 5,000 SF to achieve LEED Certification Governor's Energy Challenge Executive Order – Reduce energy use 15 percent below 2007 levels by 2020 – Governor Sonny Perdue, April 24, 08 Green building standards and codes: LEED – ASHRAE 189.1 – CalGREEN – EPAct/EISA Source: US Green Building Council

Partnering with the leaders in Atlanta

GA Tech’s Klaus Advanced Computing Building (Gold Certified)

InterfaceFlor’s Atlanta Showroom (Platinum Certified)

Southface’s Eco Office (Platinum Certified)

Georgia Power Day Care Center (Gold Certified)

Source: US Green Building Council

LEED: Most widely accepted green buildings standard

USGBC’s LEED – A decade of rating green buildings Certification categories

LEED version 3.0 (April ’09)

Platinum: 80+ LEED points Gold: 60+ LEED points Silver: 50+ LEED points Certified: 40+ LEED points

Source: US Green Building Council

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LEED: Nutrition label for buildings

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Source: US Green Building Council

Energy & Atmosphere – Key to LEED building performance

Energy efficiency is the single largest contributor to the LEED credit points

Optimize Energy Performance – Maximum EA points

Optimizing Energy obtain maximum number of LEED credit points within Energy and Environment category and score higher rating

Optimizing energy: Key to LEED and continued high performance

Optimizing energy: From design to operation •

Starts integrated design

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Must install systems to automate temperature and lighting

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Anticipate renewable energy sources

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On-going measurement and verification

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Train building operators

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Involve building occupants

Optimizing energy throughout the Building

Products and services: Contribute to LEED Certification

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Lighting Control

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Energy Audits

5 2 10

Uninterruptible Power Systems

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Variable Frequency Drives and Soft Starters 11

8 7 3 4

High Efficiency CSL3 Transformers 5

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Saves Energy Protects Environment

Software and Meters

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Medium Voltage Switchgear 12

Power Factor Correction Refurbishing Services Capacitors and Filters 8

Paralleling Switchgear 9

Automatic Transfer Switches 10

Integrated Facilities Systems

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Circuit Breakers 14

Integrated Power Assemblies 15

Busway

Optimizing energy in lighting – Lighting controls 1

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Lighting controls

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Building-wide control

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Scheduled on/off

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Daylight harvesting

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Occupancy sensors

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Wireless to reduce costs

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Building Codes

Up to 40% lighting energy savings Lighting is 40% of electricity consumed in commercial buildings Source: DOE - 2008 Sustainable Sites

Materials & Resources

Energy & Atmosphere

Indoor Environ. Innovation & Design Quality

Optimizing energy in Data Center – Uninterruptible Power Systems (UPS) 2

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Uninterruptible Power Systems (UPS)

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Seamless emergency power

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50% smaller footprint

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80% less energy to manufacture

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End-of-life management

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99% efficient

World’s first SMART certified electrical product Data center energy use will double in next five years costing $7.4 billion/yr Source: EPA - 2007 Sustainable Energy & Sites Atmosphere

Materials & Indoor Environ. Innovation & Resources Quality Design

Optimizing energy in HVAC – Variable Frequency Drives (VFD) 3

Variable Frequency Drives

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Drives adjust motor speed

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Used in HVAC, pumping and elevators

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Temperature control & ventilation

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Extends life of motors

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10% reduction in speed ~ 30% energy savings Motor-driven equipment is 40% of the electricity use in commercial buildings Source: NEMA 2010

Sustainable Energy & Sites Atmosphere

Materials & Indoor Environ. Innovation & Resources Quality Design

Optimizing energy in power systems – Transformer 4

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High efficiency CSL-3 Transformer

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Converts electrical voltage

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Operates 24/7/365

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Life expectancy of 20 – 40+ years

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Requires no maintenance

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99% efficient

Pays for itself 3-6 times over its life Over next 30 years, adopting CSL-3 Transformers saves enough energy to power 27 million homes for one year DOE, 2007 Sustainable Energy & Sites Atmosphere

Materials & Indoor Environ. Innovation & Resources Quality Design

Optimizing energy in building operations – Meters and Software 5

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Meters and Software

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Sub-meter electricity

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Know where & when energy is consumed

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Display energy information in public place

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Comprehensive dashboard

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Energy management tool

You can’t manage what you don’t measure Sub-metering provides “a 10% reduction in energy use”. EPA, 2002 “Submetering Energy Use in Colleges…”

Sustainable Energy & Sites Atmosphere

Materials & Indoor Environ. Innovation & Resources Quality Design

Case study: LEED Gold building – located in Pittsburgh

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Completed August 2008

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Pittsburgh, PA

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Expansion of existing building

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$24M project, 120,000 sf

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800 people under one roof

Case Study: LEED / Green features •

50% less energy/sf - $150,000/yr savings – Variable Frequency Drives reduce HVAC energy – Daylight harvesting / occupancy sensors

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30% more ventilation air Sub-metering and energy dashboard 70% green power Water use reduction of 56% Green cafeteria/recycling program Educational Green Outreach program

Case Study: LEED Gold building & Demand Response An actual Demand Reduction event – August 18, 2009

Received $54,805+ : GUARANTEED Demand Response payments for 2008-2010

Case Study: The Financial Return •

Invested $24M to add tech center to the existing building

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Incremental cost of 1.5% for energy efficient project

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Payback period = 2.5 years

Concluding remarks High performance green buildings can: •

Reduce impact on the environment

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Low initial cost implications

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Save money via Energy Optimization

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Create a healthy indoor environment

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Embraced by public and private organizations

The question goes from “Why build green?” to “Why not”?