Post on 23-May-2020
Lia Webster, PECI
Using EIS Systems as a Commissioning Tool
21st National Conference on Building Commissioning
AIA Quality Assurance
The Building Commissioning Association is a Registered Provider with The American Institute of Architects Continuing Education Systems (AIA/CES). Credit(s) earned on completion of this program will be reported to AIA/CES for AIA members. Certificates of Completion for both AIA members and non-AIA members are available upon request.
This program is registered with AIA/CES for continuing professional education. As such, it does not include content that may be deemed or construed to be an approval or endorsement by the AIA of any material of construction or any method or manner of handling, using, distributing, or dealing in any material or product.
Questions related to specific materials, methods, and services will be addressed at the conclusion of this presentation.
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Presentation overview
EIS technology overview and product landscape
What can EIS tools do for EBCx?
Lessons learned through EIS Pilots and Technical Assessments
At the end of this session, participants will be able to:
1. Understand the capabilities of EIS tools2. Understand how EIS tools can be used in existing building
commissioning projects3. Select appropriate EIS applications for use in commissioning
projects
Learning Objectives
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Meter level System level
What is EMIS?Energy Management and Information Systems (EMIS)
Monthly Utility Bill Analysis
Energy Information System (EIS)
Advanced EIS
Building Automation System
Fault Detection and Diagnostics
Automated System Optimization
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Energy Dashboard
Engagement Tools
EIS Advanced EIS
Building Characteristics
Weather Data
Interval Meter Data
EIS Functionality
Screening and Measure ID
Integrated M&V
Persistence Tracking
EIS
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EIS Landscape
EIS Advanced EIS
Gridpoint
Lucid Elster Energy ICT
Schneider Electric
Mach Energy
JCI PanoptixVerdigris
eSight
C3
Verisae
Novar
Ziphany
QAS
Parasense
SwitchAutomation
Gridium
Northwrite
First Fuel
Pulse
EnergentEnerNOC
Retroficiency
McKinstry
JCI
Sensei
Noesis
EnergyCAP
EnergyRM
Cascade Energy
PlotWatt
EnergyPrint
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Utility Program Potential
Improve program
participation
Increase energy savings
Reduce program
cost
EIS
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EIS Platform
Screen participants
Engage customers
Identify measures
Verify savings
Track persistence
EBCx with EMIS
Networking & cold calls
Data-driven algorithms
In-person
Dashboard with
custom tips
On-site
Data-driven algorithms
Deemed or highly custom
Integrated Whole Bldg
M&V
On-site checks
Automated alerts
Utility EBCx
Advanced EIS-enabled
Ongoing engagement
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Examples of EMIS
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Example: screen participants
Screen participants
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Savings per square foot
Average savings for all projects:1.46 kWh per sq.ft
Average savings for top 25% of projects: 3.41 kWh per sq.ft
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Screening
Source: RetroficiencyPortfolio benchmarking
Screen participants
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Screening
Source: RetroficiencyEnd use disaggregation
Screen participants
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Screening
Source: FirstFuelEnd use benchmarkingScreen
participants
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Source: Pulse Energy
Customer engagement
Engage Customers
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Occupant engagement
Source: Building Dashboard® by Lucid
Engage Customers
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Identify measures
Source: FirstFuel
Identify measures
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Example: Calculate and verify savings
Verify savings
Traditional Methods
120+ Hours per Building EIS-enabled
Approach
40 Hours per Building
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Persistence tracking
Source: Northwrite / LBNL Energy Analysis Handbook, 2012
Track Persistence
Lessons learned
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Pilot NotesVerisae Technical Assessment with Grocery Chain
Demonstrate capabilities of existing system, including submeters
EMIS Technical Assessment for grocery Assessed use of submetered data
PECI/Pulse Energy Deployment &Behavior-based competition
Commissioned system at PECI;Conducted internal competition
Pulse Energy Management Scaled Field Placement
Coaching with 2 energy managers with 30 buildings using (near) real-time interval data
BPA Behavior Based Energy Efficiency Pilot
Competition between Starbucks stores using Lucid’s Building Dashboard ®
Grocery EBCx with Whole Building Savings Verification Use of whole building data for M&V
Pilots
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Competition
Behavior-based savings
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Lessons Learned Engagement approach key
Meter data Integration not always easy Real time data preferred
Whole building M&V methods Viable but challenges
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Take action for energy savings
EIS makes data useful
Take action for energy savings
Access to interval data
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ResourcesCEC: http://www.cacx.org/PIER/handbook.htmlLBNL: http://eis.lbl.gov/ETCC: http://www.etcc-ca.com/sites/default/files/reports/ET%2012PGE3341_First%20Fuel_Final.pdf
ETCC: http://www.etcc-ca.com/sites/default/files/reports/ET12PGE1311%20EMIS%20Baselining%20Phase%201%20-%20FINAL.pdf
THANK YOU
Lia Webster, Sr. Engineer503.575.4113, lwebster@peci.org