Energy Data and Benchmarking for Public Buildings

State and Local Efforts in the Metropolitan Washington Region

Jeff King

Chief, Energy and Climate Programs

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Overview

State and Local Energy Data and Benchmarking

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State

• District of Columbia

• BuildSmartDC

• State of Maryland

• State Energy Database

Local

• Arlington County, VA

• Energy Reportcards

• Montgomery County, MD

• Enhanced Energy Monitoring

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BuildSmartDC

Background on Energy Data Access in DC

• Benchmarking of DC Govt Bldgs Required by Law

• Clean and Affordable Energy Act of 2008

• District Officials and Pepco management strike

deal at White House Green Button Meeting to

automate data sharing

• Upon Customer Request, Pepco makes data

available on an-online platform (via Schneider

Electric)

• Can interface with client custom platform or

EPA Portfolio Manager

• DC govt uses custom – BuildSmartDC and

EPA Portfolio Mngr

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BuildSmartDC

Scope of Public Building Energy Data/Sharing

• > 300 buildings

• 85% with Advanced Meters

• Automatic download of Interval Data next day

• Data for public buildings on BuildSmartDC

website & EPA Portfolio Manager

• Assists with:

• Forecasting for Procurement

• Detecting data and billing anomalies

• Invoice and billing verification

• ID project opps/target investment

• Virtual Audits/Engagement*

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•DC Government Buildings

• Annual benchmarking disclosure required; has been occurring since 2010

• (Federal buildings not included)

• In 2013, DGS optionally embraced radical transparency:BuildSmartDC.com

DC TRANSPARENCY

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•BuildSmartDC.com

• Next-Day 15-minute

Interval Data for

>350 buildings, via

Green Button feed

• Enables crowd-

sourced problem

identification

• Access to monthly

bills and cost data

• Graphs and

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Maryland State Energy Database

• Initiative began under Gov. O’Malley, EmPower Maryland

• Governor Hogan bolstered support/mandated agency planning

• Covers all Buildings Statewide

• Including all Agency Depts (58) and Universities

• 14,000 accounts

• Includes electric, gas, water, sewer, chilled water, steam

• 1.4 million invoices since 2008

• $0.0007 fee on electric bills funds program

• Not centralized, Manual and Labor Intensive

• Agencies pay bills

• Paper bills then sent by agencies to Contractor

• (120 offices send 12,000/mnth)

• New initiative pending – centralize, streamline, automate

• Monthly data only

• Can’t handle Interval Data

• Lack staff

• Disparate vendor capacity

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Maryland State Energy Database

Uses of Database

• Critical for Statewide Energy Procurement

• Spend $1 million annually for database contract

• Annual energy spend $230 million

• ROI $50 million in 4 years

• Assists with Mandated Agency Energy Planning

• Each agency must develop energy plan

• Transparency

• Public can access data for all buildings

• Detecting Problems, ID Opps

• Use EnergyCAP

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Arlington County Energy Reportcards

• Scope

• Covers all public buildings, not all meters

• Monthly only

• Approach

• On-line access account, download bills, manual input (bills

not centralized, don’t auto import from DVP key account

feature)

• DVP data acct by acct, have to do work around

• One building Pilot – real time meter, feed to website portal

(plan for 10 buildings in 6 mnths)

• ½ hourly data available from DVP smart meters, but not

used as of now

• Uses

• EnergyCAP, EPA Portfolio Mngr, Better Buildings Challenge

• Detect anomalies, track changes, ID projects (audits,

retrocommissioning, building for improvement), impact of

building automation changes, avoid late fees

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Montgomery County Enhanced Energy Monitoring

• Scope and Approach

• All >50k and all significant county buildings

• Capture billing data through XML/EDI or manual, with 3rd

party contract support

• Enter data into EnergyCAP and EPA Portfolio Manager

• Limited use of interval data

• Uses

• Centralize utility payments, auto-generate accounts

payable through Oracle system

• Detect billing anomalies

• Use metrics and analytical tools

• Sell successes – EUI reduction from retrofits

• Planning

• Digital dashboards

• Monitoring-based commission pilot, use interval

data, ID specific actions

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Quick Observations

• No single approach, can be manual or automated

• Investment in data system can create financial return

• Multiple potential uses

• Billing errors, ID areas to focus deeper, streamlining

payments, support better procurement, transparency, foster

agency planning

• Desire for streamline and automation

• Opportunity for partnering with Utilities and 3rd party providers

• Use of EnergyCAP and EPA Portfolio Mngr

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Links

http://www.buildsmartdc.com/

http://doee.dc.gov/page/about-benchmarking

http://dgs.maryland.gov/Pages/Energy/Database/index.aspx

https://environment.arlingtonva.us/energy/county-operations/building-

energy-report-cards/

https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/DGS-

OES/Resources/Files/CountySustainabilityReportFY15.pdf

http://www.elp.com/articles/2014/05/schneider-electric-pepco-partner-

on-green-button-energy-management-program.html

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Jeff King

Chief, Energy and Climate Programs

(202) 962-3238

jking@mwcog.org

mwcog.org

777 North Capitol Street NE, Suite 300

Washington, DC 20002

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