MIT Carbon Mitigation Matrix

Nick HofmeisterCyd McKennaBrandon Monk

Advisor: Prof. Sterman

Quick background of the company

Quick background of the company

• It’s MIT, folks.

Quick background of the company

• Real clients: Steve Lanou & Leon Glicksman

• Walk the Talk + Near-Term Opportunities

• More stake-holders: Facilities, student groups, administration, building inhabitants, Division of Student Life, faculty, Terry Stone (COO), PhD students, Energy Research Council, Prof. Sterman, and more than could possibly be listed in this small little space

The goals of the project

• Create a process and organizational capacity to build a list of mitigation opportunities that stake-holders can agree and act on

• Populate the list with sufficient data to enable decision makers to chart MIT’s carbon reduction strategy

ROI’s Top 10Project

CategoryProject description ROI MTCO2e

reduced/yrNPV/

MTCO2e

% of MIT’s MTCO2e footprint

Fac Eff Vending Machine / Vending Misers

1325% 30.81 $1,638 0.01%

Fac Eff Retrocommission six buildings

233% 16,776.82 $503 8.02%

Fac Eff Continuous commissioning 18 & W35

200% 0.00 0.00%

Fac Eff Continuous commissioning two more

160% 0.00 0.00%

Fac Eff Incandescent Light Bulbs to CFL Retrofits (Wall

125% 100.28 $1,411 0.05%

Fac Eff Steam Trap Retrofits 119% 8,184.59 $248 3.91%

Fac Eff Incandescent Light Bulbs to CFL Retrofits (Area

117% 188.48 $1,399 0.09%

Fac Eff Incandescent Light Bulbs to CFL Retrofits (Elevator

112% 54.37 $1,380 0.03%

Fac Eff Exterior Lighting Controls (i.e. Photocells)

110% 143.17 $9,218 0.07%

Fac Eff Air Handler Low Drop Filters and Coil Cleaning

100% 604.09 $1,366 0.29%

Carbon’s Top 10Project

CategoryProject description ROI MTCO2e

reduced/yrNPV/

MTCO2e

% of MIT’s MTCO2e footprint

Fac Eff Retrocommission six buildings

233% 16,776.82 $503 8.02%

Fac Eff Steam Trap Retrofits 119% 8,184.59 $248 3.91%

Fac Eff Lighting Occupancy Sensors

63% 5,026.04 $992 2.40%

Fac Eff Laboratory Fume Hoods Upgrade & Controls

19% 4,274.88 $267 2.04%

Fac Eff Re-lamp / Re-Ballast Campus-Wide

16% 1,570.64 $133 0.75%

Fac Eff Solar thermal on NW35 and other bldgs

7% 1,273.16 -$252 0.61%

Fac Eff Air Handler Low Drop Filters and Coil Cleaning

100% 604.09 $1,366 0.29%

Fac Eff Incandescent Light Bulbs to CFL Retrofits (Task

70% 212.04 $1,269 0.10%

Fac Eff Incandescent Light Bulbs to CFL Retrofits (Area

117% 188.48 $1,399 0.09%

Fac Eff Exterior Lighting Controls (i.e. Photocells)

110% 143.17 $9,218 0.07%

NPV’s Top 10Project

CategoryProject description ROI MTCO2e

reduced/yrNPV/

MTCO2e

% of MIT’s MTCO2e footprint

Fac Eff Exterior Lighting Controls (i.e. Photocells)

110% 143.17 $9,218 0.07%

Fac Eff Vending Machine / Vending Misers

1325% 30.81 $1,638 0.01%

Fac Eff Incandescent Light Bulbs to CFL Retrofits (Wall

125% 100.28 $1,411 0.05%

Fac Eff Incandescent Light Bulbs to CFL Retrofits (Area

117% 188.48 $1,399 0.09%

Fac Eff Incandescent Light Bulbs to CFL Retrofits (Elevator

112% 54.37 $1,380 0.03%

Fac Eff Air Handler Low Drop Filters and Coil Cleaning

100% 604.09 $1,366 0.29%

Fac Eff Incandescent Light Bulbs to CFL Retrofits (Task

70% 212.04 $1,269 0.10%

Fac Eff Lighting Occupancy Sensors

63% 5,026.04 $992 2.40%

Fac Eff Incandescent Light Bulbs to LED Retrofits (Elevator

37% 71.89 $978 0.03%

Fac Eff Retrocommission six buildings

233% 16,776.82 $503 8.02%

Challenges

• Organizational

• Gathering information

• Getting buy-in

• Working without a vision

• Technical

• Collaborative document editing

• Matching apples and oranges

Next steps

• NTO owns the spreadsheet

• Steve Lanou will have to drive it

• MIT needs to fund projects