Lia Webster, PECI

Using EIS Systems as a Commissioning Tool

21st National Conference on Building Commissioning

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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