brass ucc - entrepreneur of the year presentation 2014
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Retrofit Existing
Buildings
New Builds - Building
Regulations
European Union Energy
Efficiency Directive
Irish Perspective
PhD Research
IERG
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Energy Consultant
Works in Company < 20 Employees
Heavily Involved in Building Retrofits
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• Domain Expertise Required
• One Solution Fits All
• No Method of Verifying Results
• Use Dynamic Simulation Software
• Only 1 licence in the office
• Not fully trained in the software
• Considering discontinuing current software licences
• Expense
• Time Required to Build Model & Obtain Results
• Computationally Expensive
Option 1 Option 2
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Dynamic Simulation Techniques
Expensive to Purchase
Time Consuming to Run
Computationally Expensive
Experienced Based Solutions
Experience Based Solutions
One Solution Fits All Mentality
No Method of Verifying Results
The Solution
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Dynamic Simulation Techniques
Expensive to Purchase
Time Consuming to Run
Computationally Expensive
Experienced Based Solutions
Experience Based Solutions
One Solution Fits All Mentality
No Method of Verifying Results
The Solution
Simplified Energy Modelling Technique
Evolutionary Algorithms
Optimal Retrofit Solutions
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Dynamic Simulation Techniques
Experienced Based Solutions
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Building Survey
Decision Maker
Calculation Preferences
• Select Objective of Retrofit
• Input Capital Investment Constraint
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• Replacement Rate 1% - 1.7%
• Building Owners/Managers
• Retrofitting Ongoing
• 75% Consulting Engineering Firms
Customer Issues
• Too Steep a Learning Curve
• Too Time Consuming
• Doesn’t not add value to projects
• Purchasing programs too expensive
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Commercial Buildings
• 2011 - Global Retrofit Market worth $80.3bn
• 2020 – Global Retrofit Market worth $151.8bn
• Largest Market will remain Western Europe (37%)
Domestic Buildings
• 2020 – Global Retrofit Market worth $84bn
• Forecast – 118.6bn square feet of energy efficient residential space by 2020
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• Engineering Consultancy Firms
• Architecture Firms
• Retrofit Contractors
• 92% Engineering Firms
• 42% Architects Firm
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• Online
• Software Licencing
Availability
• Online - €/square meter
• Starting at €0.30/m2 up to 500m2 Building
• Licence
• €2,250 / Licence (€400 per additional Seat)
Pricing
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• Commercialisation Funding €100,000
• Projected Costs (Year 1) €68,800
• Year 1 – Online Sales
• Year 2 – Online Sales & Licence Sales
• Year 3 – Expand to Other Countries
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Dynamic Simulation Techniques
Expensive to Purchase
Time Consuming to Run
Computationally Expensive
Experienced Based Solutions
Experience Based Solutions
One Solution Fits All Mentality
No Method of Verifying Results
The Solution
Removing Barriers