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Engaging the Industrial Sector in Efficiency and Renewable Energy Programs

Gary Epstein, ERSMark D’Antonio, Chris Smith, Brian McCowan, ERS

February 10, 2010

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Presentation Overview• Challenges Working with the Industrial Sector• Key Features of Programs that Demonstrate

Success with the Industrial Sector• Discussion of Example Programs That

Demonstrate Such Success• Example Industrial Case Study Projects

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Challenges Working with the Industrial SectorThe industrial sector presents a unique challenge to the energy efficiency and renewable energy program. While industrial facilities also have the same end uses as commercial buildings (lighting, HVAC, basic plug loads, etc. ) energy use is often dominated by industrial process. Motivating these customers requires programmatic approaches and expertise that are respectful of an industrial plant’s unique patterns of use and the focus on its fundamental manufacturing needs.

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Industrial Program Attributes for Success inEnergy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

• Field and Outreach Staff That Work Directly with Industrial Facility Staff and the Markets that Serve Them

• Program Staff and Consultants with Manufacturing and Industrial Expertise and Understanding of Need for Process Integrity

• Insights into the Industrial Facility Decision-Making Process

• Ability to Identify Measures and Quantify Measures for Process and Cross Cutting Technology (Compressed Air, Process Heating & Cooling, Steam, Etc.) Projects

• Well-Designed Prescriptive Tracks That Incentivize Industrial Measures

• Custom Measure Tracks That Readily Incorporate Complex Industrial Measures

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The NYSERDA Portfolio of Programs• NYSERDA Research and Development Program

– Industrial Process and Product Innovation– Emerging and Under-Utilized Technologies– CHP and Distributed Generation

• FlexTech Technical Assistance Program• Industrial Sector Focused Outreach Effort

– Dynamic Effort to Reach Out to Key Industrial Facilities with Teams of Consultants with Focused Industrial Expertise

• Existing Facilities Program– Prescriptive and Custom Incentive Offerings

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Efficiency Maine Program Portfolio• Comprehensive Engineering and Technical

Assistance Component That Works Closely with a Diverse Array of Industrial and Process Facilities to Support Measure Development

• Field Staff and Outreach Effort– Outreach Field Staff with Focused Assignments

Working with Industrial Facilities– Development of Trade Ally Network with Industrial

Equipment (Process and Cross Cutting Technology Focus)

• Efficiency Maine Business Program Offers Comprehensive Prescriptive Incentives with Industrial Focus and Custom Incentives Offerings That Promote Cost-Effective Industrial Projects

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Case Study 1: Steinway Solar Project(NYSERDA Funded Project)

NYSERDA FlexTech -Comprehensive Energy Study

NYSERDA Emerging Technologies Grant –Project-Specific Feasibility

NYSERDA Installation Grant Funding

Project Development Current Installation Status

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Key Project FeaturesParabolic Tracking Concentrating Collectors Largest Rooftop System of its KindHeat & Cool/Dehumidify 2E Absorption Chiller “Mature but New” Industrial ApplicationYear Round UseSummer Peak Reduction

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The Facility – Piano Action Dept. LoadsCooling Load 23,000 Square Feet – Action

Department Top Floor of 1870’s Vintage Building New AC Application for

Dehumidification and Cooling 70-Ton Estimated Design LoadHeating Load Constant 1,200 kBtu/hr Process

Load Steam Heat & Humidification in

Winter

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Steinway Solar System Performance 340°F Hot Water to Chiller in Summer 275°F Hot Water to Generator in WinterProduction Starting 9 or 10 am 5%-10% Reduction in Building Solar GainAnnual 1,400 MMBtu/yr useful solar anticipated 80,000 ton-hr/yr available in summer 50,000 ton-hr/yr met with gas firing 870 MMBtu/yr steam generation

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Case Study 2: Sugarloaf Mountain Efficient Snow Making Project

(Efficiency Maine Funded Project)• Sugarloaf Mountain is Known for Its History of Environmental

Stewardship and Energy Efficiency Practices– Energy Efficiency– Waste Management– Waste Water Treatment– Use of Bio-Fuels

• Sugarloaf Mountain has Developed a Long-Term Relationship with Efficiency Maine Field and Technical Staff

• Efficient Snow Making Projects Motivated by Ongoing Discussions and Promotion by Efficiency Maine Technical Staff

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Facility Characteristics• Energy Use Dominated by Snow Making

– Compressed Air (1000s of HP)– Water Pumping (1000s of HP)

• Short Snow Making Operating Season• Had Been Dominated by Low Efficiency,

Traditional Compressed Air-Water Snow Guns• New Technologies Are Now Prevalent

– Single-Ring Fan Systems– Multi-Ring Fan Systems– HKD Systems

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Multi-Ring Fan Systems/HKD Systems Adopted at Sugarloaf Mountain

• High Efficiency Fan Systems– On-Board Compressor for Snow Nucleation– Primary Energy for Ducted Fan System– High Velocity Fan Propels and Distributes

Snow to Desired Locations– Water and Electrical Connections– Performs Well in Marginal Weather

Condition Performance• HKD Snow Guns

– Higher Efficiency Variant of Traditional Air-Water Snow Gun

– Typically Used as Base Locations– Tower Design Reduces Compressed Air

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Sugarloaf and Efficiency Maine• Long-Term Relationship

Between Steinway and Efficiency Maine– Consultants Have Comprehensive

Understanding of the Sugarloaf Environmental and Cost Saving Objectives

– Efficiency Maine Technical Staff Have Significant Expertise in Snow Making Efficiency Operations

• Long-Term Participation with a Wide Array of Efficiency Maine Program Offerings

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Summary: Industrial Program Fundamentals• Program Marketing with Field and Outreach Staff Working

Directly with Industrial Facility Staff• Program Staff and Technical Consultants with

Manufacturing Sector and Industrial Process Expertise– Insights into and Respect for the Industrial Facility Decision-

Making Process– Ability to Identify Measures and Quantify Measures for Process

and Cross Cutting Technology Projects• Well-Designed Prescriptive Tracks That Incentivize Pre-

Qualified Industrial Measures• Custom Measure Tracks That Incentivize Complex, Cost-

Effective Industrial Measures