retro-commissioning is like mining for gold
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Retro-Cx Is like Mining for Gold
Murray Guy, Integrated Designs
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$5000 Retro Investment avoids a $1.8M Air Quality Improvement Project
Retro-Cx hits the Mother Load
6 Ounces Sierra County, California
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Can Retro-C Save the Planet?“What is that all about?”
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BUILDINGS1/3 of Canada’s Energy Use50% of extracted materials25% of our landfill waste
10% of our airborne particulates
40% of our greenhouse gases
Reference: A Business Case for Green Buildings in Canada
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If the entire stock of existing non-residential buildings in the U.S. were retro-
commissioned, as much as $30 billion of energy savings and 340 million tons of
CO2 could be avoided annually. (LBL Study)
What if we TUNED all non-Residential Buildings?
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Should BOMA tell Justin about this?
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Energy Saving (Less than 2 Yr Payback)
Environmental Quality (Productivity $500 psf)
Less Stress (# of Fires to Put Out)
Building Renewal Opportunities (POS)
Capital Cost Avoidance (Young Offenders)
Water Saving (Getting to be a Bigger Issue)
Lots of Different Nuggets
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I especially like the Less Stress Nugget
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Retro-Commissioning must be TOP SECRET
Where else can you do you get a low risk >50% return on Investment?
WHY isn’t everyone doing it?
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• Business Case• No Commitment
No Money • No Time
What are the Barriers?
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Great strides have been made in advancing the knowledge and awareness about commissioning by such groups, as ASHRAE and the Building Commissioning Association,
however there are still many barriers to overcome before the commissioning industry gets recognition for being a
GREAT investment.The REALITY is that “Commissioning is arguably the Single-Most-Cost Effective
strategy for reducing energy costs and green house case emissions in buildings today”
Retro-Commissioning
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We just Made the Business Case
Its up to Stakeholders to make “the Claim”
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No Commitment
Make the Pitch
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No Money
Lease? or Finance?
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No Time
Hire a Retro-Cx Provider
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How to Mine the Claim Stage 1
• Benchmark the Facility (MJ/M2)
• Compare to other Facilities
• Cowboy Math Analysis (Go no Go)
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• What is the current Energy Usage?
• How does it compare to industry averages?
• Cowboy Math• Savings (10% of $5.00 psf) = $.50
• Cost $0.50 psf
• Payback 1 Year
• Make the Pitch
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Determine how big of a Gold Deposit Try the IDI Energy Use Assessment Tool
www.i-designs.ca
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• Assemble a Team
• Define Project Requirements
• Plan, Budget and Funding
• Implement, Verify and Repeat
How to Mine the Claim Stage 2
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Who should be on “the Team”1.Facilities Manager
2.Cx Manager
3.Tenant or Occupant Rep
4.Building Operator(s)
5.Finance Guy
6.Specialized consultants depending on measures to be taken (Controls trades, balancers, M&E Engineers, etc.)
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Define the Project Requirements
• What are issues?
• What are the opportunities?
• Where is the VALUE?
• What are the priorities?
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What Issues?• Critical problems
• Occupant complaints
• Seasonal problems
• Peak loads problems
• Environmental quality problems
• Safety/Regulatory
• Energy Costs above expectation or growing over time
• Frequent equipment failures
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Collect the Easy Nuggets First
• Filters/Belts
• Deferred Maintenance (leaks, etc.)
• Known broken “stuff”
• Balancing
• Bad Habits (open windows in winter, space heaters for over-cooling, etc)
• Control Setpoint & Sequences
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• Are sequences known and documented?
• Are systems being overridden to resolve sequence issues?
• Schedules & Set points
• Demand control ventilation
• Daylighting Control
• Additional Metering
No More Half Dead Zombie Controls
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Tune the Building then Dig Deeper
• Full Building Energy Audit?
• Systems Upgrade?
• Space Utilization?
• Building Renewal?
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Lessons Learned Getting Retro-Cx Done
• Understanding Owner Requirements is key
• Studies and audits are OK, but action needs to be taken and changes need to be sustained
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Innovation Place Case StudyMake me Money
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High Performance Building Program
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Re-Commissioning process helped reduce energyuse from 900 MJ/m2 to 600 MJ/m2 (30% Reduction)
Retro or Re-commissioning can reduce GHG in buildings by 15% to 40%
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Energy Performance
Annual Energy Saving: $500,000/yr Savings to Date: $5,000,000
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SRC ANALYTICAL LABORATORY
Renewal Project
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What are the Priorities?
100/10/1
People Production Facilities
$500/sq.ft/yr $500/sq.ft $5/sq.ft/yr
Operating Cost
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Enough Energy Savings to fund a $5M Building Renewal
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City of Saskatoon Electrical Operations
Center
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Need more Evidence?
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IDI Blog
• Retro-Cx Mining for Gold
• Do you need a Cx Agent to Discover the Truth?
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Thank YOU&
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Retro-Cx Is like Mining for Gold