Keynote Overcoming Barriers to School Efficiency

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Keynote -- Overcoming Barriers to School
Efficiency

• Richard G. Hawes, Director
• Department of Facilities Management

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We Walk The Walk..
Hybrid Electric Car Of Energy Resources Team
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Common Barriers

• Lack of Awareness
• Lack of Motivation
• Controlling New School Design
• Cost Constraints New Buildings
• Resource Constraints Existing Buildings

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Overcoming Lack of
Awareness

• Track Utility Costs And Communicate To CFO
• Utilize Free Resources To Compare Your Energy
  Performance To Benchmarks
• Are You Significantly Below Average?

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Energy Star Ratings for Sampled MCPS Schools
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Overcoming Lack of
Awareness

• Show Potential Savings
• Use Free Resources
• State And Federal Programs / Tools / Websites
• Beware Of Vendor Claims, Credibility
• Average Retrofit Program Among County Agencies
  Has ROI gt 20
• Energy Use In New Schools Has Decreased Up To 30
  Without Increasing First Costs

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Overcoming Lack of
Motivation

• Green Sells
• Even When Energy Savings Isnt Understood
• Award / Reward Systems
• Share Of Savings Returned To School (SERT)
• Operated By Contractor For MCPS
• Looking At External Awards This Year Energy
  Star Plaques, Earth Apple Awards

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Overcoming Lack of
Motivation

• Curriculum Units On Energy
• Developing Units In All Disciplines
• Create A Culture Of Energy Conservation
• Example Photovoltaic Unit At Goshen ES

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Overcoming Lack of
Motivation

• Curriculum Modules Being Tied Directly Into
  System Wide Instructional Planning Model
• Must Complement, Not Compete With Basic
  Instructional Goals

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Controlling New School Design

• Legislation For Life Cycle Cost Analysis / Energy
  Budgets
• If You Have It On The Books, Enforce It
• County Code 8-14A New Building Design
• Originated In Montgomery County By Community
  Advisory Groups
• Public Schools Construction Program In Maryland
  Also Requires Life Cycle Cost Analysis

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Controlling New School Design

• Adopt Guidelines To Direct A/E Firms On Critical
  Points
• Official Energy Codes Are Weak
• Enforce IES Design Light Levels
• Standardize On Selected High Efficiency Lamps
• Enforce Energy Efficient HVAC Types, Standardize
• Standardization Improves Maintenance

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Cost Constraints New Buildings

• Efficient Buildings Are Not Necessarily More
  Expensive
• Based On DOE Research, And Local Experience Over
  The Past 15 Years, Integrated Designs Improve
  Quality And Efficiency, Without Increasing Total
  Cost Of Project
• Efficiency Requires More Thinking, Not More Money

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Cost Control By Integrated Design
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Early Involvement Pays

Savings Potential
Cost to Include
SD
DD
CD
PD
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Cost Constraints New Buildings

• Exception Geothermal Energy Exchange
• 0 to 20 Higher HVAC System Cost
• Rapid Payback Through Combined Energy And
  Maintenance Savings.

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Geothermal/Ground Source Heat Pump Systems dont
actually create heat. Instead, they move heat
that already exists. Water is circulated through
a closed Ground Loop system consisting of HDPE
pipes buried beneath the ground.
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Geothermal Meets Challenges of Customers

• Improved Operating Efficiencies
• Energy Reduced 25 To 50
• Maintenance Reduced 66
• Maximize Building Comfort
• Room By Room Control
• Heating Or Cooling Always Available
• Quiet Operation
• Credit Toward LEED Certification

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Installing The Geo Heat Exchanger
Drilling The Boreholes 100 To 300 May Be Needed
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Resource Constraints Existing Buildings

• Energy Capital Improvement Program
• Since 1978 Has Demonstrated Positive Cash Flow
  Over Each 6-year Funding Cycle
• Find The Smoking Ballast?
• Use Utility Operating Funds For Incentive
  Programs, And Quick Payback Projects (lt1 Year)

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Resource Constraints Existing Buildings

• New Funding Options Were Looking At This Year
• QZAB Funding
• Aging School Funds
• Lease Agreements (Through MCPS Master Lease With
  Bank Of America)
• Federal School Renovation Program
• Community Energy Loan Program (Maryland)

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Successes To Date

• 70 Of Schools Have Lighting Retrofits
• 85 Of Schools Have Energy Management Control
  Systems
• 3.5 Million Saved Through Occupant Awareness
  Programs
• All New Buildings Meet Energy Guidelines
• One Geothermal School Open, One In Design

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New Initiatives

• Energy Resources Team Created
• Energy Manager Position Created
• Utility Analyst Position Created
• Energy Now Reports To Directors Office
• With Existing Five Energy Management Technicians,
  And New Customer Service Specialist

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New Initiatives

• Energy Resources Team Created (2001)

Energy Control Central For 170 Schools
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New Initiatives

• Pursue Outside Funding Opportunities Of Energy
  Improvements
• Utility Deregulation
• Contracts For Electricity And Natural Gas Proving
  Very Rewarding
• Internet Based Automation Systems For SERT And
  Energy Management

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For More Information

• Please Visit Out Website At
• WWW.MCPS.K12.MD.US/Departments/Facilities/GreenSch
  oolsFocus