Program Overview Alan Shedd, Touchstone Energy [e-mail]

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Program OverviewAlan Shedd, Touchstone
EnergyAlan.Shedd_at_nreca.coop

• 9/28/10

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Agenda

• Background
• Program overview
• Details
• Resources
• Considerations
• Getting started

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Why Schools?

• Schools are at the heart of most communities
• Long history of co-op - school partnerships
• Cooperative principles
• Schools are a key account
• Lots of school
• 172,000 schools in the US
• 79,000 in co-op service territories

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Schools need help

• Age
• Average 42 years old
• School condition
• Differed maintenance
• Inadequate staffing
• Focus on new construction
• Changing roles and requirements
• Need to control costs
• All costs are going up
• Budgets are not.

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Why School Energy Efficiency?

• School energy budget
• Schools spend over 6Billion a year on energy
• Schools spend more on energy than textbooks and
  computers combined
• 25 of that energy is wasted
• The problem is getting worse - Per pupil energy
  cost rose 19 from 2007 to 2008
• Energy cost savings impact on learning
• Co-ops are energy solution providers.

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Schools Energy Efficiency

• Not a new idea
• Many successful school energy efficiency programs
• Government, non-profit, and for-profit
• Info / awareness ltgt Performance contracting.

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Program Overview

• Objectives
• Help you understand the opportunities and
  challenges
• Provide working knowledge of tools and resources
• Assist you with getting started.

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Program Overview

• Focus on existing facilities
• More existing schools, bigger need
• Focus on no- and low-cost opportunities
• Limited budgets
• Do simple things first.

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Program Components

• Information 
• Benchmarking
• Walk-thru audits
• Help getting started.

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Program Components

• Information 
• Website

www.SchoolEnergySaving.com
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Program Components

• Information 
• Website
• Training

• Targeted Training
• One-day class
• Builds on Commercial Audit class
• School basics
• Benchmarking
• Energy audits

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Program Components

• Information 
• Website
• Training
• DOE OM Guide

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Program Components

• Information 
• Website
• Training
• DOE OM Guide
• EPA Portfolio Manager

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Program Components

• Information 
• Benchmarking
• What is it?
• Uses utility bills and building information
• Derives parameters for comparing energy use
• Can compare different buildings in different
  areas
• Can compare to historic and national norms.

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Program Components

• Information 
• Benchmarking
• What is it?
• The software
• ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager
• 12-month history
• Weather and location normalization
• 0 100 scale
• ENERGY STAR label.

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Program Components

• Information 
• Benchmarking
• What is it?
• The software
• What do you do with it
• Manage energy use
• Compare performance
• Prioritize energy efficiency projects
• Track performance
• Estimate carbon footprint.

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Program Components

• Information 
• Benchmarking
• What is it?
• The software
• What do you do with it
• Examples

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Program Components

• Information 
• Benchmarking
• Walk-thru audits
• Objectives
• Methodology
• Checklists
• Training.

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School Energy Use

• Component energy use 
• HVAC
• Lighting
• Plug loads

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Jessamine County Schools

• Blue Grass Energy, KY served as first pilot site
• Worked with Jessamine County School System
• Conducted walk-thru audits at six schools they
  serve
• Entered data in Portfolio Manager
• Best score Brookside Elementary (72)
• Worst score East Jessamine High (35)
• New middle school insufficient data

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Jessamine County Schools

• Audit - General recommendations
• Lighting retrofit
• Lighting controls
• Turn off lights
• Water heating setpoint and booster heaters
• Dont open the windows
• Eliminate space heaters and refrigerators in
  classrooms
• Buy ENERGY STAR products.

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Jessamine County Schools

• Audit - Specific recommendations
• Window replacement West Jessamine High
• HVAC ducting Rosenwald-Dunbar Elementary
• HVAC piping West Jessamine Middle
• Control soffit lighting Brookside Elementary
• Check belt tension East Jessamine High
• Add timer to cooking equipment East Jessamine
  High
• Consider demand control.

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Program Components

• Information 
• Benchmarking
• Walk-thru audits
• Help getting started
• 10 step process

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Getting Started

1. Get informed
2. Meet
3. Collect data
4. Start benchmarking
5. Conduct an audit

• Review
• Improve Energy Awareness
• Track Progress
• Share Stories
• Involve the Community

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Some Considerations

• What do you want out of the program?
• How much involvement?
• What is your budget?
• Does this fit with other programs and incentives?
• What about schools you dont serve? 
• How long do you want to participate?
• Is this an individual co-op or statewide effort?
• Do you plan on involving the community?.

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• Questions?
• Thanks!

Alan C. Shedd, P.E., CEM Touchstone
Energy 770-531-7860 Alan.Shedd_at_nreca.coop