Incorporating Energy Conservation Strategies Into University Research Lab Facilities

INSTITUTE FOR BIOSCIENCE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH
Incorporating Energy Conservation Strategies

into University Research Lab Facilities
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IBBR Process to Evaluate Potential Energy
Consumption Reduction Measures
Identify the need (what do we want/need to do and why)
Will the end result:
Improve operational efficiency?
Improve operational reliability?
Reduce operational cost?
Improve lab/workspace environment?
Identify impact on labs and occupants (+/-)
Workmen in the labs/workspaces
Temperature/humidity conditions
Effect of final result of the project
Safety concerns
Funding sources and incentives
Payback on investment
Lab energy consumption
Other
10%
Lighting
20% HVAC
5070%
Strategy to Implement Projects
Frame basic scope of work
Identify all stake holders
Engage stake holders in project planning and scheduling(flesh out final scope
of work)
Identify funding mechanism(s)
Procure services
Communicate the plan to contractors/installers
Monitor, Evaluate and Revise the plan as the situation requires.
Provide what you promise, communicate what you cant
Follow up on and clear outstanding issues
Obtain stake holder buy in on job completion (make adjustments if
necessary)
Discussion of Three Energy Projects at IBBR
Building 2 Chiller Optimization
Lab Ventilation Savings
Lab and Office lighting retrofit
IBBR Building 2 Chiller Plant Optimization
Optimum Energy
Scalable, Data-Driven Optimization for Cooling and Heating Systems
2015
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OptiCx Plant Overview
Total Capacity:
900 Tons
2 Chillers
2 Towers
2 Primary
Pumps
2 Secondary
Pumps
2 Condenser
Pumps
OptiCx Platform: Chilled Water System Optimization
Up to 50% efficiency improvement
Delivers superior occupant comfort while
OptimumLOOP optimizing system performance
Substantially reduces CO2, water, and energy
Fights performance drift OptiCx Platform
Configurable optimization software for

centrifugal chilled water plants
Patented relational control algorithms
Automatically and continuously optimizes plant
OptimumLOOP TM
performance in real time Real-time Dynamic Commissioning
Dynamically adapts to yield the lowest energy
draw while meeting availability requirements
Building Automation System Operational Modules
VFD VFDs
s
Chillers Pumps Tower
&Valves Fans
8
Estimated IBBR Chiller Plant Efficiency - 2012
Estimated Efficiency from the ESA of the Current Plant = 0.882 kW/ton
Estimated Efficiency from the ESA of the Current Plant Optimized = 0.647 kW/ton
27% Efficiency Improvement
.882 .647
Current Projected
Notes:
1. Input includes: chillers, tower fans condenser pumps and chilled water
2. ESA is the Engineering Site Analysis that took place prior to optimization
Annual average kW per ton
2015 Results: Optimized vs Baseline kW/Ton
Environmental Impact
(based on 181,000kwh/yr saved)
Greenhouse gas Greenhouse gas

CO2 emissions from
emissions from emissions from
LAB VENTILATION SAVINGS
SIEMENS
Supply Air Duct
Lab Room 101 Lab Room 102 Classroom 103
General Exhaust Duct
BMS
Advisor
Sensor Suite IMS data
center
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Impact of Dynamic Control on Dilution Rates
PPM Concentration 6000.0
Spill Dilution Conc. vs Time with 2 ACH Min & 15 ACH Purge
5000.0
Lower initial 15 min. detection
4000.0 ACH helps! time still better than
3000.0 6 ACH baseline!
2000.0
1000.0
0.0
0 4 8 12 16 20 24 28 32 36 40 44 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92
Time in Minutes
6 ACH Baseline Threshold in PPM Dynamic: 5 Min. Dynamic: 10 Min. Dynamic: 15 Min.
1.5 L spill of acetone in 200 sq ft lab room, 1 sq. m spill

After vaporized, dynamic system hits TLV in 20 vs. 60 min
After 2 hours dynamic control has dropped level to 2.6 PPM
After 2 hours, 6 ACH system is at 302 PPM or 116 times higher!
Dynamic control approach is always less than 6 ACH baseline

Optinet System Overview Example DCV Event
CO2 spike detected in

room 2229 on 5/30/15
Optinet System began commanding

ACH increase at 300ppm CO2
differential to supply air. Peak
level detected drove up ACH by
approximately 7
Correlating flow increase
as commanded by the
Optinet System

CO2 emissions from
INSTITUTE FOR BIOSCIENCE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH
Lighting Retrofit
Lighting Retrofit Objective
The objective of the this project is to

optimize fixture spacing in lab spaces to
provide an average illuminance on the
desktop/bench top of 50 foot candles and
10-20 foot candles on non-working
surfaces. In so doing we intended to
reduce total lighting consumption by 50%.
Lighting Retrofit Overview
IBBR Building 1
Annual
Number
Number Natural
Annual of Annual Total
of kW per kW per Peak kW Gas Use
KWh per Fixtures/ kWh Incentive
Fixtures Space Space Savings per
Space Lamps/ Savings Amount
Existing Space
Doors
(therms)
1,086 58.241 584,587 590 27.153 31.910 319,917 -2,061 $16,200
IBBR Building 2
Annual
Number
Number Natural
Annual of Annual Total
of kW per kW per Peak kW Gas Use
KWh per Fixtures kWh Incentive
Fixtures Space Space Savings per
Space to Savings Amount
Existing Space
Replace
(therms)
2,037 94.988 906,086 1,279 47.677 52.314 510,567 -3,319 $35,125

CO2 emissions from

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Incorporating Energy Conservation Strategies

Configurable optimization software for

27% Efficiency Improvement

Annual average kW per ton

Greenhouse gas Greenhouse gas

Lab Room 101 Lab Room 102 Classroom 103

General Exhaust Duct

1.5 L spill of acetone in 200 sq ft lab room, 1 sq. m spill

Dynamic control approach is always less than 6 ACH baseline

CO2 spike detected in

Optinet System began commanding

Greenhouse gas Greenhouse gas

The objective of the this project is to

Greenhouse gas Greenhouse gas

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