Energy Monitoring Systems to improve the efficiency of your business

Andre BurgessPartner, EMVC Solutions

15th October 2013

Agenda

• Energy efficiency: the fifth fuel• What do we mean by energy monitoring• How it helps your business• What to consider?• Future opportunities

ENERGY EFFICIENCY

The Fifth Fuel?

• Work undertaken at the University of Cambridge identified that in 2005: – the world used 475 exajoules (EJ) of primary energy, oil,

coal, gas, renewables and nuclear– out of that we got 55 exajoules of useful energy services –

heat, cooling, motion, light and sound. – That means that, even with our ‘advanced’ technologies

we have an overall efficiency of 11%. – We can never achieve 100% but….– improving that performance would bring great benefits in

terms of cost reduction, improved energy security, reduced emissions and job creation.

384 392 km

In one year, we use 31 billion barrels of oil- stacked on each other is 60 times longer than the distance to the moon…..

... if everyone on earth lived as North Americans…

…we need to change how we consume things……

…all together, we consume almost 50 percent more of the earth's renewable resources than the earth can recover in one year.…

…all the natural resources that we use are also part of the planet…

WHAT DO WE MEAN BY ENERGY MONITORING

Monitoring is NOT Metering

• Metering – the ability to measure how much energy has been consumed over a period of time

• Smart metering - The ability to remotely read non-half hourly (NHH) meters.

• Monitoring - Energy monitors are designed to help you keep track of your energy usage, understand how usage in different areas and at times of day affects your energy bills and, ideally, help you to cut your energy consumption.

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HOW THIS HELPS ORGANIZATIONS

How it helps Organizations

• The drive for energy efficiency is growing and the ability to measure, verify and control energy consumption on a detail level will become increasingly valuable.– Energy savings directly hit the bottom line - MacDonalds

– Energy prices will continue to go up

– Renewables cannot wholly replace more reliable capacity by themselves

– The regulatory environment will become increasingly harsh to try and counter the effects of climate change brought on by Carbon emissions

– Resilience in the grid is vital as demand soars and the capital cost of updating proves challenging.

– Governments are likely to increasingly incentivise on the basis of proven savings – benchmarking will be vital

– Decisions will be made on hard data. This data will become a currency.

What gets measured gets managed

Note….

MONITORING IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR A WELL EXECUTED ENERGY MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME, BUT

CAN BE A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF ONE

The Value of Data

• Energy Management Programmes• Demand Management

– lowering base load– reducing peak consumption– making smaller businesses able to participate in Demand

response programmes

• Sustainable supply chain management• Identifying wasteful equipment and processes• Reduced supplier costs• Required for government incentives?

Who needs Data?

What Data do they need?

Why do they need the Data?

Company CFO’s

Building Managers

Building owners

EmployeesEnergy

purchasers

Utilities

National Grid

Technology manufacturers

EE service providers

ESCO’s

Governments

Regulators

Policy makers

How much is being consumed- by building- by building section- by department- By asset

How much can I save if I do x, y or z- by building- by building section- by department- By asset

How much am I saving and why?- by building- by building section- by department- By asset

How do I compare to others?

How efficient is my building?- What is the

building used for?- Energy consuming

devices- Control systems- Circuits- Insulation - Natural light- Use of renewables- etc.

How much carbon am I emitting?

Am I meeting regulatory targets?

Can I further benefit from the savings?

To identify how to save money

To increase competitiveness

To meet brand/CSR requirements

To satisfy customer or employee expectations

To decide what are the best energy efficiency solutions

To meet regulatory requirements

To ensure compliance with efficiency targets

To manage future capacity and generation needs

To better identify customer needs

To develop better solutions for the future

To identify customers for their products

How much can be saved?• THAT DEPENDS – c 8-20% from behavioural and

operational change

• Sample Case Study - GATEWAY PRIMARY SCHOOL– A solution was installed at various metering points in the

School, including individual classrooms, library, HVAC, kitchen, halls, lighting, the ICT area, computers and the nursery. Sub-metering data generated from 100 smart metering points

– A monitor with dashboard was located in the dining area showing live energy consumption in each classroom.

– With the high visibility of energy consumed, pupils were gradually introduced to a culture of energy saving through simple behaviours; such as switching off unused appliances and lights

– Ten months after the installation there was a cumulative 26% (41637kWh of electricity) reduction in energy consumption. Hence, saving the environment 22 tonnes of CO2 emission.

CONSIDERATIONS

Considerations

• What is your purpose?• What to measure?• Installation and commissioning?• Monitor and control?• How to view? • Who to view?• Cost?

Purpose

• Energy management programme• Procuring incentives• Assessment of building changes• Benchmarking• Supply chain assurance

What to measure

• Types – electricity, gas, water etc• Asset level – balance between granularity and

cost/value• Frequency – real time?• Integration with other data? E.g. usage of building,

productivity etc

Installation and Commissioning

• Crucial to deliver meaningful, accurate data– Quality of metering and connections– Absence of interference– Placement of monitoring equipment– Clear logging of what each meter is measuring– Ability to draw data out of building to servers– Clamps, sensors and probes must be placed accurately and

with care or data will be wrong

Monitoring or Control?

• Reactive, Pro-active, Automated• Some elements are easier than others to control• Cost implications• Risk implications – access and mis-interpretation

How to view?

• Multiple types of dashboard in marketplace, with different features and addressing different audiences– Ease of use– Flexibility– Designed around stakeholder groups– Provide actionable insights

• NEVER GO JUST ON LOOKS!

Who to View?

• Links back to purpose• Different data sets can be consumed by different

stakeholders– CFO– Building manager– Sustainability officer– Employees– Customers– Government bodies

• Internal or external consumption?• Important to protect data

Costs

• A lot can be achieved without monitoring – do this first if you can!

• The market is competitive so use that to your advantage

• Look at lifecycle / operational rather than just capital costs

• Be clear on what you want to get out if it.• If it costs more than you save / make from it, then

why do it?

THE FUTURE?

Filling a Gap in the Market

• Currently energy monitoring falls into several camps:– Utility Metering

• Currently most buildings have no energy monitoring capabilities beyond the main utility meter

– Smart Metering• linked to demand response and half hour energy pricing

– Sub-circuit Monitoring• Individual building monitoring products are being sold on a case by case basis with little chance of achieving

scale quickly

• Having asset level knowledge of energy consumption has been proven to deliver savings up to 15% just through adjusting operational behaviour

• EMVC is developing a system to deploy a robust, intelligent & scalable asset level monitoring system at no capital cost to the customer on a very large scale and very rapidly:

– System is agnostic to different hardware reducing barriers to entry.

– Massive deployment enables creation of a data market which has value to a wide range of stakeholders

– Opportunity to introduce control systems at a later date

– Customer can be charged a share of proven energy savings (opex not capex)

EMVC SOLUTIONS data marketplace

Thank you

andre@emvcsolutions.com