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Smart Buildings

Challenges and Opportunities

Joseph Borowiec Program Manager – Buildings R&D

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Mission Statement Advance innovative energy solutions in ways that improve

New York's economy and environment. Vision Statement To serve as a catalyst – advancing energy innovation and technology, transforming New York's economy, empowering people to choose clean and efficient energy as part of their everyday lives.

NYS Energy R&D Development Authority

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NYSERDA Buildings R&D

Heating & Cooling

Information Technology

Materials/Construction

Sensors & Controls

Lighting Building Envelope

Utilities (Electric, Gas, Steam, Water)

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Introduction

Buildings represent a large and dynamic portion of electricity and thermal energy requirements for New York (62 percent of statewide energy consumption and 50 percent of greenhouse gas emissions). The development and deployment of energy efficiency technology in buildings lags behind that of other sectors (transportation, industrial). Reasons

• Wide diversity of energy-consuming & energy-saving technologies in buildings. • Complexity of the economic and regulatory environment in which buildings are built and retrofitted • Fragmentation and diversity of the building industry • Misalignment of incentives between various stakeholders • Intimate connection between human behavior and building energy consumption

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Scenes from I Robot

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Advance the development and application of energy efficient building related technology. Assisting the development and demonstration of new products; and supporting development of objective information for improved decision-making.

NYSERDA Building R&D Staff: 6

Goals and Objectives

Program Areas

HEPAiRx, Air Innovations Syracuse

Indoor Air Quality High Efficiency Buildings

State’s 1St Passive House Claverack

Heating and Cooling

97% Efficient Condensing Boiler ECR International, Syracuse

Biomass Heating

Low Emission Pellet/Wood Chip Boiler ACT BioEnergy, Schenectady

Lighting Sensors and Controls Demand Response

Solar Powered LED Lighting System Selux, Highland

Advanced Data Center Columbia University, NYC

DataCube EtherMetrics, Troy

PowerShed Ballast – Sylvania, Con Ed (NYC)

Over the past decade, the Buildings R&D group has helped NYS business introduce 40 new products, create 334 jobs, increase New York product sales by $238 million and achieve energy savings of about $161 million.

Data Centers / IT

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Sensors and Controls

Self Powering Sensors Wireless Communication Self Commissioning Sensors Intelligent Controls Remote Energy Management Services Monitoring and Control Integrated with Mobile Technology Efficient Power Distribution in Buildings

Lighting

Solid State Lighting Daylighting Flexible Lighting Load Shedding Energy Efficient Displays and Digital Signage

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Heating & Cooling

Higher Efficiency HVAC Systems Self Powered Systems Solar Thermal Thermal Storage Micro CHP Alternative Fuels (Biofuel, Biomass) Environmental Friendly Heating Alternatives

Building Envelope

Dynamic Envelope Advanced Insulation Materials Environmental Friendly Building Materials Indoor Air Quality Solar Photovoltaic

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Information Technology

Power Management Server and Storage Virtualization Cloud Computing Free Cooling Efficient Power Distribution Integration of Renewables Data Centers as a “Distributed Load” Utilities (Electric, Gas, Steam, Water)

Grid <–> Building Load Interaction Time of Use Rates, Real Time Energy Usage Information Battery Storage Applications Load Shedding Appliances Demand Management / Response

Behavioral Research

Linking Behavioral Insights to Energy Decision Making

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Building Resiliency

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Source: FEMA: NYS Disaster History

On average an event every 9 months!

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Impact of Major Disasters & Emergencies on NYS Infrastructure

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Impact of Disruptions/Loss of Power Grid on Buildings

Residential After 4 hrs food in fridge begins to spoil Most appliances inoperable Darkness (risk of fires increases due to the use of candles) Most Heat Systems inoperable (Availability of Natural Gas, Propane, Heating Oil) Sump pumps inoperable causing flooding in basements (ground water) Well pumps inoperable – lack of water. Commercial Unable to conduct business transactions Security & safety compromised Elevators inoperable (trapped individuals) HVAC inoperable

MultiFamily Same as Residential High Rise – no water on upper floors, inoperable elevators

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Resiliency (Short Term) Self-powered Heating systems PV Emergency Power Systems/Subsystems MicroCHP (Residential) On-site Energy Storage Building Energy Management Systems (Low Energy Mode) Advanced Building Materials

Recovery Demand Management (Bldg microgrids) Self Diagnostics with automatic commissioning Reconfigurable Buildings

Adaptation (Long term) Flexible Loads – Demand Response to Stress on the Grid Low Energy Buildings Passive Heating/Cooling Daylighting Integration of Renewables New Building Codes

Efficiency Integrated with Resiliency

NET ZERO and ZERO ENERGY BUILDINGS

Opportunities for Making Building Resilient

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NYSERDA Funded Projects

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The High Performance Builders Challenge program produced the 1st Certified Passive House in New York State.

Wedlick house in Claverack, NY.

A Passive House is a very well-insulated, virtually air-tight building that is primarily heated by passive solar gain and by internal gains from people, electrical equipment, etc. Energy losses are minimized.

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Made in New York (Selux Corporation) energy efficient LED walkway lighting and PV outdoor lighting fixtures.

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Sylvania QUICKTRONIC© PowerSHED™ Ballast

High Efficiency Demand Response Ballast

Low-cost, 30% dimming ballast and power-line carrier signaling system for controlling commercial linear florescent lighting for electrical load management and demand response.

• Low marginal cost per ballast

• Control hundreds of lights from a single control point

• Nearly imperceptible dimming in most circumstances

Installation of a Advanced Climate Technologies (Manufactured in Schenctady, NY) two-stage, high efficiency, low emissions, gasification, wood chip/pellet boilers at the W!ld Center in Tupper Lake, NY

High efficiency (86.5%), residential, oil-fired boiler by Utica Boiler. Standard sulfur heating oil generally limits efficiency to about 87%.

ECR (Utica, NY), 97% efficient gas-fired, condensing, residential boiler. Among the top AFUE rated boilers.

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Eco-friendly Insulation and Packing Materials from Mushrooms. Ecovative (Green Island, NY)

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HEPAiRx – an energy efficient window mounted room air purifier for asthma suffers (Air Innovations of Syracuse, NY)

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Ithaca's MicroGen Systems

Chips that harvests energy from vibration

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Opportunities

Systems Integration of Building Energy Technologies Distributed sensors and control networks - Intelligent zoned heating and cooling - Self configuring systems. Operational efficiency improvements - Energy scavenging/waste heat recovery Maximizing use of natural & ambient conditions and processes - Integrated daylighting/lighting/active fenestration - Improved air economizers - Advance building envelope Better methods to integrate measurement, simulation, feedback, and controls in real time to optimize building performance - Improved integration with the electrical grid - Continuous Commissioning Improved Distribution Systems - New methods for distributing heating/cooling /electricity throughout a building - Integrated space heating/cooling and water heating systems

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Opportunities

Economic, Policy, and Behavioral Factors Influencing Bldg Energy Consumption Economic - Reliable data and information about the economics of energy efficient building systems - Innovative financial instruments and valuation Policy - New approaches to building codes - Legislation Behavioral Factors - Builders (training, marketing, best practices, incentives) - Owners (financing, awareness, decision-making) - Occupants (education, feedback)

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NYSERDA seeks proposals for development and demonstration activities that advance the energy performance of both new and existing buildings in the residential, multi-family or commercial sector.

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Project can enter at any Gate or advance to the next Gate of the Stage Gate process through the Bi-annual Adv. Bldg solicitation proposal submission process.

Manufacturing Development

Proof of Concept Business Case

Stage 6

Gate 6

Large Scale Demos Accelerated Deployment

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Via other NYSERDA Funding Opportunities

Advanced Buildings PON 2606 Solicitation

Research Demonstration

Staged Funding

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PON 2606 Advanced Buildings Technology Development

A form-fillable proposal is provided and required - Project type specific

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www.nyserda.ny.gov