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Market Transformation is difficult for energy!
The Midwest Market Transformation* Collaborative
—Molly Graham @MEEAee
#SummerStudy20
The Midwest Market Transformation* Collaborative
—Molly Graham @MEEAee
#SummerStudy20
Current problems within market transformations include:
(1) diminishing opportunities for cost-effective #energy savings
(2) there's a need for longer term savings to achieve goals
(1) diminishing opportunities for cost-effective #energy savings
(2) there's a need for longer term savings to achieve goals
The Midwest Market Transformation initiative looks to align interests & provide the best regulatory practices given regional policy factors
Whole building system metric needs to be done to improve energy efficiency, but comes with some challenges.
Dr. Bing Liu @nwalliance
#SummerStudy20
Dr. Bing Liu @nwalliance
#SummerStudy20
Total System Performance Ratio (TSPR) evaluates the ENTIRE #HVAC system & can be calculated by:
#BuildingSystems
#BuildingSystems
Free software is available to improve whole building analysis, thanks @eeregov !
buildingenergyscore.energy.gov
buildingenergyscore.energy.gov
100% renewables 100% of the time.
Paul Torcellini @NREL
@ACEEEdc #summerstudy20
#construction #netzero
Paul Torcellini @NREL
@ACEEEdc #summerstudy20
#construction #netzero
Many discussions withing #SummerStudy20 remind me of @NAACP's Centering Equity in the Sustainable Building Sector (CESBS)
Share your story! Help us center equity in the sustainable building sector.
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Share your story! Help us center equity in the sustainable building sector.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…
The burdens of #ClimateChange change are disproportionately placed on people in poverty
@CecilCorbinMark
@aceee #SummerStudy20
Which includes #buildings
@CecilCorbinMark
@aceee #SummerStudy20
Which includes #buildings
For instance, as @CecilCorbinMark, demonstrates this point with:
Air Conditioning during all time high heat waves.
People in poverty may be inequitably burdened by:
Air Conditioning during all time high heat waves.
People in poverty may be inequitably burdened by:
Experiencing a heat wave bc their home does not have an air conditioning unit.
Heat waves can cause:
heat exhaustion,
triggering asthma,
organ damage
In elderly populations, this can result in death.
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Heat waves can cause:
heat exhaustion,
triggering asthma,
organ damage
In elderly populations, this can result in death.
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"I say chiller_1, you say chiller_a."
Every building data model is different & unique for building models
Harry Bergmann @eeregov
#smartcities #smartbuilding
#SummerStudy20 @ACEEEdc
Every building data model is different & unique for building models
Harry Bergmann @eeregov
#smartcities #smartbuilding
#SummerStudy20 @ACEEEdc
There are different ways that technicians describe behaviors - making the communications difficult.
Standard naming conventions? No. More like give a class heirarchy that can be adapted to different sources of equipment.
Standard naming conventions? No. More like give a class heirarchy that can be adapted to different sources of equipment.
Unique naming is a human problem, but results from diversity of buildings, retrofits, and management
& can also inhibit optimal Building Information Models (BIMs)
& can also inhibit optimal Building Information Models (BIMs)
Building as batteries for a flexible energy grid
Hao Huang @BuildingsAlive
#SummerStudy20 #smartbuildings
Hao Huang @BuildingsAlive
#SummerStudy20 #smartbuildings
By collecting data from chillers, cooling towers, water pumps, and return air fans, #building System engineers and designers can anticipate regions for increasing load in non-peak energy periods
Increasing load of chillers in off-peak hours can quite literally save costs & build demand for renewable energy. Plus, this can help electric grids adapt loads as renewable energy sources fluctuate
(when the sun goes down or the wind stops blowing)
#solarenergy #smartcities
(when the sun goes down or the wind stops blowing)
#solarenergy #smartcities
#smartbuildings & home technologies that help with flexible electricity usage can be prioritize by:
Fit &
Ability to Promote Mass Deployment
Debyani Ghosh, Associate Director @GuidehouseESI
#SummerStudy20 @ACEEEdc
Fit &
Ability to Promote Mass Deployment
Debyani Ghosh, Associate Director @GuidehouseESI
#SummerStudy20 @ACEEEdc
Many policies & utilies recognize the need for flexible #smartbuilding technologies, but are inhibited by barriers of pilots to increase usage & trust with voice assistants aka 'Alexa'
@Guidehouse identified lack of education/awareness within workforces & info to support this education
Clear need to increase interdisciplinary knowledge on #HVAC, #building, #smartcities &&& working across diverse groups — Adam Jacobs from Optimal Energy
#BuildingTrades #SummerStudy20
#BuildingTrades #SummerStudy20
Some quick thoughts:
US construction is male & white; leading to systemic & intergenerational siphoning of contracts, social relationships & $$$$
Diversity & anti-racist policies need to implemented in bidding & contractors
US construction is male & white; leading to systemic & intergenerational siphoning of contracts, social relationships & $$$$
Diversity & anti-racist policies need to implemented in bidding & contractors
Existing efforts at Municipal, State, & Federal seek to do ALL the things: gender equity & racial equity --->
Capturing Savings through Behavior:
Attend to Relationships - and interactions - among elements within completed building projects
These interactions help to sustain the behavior of the system
#SummerStudy20 @ACEEEdc
Kjell Van Zoen
Attend to Relationships - and interactions - among elements within completed building projects
These interactions help to sustain the behavior of the system
#SummerStudy20 @ACEEEdc
Kjell Van Zoen
Honor local knowledge: people are experts in their own lives & expertise
