Week 2 Update: Customer Needs and SpecificationsFriday, December 12th, 2008

Customer: FSNM, contact: Debbie ConwayGuide: Brian Thorn

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Customer Needs 1 - 7Customer Need #

Rank Description Comments/Status

CN1 1 Reduce total cost of energy at FSNM

Not met – Willett Center: 64% of energy costs

CN2 1 Recommendation of potential energy saving opportunities

Not met – Divide short and long term opportunities

CN3 1 Evaluate impact of energy saving opportunities on budget

Not met –Economic analysis of savings (ROI)

CN4 1 Understand current energy use

Not met – Perform onsite energy audit to capture and determine energy use – Willett Center focus

CN5 1 Evaluate current gas and electricity billing structure

Not met

CN6 1 Investigate alternative ESCOs and billing structures

Not met

CN7 1 Analyze impacts of a 'green' billing structure

Not met – cost effects & tax breaks, part of FPS green initiative

Importance: Sample scale (1=must have, 2=nice to have, 3=preference only)Comment/Status: allows tracking of questions, proposed changes, etc; indicate if you are meeting the need ("met") or not ("not met")

Customer Needs 8 - 13Customer Need #

Rank Description Comments/

Status

CN8 1 Develop a pilot test of a renewable energy project

Not met – based on energy saving opportunities

CN9 1 Implement a pilot renewable energy demonstration-scale project

Not met – further customer refinement on 12/13 site visit

CN10 1 A comprehensive and cumulative final energy assessment report

Not met – annual savings, ROI, benefit-cost

CN11 3 Develop a training presentation on energy saving techniques for employees

Not met

CN12 2 Energy conservation software for tracking energy consumption

Not met – if possible, find & train on software

CN13 1 Environmental conditions of specified FSNM locations remains with tolerances

Not met – archives & artifact storage are climate controlled

Importance: Sample scale (1=must have, 2=nice to have, 3=preference only)Comment/Status: allows tracking of questions, proposed changes, etc; indicate if you are meeting the need ("met") or not ("not met")

SpecificationsA product specification has a metric and a

valueAn energy audit falls outside of traditional

product specifications terms2 approaches – traditional and ‘expectations’

Specifications – Traditional approach

Need #

Rank Description Metric Units Margi

nal Value

Ideal Value

CN1 1 Reduce total cost of energy at FSNM

Reduction in total projected monthly energy costs considering implementation costs

US$ >$350

CN2 1 Recommendation of potential energy saving opportunities

# of Energy Conservation Measure opportunities

# > 5 options

CN3 1 Evaluate energy saving opportunities budget impacts

Economic implications of the energy saving opportunities – ROI, investment costs

TimeUS$

CN4 1 Understand current energy use

Perform an energy audit of FSNM focused on the Willett Visitor Center- Highest Energy Use System Cost

CN5 1 Evaluate current gas and electricity billing structure

Electricity - ∆ monthly $/kWGas - ∆ monthly $/Therm

$/kW$/Therm

< 30% < 10%

CN6 1 Investigate alternative ESCOs and billing structures

Electricity - %∆ monthly $/kWGas - %∆ monthly $/Therm

$/kW$/Therm

< 30% < 10%

CN7 2 Analyze impacts of a 'green' billing structure

Change in ($/kW*yearly consumption) vs. tax incentives/year

Specifications – Traditional approachNeed #

Rank Description Metric Units Margi

nal Value

Ideal Value

CN8 1 Develop a pilot test of a renewable energy project

Projected energy savings per year (% of scale)

US$ > $500 (10%)

CN9 1 Implement a pilot renewable energy demonstration-scale project

N/A – further definition required

CN10 1 A comprehensive and cumulative final energy assessment report

N/A

CN11 3 Develop a training program on energy saving techniques for FSNM employees

Amount of per employee time required each 6 month period

Time < 2 hrs

CN12 2 Energy conservation software for tracking energy consumption

Approved by the DOE & EPA for energy management- Multiple options: cost base

US$ <$5k

CN13 1 Environmental conditions of specified FSNM locations remains with tolerances

Specified relative humidity ± 5%

%relative humidity

45 - 55%

49%

‘Expectation’ - SpecificationsDefined specifications in terms of an energy audit

Project specifications are the agreed upon expectations of the total energy assessment process and outcome – ‘What is included and captured’

FSNM specifications are expectations regarding the explicit actions, information, analyses and results that the entire energy assessment project will containDefinition of the content in the final assessment report

Specifics of Utility & Facility AnalysisObtain site schematics, system breakdown and

additional information required to conduct the auditCollect general site info:

Size, age, condition and general useDescription and envelope of site

Collect and summarize:Utility costs & consumption data for past 2 yearsEnergy & water usage for past 2 years

Impact of structural or energy system changesPrevious energy-related improvementsGenerate occupancy patterns and schedulesEstablish ‘base year’ average energy consumption

Analyze utility trends and/or anomalies Charts and graphs describing current energy use patterns