Phoenix Convention Center • Phoenix, Arizona

Art and Science of Energy Management

Agency Energy Manager The Art and Science of Energy Management

Jeff MeansDepartment of Veterans Affairs

VISN 11 Energy ManagerJuly 8, 2015

Energy Exchange: Federal Sustainability for the Next Decade2

• The Art and Science of Energy Management + Legislative Drivers, Compliance + Benchmarking and Data Analysis + Energy Audits: Implementing Audits and Turning Audits into Projects + Life-Cycle Cost Methodology + Campus Approach to Energy Management + Building Teams and Procuring Services + Compliance Reporting Systems + Energy Manager Skill Development Resources and Certifications

Agenda

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• Energy Policy Act of 2005 – EPACT 2005• Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007

– EISA 2007• Executive Order 13693

Legislative Drivers, Compliance

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• VA’s CEOSH website• Energy Star• VISN and Facility

Benchmarking and Data Analysis

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• Energy Audits– Self Performed– Contracted– Audits performed along Department of Energy

Standards to match the DOE’s Super ESPC format• Making Projects– Energy Savings Performance Contracts – ESPC’s– Utility Energy Savings Contracts – UESC’s– Facility Level Contracts

Energy AuditsImplementing Audits and Making Projects

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• First Blush review is always simple payback– After SPB is calculated compare against the rated

life of the Energy Conservation Measure• Life cycle cost analysis.– Utilize DOE’s BLCC software– Used in all cases where legally required– Generally Used for larger “Major” projects

exceeding $10 Million or for projects where simple pack back exceeds 5 years or gets closer to the rated life of the ECM.

Life Cycle cost MethodologyEconomic Anaysis

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• Holistic Approach• Bundling initiatives• Always remember economics• Always seek to improve conditions not just

save energy and/or water• Balance competing priorities

Campus Approach to Energy Management

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• National– VA level• Veterans Health Administration – Hospitals etc. –

Primarily VA owned and operated Space

• Veterans Benefits Administration – Benefits mostly leased office space

• National Cemetery Administration – Cemeteries – a lot of land not much built space

• Regional – VA VISN’s– Network Energy Managers

• Facility Energy Managers

Buildling Teams and Procuring Services

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• Department of Veterans Affairs• Green Management Programs

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