The Greater Philadelphia Innovation Cluster for Energy Efficient Buildings: Connecting University Research to National Needs

8/7/2019 The Greater Philadelphia Innovation Cluster for Energy Efficient Buildings: Connecting University Research to National Needs

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Transform building industry from serially fragmented method to integrated systems approach.

Improve energy efficiency and operability and reduce carbon emissions of new and existing buildings.

Stimulate private investment and quality job creation in the Greater Philadelphia region and beyond .

Goals

Strategic Focus

Full-spectrum retrofit of average size commercial and multi-family residential buildings.


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DOE Co-Applicant: Penn State

$122 million over 5 years

NIST Co-Applicant: Delaware Valley Industrial Resource Center

$1.5 million over 3 years

SBA Co-Applicant: Wharton Small Business Development Center

$1.2 million over 4 years

EDA Co-Applicants: Philadelphia Industrial Development CorporationBen Franklin Technology Partners of Southeast PA

$5 million over 5 years

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Co-Applicants

1. Tools for integrated design, verification, and modeling2. Advanced components, sub-systems, controls, and diagnostics

3. Public policy, markets, and behavior

4. Education and workforce development

5. Deployment, commercialization, and intellectual property management

Task Groups


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The Navy Yard

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$30 million of new Commonwealth capital funding for GPIC facilities270 existing buildings and new buildings that can be utilized as test bedsIndependently owned utilities including electric distribution gridThree DOE research and education centers already on site:

DOE Mid-Atlantic Clean Energy Applications CenterDOE Northern Mid-Atlantic Solar Training CenterDOE GridStar Smart Grid Training Center

Strategic location with easy access and support servicesZone 4A climate that has four distinct seasons


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Navy Yard Micro-Grid Master Plan

Develop Navy Yard micro-grad as a demonstration smart grid

Diverse customer base including NSWC detachment, industrial and

commercial firms, small businesses, education, and R&D Electric distribution infrastructure developed over 80 years

Expected growth from 30 to 70 MW average load over next 20 years

Sandia National Laboratory assisting with master planning effort

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GROUP 1: Tools for Integrated Design, Verification, and Modeling

LEAD: IBM Corporation

ACTIVITIES:

Development of an Integrated Building Lifecycle Process (IBLP)

Models for Integrated Building Design

High Performance Computational Tools and Applications

Cloud Based Platform Design System


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GROUP 2: Advanced Components, Sub-systems, Controls, and Diagnostics

LEAD: United Technologies Corporation

ACTIVITIES:

Treating Whole Buildings as Single Integrated Systems

Mechanical, Electrical and Thermal Components and Subsystems

New Control Approaches for Integrated Buildings

Optimizing Building Performance via Monitoring and Diagnostics


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GROUP 3: Public Policy, Markets, and Behavior (PMB)

LEAD: University of Pennsylvania

ACTIVITIES:

PMB Assessment of Integrated Design and Retrofit Processes

Navy Yard Test Bed for Behavior and Building Performance

Repository of Key Policies and Practices

Moving from Existing to Desired Policies and Best Practices


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GROUP 4: Education and Develop Workforce

LEAD: Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

ACTIVITIES:

Education and Workforce Development Advisory Board

Skill Barriers to Improved Building Energy Efficiency

New Education and Workforce Development Programs

Recruitment of Displaced Workers

Recruitment and Placement of Underrepresented Workers in Quality Jobs

Outreach to K-12 Teachers and Students


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GROUP 5: Deployment, Commercialization, and IP Management

LEAD: Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern PA

ACTIVITIES:

Active Harvesting of HUB Technology, Best-practices, and Policy

Intellectual Property Management

RDD&D Project Monitoring and Assessment

Opportunity Research Fund (ORF)


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Building 661 Full SpectrumEnergy Efficient Retrofit

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Living laboratory to transform the industryscurrent fragmented serial process into systemperformance driven, integrated, parallel, teamprocesses.


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Status Report Management group and Operating Committee meeting weekly

Year One DOE Statement of Program Objectives (SOPO) completed

Federal E-RIC agency visit scheduled for December 10, 2010

Inaugural Executive Board meeting scheduled for February 4, 2011

DOE Laboratory visit scheduled for February 10-11, 2011

Information and communications technology program established

Telepresence video conferencing system

Integrative Construction (I-CON) Laboratory at Navy Yard Client Relations Management system established and operating

$30 million Commonwealth of PA funding for facilities secured

GPIC/HUB website launched at www.gpichub.org

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The Greater Philadelphia Innovation Cluster for Energy Efficient Buildings: Connecting University Research to National Needs