EDF Sarah Jeglum

The Future of Energy at CMN Sarah Jeglum

EDF Climate Corps Fellow Summer 2012

Who am I?

•  Work history: newspaper delivering, fence building, Gre changing, firefighGng, newspaper ediGng

•  Bachelor of Arts in journalism from the University of Washington, SeaMle, WA

•  Candidate for Master’s in Business AdministraGon from the University of Washington

•  Hired by the EDF Climate Corps in spring 2012

Agenda

•  Background –  Standing commitment to sustainability –  BHAGs

•  Building the foundaGon –  Establishing a “green team”

•  Developing a plan •  ExecuGng the plan

–  Low-‐hanging fruit – Medium-‐ and long-‐term projects –  Green revolving funds –  IncenGves & grants

•  Wrap-‐up & quesGons

CMN’s commitment to a sustainable campus

1993

Established Sustainable Development InsGtute

2007

Signed ACUPCC to neutralize GHG emissions on campus

2008

Completed GHG emissions inventory Since 2008, new campus buildings have been built to energy efficient standards

2009

SubmiMed 2009-‐2010 Climate AcGon Plan outlining planned acGons to reduce GHG emissions

2011

Installed 2.4 kW wind turbine on campus

Big, Hairy, Audacious Goals (BHAGs)

•  According to ACUPCC, CMN commits to: – 100% reducGon in purchased electricity emissions by 2020

– “Strong consideraGon” of a 50% reducGon in GHG emissions by 2020

•  Carbon neutrality & energy independence, in keeping with the more than 12,000-‐year-‐old tribal value of sustainability

Laying a foundation for success

According to EnergyStar, “organizaGons with energy programs that achieve success have senior-‐level support, sufficient energy program staff, and management structures that

empower staff to address energy efficiency issues directly.”

Laying a foundation for success

Benchmarking

What is? Current energy usage Consistent tracking Regular reporGng

Building a team

What should be? Who are the stakeholders? Who is accountable? How will the team operate?

Making a plan

What could be? What are our goals? What resources do we need in order to meet them? What is the first step?

“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” —Lao-‐tzu

Building a campus “green team” (or whatever)

•  Energy team is responsible for: –  Planning –  Benchmarking –  ImplemenGng –  Monitoring –  EvaluaGng

•  Includes a variety of stakeholders –  Students –  Faculty/staff –  OperaGons/maintenance –  SDI representaGve –  AdministraGon

•  Designate an team leader who will: –  Recruit, engage and maintain team members –  Coordinate meeGngs and facilitate acGon –  Be accountable and commiMed to the energy management plan

“One person with a belief is equal to 99 who have only interests.” –John Stewart Mill

Developing an Energy Management Plan

“If someone drops a $1,000 on your porch, you don’t know what to do with it so you start spending it. You have to have a plan.”

—Bill Plamann, Wisconsin’s Focus on Energy

Developing an Energy Management Plan

Set Energy Savings Goals

Complete UGlity History & Equipment

Usage InformaGon

Develop your Energy

Management Plan

Implement your Energy Management

Plan

Verify Impact & Recognize Achievements

Source: Wisconsin Focus on Energy PracGcal Energy

Management — Schools and Government

Where are we now?



Usage InformaGon

Develop your Energy

Management Plan


Plan

Verify the Impact

•  ExisGng ACUPCC commitments •  In order to accomplish your BHAGs,

you have to set SMART goals –  Specific: “We want to reduce our electricity

consumpGon in all CMN Keshena campus buildings by 10%.”

–  Measurable: “We want to reduce our electricity consumpGon by 10% compared to the 2010-‐2011 fiscal year.”

–  A>ainable: Start with 10% and go from there; if it looks like you will exceed your target, set a new one.

–  Relevant: We can control usage but not the cost of uGliGes, so sepng a target to reduce cost would be difficult to achieve.

–  Time-‐bound: “We want to reduce our electricity consumpGon in all CMN Keshena campus building by 10% by the end of fiscal year 2013.”

Where are we now?



Usage InformaGon

Develop your Energy

Management Plan


Plan

Verify the Impact

•  In progress: AdopGon of UGlityDirect to benchmark uGlity usage

•  ConGnue tracking uGlity usage and familiarizing with UGlityDirect

•  To do: Establish monitoring system for exisGng wind turbine

Executing the plan

•  Start with the low-‐hanging fruit (read: no-‐cost and low-‐cost!) –  Engage a variety of key stakeholders in

green team –  Communicate BHAGs & energy savings

goals with the campus community –  Communicate benefits of saving energy

with campus community –  Engage students and non-‐students to

meet energy goals together –  Reduce usage via behavior changes –  Communicate all results to campus

community, good or bad

Low-hanging fruit (Immediate)

•  Project 1: Install VendingMisers on cooled drink machines to minimize energy consumpGon –  Upfront cost (includes incenGves): $1,120 –  EsGmated annual savings: $1,067 –  NPV of savings: $7,829 –  Simple payback: 1 year

•  Project 2: Install occupancy sensors in restrooms, hallways, classrooms and common areas –  Upfront cost (includes incenGves): $1,853 –  EsGmated annual savings: $855 –  NPV of savings: $5,323 –  Simple payback: 2.1 years

•  Project 3: Incandescent to CFL retrofit –  Upfront cost: $9 (includes incenGves) –  EsGmated annual savings: $191 –  NPV of savings: $838 –  Simple payback: Immediate

Low-hanging fruit (Immediate) •  Project 4: Delamp overlit areas of Glen Miller Hall

–  Upfront cost: $140 (includes incenGves) –  EsGmated annual savings: $821 –  NPV of savings: $3,415 –  Simple payback: 0.2 years

•  Project 5: Summer building shutdown (Trades, Old Main, Campus Commons) –  Upfront cost: $0 –  EsGmated annual savings: $6,516 –  NPV of savings: $17,864 –  Simple payback: Immediate

•  AddiQonal ideas: –  Consider building/class scheduling that minimizes

operaGonal hours, especially during summer –  IdenGfy peak demand Gmes and minimize usage

during these Gmes (typically mid-‐July) –  Use blower-‐door to idenGfy weatherizaGon needs

Medium-term projects (0-3 years)

•  Project 6: Culture Building fluorescent or inducGon lighGng retrofit –  Upfront cost: $1,376/$2,920 –  EsGmated annual savings: $729/$625 –  NPV of savings: $3,659/$2,115 –  Simple payback: 2.2 years/4.6 years

•  Project 7: Parking lot and pathway lighGng inducGon/LED retrofit –  Upfront cost: $24,900 –  EsGmated annual savings: $4,809 –  NPV of savings: $14,410 –  Simple payback: 5.2 years

•  AddiQonal projects to evaluate: –  Computerized controls and monitoring

(BMS) –  Updated PC power management sovware

Long-term planning (3+ years)

•  HVAC system improvements/upgrades

•  Commitment to energy efficient soluGons for equipment upgrades, new construcGon

•  Renewable energy opGons

Savings summary Project Net Present

Value IniQal

Investment Annual Savings

Simple Payback (years)

ReducQon in CO2 emissions (metric tons)

Vending Misers

$7,829 $1,120 $1,067 1 7.39

Occupancy Sensors

$5,323 $1,853 $855 2.1 5.92

CFL Retrofit $838 $9 $191 Immediate .87

Delamping $3,415 $140 $821 .2 7.73

Summer Building

Shutdown

$17,864 $0 $6,516 Immediate 15.62

Culture LighGng

$2,115 $2,920 $625 4.6 2.19

Outdoor LighGng

$14,410 $24,900 $4,809 5.2 13.77

TOTAL $51,794 $30,941 $14,883 2.1 53 (2.57%)

Savings summary

53 Metric tons of CO2 saved

63,106 6 percent 2.57%

of total 2007-‐08 GHG emissions

kWh saved of current total electricity usage

Five U.S. homes powered annually by savings

21 students enrolled in a 12-‐credit semester

Show me the money: Green revolving funds

•  Green revolving funds: –  Invest in energy efficiency upgrades

and projects that decrease resource use, thereby lowering operaGng expenses

–  OperaGonal savings are returned to the fund and reinvested in addiGonal projects

–  A percentage of the savings can also be allocated to benefit student scholarships or other non-‐energy sustainability projects

GRF

Project 1 savings

Project 2 savings

Project 3 savings

Future energy projects

Green revolving funds

•  Success of all sizes –  InsGtuGons of all sizes have created GRFs,

including the University of Illinois at Urbana-‐Champaign with 42,000 students and Kalamazoo College in Michigan with 1,381 students

–  Funds range in size from $5,000 at the College of Wooster (Ohio) to $25.45 million at Stanford University

–  Median fund size is $170,000

•  Strong ROI and payback –  Established funds report a median annual

return on investment of 32 percent –  Schools reported an average payback of

1-‐10 years, with a median of 4 years

Source: “Greening the BoMom Line,” a Sustainable Endowments InsGtute Report

Incentives & Grants •  Wisconsin’s Focus on Energy — focusonenergy.com

–  PrescripQve incenQves: specific dollar amounts for compleGng the qualifying energy efficiency measure. Customer completes a project and submits an applicaGon form specific to the technology installed/replaced.

–  Custom incenQves: Must work with Energy Advisor prior to project iniGaGon •  $0.04/kWh saved •  $125/peak kW saved (peak kW is determined by the average kW load reducGon occurring

between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. on weekdays during June, July and August)

–  Renewable Energy CompeGGve IncenGve Program — $1.5 million in grants

•  DSIRE — dsireusa.org –  Database of State IncenGves for Renewables & Efficiency

Education & community involvement

•  CMN energy team •  ResidenGal Sustainable Building Program •  American Indian Business Leaders (AIBL)

–  Present projects at conferences

•  Strategies for EducaGon, Ecology, Development and Sustainability (SEEDS) •  American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) •  Energy projects provide first-‐hand experience with STEM fields and the

growing field of sustainability •  Incorporate start-‐to-‐finish energy projects into curriculum

–  Engineering –  StaGsGcs –  Trades –  Public administraGon –  Business (Intro to Business)

Sources and Resources

•  ACUPCC: presidentsclimatecommitment.org •  CMN GHG Emissions Inventory Report: hMp://rs.acupcc.org/ghg/539/ •  CMN Sustainability AcQon Plan: hMp://rs.acupcc.org/cap/535/ •  Establishing a “green” team:

hMp://www.energystar.gov/ia/business/guidelines/conGnuous_improvement/Teaming_Up_To_Save_Energy.pdf •  VendingMisers: vendingmiserstore.com •  Vending machine energy savings: hMp://www.mge.com/business/saving/madison/PA_50.html •  Green revolving funds: greenbillion.org •  “Greening the Bo>om Line,” a Sustainable Endowments InsQtute Report:

hMp://greenbillion.org/wp-‐content/uploads/2011/10/GreeningTheBoMomLine.pdf •  Wisconsin’s Focus on Energy: focusonenergy.com •  List of incenQves from Focus on Energy (effecQve through December 31, 2012): hMp://www.focusonenergy.com/files/

Document_Management_System/Business_Programs/TM_QuickReferenceGuide.pdf •  Alliant Energy UQlity Rates & Tariffs: alliantenergy.com/AboutAlliantEnergy/CompanyInformaGon/Tariffs/030306 •  InducQon lighQng FAQs: shineretrofits.com/inducGon-‐lighGng-‐lamp-‐faq-‐retrofit-‐fixture-‐informaGon •  Focus on Energy Renewable Energy CompeQQve IncenQve Program:

hMp://www.focusonenergy.com/files/Document_Management_System/Business_Programs/TM_REN_RFP_ATTACHMENTS.pdf

•  Skystream wind turbine: windenergy.com/content/skyview-‐monitoring •  Campus Green Builder: hMp://campusgreenbuilder.org/case/479/project-‐introducGon •  LED lighQng: hMp://thecleanrevoluGon.org/_assets/files/LED_report_web1.pdf •  EnergyStar free training: hMp://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=business.bus_internet_presentaGons •  Energy-‐efficiency resources: hMp://www.esource.com

“The best Gme to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best Gme is now.”

-‐Chinese proverb

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