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EnergySmart Operations
and Maintenance
The Six Degrees of Connection
to Core School Functions
U.S. Department of Energy
CEFPI Annual World
Conference and Expo
September 27, 2009
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Learning Objectives
• Participants will be able to identify six ways that EnergySmart
operation and maintenance relates to core school functions
– 1. facilities planning; 2. finance and budgeting; 3. integrated building
design; 4. technology; 5. occupant behavior; 6. the quality of the
learning environment
• Participants will be able to recognize the key players needed to
implement a successful O&M plan to improve energy efficiency
• By applying lessons learned to a real-life scenario, participants will
be able to demonstrate their understanding of developing O&M
plans that are focused on reducing energy consumption
• Participants will discover EnergySmart Schools tools and
resources that are available to support the operations and
maintenance of healthy, high-performance schools
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Topics for Today
Introduction to EnergySmart Schools
Operations and Maintenance Challenges and Solutions
The Six O&M Degrees of Connection to Core School
Functions
Interactive Activity: O&M Commercials
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Convergence of Challenges
K–12 Realities
• Rising fuel costs
• Aging facilities
• Higher operating costs
• High construction costs
• Centers of community
EnergySmart
Schools
Resources,
tools, and
strategies
Energy Realities
• Rising costs
• $13B annually1
• Growing demand
• Carbon emissions
• Energy security
Goal: Promote 30% improved efficiency in existing buildings
and 50% in new construction and major renovations over
current standards
1 Source: American School and University 37th Annual Maintenance & Operations Cost Study, 2008;
http://asumag.com/Maintenance/37th_annual_maintenance_schools/index.html
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), 2007; http://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=65
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EnergySmart Schools Solutions
• EnergySmart Schools provides tools and training
for school planning, financing, designing & building,
operating & maintaining, and energy education
www.energysmartschools.gov
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Topics for Today
Introduction to EnergySmart Schools
Operations and Maintenance Challenges and Solutions
The Six O&M Degrees of Connection to Core School
Functions
Interactive Activity: O&M Commercials
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A Snapshot of K–12 School
Facilities Challenges
• School facilities are aging
– The average age of schools is 40 years old
• Budgets are shrinking
– Opportunities for upgrading facilities
through new construction are limited
• School resources and
experience vary
The cumulative value of
deferred maintenance
nationwide for all K–12 public
schools is several hundred
billion dollars.
—The National Center for Education Statistics,
The Digest of Education Statistics 2007
– Schools are at different stages of energy
management through O&M
• The experience and resource gap is widening
– The country’s least efficient schools use four times the energy
per square foot than the most efficient schools
Sources: How Old are America’s Public Schools?, National Center for Education Statistics, 1999; School Operations and Maintenance: Best Practices for Controlling Energy Costs,
Department of Energy, 2004
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O&M is a Low-Cost/No-Cost Solution
• Energy is a controllable cost
– O&M and preventative maintenance
extend equipment lifetime and help
avoid costly breakdowns
– Retrofits can be used to upgrade
inefficient systems and create energy
savings
– Most O&M strategies and retrofits are
no-cost/low-cost solutions
High-Performance Schools
are school facilities that
improve the student learning
environment and achieve the
maximum level of energy
performance possible—saving
energy, resources,
and money.
• Implementing these “quick
wins” is the first step to
becoming a High-Performance
School
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Guide to Operating and Maintaining
EnergySmart Schools
• The Guide’s purpose is:
– to improve O&M in schools nationwide and to
disseminate best practices
– to reduce energy use in existing school
buildings
• Targeted toward all audiences and
experience levels
– Information is presented in a structure that
can be referred to according to specific needs
• EnergySmart Schools O&M Action
Plans
– A key take-away for facilities managers
– Customizable checklists
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O&M Guide Audience and Structure
Executive
Summary
• Targeted at school district officials and school administrators
• Provides a summary of the Guide and emphasizes the many benefits of
energy efficiency
1. Identifying
Energy Savings
and Getting
Started
• Targeted at facility managers with limited experience and available resources
• Introduces enhanced O&M practices and describes essential first steps for
getting started
2. Developing
and Implementing
an Energy
Management Plan
• Targeted at facility managers with advanced experience and available
resources
• Details the steps necessary for integrating energy-focused O&M into
renovations, curriculum, and business planning
3. Technical
Considerations
• Compiles best practices and case studies for each building system
EnergySmart
Schools O&M
Plans
• Customizable take-away checklists for all users to begin planning and
implementing energy-focused O&M
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Getting Started—Top 10 O&M Tips
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O&M measures, description, and value were adopted from the USGBC Webinar Series, Energy Efficiency Strategies for Schools, Top Ten No-cost and Low-cost Ways to Lower
Your School’s Utility Bills.
3 “Estimated Magnitude of Significance” is the O&M measure’s potential effect on decreasing a school’s overall energy bill. The guide avoids quantifying this effect as it will depend
on factors such as climate, school age, and electricity and gas rates.
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Topics for Today
Introduction to EnergySmart Schools
Operations and Maintenance Challenges and Solutions
The Six O&M Degrees of Connection to Core School
Functions
Interactive Activity: O&M Commercials
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EnergySmart O&M Connects to Core
School Functions in 6 ways
Facilities
Planning
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Learning
Facilities Planning
Environment
Finance and Budgeting
O&M
Integrated Building Design Occupant
Behavior
Technology
Technology
Occupant Behavior
Quality of the Learning Environment
Finance
Budgeting
Integrated
Building
Design
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1. Facilities Planning
• Master facilities planning is the district-wide first step
when considering retrofits, renovations, and new
construction
• EnergySmart O&M Connection: O&M should be
specifically addressed in district-wide planning to
optimize the life-cycle effects of energy-efficient designs
The benefits:
• Maximizing the life of equipment and fully realizing the expected savings from
retrofits
• Minimizing costly equipment failures
• Ensuring that energy-efficient design features are used correctly during
operation
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2. Finance and Budgeting
EnergySmart O&M Connection: Schools should track
O&M as a separate line item in their budgets
– Systematically tracking the costs and results of O&M is key to
preventative maintenance
The benefits:
• More effectively presenting to decision-makers
• Increasing the success of obtaining outside funding with more accurate
O&M records
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3. Integrated Building Design
• Individual building systems interact with and affect
each other
– For example, lighting affects heating and cooling loads
• EnergySmart O&M Connection: These
interdependencies should be addressed when
designing retrofits and in routine O&M
The benefits:
• Avoiding unforeseen costs from inefficient building systems
• Setting appropriate performance targets
• Installing systems that are the correct size
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4. Technology
• EnergySmart O&M Connection: O&M is necessary for
technology and retrofits to work as they are intended
– Sensors
– Timers
– Thermostats
• Technology to enhance O&M practices
– Building Automation System (BAS)
– Energy Management System (EMS)
The benefits:
• Achieving the greatest savings from energy-saving technologies
• Developing internal expertise in analyzing data for energy management and
diagnostics
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5. Occupant Behavior
• Teachers and students play an integral role in
decreasing energy consumption
• EnergySmart O&M Connection: O&M should
include a communications strategy to help catalyze
energy-conscious behavior
The benefits:
• Creating “no-cost” energy savings
• Gaining teacher and student support through communication
• Creating learning opportunities by supplementing lesson plans
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6. Quality of the Learning
Environment
EnergySmart O&M Connection: Properly maintaining
building systems and improving their energy efficiency
positively impacts the quality of the learning environment
The benefits:
• Studies have linked learning environment improvements with better test
scores and decreased absenteeism. Improving building energy efficiency
often indirectly improves air quality and other learning environment factors.
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Topics for Today
Introduction to EnergySmart Schools
Operations and Maintenance Challenges and Solutions
The Six O&M Degrees of Connection to Core School
Functions
Interactive Activity: O&M Commercials
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Interactive Activity:
O&M Commercials
Purpose
Core
School
Function
Scenario
To develop a commercial or skit that
illustrates the Core School Function
Scenario and how O&M is a possible
solution
Background and a scenario that
describes a facilities problem
Interactive
Activity
A 60-second commercial/skit
connecting the problem to an O&M
solution
Audience
Business officials, administrators,
board members, parents, teachers,
and students
Table-Top Materials
• Core School Function
Scenario
• Activity Worksheet
• Guide to Operating and
Maintaining
EnergySmart Schools &
Action Plans
• EnergySmart Schools
Tips: Retrofitting,
Operating, and
Maintaining Existing
Buildings
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Introduction to Thomas Jefferson High
School for Science and Technology (TJ)
• TJ is a public magnet high
school in Fairfax County,
Virginia
– TJ offers college preparatory material
in sciences, mathematics,
technology, and the humanities
– Top-ranked in the America’s Best
High Schools study4
– Enrollment is approximately
1,800 students
– TJ was built in 1964 and has 264,504
square feet of building space
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Credit: Strategic Improvement Plan 2008–2009
U.S. News & World Report, 2008, http://www.usnews.com/articles/education/high-schools/2008/12/04/best-high-schools-gold-medal-list.html
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An Upcoming Major
Renovation to TJ
•
The renovation is estimated to cost
$87.25 million
– TJ anticipates passing a bond referendum in 2011
– TJ has considered an ESCO and is exploring
other external partnerships
•
The school is setting a 30% energy savings
goal as a starting point
– The baseline is based on ASHRAE 90.1 - 2004
– The Design & Construction team is using proven
technologies to create energy savings
•
The estimated project length is 5–6 years and
includes
– Design (Aug 2009 – May 2011),
– Permitting (Nov 2010 – May 2012)
– Construction (Sept 2012 – Aug 2015)
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TJ currently has 24 portable classrooms that
it would like to eliminate
TJ Solar Panel Initiative
• Student members of the
TJ Environmental Impact Club
have raised more
than $56,000 from the
community, businesses,
and charities over the past 2
years
• The first set of panels
(22 panels; 3.8 kW system)
were installed in June 2009
• Sponsors include: Whole Foods,
Dominion VA Power, and others
• The panels include a monitoring
station and software
• Data will be used in school labs
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TJ Renovation Technologies
• Fairfax County Design & Construction is using only
proven technologies for the renovation
– High-efficiency lighting, lamps,
ballasts, and motors
– Lighting controls
– Low water usage closets and urinals
– Metered faucets
– Cool roofs
– Low E glazing
– Automatic temperature controls
– Low VOC building materials
– Humidity control
– Classroom audio enhancement systems
– Native / drought resistant
plants
– Pervious asphalt
– CO2 sensors
– Valance heating/cooling
– Energy recovery units
– High efficiency boilers
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Interactive Activity: Instructions
• Please read your Core School Function Scenario
• Work with others at your table to create a 60-second
commercial illustrating the problem in your Core
School Function Scenario and an O&M solution
• Time frame for the activity: 20 minutes
• Tips:
– Be creative
– Don’t make the problem scenario more complicated
than it needs to be
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Wrap-up: Secondary Linkages
• Several O&M strategies are common across
numerous core school functions
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Strategies for making the business case
Using outside resources
Linking O&M to the broader school mission
Developing internal expertise
Long-term strategies for sustaining energy savings
Renewable energy
Facilities
Planning
Finance
Budgeting
Learning
Environment
O&M
Integrated
Building
Design
Occupant
Behavior
Technology
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For more information, please visit:
www.energysmartschools.gov
Contact:
Margo Appel
EnergySmart Schools Program Manager
[email protected]
202-586-9495
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