Groundbreaking evolution towards

ZERO ENERGY BUILDINGSNew technologies for building power distribution

Hi everyone,I’m Elio Burguera (@ecburguera)

and I would like to share with you some

information about new green building technologies,

mainly focusing on the future of Zero Energy Buildings

Cities are growing fasterand buildings are getting taller

Construction output worldwide

will grow more than 70%, to

$15 trillion by 2025

U.S. Department of Energy

buildings account for

more than 40 %of total energy usage

U.S. Department of Energy

and

nearly 70 %of total electricity generated

In this way, Net Zero Energy Buildingsrepresent a great solution for

a sustainable energy future

National Renewable Energy Laboratory of the U.S. Department of Energy Office

are residential or commercial buildings

with greatly reduced energy needs

through efficiency gains, such that the

balance of energy needs can be supplied

with renewable technologies within

Net Zero Energy Buildings

We address this challenge …

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Net Zero grid usage

Increasing Renewables

But also…

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Net Zero grid usage

Increasing Renewables

Increasing efficiency

• The lack of new technologiesfor architects and engineers

• Increased construction costfor developers and owners

It looks simple, butZero Energy Buildings still have strongbarriers to grow, mainly because of:

There is an unmet need for morecompetitive technologies to allow everybuilding to become a Net Zero EnergyBuilding…

without any over costfor developers and owners

To sum up

Some of the most important costelements are:

• Renewable energy sources

• High efficient Lighting

• Energy management systems

• Intelligent metering

• High efficient A/C and othermechanical equipment

• Efficient thermal insulations

All of them represent high constructioncosts, but currently there are largeinvestments in research looking to

increase the efficiency and reduce coston all these fields.

However, there is onethat has gone unnoticed:

BuildingPower Distribution

Building Power Distribution isan essential element of

cost and time deliveryin construction

…for more than a Century

cables and pipes have beencommonly used to distribute power in buildings,

…a complex, labor intensiveand expensive job

but it has been and is

This is a picture of the brand new expansion of the second biggest airport in the US

a simpler and greener alternative ?

but, is there

Yes, there is…

has proven to be the simplest and most

efficient system for power distribution.

Busway systems

…and it requires

70% less time andlabor to be installed

the busway technologies, that are currently

in use, were designed more than 50 years

ago and were meant to be used in large

industries, not in buildings.

That’s good news, but…

Therefore, the market is still urging formore efficient and competitivetechnologies

specificallydesigned for buildings

recently,something has come:

Shielded Paired Phasebusway technology

Let’s take a look at this technology

US Patent 7,786,382 B2

Electbus’ Shielded Paired PhaseBusway Technology

By shielding the pairs,the electromagnetic fields are canceled

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T2 R2 S2

R1

Improving transmission efficiency

by nearly 25%

and reducing cost

by over 20%

and developed with plenty of detailsspecifically tailored for buildings

simple,more efficient and

very competitive technology

a breakthrough inbuilding power distribution

more than a great product,

it really is…

a groundbreakingconcept on engineering

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Integrated Power BackboneIt’s called

• Simple on engineering

• Simple on installation

• Simple on maintenance

TM

Power and control through the same bus

Proper power distribution can bethe best insurance for users in a building

But also

safer and more reliable.

With an amazing marketbased on clean energieson construction

Oxford Economics, Fredonia, Navigant Research and other sources

US & Canada $14.75 billion

Latin American $4.93 billion

Other markets $109.97 billion

$130 billion by 2018

Integrated Power Backboneglobal market, will reach

TM

Let’s take a look at the future

Let’s take a lookat the future

Power distribution systems have hadlittle improvement since the originalpatents of Thomas Edison and NicolaTesla…

developed at the beginningof the 20th century

Do you think

this will remain the same

during this century ?

Of course not.The complex and costly power networkwill be gradually replaced by a simplerand more efficient system to guarantee

a clean energy future

It will be simple,

efficient and reliable

Jeremy Rifkin

Using Internet technology to transform thepower grid of every continent into an”energy-sharing inter-grid” that acts just likethe Internet where millions of buildings aregenerating small amounts of energy locally,on-site.

dc distributionis making a come backOnce a micro-grid generates its ownpower, AC high voltage transmissionmakes no sense, because there are nolong distances to overcome

dc distributionis making a come back

Once a micro-grid generates its ownpower, high voltage transmissionmakes no sense, because there are nolong distances to overcomeIt’s not a revolution, it is evolution

…more precisely

a groundbreakingevolution

Simple but powerful technologies forbuilding power distribution

www.buildingpowerdistribution.com