NBS-3B1Y Strategic Corporate Sustainability 3rd/4th December 2012

Keith Tovey (杜伟贤 ) M.A., PhD, CEng, MICE, CEnvReader Emeritus in Environmental Sciences k.tovey@uea.ac.uk

Recipient of James Watt Gold Medal5th October 2007

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Low Carbon Strategies at the University of East Anglia

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NBS-3B1Y Strategic Corporate Sustainability

Access to this presentation and numerous links relating to Energy may be found at http://www2.env.uea.ac.uk/energy/energy.htm or http://www.uea.ac.uk/~e680/energy/energy.htm

• Links to Energy Related Sites

• Powerpoint Presentation of Energy Supply at UEA and Strategies for Low Carbon at UEA [this presentation]

• Video Clips of Biomass System and also Carbon Footprinting of BBC Studios - [given today]

• Supplementary Powerpoint of challenges facing UK Energy Supply – [given tomorrow if time permits]

• Recent Government Documents on Energy including Consultations and responses by N.K.Tovey

• Papers written by N.K. Tovey relating to Energy and Carbon including reports on UEA Energy

• Sustainability Report relating to several branches of an International Bank.

• Return to Main UEA Energy Page

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NBS-3B1Y Strategic Corporate Sustainability

• Introduction and Background to Energy Supply at UEA

• Low Energy Buildings and their Management

• Low Carbon Energy Provision– Photovoltaics– CHP– Adsorption chilling– Biomass Gasification

• The Energy Tour – Meet in CD Annexe 1.26 @ 11:00 tomorrow – ensure you are not wearing open sandals/shoes– Elizabeth Fry building & ZICER– Central Boiler House– ?? Biomass Plant

• Questions & Answers

• If time permits: - Energy Security: Hard Choices facing the UK

Low Carbon Strategies at the University of East Anglia

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Original buildings

Teaching wall

Library

Student residences

History of Energy Supply at UEA• Early 1960s: central boiler house built with three 8MW boilers

providing water at 105 – 115o C at 10 bar pressure to circulate around the campus.

• Fuel used: heavy residual oil• 1984: small 4 MW boiler was added• 1987: interruptible gas was provided so boiler could run on

either heavy fuel oil or gas.• 1997/8: one 8 MW boiler removed and 3 1 MW CHP plants

installed• 2002: remaining heavy fuel oil provision converted to light oil• 2006: Absorption Chiller installed• 2010: Biomass Plant installed• Most buildings on campus have heat provision from central boiler

house.– Exceptions: Elizabeth Fry, Queens, EDU, Nelson Court,

Constable Terrace.

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Nelson Court 楼

Constable Terrace 楼

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Low Energy Educational Buildings

Elizabeth Fry Building

ZICER

Nursing and Midwifery

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Medical School8

Medical School Phase 2

Thomas Paine Study Centre

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Constable Terrace - 1993

• Four Storey Student Residence

• Divided into “houses” of 10 units each with en-suite facilities• Heat Recovery of body and cooking

heat ~ 50%.

• Insulation standards exceed 2006 standards

• Small 250 W panel heaters in individual rooms.

Electricity Use

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Lighting

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Carbon Dioxide Emissions - Constable Terrace

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Educational Buildings at UEA in 1990s

Queen’s Building 1993 Elizabeth Fry Building 1994

Elizabeth Fry Building Employs Termodeck principle and uses ~ 25% of Queen’s Building

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Cost ~6% more but has heating requirement ~20% of average building at time.Significantly outperforms even latest Building Regulations.Runs on a single domestic sized central heating boiler.

The Elizabeth Fry Building 1994

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Conservation: management improvements

Careful Monitoring and Analysis can reduce energy consumption.

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Comparison with other buildings

Energy Performance Carbon Dioxide Performance

thermal comfort +28%

air quality +36%

lighting +25%

noise +26%

User Satisfaction

A low Energy Building is also a better place to work in.

ZICER Building

• Heating Energy consumption as new in 2003 was reduced by further 57% by careful record keeping, management techniques and an adaptive approach to control.

• Incorporates 34 kW of Solar Panels on top floor

Won the Low Energy Building of the Year Award 2005

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The ground floor open plan office

The first floor open plan office

The first floor cellular offices

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The ZICER Building –

Main part of the building

• High in thermal mass • Air tight• High insulation standards • Triple glazing with low emissivity ~ equivalent to quintuple glazing

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Operation of Main Building Mechanically ventilated that utilizes hollow core ceiling slabs as supply air ducts to the space

Regenerative heat exchangerIncoming

air into the AHU

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Air enters the internal occupied space空气进入内部使用空间

Operation of Main Building

Air passes through hollow cores in the

ceiling slabs空气通过空心的板层

Filter过滤器

Heater加热器

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Operation of Main Building

Recovers 87% of Ventilation Heat Requirement.

Space for future chilling

将来制冷的空间 Out of the building出建筑物

Return stale air is extracted from each floor 从每层出来的回流空气

The return air passes through the heat

exchanger空气回流进入热交换器 19

Fabric Cooling: Importance of Hollow Core Ceiling Slabs

Hollow core ceiling slabs store heat and cool at different times of the year providing comfortable and stable temperatures

Heat is transferred to the air before entering the room

Slabs store heat from appliances and body heat.

热量在进入房间之前被传递到空气中 板层储存来自于电器以及人体发出的热量

Winter Day

Air Temperature is same as building fabric leading to a more pleasant working environment

Warm air

Warm air

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Heat is transferred to the air before entering the room

Slabs also radiate heat back into room

热量在进入房间之前被传递到空气中

板层也把热散发到房间内

Winter Night

In late afternoon

heating is turned off.

Cold air

Cold air

Fabric Cooling: Importance of Hollow Core Ceiling Slabs

Hollow core ceiling slabs store heat and cool at different times of the year providing comfortable and stable temperatures

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Draws out the heat accumulated during the day

Cools the slabs to act as a cool store the following day

把白天聚积的热量带走。

冷却板层使其成为来日的冷存储器

Summer night

night ventilation/ free cooling

Cool air

Cool air

Fabric Cooling: Importance of Hollow Core Ceiling Slabs

Hollow core ceiling slabs store heat and cool at different times of the year providing comfortable and stable temperatures

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Slabs pre-cool the air before entering the occupied space

concrete absorbs and stores heat less/no need for air-conditioning

空气在进入建筑使用空间前被预先冷却混凝土结构吸收和储存了热量以减少 / 停止对空调的使用

Summer day

Warm air

Warm air

Fabric Cooling: Importance of Hollow Core Ceiling Slabs

Hollow core ceiling slabs store heat and cool at different times of the year providing comfortable and stable temperatures

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Space Heating Consumption reduced by 57%

原始供热方法 新供热方法 24

建造209441GJ

使用空调384967GJ

自然通风221508GJ

Life Cycle Energy Requirements of ZICER compared to other buildings

与其他建筑相比 ZICER 楼的能量需求

Materials Production 材料制造 Materials Transport 材料运输On site construction energy 现场建造Workforce Transport 劳动力运输Intrinsic Heating / Cooling energy

基本功暖 / 供冷能耗Functional Energy 功能能耗Refurbishment Energy 改造能耗Demolition Energy 拆除能耗

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Life Cycle Energy Requirements of ZICER compared to other buildings

Compared to the Air-conditioned office, ZICER as built recovers extra energy required in construction in under 1 year.

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• Low Energy Buildings and their Management• Low Carbon Energy Provision

– Photovoltaics– CHP– Adsorption chilling– Biomass Gasification

• The Energy Tour• Energy Security: Hard Choices facing the UK

Low Carbon Strategies at the University of East Anglia

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• Mono-crystalline PV on roof ~ 27 kW in 10 arrays• Poly- crystalline on façade ~ 6.7 kW in 3 arrays

ZICER Building

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All arrays of cells on roof have similar performance respond to actual solar radiation

The three arrays on the façade respond differently

Performance of PV cells on ZICER

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Arrangement of Cells on Facade

Individual cells are connected horizontally

As shadow covers one column all cells are inactive

If individual cells are connected vertically, only those cells actually in shadow are affected.

Cells active

Cells inactive even though not covered by shadow

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Use of PV generated energy

Sometimes electricity is exported

Inverters are only 91% efficient

• Most use is for computers• DC power packs are inefficient typically less than 60% efficient

• Need an integrated approach

Peak output is 34 kW 峰值 34 kW

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EngineGenerator

36% Electricity

50% Heat

Gas

Heat Exchanger

Exhaust Heat

Exchanger

11% Flue Losses3% Radiation Losses

86%

Localised generation makes use of waste heat.

Reduces conversion losses significantly

Conversion efficiency improvements – Building Scale CHP

61% Flue Losses

36%

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UEA’s Combined Heat and Power

3 units each generating up to 1.0 MW electricity and 1.4 MW heat 35

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Conversion efficiency improvements

1997/98 electricity gas oil Total

MWh 19895 35148 33

Emission factor kg/kWh 0.46 0.186 0.277

Carbon dioxide Tonnes 9152 6538 9 15699

Electricity Heat

1999/2000

Total site

CHP generation

export import boilers CHP oil total

MWh 20437 15630 977 5783 14510 28263 923Emission

factorkg/kWh -0.46 0.46 0.186 0.186 0.277

CO2 Tonnes -449 2660 2699 5257 256 10422

Before installation

After installation

This represents a 33% saving in carbon dioxide

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Conversion efficiency improvements

Load Factor of CHP Plant at UEA

Demand for Heat is low in summer: plant cannot be used effectivelyMore electricity could be generated in summer

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A typical Air conditioning/Refrigeration Unit

节流阀Throttle Valve

冷凝器

绝热

Condenser

Heat rejected

蒸发器

为冷却进行热提取

Evaporator

Heat extracted for cooling

高温高压

High TemperatureHigh Pressure

低温低压

Low TemperatureLow Pressure

Compressor

压缩器

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Absorption Heat Pump

Adsorption Heat pump reduces electricity demand and increases electricity generated

节流阀Throttle Valve

冷凝器

绝热

Condenser

Heat rejected

蒸发器

为冷却进行热提取

Evaporator

Heat extracted for cooling

高温高压

High TemperatureHigh Pressure

低温低压

Low TemperatureLow Pressure

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吸收器

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Absorber

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A 1 MW Adsorption chiller

1 MW 吸附冷却器

• Reduces electricity demand in summer

• Increases electricity generated locally

• Saves ~500 tonnes Carbon Dioxide annually

• Uses Waste Heat from CHP

• provides most of chilling requirements in summer

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The Future: Biomass Advanced Gasifier/ Combined Heat and Power

• Addresses increasing demand for energy as University expands

• Will provide an extra 1.4MW of electrical energy and 2MWth heat• Will have under 7 year payback• Will use sustainable local wood fuel mostly from waste from saw

mills• Will reduce Carbon Emissions of UEA by ~ 25% despite increasing student numbers by 250%

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• Low Energy Buildings

• Effective Adaptive Energy Management

• Photovoltaics

• Combined Heat and Power

• Absorption Chilling

• Advanced CHP using Biomass Gasification

• World’s First MBA in Strategic Carbon Management

Low Energy Buildings

Photo-Voltaics

Efficient CHP Absorption Chilling

Trailblazing to a Low Carbon Future

Low Energy Buildings

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Photo-Voltaics

Advanced Biomass CHP using GasificationEfficient CHP Absorption Chilling

Trailblazing to a Low Carbon Future

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1990 2006 Change since 1990

2010 Change since 1990

Students 5570 14047 +152% 16000 +187%

Floor Area (m2) 138000 207000 +50% 220000 +159%

CO2 (tonnes) 19420 21652 +11% 14000 -28%

CO2 kg/m2 140.7 104.6 -25.7% 63.6 -54.8%

CO2 kg/student 3490 1541 -55.8% 875 -74.9%

Efficient CHP Absorption Chilling

Trailblazing to a Low Carbon Future

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Conclusions• Effective adaptive energy management can reduce heating

energy requirements in a low energy building by 50% or more.

• Heavy weight buildings can be used to effectively control energy consumption

• Photovoltaic cells need to take account of intended use of electricity use in building to get the optimum value.

• Building scale CHP can reduce carbon emissions significantly

• Adsorption chilling should be included to ensure optimum utilisation of CHP plant, to reduce electricity demand, and allow increased generation of electricity locally.

• Promoting Awareness can result in up to 25% savings

• When the Biomass Plant is fully operational, UEA will have cut its carbon emissions per student by over 70% since 1990.

Lao Tzu (604-531 BC) Chinese Artist and Taoist philosopher

"If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading."

Finally!