The Planet needs Smarter

Buildings&

“Being Cool with Realistic Comfort Expectations”

BOMA Energy Conference EdmontonMurray Guy mguy@i-designs.ca

Hey Buddy, the planet needs helpWe need YOU to do something!

Now

We need you to stop having so much FUN Windsurfing

and get serious about energy management•1/3 of Canada’s Energy Use

•50% of extracted materials

•25% of our landfill waste

•10% of our airborne particulates

•40% of our greenhouse gases•Reference: A Business Case for Green Buildings in Canada

Massive Market Failure

The first step is recognize we have a problem

Amory B. Lovins

In 1996, while studying for an MBA, I used 3 classes to write the business plan for Integrated Designs.

We are a company that is committed to breaking down the barriers to high performance buildings.

The Economist reports that “energy efficiency is good for business”.

In a global survey of 423 senior executives from the buildings industry, they discovered companies are linking energy stewardship with financial performance and that clean, green buildings give them a marketing advantage. [1]

Economics

By designing GREEN buildings, adopting LEAN practices and creating SMART building systems that foster sustainable behavior we can achieve

paradigm shift levels of GHG reduction at less cost

So WHY are some of our buildings still being operated with Half Dead

Zombie Controls

That stress out our tenants and staff and use more energy than they should.

That can’t be good for business!

A Smart Building system that enables seamless integration of all building systems, a Visual Dashboard of graphical information.

that empowers stakeholders to make wise evidence based decisions enabling unprecedented performance gains in productivity, GHG emission reduction and the optimization of the millions of dollars and resources flowing through the building industry in an intuitive and effortless manner.

Smart Buildings

From a LARGE landlords perspective!

Describing itself as “America’s largest real-estate agency,” the US Government Services Administration (GSA) says of its mandate to cut the energy levels of all government buildings by 30 per cent by 2015 and make properties smarter:

Technology alone won’t do it. The GSA realizes that the smartest part of smart buildings is people and wants to engage them. Providing feedback and information through a dashboard is a good start.

With smart technology, we can learn anything we want about a building and optimise its performance. But real performance means happier, more productive tenants. And that requires insights into the hearts and minds of the people inside.

What a dashboard can really do is enable better decisions, inspire participation, spread knowledge and best practices, communicate at a human scale and propagate new norms in how we use our buildings.”

It is not all about technology!

We need to propagate new norms in how we use our

buildings

Behavior change is the cornerstone of sustainability and action is required to generate long-term changes of habits and attitudes, writes environmental psychologist, Doug McKenzie-Mohr, in his book “Fostering Sustainable Behavior”.

How then can we design our buildings, controls, information systems and programs to make best use of resources and engage building occupants in achieving sustainable building performance?

The GSA realizes that the smartest part of smart buildings is people and wants to engage them. Providing feedback and information through a dashboard is a good start.

BUT we have an Issue

94% of commercial buildings in the U.S. cannot afford advanced building technology, such as a building automation system. If we really want cities around the world to get closer to climate neutrality, we would need real disruptive innovation. We would need to bring advanced building technology to the 94% of buildings which cannot afford it today.

LUCID

Disruptive innovation, by definition, creates new markets and disrupts

existing industries.

ThermostatElevator

We haven’t had disruption in the building industry for a long long time

Challenge …. Compete…. Change Behavior

DASHBOARDS in the Lobby of Each Dorm

In 2 Weeks

How much more could we save if it was affordable to access all energy consuming equipment?

IP addressable networked plug loads

Individually addressable LED light bulbs

http://1.usa.gov/1nnkHV6

New Smart Building Technology to Increase Federal Buildings

Energy EfficiencyGSA’s innovative smart building systems to be installed initially in 50 government buildings, has estimated annual savings of $15 million

May 14, 2012

WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. General Services Administration awarded a contract to IBM to develop and install advanced smart building technology in 50 of the federal government’s highest energy-consuming buildings. Part of GSA’s larger smart building strategy, this initiative will connect building management systems to a central cloud based platform, improving efficiency and saving up to $15 million in taxpayer dollars annually. Commercial buildings account for nearly 40% of the United State’s primary energy use and GSA owns nearly 182 million square feet of

office space nationwide. GSA's plan to meet the requirements of President Obama’s Executive Order 13514 includes a goal of reducing energy consumption in federal buildings by 30% by 2015.

Disruptive

Processes, People & Projects

LEED Platinum 70% Less Energy

Manitoba Hydro Place was designed based upon realistic expectations for thermal comfort that was communicated

to all staff prior to occupancy.

Commissioning, measurement and verification were key in achieving 70% less energy for this double-wall, naturally

ventilated corporate office tower. .

University of Winnipeg Science Complex& Richardson College for the EnvironmentUniversity of Winnipeg Science Complex& Richardson College for the Environment

Net 0 Energy

For our project we wanted to demonstrate to that triple bottom line economics work for commercial real estate. We are on target to deliver the Mosaic Centre to the highest level of sustainability as defined by Living Building Challenge for approximately the same cost as a

traditional build.

Our return on investment will be in the productivity of our people, recognition as good stewards of the planet and from the financial benefits of having higher occupancy and no energy bills.

Dennis CukuMosaic Center for Community and Commerce

Canada’s first private commercial Living Building Challenge project

Economics

RATS Experiment

Responsible Adults Temperature Study•Red Button Hot/Blue Button Cold•Males 16 to 23 ºC•Females 20 to 27 ºC

The difference in comfort range was attributed to the difference in clothing worn in summer months as well as body mass.

Why not have a more relaxed dress code for summer months?

The difference in comfort range was attributed to the type of clothing worn in summer months as well as body mass.

Why not have a more relaxed dress code for summer months?

It pays to have higher set points in summer, lower in winter

Cooling Savings of $1000/yr/DGC for a 140,000 sq.ft building

100/10/1

People Production Facilities

$500/sq.ft/yr $500/sq.ft $5/sq.ft/yr

Operating Cost

We are not talking about reducing comfort as productivity should always be the top priority

Existing comfort standards are more stringent physiologically or economically

•ASHRAE, 2.5 to 5.5ºC•Studies 9ºC plus or minus 7ºC•10 factors affecting comfort•10% to 30% energy saving without affecting comfort

Air Conditioning Comfort: Behavior and Cultural Issues, ESource

CONCLUSION

Staff working in a office environment would likely not experience productivity decline or level of comfort satisfaction for temperature ranges From 20ºC to 26ºC

• Educate clients on Sustainable Expectations for Comfort

• Global set points• Individual comfort ranges• Direct feedback on how building is

performing• Feedback on comfort conditions• Optimize set points for time of day• Predictive temperature control• Night purge

Dash Boards and Smart Controls

Trades Center Kelowna CampusLEAN, GREEN and SMART

Okanagan College Kelowna Trades Centre Living Building Challenge Project #2

As leaders in the community it is our duty to protect the planet and demonstrate that triple bottom line economics work. For our second Living Building Challenge

project,we have adopted Lean Project Delivery to raise the bar even higher as we want

less cost, less time and to be fully commissioned at substantial completion.

Kathleen Lausman

Living Building Challenge #2

Kelowna $$$ Design Cooling Temperature? 27? 28? 29? Radiant Comfort?

LEAN, GREEN and SMART

Committed to reducing GHG emissions to 6% less than 1990 levels and

ahead of target even after adding 5 new facilities

LEED Gold .... 59% better than MNECB.... 9/10 energy points

LEAN Integrated Project Delivery

$43.8M Construction CostLess than a 2% contingency

$320/sq.ft

Most Energy Efficient Laboratory Project?

Sustainable Labs Behavior

U of W Commons Project Case Study

GREEN LOAN financing, SMART Building Technology & Fostering Sustainable Behavior

Committed to Smart GREEN buildings

Conceptual Design •Educate clients on sustainable behavior in the marketing documents•Encourage sustainable behavior as part of the rental agreements. •Provide direct feedback on energy use for the building and individual suites on a dashboard. (LCD and a web based interface)•Implement an energy challenge program with measureable targets and a reward system•Provide free tokens to the electric car coop for low energy users•Implement global set points, turn-off your lights and non-essential power and other energy saving strategies

Desired Behaviors•Sustainable Culture•Turn off all non essential power•Lower set points in winter, higher set points in summer•Responsible water use•Car coop utilization

Smart Building Concept

Smart Building System

U of W Dashboard System

The U of W currently uses dashboards in their building that are integrated with their Alerton control system. We propose to interface this technology with an economical measurement and verification system like Check-it, electrical and mechanical systems plug-loads and provide a use friendly interface like the Nest temperature controller.

Taking Sustainability to the Bank

On the U of W commons project we are using GREEN loan financing to finance a more efficient VRF system and 95% efficient heat recovery unit. The saving more than cover the financing cost of the loan enabling our project to achieve 40% less energy use.

We expect that turning off lights and non-essential power can and using unoccupied temperature control modes could result savings of 20%.

Economics

Working on getting an estimate from Check-it on the M&V system

We will be using tenant education, energy monitoring together with SMART building technology and a dashboard to facilitate sustainable behavior in the operations of the this 102 housing development. We hope to achieve an additional 20% savings for this initiative. This will help fund an electric vehicle coop, greenhouse and a roof top community garden.

Sherman Kreiner

What do all these projects have in common?

Dash Boards to help foster sustainable behavior

Case Study

High Performance Building Program

Re-Commissioning process helped reduce energyuse from 900 MJ/m2 to 600 MJ/m2 (30% Reduction)

Retro or Re-commissioning can reduce GHG in buildings by 15% to 40%

Energy Performance

Annual Energy Saving: $500,000/yr Savings to Date: $5,000,000

Energy Use Assessment Toolwww.i-designs.ca

Be Cool with Realistic Comfort Expectations

http://themosaiccentre.ca/blog/cool-realistic-comfort-expectations/

The Planet Needs Smarter Buildings

In Introductory Guide to Lean Project Delivery

http://www.i-designs.ca/blog/high-performance-design/the-planet-needs-smart-buildings

mguy@i-designs.ca

“To be successful in the 21st Century We need to Think Differently”

Wind is to Windsurfing as SMART Buildings and Sustainable Behavior

are to our future

mguy@i-designs.ca

Murray Guy