1. P08424 Residential Energy Savings
Sponsor – Facilities Management Services
Robert Underhill: Project Manager
Aaron Resetarits: Component Analysis/ Implementation Feasibility
Bill Jamieson: Building System Analysis/ Component Analysis
Swathi Paruchuri: Statistical Analysis/ Human Behavior
Kris Laera: Statistical Analysis/ Engineering Economics
Jeremy Barczak: Coding/ Data Acquisition

2. Key High level Customer Needs
Project Description
Reduce energy consumption on Residential side of The RIT campus
Market - Students living in the dorms
Key High level Customer Needs
Save RIT money
Reduce Energy consumption
Increase student awareness
Characterize and explain student energy usage
Engineering Specs
Payback < 3 years
>$24,000/yr
5% Reduction with modifiable suggestions
>15% reduction with competition
Involve 3380 students in competition to reduce their energy
Breakdown (%)of the typical student’s energy based on 3.3 kwh total

3. System Architecture Overview
Reduce Energy
Energy Audit
Grass Root Campaign
Website
Competition
Hallway Lighting
Incandescent Conversion

4. Results from Audit

5. Website Architecture User Website Home External Links Dorm Groups
Weekly/Monthly
Individual Contribution
Weekly/Monthly
Suggestions for Reducing Energy

6. Website Design

7. Competition Check Baseline Energy consumption Get student
organization support
Advertise for Competition
Initiate competition
Website functioning
2 week competition
Compare to baseline to determine winner
Post-Competition Analysis
Have Party for winners!

8. Hallway Timers Establish Kwh Baseline (2 weeks)
FMS buys Hallway Timers
Install Hallway Timer allowing lights on for 16hrs/day
Monitor %
Decrease (1 week)
Compare to
Original goal
Assess performance

9. Incandescent Conversion
Establish Kwh
Baseline (2 weeks)
Inform Students
Count number Of incandescent bulbs
Buy bulbs
Get students to
Install new
Fluorescent bulbs
Monitor %
Decrease (1 week)
Compare to
Original goal
Assess performance

10. Risks and Strategy for Mitigation

11. Current State of Design
Audit (complete) and Suggestions meet all customer needs
Website in development
On target to meet $5000 budget
Likely to spend ~$3000
Schedule: On time
Significant confidence in Incandescent Trade in suggestion
Moderate confidence in Hallway Timer Suggestion
Moderate confidence in Grass-Roots Campaign
Mitigations:
Suggestion Feasibility Testing
Competition Advertising
Coordination with and Support from Engineers for a Sustainable World, SWE, ResLife, FMS

12. Product Development Process Phase
Current Phase of Development

13. MSD II Project Schedule Milestones
Week 1
Install meters, begin control readings
Week 2
Complete 1 full week of control, Install hallway timers
Week 3
1 week of timer testing, provide students with fluorescent bulbs
Week 4
2 weeks of bulb replacement testing, inform RA's of competition
Week 5
2 weeks of bulb replacement testing, inform students of competition
Week 6
Initiate competition: run for two weeks, revise suggestions
Week 7
Second week of competition, complete analysis of suggestion performance
Week 8
Post-competition analysis, modify website as necessary
Week 9
Post-competition analysis
Week 10
Post-competition analysis, assemble test data into formal report
Week 11
Provide FMS with detailed report of findings and proposed action