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Non-residential Energy Use –possible & measurement Christchurch Energy Awareness Week Nigel Isaacs, BRANZ Ltd. nigelisaacs@branz.co.nz Phone (04) 238 1366
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Energy – Measuring Success Why use energy? Dealing with variation Day/Night, Weekday/Weekend, Seasons Different buildings Are halogen lights energy efficient? BEES NZ wide study Energy & water use in non-residential buildings Fuels and services they provide For more information: www.branz.co.nzwww.branz.co.nz 2
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Why Use Energy In Buildings? Not just for the pleasure of using energy! To modify the human environment: Hygrothermal warm, cool, humidity Visual light, glare Acoustic speech, noise, warnings Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) breathing clean, fresh air Activity calculation, drawing, talking, sleeping …
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Dealing With Variation “Normalise” Bring to a standard condition Different buildings One building over time Look for some consistent factor: People - kWh/employee Area - MJ/square metre, kWh/m² Other – e.g. kWh/claim, kWh/bed “Pattern” extraction Look for time (or other) patterns Day / Season / Year
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Energy Use History (MJ/m²/day) Tenant electricity approx 85% lighting
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Energy Cost History ($/m²/day) Tenant electricity: 54% energy, 66% $$$ Energy (efficiency) is not the only issue Relative cost of different fuels for different services
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Understanding Energy Use Differences between building uses and types: Hours of Use : Day / Night / Weekend Lights : Controllable / Daylight / Zones Equipment : ‘Plug loads’ / Computers / Specialist Key Information Expenditure: $ spent on energy Energy Use : e.g. kWh, MJ Production : e.g. tonnes of product Patterns of Use : e.g. hours/day, days/week Plant : e.g. serviced last year
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Seasonal Energy Comparison Management is a key issue Heating or cooling running all year? Two Auckland Hotels
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Energy per bedroom by hotel size Few facilities Air conditioning Pool / spa Restaurant(s) Poor correlation – but why? Bigger = better operated? = more facilities? Energy use irrelevant to design & operation
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10 Lighting Efficacy – higher efficacy is better Source: http://www1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/ssl/efficacy.htmlhttp://www1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/ssl/efficacy.html See also: Buildings Energy Data Book - http://buildingsdatabook.eren.doe.gov/http://buildingsdatabook.eren.doe.gov/
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Building Energy End-use Study BEES Non-residential buildings (offices, shops & mixtures) Exploring hows, whys, wheres & whens Energy & water use and services Random sample of buildings nationwide Preliminary results by 2011 Telephone Survey Data on building, business, use Access to revenue (bill) data Detailed monitoring Monitor to understand services e.g. hot or cool air, Office equip., Kitchen, Computer, etc Case studies on special issues e.g. labelling of circuits Survey occupants to understand their needs & roles 11
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