Building Coordinators Network

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Building Coordinators Network

Meeting Agenda• April 13, 2006 Tornado Anniversary – Rod Lehnertz• Welcome – Kelli Gray, IMU Building Coordinator• North Chilled Water River Crossing – Chris Varo• Building Access Controls Update – Dennis Rublaitus &

Doug Eltoft• Opportunities to Conserve Energy – Chuck McBrearty &

Janet Razbadouski

Chilled Water River Crossing

Link east to west campus chilled water distribution systems currently separated by the Iowa River.

Chilled Water River Crossing

The project is central to accomplishing one of the three main objectives of UI’s Energy Conservation and Management Strategic Plan:

ReliabilityConservationSustainability

Chilled Water River Crossing

• Chilled Water is used primarily for building cooling• Central Plant Concept– East Campus (North Chilled Water Plant)– West Campus (West Campus & Newton Road

Chilled Water Plants)• East and West Campus chilled water distribution

loops have operated independently

Chilled Water River Crossing

Increased demand on East Campus due to changing demands, recent remodeling, acquisitions and new buildings.

West Campus East CampusCapacity: 23,000 Tons

35,000 Tons (2008)

2006 Peak Demand: 20,000 Tons

Capacity: 7,000 Tons

2006 Peak Demand: 7,000 Tons

Chilled Water River Crossing

• Distance: 2/3 mile• Pipe: 6600 linear feet

Chilled Water River Crossing

Health Science Campus

Chilled Water River Crossing

Newton Road

Chilled Water River Crossing

Near Highway 6

Chilled Water River Crossing

River Crossing

Chilled Water River Crossing

Hubbard Park

Chilled Water River Crossing

Questions?

Southeast Utilities

Road Closure

Campus Access Control Project

Dennis Rublaitus, Project Manager, DCSDoug Eltoft, IT Director, College of Engineering

Campus Access Control Project

Campus Access Control Project

Select a new building access control vendor for:• Any new access controlled doors• Retrofitting existing access controlled doors

Campus Access Control Project

• December – RFQ responses received– RFQ responses evaluated

• January– Three vendors were selected• Software House• Lenel• AMAG

Campus Access Control Project

• January– Three vendors were selected• Software House• Lenel• AMAG

Campus Access Control Project

• February– Technical questions were developed and given to

the three selected vendors

• March– On campus vendor presentations

Campus Access Control Project

• April– Technical software evaluation– Technical hardware evaluation

• May– Vendor selection

Campus Access Control Project

Questions?

Opportunities to Conserve Energy

Chuck McBrearty, IT Manager, Facilities ManagementJanet Razbadouski, Energy Engineer, Utilities & Energy

Management

Average Annual Costs to operate equipment

CRT monitor - $65 - $138Dell Optiplex computer - $45

Flat panel monitor - $21Laser printer - $45

DeskJet printer - $9Copier - $70

What you can do

• Encourage staff to turn computers, monitors and printers when they go home or leave the office for more than 1 hour (this could save up to 50% of the system’s yearly energy usage)

• Change monitor standby power options setting to 15 minutes or less

• Phase out CRT monitors and use more networked printers

Do the Math!

• IT equipment accounts for approximately 10% of the total electrical consumption on campus

• Approximately 25,000 computers on campus

• Saving $10 on energy consumption per computer will save the University $250,000 per year in energy costs

What Facilities Management is doing

• Remotely turn off all non-essential and not in use Facilities Management computers at 2am every day.

• Change monitor standby power options setting on all computers to 15 minutes.

• Deploying virtual servers to reduce energy consumption (4 servers in a single computer).

What Facilities Management is doing

Monitor in sleep mode using 0 watts Monitor in normal mode using 33.6 watts

Computer and Energy Myths

• Having a screen saver on saves energy

• My computer will last longer if I leave it on

• Leaving computers on uses less energy than turning it off and on

• Turning off and on the monitor while the computer is turned on will “fry” the motherboard

Opportunities to Conserve Energy

Questions?

The University of Iowa Energy Conservation and Management Strategic Plan

Energy Conservation Objectives

10% Energy Reduction by 2013

10% Energy Reduction by 2013

HOW DO WE ACHIEVE THIS?

One Strategy is to Implement Building Occupancy Schedules

Have Implemented Schedules in 8 Buildings Plan to implement Schedules in 19 Additional

Building in FY08

Building Occupancy Schedules

Equivalent to Turning Thermostat Down at

Night during Heating Season Turning Thermostat Up at

Night during Cooling Season Turning Off Fans When Not

Needed

Building Occupancy Schedules

Implementation Criteria Cannot Jeopardize Research

Mission of the University Maintains Occupant Comfort

Levels Need to be able to

Accommodate Changes in Scheduling Requirements

Role of Building Coordinators

Assist Facilities Management in

Obtaining Information on Building Operations

Communicating Information to/from Building Occupants

What to Expect

Meeting with Energy Management, Operations and Maintenance, Building Coordinators and other Department Representatives

Meeting Provide Energy Conservation

Information to Building Occupants

Determine Optimum Hours for Schedules

Discuss Implementation Procedures and Update Procedures

Opportunity to Discuss Issues/Problems in Building

Opportunities to Conserve Energy

Questions?