Learn about how the University of British Columbia reduced their energy consumption through their ecotrek program and a variety of other initiatives. Find out how the use of the Pulse energy management system allowed UBC to increase these savings and measure the impact of their investment.

1. Energy Sustainability on Campus
Reduce Your Campus’ Energy Consumption
John Metras, University of British Columbia
David Helliwell, Pulse Energy

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3. Agenda
• Ecotrek Program: objectives,
implementation, results.
• Energy management on campus
• Future energy reduction plans and goals
• Q&A
• Total: 45 minutes

4.  2 campuses: Vancouver and
Kelowna
 48,000 students
 Global leader in Clean Energy,
Forestry, Sustainable Urban
Development, Health Research,
Asian Studies
 Kyoto targets achieved in 2007
in a context of 30% growth
The University of British Columbia

5. UBC Ecotrek Program
• Canada’s largest university
energy/water retrofit project
• $35M in energy and water retrofits
to 288 buildings
• Interior and exterior lighting
upgrades
• HVAC and BMS system upgrades
• Steam system refurbishment and
upgrades
• Energy management training for
ops staff

6. Ecotrek Objectives
• Reduce energy and water costs
• Minimize environmental impacts
• Reduce deferred maintenance backlog
• Improve building occupant comfort

7. Implementation Strategy
• Partnered with BC Hydro and internal stakeholders
• Negotiated performance contract including energy usage
baselines
• Started with small lighting retrofit to prove concept

8. Implementation Strategy, Continued
• Employed rigorous project controls and internal
coordination
• Created program name and logo
• Promoted successes to make partners look good

9. Ecotrek Results & Benefits
Compared to 2000 levels, in 2007/2008 Ecotrek had achieved:
• 23% reduction of energy consumption per m2
• 35% reduction of water consumption per m2
• 23% reduction of GHG emissions per m2
• 86% reduction in NOx emissions
• $15-20M reduction in deferred maintenance
• Improved indoor air quality
• Enhanced reputation for leadership in sustainability

10. Energy Management
• Technical training for operations staff (EcoTrek)
• Energy dashboard pilot programs (Pulse Energy)
– Phase 1: Dashboard for building users
– Phase 2: EM software for operations staff

11. Energy Management, Continued
• Kill-a-Watt meter program
• Energy management policy
• Continuous optimization program (BC Hydro)
– Pilot program to audit, retrofit and monitor campus buildings

12. Future Plans
• Smart Energy Grid Project
– Biomass and alternative energy
– Steam to hot water conversion
– Continuous Optimization
• Goal to reduce carbon emissions by 33% by 2015, 67% by
2020 and 100% by 2050
• Reduce or avoid carbon tax and emission off-set costs
($3.3M/year)

13. Biomass Demonstration
UBC Bioenergy Research and Demonstration Project
Building: Four story CLT building
Gross Power: 1.95 MWe for export
Net Thermal: 8000 lbs/hr for district heating
CO2 Red: 4,000 tpy of GHG reduction

14. Continuous Optimization
• The UBC Continuous Optimization Program is targeting a
10% reduction in energy consumption and GHG emissions
by 2015
• Optimization (audits and re-commissioning), Monitoring,
Targeting and Reporting, Sustainable Behaviors.
• Measurement & verification of results with Pulse Energy’s
software

15. UBC Path to Carbon Neutrality
Smart Energy
Grid/
Continuous
Optimization
Biomass and
alternative
energy
Steam to
hot water
conversion
2007 2010 2015?

16. Pulse Energy Management Software

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