The document outlines an upcoming 40-minute presentation about energy efficiency in NYC buildings. It will demonstrate that building energy management applies quality management practices to improve efficiency. The presentation will discuss NYC regulations requiring benchmarking, audits, retrofits and more. It will also cover total building commissioning, retro-commissioning, audits and other programs to improve existing buildings. Finally, it will summarize commonalities between quality management and building energy management practices.

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2. Scope and Purpose:
“Quality and Building Energy Management” is a 40’ presentation about
energy efficiency in NYC’s institutional, multifamily and commercial
buildings. The program goals are to demonstrate that Building Energy
Management best industry practices are Quality Management applied to a
specific trade, and to promote a dialogue between the quality and
building performance communities
Who should attend:
Quality professionals and everyone who is connected to Building Energy
Management
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3. Agenda:
The need to curb building energy consumption
Local building energy performance regulations
The building as a network of interactive systems
Total Building Commissioning for new buildings
Energy Audits, Retro-Commissioning, Continuous Commissioning
and Building Re-Tuning for existing buildings
Building energy efficiency programs common tasks
Quality and Building Energy Management summary of
commonalities
Some specifics of building energy management
Final words
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Buildings GHG Emissions
and Energy Consumption
Global Contribution:
30% of total GHG emission
40% of total energy use
NYC’s Contribution:
78% of total GHG emission
66% of total energy use
Current buildings emissions and energy costs are unsustainable!
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Regulations: PlaNYC Green Buildings
Local Laws
LL84: Benchmarking
LL85: NYC Energy Conservation Code (NYCECC)
LL87: Energy Audits & Retro-commissioning
LL88: Lighting Upgrades & Sub-metering
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PlaNYC Green Buildings LL84
Benchmarking
Applicability summary:
City buildings 10,000 gross square feet or more, must be
benchmarked beginning May 1, 2010
Commercial and residential buildings 50,000 gross square feet
or more, must be benchmarked beginning May 1, 2011
Benchmarking tool is EPA Portfolio Manager
http://www.energystar.gov/buildings/facility-owners-and-managers/existing-buildings/use-portfolio-manager
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“Benchmarking is the inputting and submitting to an online
database system of descriptive information about a building and
the total energy and water use for the building for the previous
calendar year.”

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PlaNYC Green Buildings LL85
NYC Energy Conservation Code
Requirements:
“For all additions, alterations, renovations and repairs* to an
existing building or building system, the work must meet
the current standards of the NYC Energy Conservation Code
(NYCECC) at the time of construction”
* Of any size, previously 50% of the building or more
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PlaNYC Green Buildings LL87
“LL87 requires buildings 50,000 gross square feet or more
to undergo an energy audit once every 10 years, along
with retro-commissioning to "tune up" the building's
existing energy systems and ensure efficient operation. “
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Parallels with quality management: Continuous
Improvement

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PlaNYC Green Buildings LL88
Lighting Upgrades and Sub-Metering
“LL88 requires 50,000 gross square feet or more, non-residential
buildings to upgrade lighting to meet current New York City
Energy Conservation Code standards, and to install electrical
sub-meters for each 10,000 square feet non-residential tenant
space and provide monthly energy statements”
Deadline for compliance is January 1, 2025
Note: in particular, the code includes requirements for occupancy
and/or vacancy sensors and daylight harvesting
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10.  Envelope (weather barrier,
blue line)
 P & T barriers (red line)
 Safety
 Plumbing (water, waste)
 Lighting (indoor, outdoor)
 Motors (generators, fans,
pumps, compressors,
elevators)
 Equipment and appliances
(plug-in loads)
 HVAC (boilers, unit HVAC
appliances, DHW heaters,
roof top fans, AHU’s, RTU’s,
chillers and cooling towers,
heating coils)
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What is a Building?
Conditioned space
Garage
Boilers,
Power vault
Chillers
Rooftop
fan
Cooling
tower
RTU
Mech.
room
Water tower
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“Total Building Commissioning is a systematic process of assuring by
verification and documentation, from the design phase to a minimum
of one year after construction1
, that all facility systems perform
interactively2
in accordance with the design documentation and intent,
and in accordance with the owner’s operational needs3
, including
preparation of operation personnel4
.”
New Buildings:
General Services Administration/GSA
Total Building Commissioning/TBCx
Parallels with quality management:
1. TBCx assures that best industry practices are used cradle to grave
2. The building must be handled as a network of interactive systems
3. TBCx is driven by Owner’s Project Requirements and Design Intent
documents
4. TBCx includes operators development
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12. GSA TBCx – Planning
Stage
1 - Identification of the commissioning team:
 GSA PM (Team Leader)
 GSA Operating Personnel
 Customer Agency Representative(s)
 GSA Technical Experts (i.e. Structural, Mechanical, Electrical,
Fire Protection, Elevator, Seismic, LEED/Sustainability, etc.)
 Architect/Engineer (A/E)
 Construction Manager (CM)
 Commissioning Agent (CxA)
 Construction Contractor and Subcontractors
Parallels with quality management: Concurrent Engineering
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13. GSA TBCx – Planning
Stage
2 - Define Owner's Project Requirements
 The Owner’s Project Requirements will form the basis from
which all design, construction, acceptance and operational
decisions are made
Parallels with quality management: Customer Focus
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14. GSA TBCx – Planning Stage
3 – Develop Preliminary Commissioning Plan
Introduction Purpose and general summary of the Plan.
General Project
Information
Overview of the project, emphasizing key project information an delivery method
characteristics.
Commissioning
Scope
The commissioning scope including which building assemblies, systems, subsystems and
equipment will be commissioned on this project.
Team Contacts Project specific Commissioning Team members and contact information.
Communication
Plan & Protocols
Documentation of the communication channels to be used throughout the project.
Commissioning
Process
Detailed description of the project specific tasks to be accomplished during the Planning,
Design, Construction and Tenant Occupancy Stages with associated roles & responsibilities.
Commissioning
Documentation
List of commissioning documents required to identify expectations, track conditions and
decisions and validate/certify performance.
Commissioning
Schedule
Specific sequences of events and relative timeframes, dates and durations.
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15. GSA TBCx – Planning Stage
4 - Establish Initial Budget for Commissioning
Commissioning agent costs
Additional project costs
Cost-benefit analysis for commissioning
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16. GSA TBCx – Design Stage
“Design Stage commissioning activities serve to ensure that the Owner’s
Project Requirements for items such as energy efficiency, sustainability,
indoor environmental quality, fire protection and life safety, etc. are
sufficiently defined and adequately and accurately reflected in the
contract documents.”
Incorporate commissioning in the Architect/Engineers and Construction
Managers scopes of work
Retain Commissioning Agent Services
Review Owner Requirements and Design
Commissioning Agent review of design documents
Update commissioning plan
Develop commissioning specifications
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17. GSA TBCx – Construction
Stage
“The Commissioning Team collaborates during the Construction Phase
to verify that systems and assemblies operate to validate that the
Owner’s Project Requirements are achieved. The two overarching goals
of this phase are to assure both the level of quality desired and the
requirements of the contracts are met.”
Review submittals for performance parameters
Develop and use construction checklists
Oversee and document function performance tests
Hold Cx team meetings and report progress
Conduct owner training
Turnover commissioning record
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18. GSA TBCx
Post-Construction Stage
“Systems, assemblies, equipment and components will tend to shift from
their as-installed conditions over time. In addition, the needs and
demands of facility users typically change as a facility is used. The Post-
Construction Stage allows for the continued adjustment, optimization and
modification of building systems to meet specified requirements.”
Perform deferred and seasonal testing
Re-inspect performance before warranty end
Complete final commissioning report
Final satisfaction review with client
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19. Existing Buildings
Energy Efficiency Programs
 Energy Audits*
 Retro-Commissioning/RCx*
 Continuous Commissioning (continuous systems improvement)
 Building re-tuning (limited scope retro-commissioning focused
on control systems sensor checking/replacement, set-points
validation and system calibration)
* Energy audits identify opportunities for efficiency improvements
in an existing building and one of these opportunities is
frequently the need for a building “tune-up,” or retro-
commissioning (but, historically, energy audits tend to focus on
capital investment)
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20. Energy Efficiency Programs
Common Tasks
 Develop equipment inventory
 Collect all documentation including Owner’s Project Requirements,
operating manuals, installation schedules, blueprints, maintenance
records, and previous audit reports
 Identify building’s types of energy (electricity, fuel oil, natural gas,
city steam)
 Analyze energy bills
 Identify major loads
 Allocate energy use to major loads
 Compare systems performance against requirements, benchmark
 Identify Energy Efficiency Measures/EEM’s
 Calculate EEM’s life cycle costs and savings and prioritize EEM’s*
*Includes elements of Quality Costs
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21. Bldg Energy Management and
Quality Management
Summary of Commonalities
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Customer Focus Explicit
System Thinking Explicit
Participatory Management Implicit
Operators Empowerment Partly Explicit
Continuous Improvement Explicit
Concurrent Engineering Explicit
Benchmarking Explicit
Quality Costs Implicit

22. Building Energy Efficiency
Main Tenets
 Consume energy only when it is necessary (if you don’t use it,
turn it off).
 At any given time, consume only the energy that is necessary
(match capacity to demand, typical issues with oversized
equipment).
 Use high efficiency equipment and maintain it well.
 Use a Building Automation (or Management) System to achieve
systems integration.
Energy use = equipment consumption x hours of operation
Hydronic Boilers
Modulating Control
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23. Building Energy Efficiency
Typical Issues
Schedule: equipment is running when there is no demand
(especially HVAC, lights and plug-in loads)
Systems:
Untrained personnel.
Oversized equipment (boilers, fans, pumps).
Inefficient equipment.
Malfunctioning controls (dead sensors, out-of calibration
controllers, wrong set points, manual bypasses).
Inadequate maintenance (run to failure, cleaning, lubrication,
alignment, filter replacement, parts replacement, etc.)
High electricity demand
Poor energy purchasing practices
Combustion
analyzer
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24. Building Energy Efficiency
Typical Issues
What is the most common and most commonly neglected EEM?
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Preventive maintenance!
A preventive maintenance program requires an exhaustive
equipment inventory, the collection of all related documentation
- manuals, installation schedules, blueprints, previous
maintenance/repair records, etc. -, an overhaul of
underperforming equipment, and then the proper maintenance
program including the collection and trend analysis of history
records

25. Building Energy Efficiency
Final Words
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As every professional promoting (positive) change in
his/her organization can tell you, if building ownership and
management are not on-board, achieving code compliance
is an uphill battle and more proactive energy efficiency
initiatives outright impossible
For your EEM proposals to have a chance of being taken
into serious consideration, present your case with an air-
tight evaluation of life cycle costs and savings
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