Impacto de la sostenibilidad para mis clientes

Breve descripción de la empresa

Over 4 million square feet of space and 15 parking garages the customer is a negative net zero consumer of electricity. To achieve this feat they have deployed an EBO building automation system, Building Advisor and Power Monitoring Expert solution.

Ubicación

USA

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Integrador de sistemas

Tipo de segmento:

Bienes raíces comerciales

Tamaño de la empresa

0 - 50 millones de euros

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Owner Contact: Gary Schlotzhauer C&C Group Account Manager: Darrell Brown

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Travis Schneweis

1. ¿Recurre a la Estrategización?

Sí

A. ¿Tiene algún plan de descarbonización con metas? En caso afirmativo, describa su plan/hoja de ruta.

B. ¿Ha completado usted o su cliente todas las clases en la Escuela de Sostenibilidad de Schneider Electric?

2. ¿Recurre a la Digitalización?

Sí

A. ¿Está ayudando a un cliente a implementar algún software centralizado de gestión y seguimiento de información de servicios para el análisis y la generación de informes de energía y carbono?

Yes, we have deployed Building Advisor and have also integrated Power Management Expert into their existing EBO system

B. ¿Está un cliente midiendo con su ayuda las principales cargas de energía para descubrir oportunidades para reducir el consumo de energía y las emisiones?

Yes, all buildings and parking garages are metered. Customer uses the meters to accurately invoice their tenants, verify utility invoices, ensure the electrical system is operating at peak performance and deliver quality power. The client was billing tenants per square foot for the energy used, now they are able to provide the tenant with an accurate bill with actual consumption. Tenants only pay for they electricity they use resulting in happier tenants and reduced vacancy rates. Customer has over 200 meters on the campus with 33 of those residing in the central plant alone. They are able to breakdown the power by building, building section and by floor. Another result of the increased efficiency is increasing the value of the property. As the value to operate the facility decreases the value of the property increases which is another benefit of the increased efficiency.

C. ¿Está ayudando a un cliente a monitorizar la eficiencia energética y el rendimiento de los equipos para obtener información útil?

Through PME the customer is able to monitor their energy efficiency and understand their power consumption. PME also gives them an immense amount of details that help the Owner diagnose machine problems that are commonly blamed on bad power. This is not only done for the Owner's equipment it is also a feature their tenants use to gain insight into their own equipment.

D. ¿Está posibilitando que un cliente utilice la gestión y el seguimiento de energía para evaluar la calidad de la energía y aumentar la resiliencia y la continuidad del negocio?

The customer is using Power Management Expert. With the amount of detail available they are able to diagnose problems for their tenants. For example if a tenant has an issue with a piece of equipment they can show the power quality coming into the equipment which eliminates people blaming "dirty" power and forces them to find the problem with the equipment. The information is far more detailed than what one would normally receive from their utility and has actually helped the utility track down issues on their end.

E. ¿Ha implementado en nombre de un cliente innovaciones que maximicen la eficiencia y la digitalización de sus operaciones?

The entire facility is operated off an EBO architecture with integrated Power Monitoring Expert and Building Advisor. Using a single pane of glass the customer can see and control all 4 million square feet of space. Building Advisor allows the customer to focus on the critical issues first. By focusing on critical issues first they are able to prioritize service, so they are addressing problems before tenants ever know an issue is at hand. The prioritization of service has reduced their need for outside labor by 61% which has resulted in more than $700,000 a year savings. Since the deployment of Building Advisor the owner has seen a 65% reduction in temperature calls and complaints.

F. ¿Ha implementado actualizaciones de activos y programas de modernización para que un cliente optimice y aumente la longevidad de su equipo de planta y evite las emisiones?

The original system was a I/A Niagara R2 system and we replaced with EBO without replacing the entire system. We have been able to provide the client with a modern system without the expense. Being backward compatible also saves on emissions as we have not had to use critical resources to build new components while disposing of old. This solution increases the longevity of the entire system and reduces the overall impact on our environment.

G. ¿Ha adoptado la integración digital de la energía y los procesos para un cliente como forma de minimizar el consumo de energía y optimizar su proceso?

With Building Advisor we are able to provide an actionable list of items for our client's service team to address. Prior to the deployment of Building Advisor the client relied upon comfort complaints to dictate what was serviced. Now their process has completely changed. Building Advisor sends proactive information about either known issues or potential problems and the service team is able to investigate. The majority of the time the issue is fixed prior to any comfort complaint being logged resulting in happier tenants and reduced vacancy. Concerning the integration of PME to the BAS. The customer is not currently using the power data to make BAS decisions. We have presented an option to change sequences, so PME data could be used to adjust sequences during high demand times.

3. ¿Recurre a la Descarbonización?

Sí

A. ¿Está posibilitando que un cliente utilice sistemas de automatización y gestión energética para controlar sus equipos y sistemas?

We deployed a campus wide (approximately 4,000,000 square feet) EBO system that controls everything from their HVAC, to lighting and even water fountains. The BAS provides the owner with a campus-wide perspective on how the systems are operating as a whole. This visibility allows them to make strategic decisions operating the system thus reducing/controlling their electrical consumption and electrical demand. The system touches just about every piece of equipment down to the UPS', so when an issue does arise they have the insight as to what is going on allowing them to quickly fix the issue which saves in contract labor expenses.

B. ¿Ha implementado algún cliente con su ayuda prácticas que hayan aumentado su eficiencia energética?

Building Advisor was deployed in 2020 and since the deployment the customer has saved over $1.5 million per year in electrical costs and has reduced over 10,000 tons from their carbon footprint. To put this in perspective this is a 16% reduction in annual energy savings and is equivalent to avoiding over 10 million gallons of gas. The central plant alone has reduced its energy consumption by more than 18%. Another benefit of Building Advisor it has provided additional time for the central plant operators to focus on running the central plant. The new ownership has empowered the operations team to run the plant in an efficient manner, but they needed to free up time to do so. Building Advisor allows them more time to focus on the efficient operation of the plant and not focus on the hot/cold calls as Building Advisor is proactively addressing those problems.

C. ¿Está permitiendo a un cliente usar energías renovables (PPA, EAC o generación en las instalaciones) para al menos una parte de sus necesidades energéticas?

Yes, the customer is a producer of energy from windfarms in Western KS. The customer actually produces more wind power than they consume making them a negative net zero facility in their electrical consumption.

D. Para optimizar las emisiones de Alcance 2, ¿ha ayudado a un cliente a obtener energía a través de acuerdos de compra de energía renovable o certificados de atributos de la energía?

Yes, see answer in question C above.

E. ¿Utiliza un cliente con su ayuda electricidad de generación de energía renovable en el sitio para reducir las emisiones de Alcance 2?

NO

F. ¿Ha implementado el almacenamiento de energía para un cliente? 

No

G. ¿Ha equipado a un cliente con activos de generación distribuida que maximicen el valor económico y el impacto en la red eléctrica?

No, all power consumed is generated from off site wind energy. The wind energy produced is more than they consume in a year therefore making them a negative net zero environment.

H. ¿Está ayudando a un cliente a reducir las emisiones de carbono al enfocarse en la eficiencia energética y la descarbonización en sus operaciones?

Yes, see answer in item 3B.

I. ¿Ha reducido un cliente con su ayuda su huella de carbono a través de proyectos de modernización que se centran en la eficiencia energética y la descarbonización?

Yes, see answer in item 3B for carbon reduction amounts. Modernization items include complete upgrade of their building automation system to EBO, installation and integration of Power Monitoring Expert and Building Advisor into their EBO system.

J. ¿Ha ayudado a un cliente a implementar prácticas para aumentar la eficiencia energética en sus operaciones?

Yes, see answer in item 3B.

K. ¿Ha ayudado a un cliente a crear un programa de compromiso con sus proveedores para reducir las emisiones de Alcance 3?

No

L. ¿Ha adoptado un cliente con su ayuda un programa de compromiso con sus proveedores ascendentes y socios de distribución descendente para rastrear y reducir las emisiones de Alcance 3?

No

M. ¿Ha permitido a un cliente utilizar el modelado digital para capturar datos de carbono incorporados de materiales y equipos?

No

N. ¿Ha ayudado a un cliente a incorporar infraestructura de carga de vehículos eléctricos a sus operaciones con flotas, empleados o clientes? 

Yes, the customer has installed EV charging stations throughout the campus for a total of 15 EV chargers with two (2) ports a piece, so they can accommodate up to 30 cars at one time. Since 2020 they have seen a 150% increase in the use of their EV stations. The amount of GHG saved in this same time period could power over 26 homes electricity use for one year. Over the lifetime of the chargers they have avoided 234, 515 kg of GHG which is like planting 6,013 trees and letting them grow for 10 years.

O. ¿Ha convertido un cliente con su orientación parte de su flota en vehículos eléctricos?

Each of the 15 parking garages on site have had EV chargers installed. Each parking garage has dedicated electrical so the addition of EV chargers is seamless. We monitor the need for additional chargers via a front end dashboard that we help them navigate.

P. ¿Ha posibilitado que un cliente electrifique algunas de sus operaciones para reducir las emisiones de Alcance 1 y que utilice energías renovables para reducir su huella de carbono? ¿Qué porcentaje de las operaciones de su cliente se han electrificado?

The entire facility is run on electric. Other than the diesel required for backup power the facility burns a minimal amount of natural gas in their cooking/restaurant operations.

Q. ¿Ha aconsejado a un cliente que compre materiales y equipos con bajo contenido de carbono? 

The customer is very eco-conscience on their own. They are always looking for environmental friendly products/solutions.

R. ¿Recurre un cliente con su ayuda al mantenimiento basado en condiciones para extender la vida útil de su equipo, retrasando con ello la compra de nuevos equipos y reduciendo el carbono incorporado asociado?

Yes, if something is operating efficiently they are running the equipment until either the maintenance becomes difficult because of obsolete parts or the equipment dies. They are not replacing equipment because the "useful life" is approaching or has expired. A great example of this is the BAS. We kept all lower level controllers in place and only replaced the network level controllers. Taking this approached saved having to use new resources to produce new controllers as well as reduced landfill waste for having to dispose of the old controllers.

S. ¿Va a comprar un cliente basándose en el asesoramiento que le ha proporcionado compensaciones de carbono para equilibrar cualquier emisión residual de Alcance 1 y 3?

Customer is purchasing wind energy from wind farms in Western Kansas resulting in net zero in electric consumption.

T. ¿Está ayudando a un cliente a reducir el uso del agua a través de operaciones mejoradas y un enfoque en la eficiencia? 

The largest water consumer in the facility is the chilled water system for the HVAC system. We monitor and track all the water consumption, so we can run the central plant as efficient as possible. Whenever possible free cooling is used and the chillers are taken offline. The customer harvests all rain fall and condensate, returning it to on site retention ponds resulting in no potable water being used in their irrigation activities. The result is an estimated 30 million gallons of water saved each year.

U. ¿Ha posibilitado que un cliente lleve a cabo un control y ajuste del uso del agua según las previsiones de riesgos de disponibilidad del agua? 

No

V. ¿Ha ayudado a un cliente a crear programas de optimización de operaciones de limpieza in situ, p. ej., tratamiento y recuperación de agua y aguas residuales, centrados en la eficiencia? 

No

W. ¿Está un cliente adquiriendo con su ayuda materiales circulares y minimizando los residuos en sus operaciones?

No

X. ¿Ha ayudado a algún cliente a desarrollar un plan para pasar sus procesos basados en energías fósiles a la electrificación?

As we mentioned earlier the entire facility is already electrified, so very little fossil fuel is used in operating the facility.

Y(i). ¿Ha ayudado a un cliente a implementar innovaciones o modelos de negocios de circularidad? Seleccione todas las que corresponda:

• ¿Ayudar a un cliente a implementar innovaciones para reducir el consumo de energía y las emisiones de carbono en sus operaciones?
• ¿Ayudó a un cliente a implementar innovaciones para reemplazar las fuentes de energía con energías renovables?
• ¿Ayudó a un cliente a implementar innovaciones para reducir el uso de agua?

Y(ii). ¿Cuáles son los resultados de estas innovaciones?

To summarize the results. The customer is a negative net zero consumer of electricity as they produce more wind energy than they consume. Since the inception of Building Advisor the prioritization of service has reduced their need for outside labor by 61% which has resulted in more than $700,000 a year savings. Another result of the deployment of Building Advisor, the owner has seen a 65% reduction in temperature calls and complaints. As a result of the installation of EBO, PME and Building Advisor the customer has saved over $1.5 million per year in electrical costs and has reduced over 10,000 tons from their carbon footprint. To put this in perspective this is a 16% reduction in annual energy savings and is equivalent to avoiding over 10 million gallons of gas. The central plant alone has reduced its energy consumption by more than 18%. All rain water and condensate water is harvested to on site detention ponds resulting in more than 30 million gallons of water saved each year. EV chargers are installed throughout thus avoiding 234, 515 kg of GHG which is like planting 6,013 trees and letting them grow for 10 years.

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