Facilities Manager Peer Exchange Meeting

November 16, 2012

Participating Hospitals

• Advocate Health Care & Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center (IMMC) 
• Jesse Brown VA Medical Center
• Mt. Sinai Hospital & Schwab Rehabilitation Institute
• Northwestern Memorial Hospital
• Norwegian American Hospital
• Rush University Medical Center
• Saint Bernard Hospital
• Saint Joseph Hospital/Presence Health Care
• Shriners Hospital for Children - Chicago
• Swedish Covenant
• University of Chicago Medical Center
• Vanguard Health Chicago

NOTE: If you would like to learn more about any of the following peer exchange discussion topics, please contact the CGHI team and we will connect you with the appropriate hospital(s).

Follow-Ups From Prior Meetings

• CGHI Website: Please let the CGHI team know what changes you would like to see on the CGHI website.
• LED Implementation Tracking Spreadsheet: The CGHI team will be back in touch with hospitals regarding the LED tracking spreadsheet. Please login to the website to access the current version of the spreadsheet or contact the CGHI team for a copy.
• Beta Tests: We continue to talk with vendors about having hospitals beta test products. If you have possible product suggestions please contact the CGHI team
• EEPS: Chicagoland Hospital-sector contribution analysis will be performed.

Building Automation Systems (BAS)

Tom Johanson, ComEd, Sr. Energy Efficiency Engineer; Thomas.Johanson@DNVKEMA.com; 630.480.3434 x 74223

Michael Taylor, ComEd, Relationship Account Manager; Michael Taylor@DNVKEMA.com; 630.480.3434 x74224; Cell: 815.200.2011

NOTE:  ComEd’s programs are incentives vs. rebates; so you must get pre-approval before you start a project.

Tom presented: Top 10 - What's new in Building Automation Systems. 

• 1) Anytime/anywhere access: Use cloud services, mobile, etc. for remote processing, making changes, and benchmarking
  • None of the attendees are currently using cloud services for their BAS.
  • Is ComEd incenting cloud services?
    • Monitoring-based commissioning will be incented, and ongoing services receives $0.07/kWh for an 18 month contract   
  • Cloud databases will decrease heat loads on data centers during monitoring-based commissioning at Advocate
• 2) Building performance: System data collection and reporting, real-time tracking and managing, and energy/carbon/utility bill management that could be useful because governments have begun mandating reporting (NYC and Boston)
• 3) System optimization: Continuous commissioning, automatic fault deletion, and identifying new measures to decrease energy use could result in 10-15% initial energy savings, but future commissioning is needed in order to maintain savings
• 4) Integration of systems
  • Building systems: HVAC, lighting, security, and life safety
  • HVAC systems: Building occupant zones, lights, chillers, air handlers, temperature, and ventilating occupancy
  • IP Network: Can connect networks,, share, use in other applications
  • The new Lurie Children’s Hospital has a fully integrated hard wired BAS; there are 40,000 points where data comes in; even from refrigerators.
• 6) Wireless Control makes it easier for retrofits
  • Pneumatic controls with digital system at Advocate
  • A cautionary comment was made re: placement of wireless sensors; if an object comes between the sensor and the equipment your data will not be accurate.  Hard wired systems are more reliable.
• 7) Demand controlled ventilation,
  
  • Codes regulate CO2 volume, and makes it difficult with 170 code
  • Lurie doesn’t do internal CO2 sensors
  • CO2 sensors work well in an enclosed parking garage
• 8) Intelligent Lighting Control
• 9) Smart Grid Integration will need smart buildings
• 10) Net Zero Buildings
  • National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Denver is net zero, with most of its power coming from solar and uses the Earth for its heating and cooling

Discussion

• Advocate received $270,000 from the U.S. Department of Energy to use towards sub-metering.
  • Goal of project is to see how hospitals use energy
  • Data should be available next summer
  • This could involve using patient data and square footage
  • This could potentially produce future construction ideas
  • Massachusetts General Hospital (SUNY – Syracuse) also received funding for sub-metering
• Healthcare Strategies
  • Centralized operation
  • Reduce code regulation regarding outside air during unoccupied hours
  • Decrease air flow to minimum space ventilation and lower set points when unoccupied
  • Chilled water condensate temperature, set point, and reset
  • Supply air temperature, pressure, set point, and reset
  • Economize controls
• New Standard measures
  • Building energy management system (less than 120,000 square feet): $0.2 per S.F. of conditioned space
  • Demand controlled ventilation
• Custom PY5 Incentives
  • $.07/kWh incentive
  • Early commitment to 500,000+ kWh reduction: $.06/kWh incentive

  • Incentives are available regardless of whether ComEd provides your hospital with electricity

David Haas, Advocate

• Advocate has a Johnson Controls BAS
• Successes
  • Integrated systems, reset schedules, summaries, internet-based, customer-driven services relationship, staffing, etc.
  • Systems can link around and combine user views
  • Understanding potential problems
  • If there is a critical problem, then relevant people are paged, and there will be an audible alarm to alert people that cannot be muted until the problem is fixed
  • CAD drawings of buildings with sensors
  • Trending capabilities, diagnostic helpful to solve problems
  • BAS contributed to Advocate’s high Energy Star score and having a dedicated BAS staff person is a key to success
  • Have it in contract with Johnson Controls for technician to come to IMMC 8 hours/week to work with David
• Struggles
  • Staffing, old systems, training deficiency, finances, multiple systems, incompatible devices (if not web-based)
  • Need to consider whether new system can integrate old systems
• New and exciting
  • Wireless devices, BACnet communication, occupancy-based controls, and integrated support systems
  • Energy metering of a chiller plant: 0.333 KW/ton on Chillers
  • Advocate purchased DDC digital pneumatic thermostats (~$500 each), that allow both the occupant and staff to adjust them within preset ranges
• Hope for future
  • More metering and an energy dashboard
  • Tie lighting control and demand-controlled ventilation into BAS
  • Capturing data for patient rooms on temperature controls to reduce nuisance calls

Peoples Gas Double Rebates

We recapped Jim Hauser's presentation at last month's peer exchange meeting. Jim is with Peoples Gas/Franklin Energy shared with us the double rebates Peoples Gas has available for a limited time.

Below are a few highlights of the double rebates. For more details view Jim's presentation.

• Prescriptive rebates are doubled through November 30, with a 50% bonus from December 1-31.
• $120 per steam trap or $300-$400 per high pressure steam trap.
• With $0.80 / MBH saved, boiler tune-ups in some cases can be fully paid for with rebates.
• Demand Control Ventilation upgrades receives an extra $0.50/therm.
• $8 / ft for pipe insulation.
• $80 for programmable thermostats.

Rebate examples:

• Shriners Hospital to receive ~$17K in Peoples Gas rebates for a Linkage-less burner controls on 4 boilers. Rebate is 44% of project cost. Payback is 1.3 years.
• Mt. Sinai Intelli-hood demand control ventilation retrofit has an estimated $14,816 rebate, a 1.6 year payback, and energy savings of 7,507 therms/year.
• Resurrection retirement facility had Peoples Gas install low flow showerheads, CFLs, and faucet aerators in 670 units. Savings are $29,851 in natural gas and water saving and 18,090 therms/year. Because of the rebates, the net result was no cost for Resurrection.
• Advocate is pursuing a $1.9 million burner project which will result in a $900,000 rebate with a ROI of less than one year.

For immediate assistance taking advantage of the rebates contact Jim Hauser or Paige Finnegan with Peoples Gas/Franklin Energy. Jim and team will not only help identify and assess the energy saving opportunities but they can also complete the Peoples Gas rebate application. Contact Jim at jhauser@franklinenergy.com; O: 312.878.0038; C: 815.614.0555 or Paige Finnegan at pfinnegan@franklinenergy.com; O: 312.878.0038; C: 847.942.0016