Empowering Collaborative Energy Management

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1 Primary Benchmark Empowering Collaborative Energy Management Ely Greenberg, P.E., CEM Erg Process Energy September 17, 2014

2 Terminology Wastewater WRRF = water resource recovery facility WWTP = waste water treatment plant WPCP = water pollution control plant Water WTP = water treatment plant Water Utilities

3 The Challenge How can water utilities manage energy? How can water utilities manage energy, data, assets, and teams?

4 Outline 1. Data = Sustainability; Build a Data Plan 2. Benefits of web apps to communicate with your team, visualize data, and save energy 3. Water Status & Primary Benchmark

5 Energy Consumption, Quadrillion Btu Consumed U.S. Energy Informa=on Administra=on

6 Potential Energy Water utilities consume ~ 5% of energy Consumption at 5%: ~4.75 Quadrillion BTU or ~1,392 terawatt-hours Wastewater contains up to 10x the potential energy as the energy for treatment WERF

7 Part I Data = Sustainability You can t manage what you don t measure

8 Energy Bills Rarely do water or wastewater utility personnel even see their see their energy bills, let alone use the valuable information that detailed billing provides. -Wisconsin Focus on Energy

9 AWWARF Study 2007 create metrics that allow comparison of u=lity energy use among peers

10 Why is data integral to sustainability? 1. Measurement of KPI s 2. Tracking 3. Verification 4. Communication

11 Triple Bottom Line Sustainability Economic Environmental Social

12 You Need a Data Plan

13 Dirty Data UNLIMITED DATA = DIRTY DATA

14 Clean Versus Dirty DIRTY DATA Inaccurate Incomplete fields Inconsistent Erroneous Outdated Duplicated CLEAN DATA Accurate Complete fields Consistent Continuous period

15 Building Your Own Data Plan It s all about your goals! What are your energy, operational, or financial goals? What metrics must you track to achieve these goals? How are you collecting, analyzing, and sharing this data?

16 Example Goals Reduce chemical costs Increase water storage Reduce leakage Reduce non-revenue water Reduce DO for aeration Get a better energy rate Increase customer engagement

17 Metrics What are the metrics / benchmarks? kwh / MG kwh / lb-bod removed kwh / lb-n 2 removed $ NaOCl / MG treated Complaints / Months Do you need sub-metering? Will you need to add additional sensors?

18 Data Storage What kinds of data? Energy bills SCADA Water quality Customer billing Receipts How is it stored? SQL database Excel Paper How old is it? Where is it stored?

19 Access and Retrieval Who has access? Who needs access? How often do they access this data? In what ways? / Text alerts Weekly meetings Tables / Graphs

20 Visualization and Communication Take action with your data Who needs to follow trends and receive reports / updates What are the set points for corrective action?

21 Be Honest About Data Is it good / clean data? What are the numbers telling you? Are your thoughts prettier than reality?

22 Part II Using apps to communicate with your team, visualize data, and save energy.

23 Benefits of Apps 97% of people read a text message within 15 minutes of receiving it 84% respond in 1 hour Strategic Growth Concepts

24 Benefits of Apps Improve communication Connect and collaborate Build relationships and engagement Stay up-to-date Enable forecasting and prediction Set tasks, goals, and data alerts Get and text notifications

25 Example Water App Platforms Water Status WIMS Esri HydroNET StruxureWare Primary Benchmark plus many, many others... Build your own?

26 Part III Water Status & Primary Benchmark

27 Customer Engagement

28 Customer Engagement

29 Customer Engagement

30 The Challenge How can water utilities manage energy? How can water utilities manage energy, data, assets, and teams?

31 Challenges to Energy Recovery P.O.O.F.

32 Challenges to Energy Recovery Political Competition for funding; prioritizing needs Operational Treatment standards, additional equipment Organizational Operators, engineers, managers, elected and appointed officials Funding High capital costs, access to capital

33 Primary Benchmark Cloud Solution Manage Energy Teams Manage Data

34 Managing an Energy Team Utility Leadership Energy Champion Operations Engineering Planning Compliance Share Data Across Your Utility

35 Uploading Data Energy, Process, Water Quality Data User input Automatic Uploaded by CSV Green Button Data

36 Visualize in Different Ways

37 Track Trends

38 Collecting Data Utilities collect massive amounts of data SCADA Utility Bills and Data kw, kwh, TOU Performance Data Flow, BOD, COD, TSS Building Management Systems (BMS)

39 Electric and Gas Utility Data Monitor Data From Utility Bill Peak demand charges (kw) Peak electrical consumption (kwh) Off-peak demand charges ($/kw) Off-peak electrical consumption ($/ kwh) Power Factor Total Cost

40 Operational Benefits Lower operational costs Set energy and emissions targets, and track performance Benchmark continuously Manage data from anywhere Collect and use data from multiple locations and different vendors

41 Organizational Benefits Improve long term capital planning Communicate energy goals Improve process understanding throughout the organization No need for spreadsheets or software updates Manage assets and vendors Archive important data

42 Implementation How to start? Start small!! Start monitoring one system or plant as a whole, then expand to individual systems Add goals, meters, and assets over time

43 More Information primarybenchmark.com

44 Conclusion 1. Data = Sustainability 2. Build a Data Plan 3. Take advantage of apps to increase efficiency and sustainability

45 Thank You! Ely Greenberg, P.E., CEM