Energy Transformation & Green Buildings

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1 Energy Transformation & Green Buildings Trends Challenges and Opportunities 6th German American Energy Efficiency Conference Design meets Energy Efficiency

2 Pearl Street direct current (DC) to 59 customers in lower Manhattan. Adams Power Plant - Niagara Falls - AC transmission begins. Photographic Services of the Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.

3 44-68% Generation losses 30-50% Total Efficiency

4 Energy Consumption

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6 City of Austin

7 Pecan Street Project Credit: Pecan Street

8 Trends & Challenges

9 Green Buildings USGBC s LEED is a leader in 3 rd party green building certifications but new and existing 3 rd party standards, ratings or ordinances will emerge and expand outreach. Federal High Performance Sustainable Buildings Guiding Principles

10 Green Buildings

11 Green Buildings By the Numbers: This year it is estimated that 40-48% of new nonresidential construction will be green.* More than 3.6 billion square feet of building space are LEEDcertified (as of January, 2015) 44,270 USGBC LEED registered and certified projects in the U.S. Square footage of LEED-certified existing buildings surpassed LEED-certified new construction by 15 million square feet on a cumulative basis. Green Globes: 682 Green Globes; 258 Guiding Principles Compliance *Source: McGraw Hill Construction (2010). Green Outlook 2011: Green Trends Driving Growth

12 Green Buildings LEED-certified buildings in the Chapter s region

13 Green Buildings USGBC Central Texas Balcones

14 Green Buildings New Federal Green Building Rule released October 2014 NEW Executive Order Planning for Federal Sustainability in the Next Decade March 19, 2015 beginning in fiscal year 2020 all new construction of Federal buildings greater than 5,000 gross square feet that enters the planning process is designed to achieve energy net-zero Guiding Principles for High Performance and Sustainable Buildings to be revised in 2015

15 Renewable Energy Centennial - San Antonio Credit: CPS Energy and Texas Solar Power Association

16 National PV Trends Cumulative operating PV capacity has eclipsed 16 GWthrough Q The U.S. installed 1,354 MW- dc of solar PV in Q3 2014, up 41% over Q (2 nd best quarter ever) PV installations are forecast to reach 6.5 GW- in 2014, up 36% over 2013 and more than three times the market size of just three years ago. The U.S. solar industry employs nearly 174,000 workers as of November 2014, 21.8% growth in past year Source: GTM Research/SEIA: U.S. Solar Market Insight, Solar Foundation Solar Census & Texas Solar Power Association

17 Total U.S. Capacity Additions 4,350 MW of new utility scale generating capacity came on line about ½ is Natural Gas and ¼ from solar.

18 Texas ERCOT Capacity and Energy Use 2014 Generation Capacity Effective December ,000+ MW capacity for peak demand 340 billion kwh used in MW powers ~ 200 homes at peak demand Source: ERCOT Quick Facts, 1/2015

19 Texas Source: the Energy Collaborative, Rethink the Grid: Personal Power Stations, March 20,2015

20 Texas GTM Research expects home battery storage to grow into a billion dollar a year money generator by TX residential and small commercial solar prices are lower than most Source: LBNL Tracking the Sun VII 2014 Texas Solar Power Association 25

21 Texas Texas leads the nation in wind-powered generation capacity with over 12,000 megawatts In 2013 Texas generated almost 36 million megawatt hours of electricity from wind energy

22 Texas Texas Source: GTM Research /SEIA U.S. Solar Market Insight

23 Green Codes and Regulations In New Texas International Energy Conservation Code? Updated ASHRAE will be published; 18% greater energy savings as compared to % greater energy savings as compared to

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25 Clean Air: EPA S CLEAN POWER PLAN Reduce carbon pollution from power plants 30% below 2005 levels by 2030 By improving energy efficiency, improving power plant operations, and encouraging reliance on low-carbon and zero-emitting electricity generation. Greater emphasis will be on energy efficiency and renewables

26 Water Nexus More businesses will install water efficient technologies. Water is still inexpensive in some locations however a mixture of green building programs, building codes and new products will encourage water savings.

27 Existing Buildings Benchmarking and energy usage Source: Noesis Energy Source: EPA

28 Existing Buildings Market trends suggest that building owners will invest an estimated $960 billion between now and 2023 on greening their existing built infrastructure.* Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing program that enables owners of commercial and industrial properties to obtain low-cost, long-term loans for water conservation, energy-efficiency improvements, and renewable retrofits. New Technologies Lighting -LEDs ; HVAC; Building Envelope window technologies, structural panels; wireless automation Renewables Cloudforest Software Source: Daintree * Source: Heather Clancy, In California, At Least, The Case For Energy Efficiency Is Building, Forbes, December Chilled Panels for radiant cooling

29 Mike Myers Myers Verde Company Cloudforest Software