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Electri -City. Team Oorja Tufts University. City plan. Introduction. Statement of Goal Team Approach Key Issues Financial Analysis Budget Allocation Conclusions. Goal Assumptions. Create a long-term, sustainable energy solution for a mid-sized US cities
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Electri-City Team Oorja Tufts University
Introduction • Statement of Goal • Team Approach • Key Issues • Financial Analysis • Budget Allocation • Conclusions
Goal Assumptions • Create a long-term, sustainable energy solution for a mid-sized US cities • We focus on energy management in the 150 municipal public buildings • Primarily on office space
Approach • Energy plan for a mid-sized US city managing diverse stakeholders • Key Issues • Building manager disincentives • Data disintegration issues • Financial constraints • Multi-stakeholder problem
Data Deficiencies • Utility data availability • Inconsistent standards • Budgetary constraints • Lack of building data
Data Solutions • Submetering • Portfolio Manager • Benchmarking • Auditing
Stakeholder Issues • Disincentives • Poor Information Channels • Inflexibility
Building Manager Disincentives • Disaggregated standards • Lack of awareness and understanding • Absence of support of city management • Little budget flexibility • No inclusion of energy performance in facilities management • Additional work for building managers
Building Manager Solutions • Training program • Flexible budgets • Adding to performance evaluation criteria • Additional discretionary spending • Monitoring incentives from savings • Energy management handle paperwork and pre-approve vendor
Financial Constraints • Financing for upgrades • Procurement policy issues • Rigid capital budgets • High upfront capital costs
Financial Solutions • Using extensive clean energy funding network • Channel additional audits and building upgrades based on need • Financing scheme for capital upgrades • Outcome-based monetary incentives for stakeholders
Conclusions • Audits, submeters, incentives, and retrofits • Conservative cost estimation • Replicability & Scalability • Better integration with utility