Dr. Theresa Maldonado, P.E. Associate Vice Chancellor for Research The Texas A&M University System

1. BE-CENTRIC: Building Energy – Conservation, Efficiency, andTechnologies Regional Innovation Cluster Skip Mills Director, San Antonio Operations Texas Center for Applied Technology Texas Engineering Experiment Station skip-mills@tamu.edu Dr. Theresa Maldonado, P.E. Associate Vice Chancellor for Research The Texas A&M University System & DirectorEnergy Engineering InstituteTexas Engineering Experiment Station maldonado@tamu.edu JBSA Sustainable Energy Workshop, June 9, 2010

2. Agenda • Texas A&M University System • Energy Engineering Institute • BE-CENTRIC

3. Texas A&M University System 11 Universities 7 State Agencies 1 Health Science Center Texas A&M Agriculture Texas A&M Engineering College of Agriculture & Life Sciences Texas A&M University Dwight Look College of Engineering Texas A&M University Texas Engineering Experiment Station Texas AgriLife Research Texas Transportation Institute Texas AgriLife Extension Service Texas Engineering Extension Service Texas Forest Service

4. Dwight Look College of Engineering Departments • Aerospace Engineering • Biological and Agricultural Engineering • Biomedical Engineering • Chemical Engineering • Civil Engineering • Computer Science • Electrical and Computer Engineering • Engineering Technology & Industrial Distribution • Industrial & Systems Engineering • Mechanical Engineering • Nuclear Engineering • Petroleum Engineering

5. Colleges • Agriculture and Life Sciences • Architecture • George Bush School of Government and Public Service • Mays Business School • Education and Human Development • Dwight Look College of Engineering • Geosciences • Liberal Arts • Science • Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences

6. Dwight Look College of Engineering Texas Engineering Extension Service Texas Engineering Experiment Station Texas Transportation Institute Fundamental Research Applied Research Demonstration Implementation

7. Energy Engineering Institutehttp://www.energyengineering.org Vision: Position TAMU System and the State of Texas as global leaders in research, education, policy, and economic development of integrated, comprehensive sustainable energy systems. Mission: Form a creative and productive collaborative environment to advance sustainable energy technologies and systems. Texas is the energy state.

8. Texas A&M Energy Portfolio • Generation & Conversion / Storage • Nonrenewables • Fossil (Oil, gas, coal) • Nuclear • Renewables • Crops-to-Wheels initiative (MixAlco process) • Bioenergy • Wind • Solar • Geothermal • Hydrogen • Distribution / Transmission • Electric grid – comprehensive, smart • Network infrastructure (examples) • Physical devices and subsystems • Computer control and security • Microturbine technologies • Space power • Portable power generators • Energy Use / Efficiency / Efficient Loads • Advanced buildings • Smart buildings • Zero energy buildings • Distributed generation • Continuous commissioning • Smart sensors and advanced controls • System-on-chip and sensor nets • Advanced vehicles/engines • PHEV • StarRotor engine • Synthetic jet flow control technologies • Advanced transportation systems • Systems Science / Engineering / Policy • Energy system integration, implementation, & management • New tools • New embedded technologies • Risk analysis • Risk-based decision making • Safety • Energy Policy

9. EEI Centers, Institutes, and Alliances • Berg-Hughes Center for Petroleum & Sedimentary Systems (GEO) Nuclear • Nuclear Power Institute • Nuclear Science Center • Nuclear Security Science and Policy Institute • Center for Large-Scale Simulations Natural Gas Center:Pending Oil & Gas • Crisman Institute • Halliburton Center for Unconventional Resources • Chevron Center for Well Construction and Production • Schlumberger Center for Reservoir Description and Dynamics • Center for Energy, Environment, and Transportation Innovation • Global Petroleum Research Institute • Offshore Technology Research Center

10. Centers, Institutes, and Alliances Bioenergy • Bioenergy Alliance • Food Protein R&D Center Wind • Turbomachinery Laboratory • New wind center of excellence – spring 2010 Safety • Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center Efficiency • Energy Systems Laboratory • • Center for Housing and Urban Development Applied Research • Texas Center for Applied Technology • Space Engineering Research Center Policy • Institute for Science, Technology, and Public Policy (The Bush School of Gov’t and Public Service)

11. Texas A&M Engineering Wind Energy: Our Philosophy Offshore Advanced Composites Power Distribution and Management Testing Blade Design, Aeroelasticity Civil Infrastructure Logistics Holistic Approach to Energy Systems Onshore Turbomachinery, Power Electronics, Gear box, etc.

12. Cyber Security and the Grid Complex cyber-physical interdependencies Integration of new and legacy subsystems System: real-time and on-line Culture of security often lacking Dr. Deepa Kundur Elec. & Comp. Eng.

13. Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA):Energy – Regional Innovation Cluster (E-RIC): Efficient Building Systems • One of three DOE HUBs for FY10: • Modeling and Simulation for Nuclear Reactors • Fuels from Sunlight • E-RIC: Efficient Building Systems (multi-agency) • Motivation for Efficient Building Systems: “The purpose of the pilot project is to support an E-RIC that will develop, expand, and commercialize innovative energy efficient building systems technologies, designs, and best practices for national and international distribution…..an E-RIC that will focus on systems-based approaches to designing, building, and operating commercial and residential buildings.”

14. E-RIC Efficient Building Systems • Drivers to address: • Barriers to transformative advances in energy technology • Challenges in the application of efficient energy systems • Energy security • Reducing the carbon footprint • Expected outcomes include the following: • Promote innovation in science and technology • Create and retain “Good Jobs” • Increase the Gross Domestic Product • Enhance the economic, technological, and commercial competitiveness of the U.S. on the global stage

15. E-RIC Efficient Building Systems • Granting agencies • Department of Energy (DOE): • $22M year 1, • $25M years 2-5 • Economic Development Agency (EDA): • $3M in Public Works and Economic Development funds • $2M in Economic Adjustment Assistance funds over five years • National Institute of Standards and Technology / Manufacturing Extension Partnership (NIST/MEP): • $500K year 1, • $500K/yr for two additional years possible • Small Business Administration (SBA): • $300K year 1 • Three 1-year options for renewal possible • Partnering agencies • Department of Labor (DOL) – National Science Foundation (NSF) • Department of Education (DoEd)

16. BE-CENTRICCluster Geographic Region • Hot and humid !! • Rapid growth rate (among highest in U.S. • Diverse populations • Spectrum of socio-economic levels • Urban, suburban, & rural areas • Highly-ranked universities • Network of other universities, community colleges, & technical schools • Concentration of military installations/facilities • High-tech industry • Technology commercialization culture • Large % small businesses

17. Regional InnovationCluster BE–CENTRICPartner(DOL Funded) BE–CENTRICPartner(ED Funded) Stakeholders Stakeholders BE–CENTRICPartner BE–CENTRICPartner Consortium BE–CENTRICPartner Stakeholders Stakeholders BE–CENTRICPartner BE–CENTRICPartner

18. BE-CENTRIC Consortium NIST/MEPCO–APPLICANT✔Texas Manufacturing Assistance Center (TMAC) South Central site at Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio SBACO–APPLICANT✔South-West Border Small Business Development Center (SBDC) located at the UTSA Institute for Economic Development EDACO–APPLICANT✔City of San Antonio

19. BE–CENTRICDOE – Research and Development DOE HUBCO–APPLICANT✔Texas A&M University System (TAMUS)/Texas Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) – Lead✔University of Texas – Austin (UT)✔University of Texas – San Antonio (UTSA)✔Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) TALENT + INFRASTRUCTURE = CAPACITY FOR IMPACT

20. BE–CENTRICDOE Hub Co-ApplicantIntegrated Research Focus ResourceConservation Focus Area Energy Efficiency Focus Area IntegratedResearchFocus Energy Technology Focus Area

21. BE–CENTRICDOE Hub Co-ApplicantResearch Thrust Areas Thrust #2: High–performance residential & commercial buildings Thrust #1: Integrated design/ construction/ operation paradigm Thrust #3: Performance measurement and assessment methods for energy, indoor environmental quality (IEQ), and water Thrust #4: Policy, socio-economic and behavioral factors, and codes IntegratedResearchFocus

22. EDA Co-ApplicantCity of San Antonio • Public Works & Economic Development – $3.0M • Alamo College’s Center of Excellence “Alamo College Building Green 1” • Energy-saving green technologies & systems to renovate building • Economic Assistance Adjustment - $2.0M • ACCION Texas to provide credit and loans to small & start up businesses that have limited or no access to credit from commercial services • If awarded, ACCION to provide loans to businesses which either supply or use green technology, products, or services

23. NIST/MEP Co-ApplicantTexas Manufacturing Assistance Center (TMAC) • NIST/MEP - University of Texas Arlington, Lead site • South Central Region administered through Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) regional TMAC office • BE-CENTRIC also includes three additional TMAC nodes: • TMAC Statewide (Texas Engineering Extension Service ) • TMAC South Texas (UT Pan American) • TMAC Business Operations (Austin) • $500k request for two primary roles: • Expand a TMAC’s San Antonio Economy, Energy, Environment (E3) Program across BE-CENTRIC • Assist local manufacturers with product development and commercialization of building technologies

24. SBA Co-ApplicantSouth-West Texas Border SBDC • Develop a referral network of SBDC staff to support entrepreneurial growth, especially in the BE-CENTRIC research thrust areas • $300k request will provide support to the MVC Business Accelerator • Develop educational programs for businesses in sustainable practices as a complement to the TMAC E3 Program

25. BE–CENTRIC Cluster Outcomes The Improvement of the Regional GDP Creation of an Open Shared Repository of Benchmarks and Metrics Gain public acceptance to new technologies and processes Creation & Enhancement of Manufacturing Enterprises Creation & Enhancement of Small Businesses Development and Strengthening of Institutional Capacity Development and Strengthening of Workforce Competencies Transformation of the Building& Residential Construction Industry

26. Leveraging BE-CENTRIC OutcomesJBSA as BE-CENTRIC Partner • Value proposition for JBSA? • Access to internationally-known efficiency experts to assist JBSA in its energy sustainability challenges • Exposure to new R&DDD • Provide and gain feedback in the R&DDD loop, thus creating products/processes that have immediate impact • Value proposition for BE-CENTRIC? • Actual deployment bed to insert new technologies/processes • Validation of new products/processes by measurement and verification (quantitative, behavioral) • Open forum to discuss sustainability, especially based on lessons learned