A ONE-DAY WORKSHOP

Using Smart Metering to Cut Energy Costs

0.8 CEU / 8 PDH

$480

LOCATIONS & DATES

Tuesday, October 30, 2012 / Atlanta, GA
(held in conjunction with WEEC 2012)
Seminar held at Georgia World Congress Center

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9:00 am - 5:00 pm

ABOUT THE SEMINAR

‘Smart’ meters (also called interval meters) measure and communicate electricity usage in near real time, showing how power is being used in short (e.g., 15-minute) periods. By accessing and understanding such data, facility managers, utilities, and contractors may cut costs by trimming peak demand, uncovering hidden energy waste, and employing lower cost utility and market-based electric rates.

Through in-depth instruction, this seminar covers the basics of ‘smart’ metering, including its use in load management and other cost-cutting utility programs, and ways to cut costs even without such programs. Lindsay Audin (CEM, CEP, LEED AP) walks participants through the catalysts pushing smart metering and the new tariffs they are fostering. When and how to deploy such metering at facilities will be covered, as well as the costs, paybacks, and specification of customer-owned interval metering. To demonstrate how to analyze interval meter data, a dozen real-life examples are covered.

Participants receive and use several advanced Excel-based tools (not available elsewhere) for configuring, visualizing, and analyzing data from smart meters. While not essential, in-class use of a laptop equipped with Excel (versions 2000 to 2003 work best) is encouraged during the afternoon half of the seminar. Hookup to power strips will be available.

WORKSHOP AGENDA OUTLINE

Introduction to Smart Metering and Interval Data

• What ‘smart’ metering can do for you
• Load profiles and interval data defined
• How to secure interval data
• Charting tools we will use to cut peaks

Power Usage Patterns and Their Impacts

• Zeroing in on energy use patters
• Load profiling essentials
• Load factor as a limited shortcut
• How time-of-day may impact pricing

Smart Metering, Data Handling, Logging

• Metering basics and costs
• Useful information resources
• Correlating data with building mechanical and operating data
• A few lessons learned

Converting Data into 3D Profiles

• Creating 3D Load Landscapes
• Creating 3D Load Slices
• Charting/examining a single slice
• First steps of an analysis

Understanding What We See in 3D Profiles

• Types of problems found and fixed
• Twelve examples from real life
• Correlating/charting with temperature
• Tips for tighter analysis

Enhancing Charts to Highlight Issues

• Making charts easier to understand
• Changing chart size/shape/orientation
• Focusing on and controlling peaks
• Making day-of-the-week data visible

Setting a Peak Demand Goal and an Optimal Rate

• Load Duration Curves (LDC)
• Understanding the LDC process
• Using it to set peak demand goals
• Analyzing alternative rates

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR

Lindsay Audin (CEM, CEP, LEED AP) is the president of Energywiz, Inc., an energy consulting firm serving large energy users, government agencies, energy suppliers, and other consultants, both in the U.S. and abroad. His clients include many well-known companies, institutions, and consulting firms, as well as EPA’s Energy Star program.

Audin has been named Energy Manager of the Year by three different national or regional US organizations. In 1993, the Association of Energy Engineers named him their International Energy Manager of the Year, and in 1996 inducted him into its Energy Manager’s Hall of Fame. In 1999, he developed new techniques for developing and analyzing interval metering data that are now used by hundreds of practitioners. His metering-related work includes designing, specifying, and managing large submetering systems covering electricity, steam, chilled water, and gas meters, writing NYSERDA’s 2003 “Primer on Smart Metering,” and teaching his techniques in both live and online seminars. His energy efficiency work has been featured in over a dozen publications and videos, and garnered many awards and citations. In 2011, he wrote the technical portions of New York City’s demand response RFP.

His 37 years in the energy services industry include 8 years as energy manager for Columbia University and 12 years with private engineering and energy consulting firms in New York City, prior to founding Energywiz in 1996. Since 1991, Audin has authored hundreds of columns and articles on energy issues for Architectural Record, Engineered Systems, and other trade publications. He has also been a contributing editor to Building Operating Management magazine since 2002 and sits on the editorial board of High Performance Buildings magazine (an ASHRAE publication).