Laboratory Equipment Rebates, The First Years Allen Doyle, MS Chemical Oceanography, CEM

Laboratory Equipment Rebates, The First Years

Allen Doyle, MS Chemical Oceanography, CEMSustainability Manager, UC Davis

California Higher Education Sustainability ConferenceJune 18, 2014

Laboratory Equipment Rebates

Rebate Goal: Environmentally Preferred Procurement (EPP)

• Supplement to strategic contracts with sustainability criteria

• Focuses only on payback—e.g. energy• Shift buyers• Shift the market

Laboratory Equipment Rebates

Types of Rebates• Replacement vs. old equipment– Baseline measurement important; identify “zombies

• New Equipment vs. competitors– Baseline defined by published or measured averages

• Sharing??? Not buying– Baseline determined by trust and personal relationship

Laboratory Equipment Rebates

Sources• Regional Utility Company– Needs a serial # of replacement or data trail

• Campus Utility/Facilities Department– Determined by campus policy

• Deans– Occurs when Schools billed for utilities

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Energy Data from Manufacturers

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Rebates vs. Level Benchmark:

W/CFB = 40

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Rebates vs. Declining Benchmark:

Penalty vs. ceiling benchmark?

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Idealized Calculations

Energy Savings:$S = (W/CFB-W/CFF) * CF * Y * $/kWh * h/Y

Rebate:$R = % * $S

W/CFB Watts/CF Benchmark CF Cubic Feet volumeW/CFF Watts/CF New Freezer Y Years Projected Savings$/kWh Electricity cost % Rebate portion Savings

Survey Questions

•Equipment Type•Criteria•Energy Measurement Required?•Rebate Amounts; Total Budget•Duration & number• Fund Source & Admin

Survey “Method”

100+ :”Green Labs Planning” members polled nationwide Equipment Type

Criteria

Energy Measurement?

Rebate amount

Budget

Start Date

Fund Source

How many given out

Refrigerator and Freezer Rebates

Campus CriteriaRebate

AmtBudget,

Start Source Number

UCSF

Buy "Energy

Efficient" $400--

2014Public

Utility SEPnone yet

CU Boulder

Retire or replace

Dispose, Decomm.

-- 2011 Facilities 10/year

UC DavisPre-’95,

Buy EstarD&D + $400

$20k 2008 Facilities 50

Stanford

Any item Payback <

6 years up to $50k~$1M,

1993 Facilities Many

Ultra Low Freezer Rebates

Campus CriteriaRebate

AmtBudget,

Start Source Number

UCSFEnergy

Efficient $5,000 --

2014 SEP 0Private

Research Center Stirling Difference

$40k 2014 Facilities 5

Duke Stirling $3,000 $15k 2013 Dean 7

Harvard Stirling ----

2013 Facilities 7

UL Freezers: Other Savings

Annual Costs in Higher Educationand Private Sector

Payee Low High Electricity Campus 15-22 kWh/d $ 475 $ 700 Cooling Campus 20-30% $ 100 $ 300 Floor Space PI 20-30 SF @ $30 $ 600 $ 900

Maintenance PI Filters, repairs, __alarms $ 200 $ 400

Cap. Cost, H.E. NIH, NSF, … PI time, 60 min “Freezer Fairy” Cap. Cost, P.S. Pharma… 8-16 y amortiz. $ 500 $ 1,750 TOTAL $ 1,875 $ 4,050

UL Freezers: Other Costs

Annual Costs in Higher Educationand Private Sector

Payee Low High Electricity Campus 15-22 kWh/d $ 475 $ 700 Cooling Campus 20-30% $ 100 $ 300 Floor Space PI 20-30 SF @ $30 $ 600 $ 900

Maintenance PI Filters, repairs, __alarms $ 200 $ 400

Cap. Cost, H.E. NIH, NSF, … PI time, 60 min “Freezer Fairy” Cap. Cost, P.S. Pharma… 8-16 y amortiz. $ 500 $ 1,750 TOTAL $ 1,875 $ 4,050

Life Cycle Cost per FT3

• All 2

16

HEF

570

SU78

0U 2

7.5

cu ft Va

rio

Vario

VWR Sym-

phony

Dometic

Revco Sanyo New Brunswick

Stirling LN2 LN2

$0

$500

$1,000

$1,500 Ultra Low Freezer

Total Cost of Ownership /CF over 12 years

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Other Rebates CU-BoulderCriteria Rebate Amt Start Source Number

Move DNA to -20 or dry; No buy for 2 y.

Free -20 or $750 for

RTSS supplies 2012 Facilities

3 Freezers no RTSS

Share 1/4 UL freezer

$200 Gift card 2010 Facilities ~5

Aspirators in-use, retire

$800-1000 vac pump 2010 Facilities a few

Laboratory Equipment Rebates 2.0?

Thank YouAllen Doyle, MS Chemical Oceanography

Sustainability Manager, UC Davisapdoyle@ucdavis.edu

California Higher Education Sustainability ConferenceJune 23, 2013

Rebates vs. benchmarks:2010 ULF Manufacturer’s data

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Declining Bench-mark

Level Benchmark W/CFB = 40

Ceiling Benchmark?