Existing Building Recommissioning… The Peel experience

Municipali)es  use  an  enormous  amount  of  energy  to  provide  basic  services  

• Municipali)es  in  Ontario  spend  over  $  1  Billion  dollars  on  energy  each  year  

The  Regional  Municipality  of  Peel  is  one  of  the  top  consumers  of  energy  in  the  geographic  region  -­‐  nearing  100MW  of  electricity  and  over  15  million  cubic  meters  of  gas  each  year    

•  Water  treatment  •  Wastewater  treatment  •  Solid  waste  management  •  Health  services/paramedics  •  Police  •  Social  housing/human  services  

Over  $50  million  a  year  on  energy  

Strategic  Objec)ves  

Reduce Energy Consumption

Water Treatment & Pumping System

Reduce Energy Costs

Reduce GHG Emissions

Building  Recomissioning  “One  of  our  strategies  to  reduce  energy  consump)on”  

•  Improve an existing building’s performance

•  “Low Cost or “No Cost” operational improvements and maintenance activities (O&M Budget vs. Capex)

•  Directed towards energy savings while improving occupants’ comfort

How  we  started…  

•  Designated  an  “In-­‐House  Champion”  •  Champion  iden@fies  poten@al  sites  •  Get  buy-­‐in  from  facility  “owners”  •  Project  Charter,  Scope  of  Works  •  Management  approval,  funding  sources  •  Compe@@ve  selec@on  of  Recommissioning  provider  

1  MAPLE  AVE,  BRAMPTON  

Project  implementa)on…  

•  Manage  the  project    •  Review  report,  build  Implementa@on  Plan  •  Implement  O&M  Ac@on  Plan  •  M  &  V  •  Recommissioning  Project  Hand-­‐off  •  Periodic  performance  monitoring/          tracking  

4  Caroline  St.,  Mississauga  

Peel  Social  Housing  Facili)es  in  Recommissioning  

2012  Energy  Cost  Intensity  

Energy  Intensity  High  Rise  Apartments  

Recommissioning  Business  Case  

Take  Advantage  of  Incen)ves:  

1.  OPA  SaveONEnergy  2.  Enbridge  Energy  Audit  Incen)ves  

With  the  incen)ves  we  were  able  to  save  40%  on  the  cost  of  inves)ga)on  -­‐  so  the  cost  of  $0.22/W2  was  reduced  to  $0.13/W2,  thus  bringing  Payback  Period  (@15%)  to  less  than  one(1)  year  

Note:    **savings  per  Energy  Star  

Recommissioning…  

Weaver’s  Hill  Apt.  85  Acorn  Pl.    

•  Low  costs,  good  returns  •  Dealing  with  exis@ng  culture  and  having  the  stakeholder  engaged  is  cri@cal  for  success  

•  Comfort  and  safety  is  achieved  •  Efficiency  and  reliability  of  systems  and  equipment  as  added  benefits