Local Chapter Meeting
Thursday, September 5, 2013
We’re pleased to welcome OSU Student Chapter Members!
Meeting Agenda
2:00
•Welcome & Chapter News
2:15
•OSU Student Chapter Update
2:30
•AEP Ohio Residential Programs
2:45
•Columbus Zoo Sustainability
4:00
•OSU Student Chapter Networking
2013-14 CALENDAR
SEPTEMBER 25-27, 2013
 World Energy Engineering Conference (WEEC)
 Washington, D.C.
OCTOBER 7-11, 2013
 CEM Course & Exam
 OSU Student Union
 30 student maximum
NOVEMBER 14, 2013
 2:00 – 4:300 pm
 4-H Center
 Carbon Footprinting
FEBRUARY 13, 2014
 2:00 – 4:30 pm
 4-H Center
Certification
AEE has certified over 13,000
professionals since 1981
AEE certification is recognized in
the eyes of colleagues,
government agencies, present and
prospective employers, and clients
Certification promotes quality
through continuing education to
assure a high level of competence
within constantly changing fields
Certifications develop individuals
capabilities through
encouragement of long-term
career goals
CERTIFICATION
Certified Energy
Manager
Since the program’s inception in 1981,
AEE has certified 8,000 CEM professionals
in 22 countries
REGISTER TODAY!
• October 7-11, 2013
• The Ohio Union at The
Ohio State University
To become a CEM an individual must
demonstrate a high level of experience,
competence, proficiency, and ethical
fitness in the energy management
profession
• $1,750 includes all fees
This program is recognized by the US
Department of Energy, Office of Federal
Energy Management Programs (FEMP),
and US Agency for International
Development (USAID)
• Registration forms
available today or
contact Cassy Sleeper
for more information
• RSVP today – 30 student
limit
Membership
Check your renewal status today!
•
Chapter v. National Membership
– 167 national AEE in Central Ohio (25 expired)
– 42 local OCCAEE (16 active)
– 16 students (60+ anticipated)
•
Member Dues
– Local - $40.00
– Student - $15.00
– National - $185.00
•
Application Process
– Hard copies available today
– Online at www.aeecenter.org and be sure to select “Ohio Capital
City Chapter” to join locally
*Only members that have paid national dues will be recognized by AEE National
CONGRATULATIONS!
JEFFREY ROE
OSU Senior Energy Engineer
OCCAEE VP of Careers
ENERGY PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT AWARD
Presented to an individual for
outstanding accomplishments in
training and development of energy
engineers and managers, and for
superior service to the Association
OSU Student Chapter
BEN MUSCI
President
OSU OCCAEE
Mechanical Engineering Student
• 1st Official Student Chapter Meeting Recap
• Nationwide Children’s Hospital CEP Tour
• Conference Opportunities
• WEEC
• Big Ten & Friends
• Testing opportunities
• CEM
• LEED GA
• In The Works
• Job Shadowing
• Mentorship Programs
• Networking Event
• More Site Visits
AEP Ohio Residential Programs
JANET REHBERG, M.B.A., PMP, CEM
AEP Ohio Consumer Programs Coordinator
Energy Efficiency & gridSMART Programs
Janet Rehberg is a native of Fort Smith, Arkansas. She is a graduate
from The University of Tulsa where she received her bachelor degree in
electrical engineering. She is also MBA graduate from Capital
University. Janet is a Project Management Professional (PMP) and a
Certified Energy Manager (CEM).
She has worked for American Electric Power for 9 years in various departments including
engineering, planning and customer services. She is currently a Consumer Program Coordinator for
energy efficiency and smart grid programs which includes Weatherization, Behavioral, SMART
Appliances, Electric Vehicles and Home Area Network.
Outside of school and work, she is involved in Toastmasters and was the VP of Public Relations. She
is currently the International Vice President of Women’s International Network of Utility Professionals.
She is also very involved with Big Brother Big Sisters where she’s currently a mentor for a 10th grade
girl. In 2011, she and her match won the “Match of the Year” Award. She was recently asked to be
on The University of Tulsa Industrial Advisory Board to help restructure the Electrical Engineering
Department’s strategy and objectives.
Janet and her husband Eric, along with their two dogs Brutus and Apollo, reside in Westerville, OH.
$aving Money and Energy
2013
Question: Do you know?
• How much energy does lighting account for on the average
home electric bill?
– energy
1 percent
How much
does lighting account for on the average home electric bill?
1 percent
– 10 percent
10 percent
30 percent
– 30 percent
70 percent
– 70 percent
Overview: Do you know?
• The benefits of using a
compact fluorescent light
bulb (CFL) instead of an
incandescent light bulb?
– CFLs use approximately
75% less energy
– CFLs last almost 10 times
longer
– CFLs give off one-quarter
as much heat
Energy Efficiency Programs
Question: Do you know?
• On average, which home appliance uses the most energy?
– Television
– Freezer
– Refrigerator
– Home Computer
…Refrigerators use more than 1100 kWh/year. This is almost 5
times the electricity as an average television set
Energy Efficiency Programs
• Appliance Recycling 50/50/150
– Receive a $50 rebate for Refrigerator Recycling ($50 rebate
on new energy efficient refrigerators)
– Save over $150 a year on energy costs
– Free, convenient pickup of your appliance
– Free up space in your garage, basement or recreation
room
– Program Requirements:
• Must be 10-30 cubic feet in size
• Must be operational at time of pickup
Energy Efficiency Programs
• Appliance Rebate Program
– $50 rebate
• ENERGY STAR Refrigerator
• ENERGY STAR Freezer
• ENERGY STAR Clothes Washer
• ENERGY STAR High Efficiency Electric Water Heater
– $300 rebate
• ENERGY STAR Electric Heat Pump Water Heater
– Rebate available on-line (www.aepohio.com/rebates)
Energy Efficiency Programs
• In-Home Energy Program (Option One)
• Customers pay $25 for assessment and installation of
the select energy efficiency measures:
–
–
–
–
–
–
Up to 12 CFLs
Programmable thermostat
Low flow showerhead (if electric hot water)
Faucet aerators (if electric hot water)
LED nightlight
Pipe wrap for the water heater (if electric hot water)
• Customer will receive a prioritized list of additional
improvements that will save energy
• Customer eligible for rebates
• For program details, call 1-877-856-2454
Energy Efficiency Programs
• In-Home Energy Program (Option Two)
– Comprehensive, four-hour In-home Audit
• $50 for all-electric homes
• Receive same measures as Option One
• Receive more extensive diagnostics and computer
modeling of how the home uses energy
• Receive a prioritized list of additional improvements
that will save energy that includes a payback analysis
• Eligible for rebates
• For program details, call 1-877-856-2454
Energy Efficiency Programs
• Online Energy Checkup (Free)
• Customer completes step-by-step profile of their home
• Report shows how home uses energy and ways to save
• Customer receives free energy efficiency measures:
– 5 CFLs and LED nightlight
– Depending on how home is heated, cooled and how
water is heated:
» Low flow showerhead, faucet aerators, pipe wrap for the
water heater
» Weather-strip, draft stoppers
• Customer eligible for rebates
• Find at aepohio.com/rebates
Energy Efficiency Programs
• e3smart℠
– An energy efficiency education program for grades 5-9
offered to schools in AEP Ohio’s service area.
– Now partnering with Columbia Gas
– Currently recruiting teachers; please go to
www.aepohio.com/rebates.
Energy Efficiency Programs
• Community Assistance Program (CAP)
– Customers living on low or fixed incomes (at or below
200% of poverty level) may be eligible to receive
weatherization assistance or repair services.
– To qualify, customers must be approved for an energy
assistance program such as PIPP, HEAP, or HWAP
– Learn more by contacting your local community action
agency
• https://aepohio.com/save/programs/SMARTCommunit
yAssist.aspx
Why Efficiency?
Environment: Lower
emissions: carbon, SOx,
Nox, Hg
Company:
Defer new
supply;
lowest cost
alternative to
current
“supply”;
meets S.B.
221
benchmarks
Community:
Creates
skilled jobs;
more dollars
in
community
Customer: frees money
for other needs
Thank You
Janet Rehberg
Consumer Programs Coordinator, EE/PDR
jprehberg@aep.com
The Columbus Zoo
BARBARA REVARD
Director of Programming & Planning
Barbara Revard, Director of Program Planning at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, is
responsible for developing programs which enhance the conservation education
and/or entertainment experiences for Zoo and community audiences. Barbara also
develops community partnerships that strengthen the ability of the zoo to promote
and deliver quality education, conservation, and research projects. She has led the
Sustainability Team at the Zoo since 2008.
The Zoo has recently completed a carbon footprint assessment and developed a
Sustainability Strategy Plan to lead them in creating future projects aimed at
reducing their carbon footprint.
A member of the Zoo staff for 26 years, she spent 18 of them with the Education
Department, before moving to the Planning and Design Department. Barbara is a
Professional Fellow of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. She represents the Zoo
on the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commissions Materials Management Working
Group; the Delaware County Protocol for Assessing Community Engagement in
Environmental Health committee; the Ohio By-Product Synergy Network; the Ohio
Zoo Green Consortium and the Ohio Food Scraps Recovery Network.
Building a Sustainable Zoo
What is Conservation?
•Animals
•Habitats
•Resources
What is Sustainability?
“,,, able to be maintained”
•The capacity to endure
•The ability to provide for the needs
of the present without detracting
from the ability to serve the needs of
the future
•Sound business practice, corporate
social responsibility
What’s the Deal?
What are we doing and why?
• Reducing energy, resource, and water
consumption
• Increasing use of alternative energy
sources, increase diversion from the
landfill
• Board approved policy statement 2008
• Board-level Carbon Neutral/Zero
Waste Task Force - 2010
Sustainability Policy
Recognizing its impact on all
stakeholders,
the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium will
develop a world class sustainability
program leading to the meaningful
reduction of its carbon footprint.
- Adopted by the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium
Executive and Appointed Board, December 2008
What happens at home?
• 580 acres of land
• Over 10,000 individual animals in our
care
• More than 1.9 million guests visited in
2012
Areas of Concentration
Waste Reduction
•Reuse old wetsuits as protective gear for animal handling
•Reuse celery and/or grocery bags as well as the rubber
bands that hold broccoli bunches together
•Deliver food to animal areas in reusable containers
•Use barrels and trashcans rather than trash bags to collect
soiled bedding
•Put up dry erase boards for checklists and communication
•Save handles to broken tools so they can be reused with new
heads.
Just the facts, ma’am
1200
1131
1131.5
1000
800
600
833
761.3
649.5
538
550
467
813.3
770
516
487
816
566
400
217.9
200
67
0
0
2006
93
0
2007
130
0
2008
80
2009
159
0
2010
151.94
21.5
0
2011
2012
143
Recycling
Trash
Electronics
Manure
Waste Recycling 2012
•816 tons manure, bedding material and food
waste
•126.73 tons of baled corrugated (21 tons in 2010)
•5.21 tons of paper (Abitibi)
•7.46 tons of mixed metal
•11.22 tons of co-mingled recyclables (8.81 tons in
2011)
•Cell phones recycled (183 in 2011)
•Over 5,000 light bulbs – fluorescent, metal halide,
U-tubes,,,
•21.5 tons electronics –Public drop off event
Save a Watt, Save a Lot
Energy Conservation
• Is it driven by money or mission?
WildLights at the Zoo
WildLights at the Zoo
• Converted 3 million traditional holiday
lights to LED bulbs
• 85% reduction in electricity
• 2-year effort
• Major support by American Electric
Power
Warehouse Lighting
• The lighting system was upgraded to
more energy efficient lights
• Active daylighting system was installed
(fancy skylights)
• The daylighting system is integrated
with the lighting system
Warehouse Lighting
• The lights are connected to occupancy
sensors
• The Zoo has seen a savings of $11,000 per
year on its electric bill
• The estimated ROI on this project was 2.4
years
Flux Drive Installations
• Frictionless coupling of motor
and pump using magnet
technology
• Design life of 20 years
Flux Drive Installations
• No throttling; all valves are wide open
• Provides variable speed control to
reduce flow as required
• Saves energy & money*
• No harmonics
• Reduced noise and vibration*
• Straightforward in design, easy to
operate & understand
• Designed to operate in harsh
environments
*documented at the CZA
Who cares?
Polar Frontier
•
•
•
•
Theming
Reuse
Rethinking
Plantings
Polar Frontier
• Geothermal System provides
geothermal heating and cooling to 3
buildings, including the Battelle Ice
Bear Outpost
• Heats and cools the water for all bear
pools
• Geothermal system eliminated need
for traditional air-cooled chillers, gasfired boilers and heating units
• Zoo water tower serves as heat sink
and heat source
Life Support System Controls
• LSS Control changes
at Manatee Coast
and Polar Frontier
• Touch screen
controls on Zoowide network,
remote log-in
– Staffing efficiency
• Programming
changes for optimal
operations
Savings
Energy Savings Program
Active Energy
Savings
Program for
years:
•Lighting
•Ciralight
active
skylights
•Fluxdrives
•Building
Controls
Recycling
270 new sets of combined recycling/trash
containers are now on-grounds
The project was funded in part by the
Ohio Department of Natural Resources,
Division of Recycling and Litter
Prevention
Cell Phone Recycling
Partnering with ECO-CELL, the Columbus Zoo
and Aquarium will lead efforts in our
community to collect used cell phones and
approved handheld electronics for
recycling in an environmentally-minded
manner
Stepping it up, Embracing our Future
Carbon Footprint Baseline
Results
Breakdown of Greenhouse Gas
Sources
When is waste a resource?
•Compost
•Waste to
energy
Future Projects
Planning for a Bright Green Future
Questions?