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Chris Burns
Michael Wickenden, Contract Administrator
10/06/08
BED’s August 2008 Report
Dear Michael,
We are pleased to submit the following report covering the period of August 1, 2008 to August
31, 2008. The report includes highlights over the period and the attached table covers costs and
savings for the period.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
Chris Burns
CC: TJ Poor of the VT DPS, Ann Bishop, Ed McNamara, Andrea McHugh of the VT PSB
BED Energy Efficiency Highlights
Large Commercial Services
 UVM – Staff is currently working with UVM on HVAC and lighting upgrades in eight
buildings on the main campus. Most of these projects will be completed this year.
 General Growth Properties (Burlington Town Center) – Continue to work with customer on
HVAC system energy efficiency measures and lighting improvements. The mall’s national
maintenance contractor contacted BED regarding a large lighting project proposed for the
2009 budget year. BED has provided a budgetary incentive numbers and will continue to
monitor and support the progress of this project to completion. This project is expected to be
complete next year.
 Forward Capacity Market – The first BED FCM project data collection has been initiated,
during the week of 8/18/08. The customer is Dealer.com at 444 Pine St. They have agreed
to allow this third-party monitoring under the direction of the Dept of Public Service. The
goal is to monitor the kW performance of 9 roof-top cooling units over the next few weeks to
help in verifying several of the TRM assumptions that are presently being used for savings
calculations.
 Fletcher Allen Health Care / Carrier energy saving projects - Still in process with the
paperwork for the parking garage lighting upgrade. We have also received a number of
spreadsheets from Carrier, with pre and post project consumption data and the approaches
that have been used for energy savings calculations. A meeting has been set up for late
August with a Carrier Energy Engineer to go over these spreadsheets and verify the accuracy
of the data collection and the methodology for claiming energy savings. The projects include
the Baird chiller replacement with central chiller plant cooling, facility interior lighting
upgrades, McClure ventilation system re-commissioning, and general central chiller plant
efficiency improvements (including the replacement of 3-way valves with 2-way units).
 Price Chopper / ECM Evaporator Fan Motor replacements - Customer has obtained the
internal funding to replace lower efficiency evaporator fan motors with ECM type, in stores
throughout New England and New York. The Shelburne Rd store is slated for the
replacement of about 60 motors and has been coordinating rebate information with two
vendors that are quoting the completion of the work.
 UVM (PFG Sports Complex) – Two racquetball courts and one squash court are presently
under construction for replacing the existing HID fixtures to new T5HO and CFL biax
fluorescent fixtures with timer controls. UVM decided to schedule completing the other
seven courts for next year’s budget. Still Ongoing.
 Fortieth Burlington LLC (128 Lakeside Ave.) – Steve Shaw Consulting Engineering and
BED are assisting one another on replacing and re-sizing the old 100 ton Carrier chiller to a
new high efficient screw chiller. Completed a preliminary energy savings analysis for
replacing the old chiller with a Carrier 100-ton screw chiller. The project is expected to be
completed by December of this year.
 Marriott Hotel – The proposed VFD installation to the 15 hp circulating pump serving the
water loop WSHP system has been reanalyzed for energy savings. A cost benefit savings
estimates was completed and a report indicting the analysis results along with a BED rebate
offer was e-mailed to the project manager and Marriott Hotel manager.
 YMCA Facilities Meeting / Liebert Engineering Presentation – Attended this meeting which
outlined the results of an evaluation of the building’s HVAC systems. The purpose is to pin-
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point which sub-systems need improvements, and where infrastructure investments will bring
the most benefit.
Hannaford / North Ave – This customer is interested in moving ahead with a project to
correct their building Power Factor, which is running between .84 and .86 year round. They
would like BED’s assistance in analyzing their power quality before any work is done on the
installation of Power Factor Correction capacitors.
Smaller Commercial Services
 City of Burlington – Continue to work with this customer on several recommendation at the
City hall, the library and all fire stations.
 Burlington Furniture Company – Working with this customer in area of lighting power
reduction through the replacement of halogen lamps with halogen infrared lamps. This
project expected to be complete this summer.
 St Johns Club – Working with this customer in the area of lighting and HVAC efficiency.
The recommended HVAC efficiency measures are not expected to be complete this year
however the lighting measures are.
 Papa John’s Pizza – Working with this customer in the area of lighting and refrigeration
system energy efficiency. This customer is currently working with an electrician to identify
specific measure cost before proceeding with recommended energy efficiency measures.
 Koffee Kup Bakery – This customer is finally moving ahead with their bakery lighting
upgrade. Have obtained the latest upgrade information from the lighting vendor and
calculated new savings and rebate values.
 USPS – 320 Pine St. / Lighting Upgrade – Completed a walk through of this 13,000 sq ft
facility with the design engineer. Money has been budgeted for upgrading the lighting in this
mail distribution facility. It is mostly lighted with T12 technology, and an upgrade to HP T8
or T5 will result in a quick payback.
 Burlington Country Club – Met with the facility manager to discuss the commercial smart
light leasing program. They’re looking at leasing more dimmable CFL lamps throughout
their function/ dining areas. In addition, the clubs officers are getting ready to vote on
optimizing the refrigeration to their three walk coolers and freezer that was recommended by
BED earlier in the year. Still ongoing.
 Rock’s Store – The lighting energy savings analysis was completed to replace thirteen eightfoot fluorescent strip fixtures to new high performance T8 four-foot fluorescent fixtures. The
other EEM that will be analyzed as possible cost effective projects are the refrigeration (free
air economizer, evaporator fan controls, ECM evaporator fan motors and door heater
controls), and the two speed kitchen exhaust hood. Still ongoing.
 Paul, Frank, and Collins P.C. (Masonic Temple/One Church Street) – A walk through energy
audit was conducted at the request of the owners. Lighting and HVAC measures were
determined as possible EEM for them to pursue. A cost benefit savings analysis for
retrofitting all T12 lighting to high performance T8 lighting on the 4th-7th floors and installing
62 occupancy sensor controls was completed. Both measures were cost effective and a letter
was mailed out to the property manger explaining the results of the analysis and BED offers.
VFD to the cooling tower fan and the circulator pump for the water loop heat pump system
will be analyzed as possible EEM. Still ongoing.
 156 St Paul Street (New Mexican restaurant) – A walk through energy audit was conducted.
Lighting and refrigeration measures will be evaluated. Ongoing.
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Appletree Bay Property Management – Working with this customer to resolve their high bill
concerns. To date all indicators lead to a cross wiring issue in the building.
DPW (Cat Island Pump) – A high bill complaint from DPW on the electric meter for the 15
hp sewer pump located at the old Burlington land fill. BED determined that the pump runs as
needed when the ground water table is high. The water table needs to be at a certain level in
order for the plant to obtain enough methane gas to produce power. With the excessive
amount of rain this summer, BED determined that the pumps were running almost
continuously the past three months. DPW personal agreed with BED’s evaluation.
New Construction/Equipment Replacement Services
 Champlain College / Dorm Expansion – Received a copy of the Schematic Design Report for
the new residence hall complex under design, bordering on Main St and South Willard.
Several HVAC approaches are being considered, including the possibility of an ice storage
system for cooling. The criteria for selection involve cost, energy efficiency, and overall
system benefits. The intention is for this project to become LEED-NC Certified.
 Greer’s Dry Cleaning – The fit-up construction project is complete.
 Jeffords Hall (UVM – Plant Science Building) – A meeting was setup by BED with UVM
personal, VGS, Aircuity sales representative and Control Technologies to discuss the
Aircuity system, a demand control ventilation system that optimizes energy efficient, healthy,
building ventilation control strategies, is being evaluated and may be proposed by BED and
VGS as an EEM for Jeffords Hall. More analysis work is needed and correspondence with
the product sales representatives before it is proposed as an EEM.
 The New North End Youth Center (Gosse Ct Armory Building) – An energy savings analysis
by BED is presently in progress for lighting, lighting controls and HVAC energy efficiency
measures for the facility fit-up.
 There are currently eight single-family buildings enrolled in the Vermont Energy Star Homes
efficiency program that is jointly operated by BED, VGS and EVT.
 Beginning early discussions on 161 St. Paul Street: Redstone Development- Mixed use
development involving below grade structured parking with building on top. The building
will contain 140 hotel rooms and 40 condos. The new building will be attached to the armory
at 101 Main Street.
Efficient Retail Products
 Advised 2 walk-in customers on compact fluorescent lamp applications.
 ENERGY STAR Clothes Washers rebates for 2008 – 151
 ENERGY STAR Screw-in CFL rebates for 2008 –32,885
 ENERGY STAR Compact fluorescent Hardwired fixture rebates (including floor and table
lamps) for 2008 – 105
 Residential ENERGY STAR screw-in CFL’s leased through Smartlight for 2008 – 52
 Commercial ENERGY STAR screw-in CFL’s leased through Smartlight for 2008 – 236
 ENERGY STAR window AC rebates for 2008 – 117
 ENERGY STAR Dehumidifiers for 2008 – 40
 ENERGY STAR Refrigerators for 2008 – 108
 ENERGY STAR freezers for 2008 – 3
 ENERGY STAR Ceiling fans for 2008 – 13
Existing Residential Buildings
 Since Jan 1, 2008, 2 electric space heat conversions have been completed.
 Since Jan 1, 2008, 17 electric hot water conversions have been completed.
 Since Jan 1, 2008, 4 high efficiency\ECM motor ENERGY STAR furnaces have been
installed.
 Since Jan 1, 2008, 3 ENERGY STAR Central AC systems have been installed.
 Since Jan 1, 2008, 5 electric to natural gas clothes dryer replacements have been completed.
 BED continues to promote the LISF program to customers in need.
 Visited 21 locations and used “WattsUp” meter at many locations.
 Incoming calls concerning high bills and energy conservation measures are on the rise as
customers are worried about next winter; there were 42 incoming calls. Staff is prepared to
offer technical assistance to oil and propane heat customers as they are most effected by
rising fuel costs.
 There are several domestic hot water fuel switch projects in progress. Interest in fuel savings
is high. Natural gas can still provide a 40-50% savings over electric hot water at current
rates.
Communications & Public Relations
 WARMTH Program - we now have 145 customers donating a total of $931.00 on a monthly
basis via their electric bill. 11 customers donating a total of $85 ended their accounts at BED
over the last three months.
 Chris and John did a presentation at Champlain College sponsored by the Champlain
Housing Trust. BED, VGS and EVT all covered the basics of weatherization, energy use and
efficiency. The attendees asked good questions.
Load Response Program
 BED Local Demand Response program – ISO New England Demand Response Event
occurred on Thursday, August 21st. Preliminary information is that our major response
customers performed at or above their expected kW reduction goals. This was a test event,
since the summer has not been hot and humid enough to require bona fide emergency action.
Even though only a test, each customer’s individual demand reduction performance will set
their ISO payment levels until the next event, which may not occur until summer, 2009.
We have been working with EnerNOC to resolve several BED event communications issues,
and some anomalies concerning their collected demand data for BED’s location and the
UVM Marsh Life installation.
 Lake Champlain Chocolates / 750 Pine – This customer has been the first to sign up for the
BED / EnerNOC Demand Response program, as a signed contract has now been received
from them by EnerNOC. Since they are not yet a demand response customer, hardware still
must be installed at their facility, and a demand reduction plan must be developed for use at
the time of an event. kW reduction will be made through shut-down of their production
equipment, office cooling loads, and lighting in various areas of the building.
 Expansion of BED demand response program – An EnerNOC representative was in town for
a few days this month to work with Jake on strategies to ramp up the BED/EnerNOC
Demand Response program. The goal is to sign up 5 MW of local demand response by
March, 2009 – which will entail significant legwork and creative effort.