Oklahoma City Community College
Strategic Planning Approach Cuts
Cost….Improves the Learning
Environment
Smart and Sustainable Campuses Conference
Monday, April 15, 2013
Presenters
• J. B. Messer, Director of Facilities Management,
Oklahoma City Community College (OCCC)
• Mike Presson, Area Manager, Trane
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Learning Objectives
• Learn how a rapidly growing school combined a
significant expansion with more energy efficient, costsaving infrastructure systems
• Gain tips and guidance for assessing current
infrastructure systems and evaluating potential
improvements on your own campus
• Understand the importance of collaboration in
creating energy savings
• Walk away prepared to apply similar methodologies
to your school based on factors such as educational,
environmental and budgetary objectives
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Campus Transformation 1999-2012
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Campus footprint increased 43.1% (‘99-’09)
Electricity cost has increased 40.1% (‘99-’09)
Electricity consumption has increased 6.2% (‘99-’09)
Consumption cost per square foot has decreased
25.8% (‘99-’09)
• Added an additional 180,000 square feet in the past
(3) years (‘09-’12) with no increase in utility budgeting
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Growth in Square Footage
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Electricity Cost Per Kilowatt
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Growth in Energy Consumption
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Annual Kilowatt per Square Foot
1999 - OCCC used 26.73 kilowatt (kwh)/sq. ft. annually
2009 - OCCC used 19.83 KWH/sq. ft. annually
This equates to a decrease of 25.8% in energy
consumption campus-wide
At the current electric utility rates, OCCC is saving
$127,095 annually
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How Does OCCC Compare?
Energy total cost per GSF comparisons:
• National $2.25
• Regional $2.25
• OCCC $2.12
Additional $125,000 annually in cost avoidance
Based on per Student FTE utility expenditures (representative
of facilities loading)
• National $663.95
• Regional $588.14
• OCCC $212.45
Additional $3.2M – $5.6M annually in cost avoidance
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Underground Condenser Water Storage
• Underground condenser water storage system
provides cooler water conditions
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Ice Bank System
• Ice bank storage system allows for power peak
shaving
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Free-Cooling Heat Exchange
• Free-cooling heat exchanger provides campus-wide
cooling up to approximately 50 degrees outside air
temperature
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Re-engineered Central Plant
• Re-engineered central plant to provide for a primarysecondary variable flow system. Reduced system
pumping power by 80%, and expanded system
capacity for future campus growth.
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Advantages of Low Load Boilers
• Low load boilers eliminate the need for the larger
natural gas consuming boiler systems for two months
of the heating season
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Three-Way Valve to Two-Way Valve
Conversions
• Provided finer control of the chilled water and heating
water flow to the air handling units. Also reduced total
system flow, thus increasing the flow capacity of the
main central plant.
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Centrifugal Chiller Replacements
• Chilled water system replacement - Estimated energy
savings of $40,000 annually.
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Standardized Management System
Standardized Campus-wide Energy Management
System
• The campus is currently 98% totally automated on
all energy consuming systems
• OCCC installs all of its control systems at a savings
of $30,000 annually
• The energy management system provides time-ofday and usage scheduling, optimizing space usage,
troubleshooting, and monitoring at a single remote
location
• Has allowed for the reduction in manpower needs
(two FTE positions) saving an additional $100,000
annually
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The Present  Future
• Strategic three-year plan (in progress…update
annually)
• High-efficiency equipment upgrades (in progress as
opportunities arise)
• Replace T-12 magnetic ballast lighting systems with
high efficiency T-8 or T-5 systems (in progress)
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The Present  Future - Continued
• Identify existing systems where alterations can be
made to improve total system operating efficiencies
(add to functional five-year plans)
• Perform facilities studies utilizing “green” standards to
identify future system improvements (develop into
new construction and renovations)
• Oklahoma Senate Bill 1096 (signed by the Governor
in May 2012)
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Strategic Planning Process
• Faculty and staff annual surveys
• SWOT analysis with facilities management personnel
• Development of specific, measurable, attainable,
realistic and timeline (SMART) goals and objectives
• Annual review of the Facilities Management Strategic
Plan
• Development of five-year plans to address all
functional components
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Strategic Opportunities
• New construction
• Renovations
• System upgrades
• Training and research
• Working with Trane Commercial and other strategic
business partners to meet goals and objectives
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The Trane Brand is about Building
Life
Our careful attention to the needs of the
building can improve the life of equipment,
controls and systems. Meeting the needs of
the building promotes environments that
impact the lives within the building and
fosters productivity and profitability.
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What We Deliver
Performance
Innovation
Commitment
Knowledge
Customers
experience
efficiency,
effectiveness and
reliability 24/7
Trane brings new
ideas, problem
solving and an
inquisitive look and
guidance to impact
energy efficiency
and sustainability
Customers can
trust Trane to
deliver loyalty,
passion and
dedication to their
mission
The Trane legacy of
excellence delivers
knowledge and the
true expertise
customers trust
We deliver innovation, driven by performance, undeniable commitment, and
unprecedented knowledge that is unmatched in the industry.
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Leading the industry in Sustainability
• We are industry leaders in working with energy advocates to create
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new energy saving standards for HVAC products and systems
We have committed to reduce energy use 25% by 2019 across all our
facilities and were recently recognized by the US EPA for the
aggressiveness of our goals when compared to our peers
We are innovating to identify the most environmentally conscious way
to bring comfort to the built space through consideration of full life
cycle product environmental impacts
Trane received an industry-first Environmental Product Declaration for
performing a life cycle assessment on a large-scale chiller
We bring customers solutions that help them meet their unique energy
and environmental performance goals through our high performance
buildings approach based on guidance from U.S. national labs and the
federal government
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Total Lifecycle Solutions
• Trane offers support for every stage of the HVAC systems’ lifecycle to
meet energy use, maintenance and service concerns to achieve a
High Performance Building outcome
Planning & Concept
Design
Modernize
High Performance
Building
Install
Renovate
The Trane approach to creating a high
performance building outcome considers the whole
building throughout its lifecycle.
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