2014
Conservation and Demand
Management Plan
Udo Friesen
The Algonquin College of Applied
Arts and Technologies
21-Jun-14
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Contents
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Executive Summary .................................................................................................................................... 2
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Introduction and Background ................................................................................................................. 3
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2.1
Past Successes...................................................................................................................................... 3
2.2
Present Major Initiatives ...................................................................................................................... 3
Facility and Utility Delivery Description ................................................................................................... 4
3.1
Facilities and Location Detail ............................................................................................................ 4
3.2
Utility Delivery ........................................................................................................................................ 6
3.2.1
Electricity ........................................................................................................................................ 6
3.2.2
Natural Gas .................................................................................................................................... 6
3.2.3
Domestic Water ............................................................................................................................ 6
3.2.4
Utility Costing ................................................................................................................................. 6
3.3
Existing Energy Metering and Monitoring Systems ........................................................................ 6
3.4
Key Challenges and Constraints ...................................................................................................... 7
3.5
Deferred Maintenance ...................................................................................................................... 7
3.6
The Principle of the ESCO2 Project ................................................................................................... 7
Conservation and Demand Management Plan .................................................................................. 8
4.1
Demand Management Framework Requirements ...................................................................... 8
4.1.1
Requirement 1: .............................................................................................................................. 8
4.1.2
Requirement 2: .............................................................................................................................. 8
4.1.3
Requirement 3: .............................................................................................................................. 9
4.1.4
Requirement 4: ............................................................................................................................ 10
4.1.5
Requirement 5: ............................................................................................................................ 10
4.1.6
Confirmation that senior management has approved the CDM plan ........................... 10
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Appendix 1 – Electricity Consumption FY 2013-2014 ......................................................................... 11
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Appendix 2 – Gas Consumption FY 2013-2014 ................................................................................... 12
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Appendix 3 – Comprehensive Measure List ........................................................................................ 13
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Appendix 4 – ESCO2 Project Cost Outline ........................................................................................... 14
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1 Executive Summary
Obligations for Ministry Reporting:
Algonquin has met its annual July 1 obligations to the Provincial Government by reporting
energy consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and in developing, implementing
and submitting an energy Conservation and Demand Management (CDM) plan to be posted
on its web site.
Approvals:
Algonquin’s Board of Governors and Senior staff has approved the current ESCO2 Project
consisting of Phase 1, 2 and 3 that drive the hard savings over the 5-year CDM implementation
timeline.
Five-Year Outlook for Energy Usage:
Algonquin’s three owned and active Ontario locations are at Woodroffe, Perth and Pembroke
(Pembroke had an inactive facility on Main Street that was sold on June 19, 2013). Additionally
there are numerous rented facilities as well as international campus locations (not Algonquin
owned). Energy numbers (Electricity and Gas) are reported for the fiscal year ending March 31,
2014 for only active owned facilities.
Over the next 5 years, without facility growth, Algonquin will reduce its electricity usage by
18,165,608 kWh per year, a reduction of about 61%.
Additionally Algonquin will increase its natural gas usage by 2,653,459 cubic meters per year, an
increase of about 99% due largely to the introduction of a co-generation plant coupled with an
absorption chiller serving as the primary cooling system and heat sink. Even with increased gas
use, the net GHG emissions decrease by 26% from the baseline of fiscal year 2010/11 at 10,035
Tonnes.
The details are summarized in the chart below.
Budget Implications:
Algonquin’s energy payments to its suppliers will be reduced by about 26% but its energy
budget must be kept whole until the ESCO2 debt is retired.
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2 Introduction and Background
The Ontario Provincial Government enacted Ontario Regulation 397/11 under the Green Energy
Act 2009 requiring Colleges to report energy consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
annually beginning in 2013 and to develop and implement energy Conservation and Demand
Management (CDM) plans starting in 2014.
The Ministry of Energy prescribes a template for the reporting portion due for completion on-line
by July 1 each year but provides only a guideline for the preparation of the CDM plan to be
submitted by July 1, 2014. Public agencies are required to report the results of their plan at the
end of the 5-year planning period.
2.1 Past Successes
Algonquin has actively pursued energy conservation since early 1990 and those efforts are
distilled into the energy use profiles now existing and presented herein. More recently, the
College has embedded sustainability in its strategic plan and demonstrated leadership by
pursuing many green initiatives to achieve its’ sustainability goals, including:
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First Canadian College to sign the Talloires Declaration on 23 November 2007.
Signatory of the Association of Canadian Community College's Pan-Canadian Protocol
for Sustainability on Earth Day 2009.
All future facilities will be built to LEED standards and of Algonquin’s latest three new
construction projects one is LEED Platinum and two are LEED Gold.
ESCO1; Algonquin College had previously initiated a 10 year Energy Performance Contract
(EPC) between June 2006 and January 2008 at the Woodroffe Campus. The project invested
$6,000,000 of capital to pay for retrofits and upgrades for energy savings and the project payout
is expected in February 2018.
2.2 Present Major Initiatives
ESCO2: The College entered into a long-term (20 years) partnership with SIEMENS Canada to
deliver a comprehensive Energy Performance Contract (ESCO) financed through energy
savings. The first three phases of the project are Board approved with future phases a real
possibility.
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3 Facility and Utility Delivery Description
3.1
Facilities and Location Detail
Algonquin’s three owned and active Ontario locations are at Woodroffe, Perth and Pembroke.
Additionally there are numerous rented facilities as well as international campus locations (not
Algonquin owned).
Location
THE Algonquin College of Applied Arts and
Technology Woodroffe Campus
Address
1385 Woodroffe Avenue, Ottawa ON K2G 1V8.
Algonquin College Heritage Institute – Perth
Campus
7 Craig Street, Perth, ON K7H 1X7
Algonquin College in the Ottawa Valley –
Pembroke Campus
1 College Way, Pembroke, ON K8A 0C8
The present CDM plan’s focus is on the 22 major buildings at the Woodroffe Campus. Figure 1
below illustrates the campus layout comprising 87 acres of property including 17.6 acres of
building footprint, 33 acres of green space, 6.4 acres of roads and 30 acres of paved parking.
Figure 1 - Algonquin College Woodroffe Campus Map
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Table 1 provides the list, usage information and construction year of Algonquin’s facilities.
Table 1 – Facilities and gross areas
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3.2 Utility Delivery
3.2.1
Electricity
Woodroffe campus electricity is provided by Hydro Ottawa via two main electrical feeds. One
powers the campus located on the East side of Woodroffe Avenue at 44kv. The other powers
the new ACCE building located on the West side of the Woodroffe Avenue at 13.5kv. Power is
purchased at spot market IESO rates. The electrical utility rate structure is C4 – 1,500 kW to 5,000
kW per month peak for the Woodroffe Meter and C3 - 50 kW to 750 kW per month peak for the
ACCE building.
The Perth campus is served by Hydro One and the Pembroke campus by Ottawa River Power.
3.2.2
Natural Gas
Natural gas is partially procured via Enbridge and by an Ottawa based group consortium
(OCEPG) utilizing bulk purchase agreements with suppliers. The purchasing group strategy seeks
to lock in no more that 75% of the natural gas requirements through long term contracts while
the balance is purchased on the spot market. Gas purchases for the G Trailers, ACCE and the
Student Commons and Perth and Pembroke are not part of the consortium and burned at
market price. Enbridge Distribution Inc. owns and maintains the underground distribution lines.
The Perth and Pembroke campuses are also both served by Enbridge Gas.
3.2.3
Domestic Water
Water is not reportable under the guidelines and therefore is not part of this analysis.
3.2.4
Utility Costing
Electricity and Gas charges include HST at 13% but final cost figures include only the College
portion payable at 3.41% (after rebates).
HST is not charged on water.
3.3 Existing Energy Metering and Monitoring Systems
The main campus utility meter belongs to Hydro-Ottawa and records the entire campus
electrical power demand at 5 minutes intervals. The ACCE Building is separately metered by
Hydro-Ottawa. Data access for both accounts is through the Energy Ottawa secured portal. The
digital meters located in buildings: A, B, D, E and G are power monitors connected to the
building automation system manufactured by SIEMENS and data is available on the SIEMENS
controls system.
Most buildings are sub-metered individually with the exception of the following grouped
buildings: B, K, M; N, P, S; and E, F, G, R123. Continuous building electrical metering data has
been available since February 10th, 2013. The data available from both the SIEMENS and Carma
metering systems along with the natural gas meter readings were used to create a full year
energy use baseline.
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3.4 Key Challenges and Constraints
Industry accepted maintenance practices suggest a funding scenario of 2% of the asset
replacement value per year to ensure that facilities are properly maintained and functional. The
total assessed value of all owned Algonquin College assets is roughly $690M and therefore $14M
would be required annually to keep up with the ongoing operation and maintenance. College
allocations are typically $2M per year resulting in a documented growing deferred maintenance
backlog currently estimated at $87M.
Aging buildings with an extensive deferred maintenance backlog can have poor energy
efficiency performance. The College’s first building dates back to 1962 while 33% of its buildings
are pre 70’s construction and another 38% are pre 90’s construction.
3.5 Deferred Maintenance
The ESCO2 project carries a $31M new construction component that will reduce Algonquin’s
deferred maintenance backlog by about $13M.
Appendix 4 shows the ESCO2 project costs where DFS Phase 1 and 2 are considered as
attacking deferred maintenance while Phase 3 reduces costs and generates revenue but adds
new capital equipment ($14.2 M) onto the campus.
3.6 The Principle of the ESCO2 Project
The agreement between the owner and ESCO2 Contractor allows the contractor to propose
and deliver a project that requires borrowed capital funds with terms and conditions that would
not require Algonquin College to assume additional debt and would not result in the creation of
a contingent liability, and guarantees a pre-determined level of savings where shortfalls are the
contractor’s responsibility. The owner keeps its energy budget whole and pays for the capital
works out of savings until the project is paid out completely. In this instance the contract length is
20 years, concluding in 2035.
Although energy usage and demand is reduced the total budget envelope remains the same,
increasing with inflation and as new facilities are added until the project concludes; only then
do the savings become available to the owner.
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4 Conservation and Demand Management Plan
4.1 Demand Management Framework Requirements
A fully compliant CDM must meet the following 5 requirements.
4.1.1
Requirement 1:
Annual energy consumption for the last year where information is available for a full year.
Appendix 1 and 2 show the electrical energy and gas consumption and cost details
respectively.
Table 2 below summarizes the results of the data in the Appendices.
Table 2 – Electricity and Gas Consumption and Cost Summary
4.1.2
Requirement 2:
Goals and objectives for conserving and otherwise reducing energy consumption and
managing the demand for energy.
4.1.2.1 Qualitative- Soft Goals and Principles
Algonquin’s Energy Strategy Steering Group was established to spearhead its sustainability
efforts, resulting in the following proposed Guiding Principles.
Guiding Principle #1 – Build and Maintain Energy Awareness by:
Engaging the College community to create an energy aware culture that inspires action and
teamwork.
Guiding Principle #2 - Practice Sustainable Energy Stewardship to:
Motivate the College community, stakeholders and strategic partners to use energy sustainably.
Guiding Principle #3 - Future-proof our Infrastructure by:
Creating building and energy infrastructure that will be resilient to external changes and risks,
supports he long-term transition to a clean energy future and ensures capacity to
accommodate the anticipated growth of the College.
Guiding Principle #4- Leverage Innovations in Energy by:
Providing leadership by embracing innovative energy technologies and partners to support and
stimulate the clean energy economy
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4.1.2.2 Quantitative - Hard Consumption and Cost Reduction Objectives
The ESCO2 contractor has guaranteed the performance of the project and anticipates the
energy profile shown in Table 3 on project completion.
Table 3 – Electricity and Gas Consumption and Cost Summary
4.1.2.3
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Observations
Emission reductions were not the primary reason for undertaking this project and the calculations
have not been included in this report but the anticipated electrical and gas usage changes will
have an effect and will be reported on the Ministry’s web site.
4.1.3
Requirement 3:
Proposed measures and cost and savings estimates for the measures and the estimated time the
measures will be in place.
4.1.3.1
Technical Measures
Table 4 – Technical Measure Descriptions
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4.1.3.2
Organizational and Administrative Measures
Table 5 – Organizational and Administrative Measure Descriptions
4.1.3.3
Behavioural Measures
Table 6 – Behavioural Measure Descriptions
Measures with additional information are shown in Appendix 3.
Project costs and other parameters are shown in Appendix 4.
4.1.4
Requirement 4:
Description of any renewable energy generation and the amount of energy produced annually.
There are no renewable energy projects in play on campus. A submission for a solar FIT program
was made to the OPA but the project was not approved and was not viable as a stand-alone
project without incentives.
4.1.5
Requirement 5:
4.1.6
Confirmation that senior management has approved the CDM plan
Algonquin’s Board of Governors, President and Senior Management have approved the ESCO2
project containing Phases 1, 2 and 3 as outlined in this report.
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5 Appendix 1 – Electricity Consumption FY 2013-2014
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6 Appendix 2 – Gas Consumption FY 2013-2014
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7 Appendix 3 – Comprehensive Measure List
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All details of the proposed measures are included in Appendix 3 of this report.
8 Appendix 4 – ESCO2 Project Cost Outline
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