SESSION DETAILS - Metering

Session Description:
So now you need to apply "advanced metering" on all Federal facilities where "practicable".  The Department of Defense developed a metering implementation plan, with each component of the Department developing more detailed customized plans.  You'll hear about the overall DoD plan and be briefed from each Military Service representative regarding their plan and what's special about it.  Time will be provided to ask questions to determine exactly how the plans will come to fruition.  What metering standards will be followed?  What suspense dates are applicable? What contracting mechanisms are available?  How is this going to be funded?  How can we actually use the data to save real energy?  This is your chance to discuss your options directly with the top brass in order to figure out how to implement EPACT metering requirements in the most efficient and effective way.

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Session Description:
Today, there is a wide variety of metering equipment and technologies available.  The range is from a manual-read spinning meter to a read-automatically-every-15-minutes-and download-it-to-your-PDA system.  The costs and benefits can vary. Why would you pick one over another?  How can you obtain and use the metering data?  How do you evaluate the benefits versus the cost?  We will describe and show the hardware to you, explain some of the equipment and software options, and conduct an audience discussion about various opportunities.

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Measurement and Verification (M&V) of ESPCs creates some unique information requirements.  While every client wants proof of savings with certainty, collecting the information is very expensive.  However, stipulated savings are inexpensive to verify, but pass a larger risk to the buyer.  The intelligent design of a metering system can provide cost effective data for M&V in addition to providing savings in itself.

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Planning should be the first step of any comprehensive metering installation.  Key planning steps include identifying and engaging relevant staff, developing a building prioritization framework, and determining the technical needs/constraints in meters, communications, data storage and analysis.  Come and learn the critical elements of a metering plan, how these relate to your buildings and site, and hear how other agencies have approached this process.

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The economic success of any metering program lies in the ability to retrieve, store, and access metered data.  We will identify critical evaluation points to determine which communications options are right for you, and how to couple that technology to a reliable data storage system.  You will learn how to access your data and apply results to create savings.  Come hear about actual application examples, how technical challenges were addressed, and savings that were achieved.

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The Energy Policy Act of 2005 requires that Federal buildings be metered, but what are you going to do with all the data that is generated?  We'll show you how to use the metered data to help better manage your energy use and costs, and improve overall operations.  Data applications such as cost allocation, energy use diagnostics, electric load management, and electric rate selection are among the many data applications we will discuss.  Join us and find out how to determine which data applications will work best for your site.

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This session will begin with an overview of the requirements of EPACT Section 103 relating to utility metering of Federal buildings, followed by a short review of the Federal guidance explaining what Section 103 means in English.  We will discuss how you can use metered data to improve efficiency, approach the economics of metering, and how to prioritize metering opportunities.  The session will also examine the different approaches being explored by Federal agencies to solve their individual metering challenges.

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Session Description:
The speakers will share their metering strategy, funding source, equipment, data collection and what and how they work with the data.  Campus metering programs have already been deployed – don't reinvent the wheel.

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Learn about how your fellow agencies are approaching the requirement to meter all buildings practicable.  The Coast Guard plans to program metering and integrate data handling enterprise-wide through the civil engineering program.  GSA has deployed a centralized metering software program that allows for advanced meter data collection, analysis and reporting from a centralized location.  They connect existing advanced meters as well as installing new meters.  Hear the programs described, why the approaches were selected, and query the experts.

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