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Projects Updates for Retrocommissioning (RCx)
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Student Sustainability Committee applications - due 3/24
Associated Project(s):Hello XMT,
If you or your staff are planning to submit an application for Student Sustainability Committee funding this spring, please copy me and Lisa Peacock, so we can advocate and support the F&S applications during the committee review periods.
Memorial Stadium Notes and SEDAC Report
Associated Project(s):The attached files include a 2017 SEDAC report and some of Karl Helmink's notes for Memorial Stadium's retrocommissioning.
Revolving Loan Fund to do RCx at the State Farm Center
Associated Project(s):The attached proposal is for funding from the Revolving Loan Fund to do RCx at the State Farm Center. This project is expected to cost $250,000 and pay for itself in energy savings within two years of completion.
FY2020 Project Selection Results for the Revolving Loan Fund
Associated Project(s):Attached are the final project selection results for this year's Revolving Loan Fund, via Joshua Whitson. A big thanks to everyone who submitted projects and to those who support the Revolving Loan Fund.
Revolving Loan Fund: FY2020 Project Selection Results
Associated Project(s):7 projects were approved during the FY2020 Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) project selection. At this time, final scoring results were determined as well. F&S will be beginning these projects soon and will start assessing their correlated utility savings.
Due to COVID-19, the voting process was conducted via email as opposed to meeting in person. As a result of the success in the virtual voting process, future selections are planned to occur in a similar fashion.
Info from Andy Robinson at F&S
Associated Project(s):I am on the team that did the Retrocommissioning project in 2018 and I would be happy to share some of our knowledge from that process. Below is the link to a presentation of that project that we took to a Big Ten energy conference. Some of our main takeaways are that the combination of chilled beams, dual HX wheels, coil sizing, occupancy ventilation, and thoughtful building pressurization have led to one of the most efficient buildings on campus. A
Final project reports for Fall 2017
Associated Project(s):The CEE 398 Project Based Learning and the Sustainability Minor's ENVS 492 Capstone students completed their nine fall 2017 reports.
There were five projects completed for capstone partners:
- Energy Dashboards for Accenture
- Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for Johnson Controls
- Food Hub Study for The Land Connection
- Sensors and Green Buildings for CERL
- Biomass Life Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA) for Chip Energy
There were four other projects completed by CEE students:
Conservation Budget Recommendation (ECONS003) - Chacellor's approval
Associated Project(s):Attached is the Chancellor's reply to the ECONS003 Conservation Budget recommendation.
See Transmittal of ECONS003 Conservation Budget to the Provost Office
Revolving Loan Fund projects approved
Associated Project(s):The Revolving Loan Fund selection committee has approved funding for all the viable RLF projects. See attached image for list.
Conservation Budget Recommendation (ECONS003) - Transmittal to the Council
Associated Project(s):ECONS003 Conservation Budget Recommendation was transmitted to the Office of the Provost on March 6, 2017. The Council discussed the recommendation at this meeting.
special vote requested
Associated Project(s):Revolving Loan Fund Selection Committee,
FY 16 RCx Progress Report
Associated Project(s):The Retrocommissioning (RCx) team has completed nine years of operation on campus in more than 60 campus buildings covering over 8 million square ft. of campus space, having begun our work in Aug. 2007. We have avoided utility costs of over $47M considering the campus fully loaded utility rate or $39M considering the campus variable utility rate. We have also secured millions of dollars in DCEO grants in the past years, including $1.5 million in FY16. We continue to accrue and maintain significant energy usage reductions (average of 27%) on our retrocommissioned buildings.
FY16 RCx Energy Savings Report
Associated Project(s):The attached file shows the full list of Retrocomissioned buildings, as of FY16. For each building, the RCx dates, the energy reduction, and the associated cost avoidance is shown.
Conservation Budget Recommendation (ECONS003) - Assessment with comments
Associated Project(s):The iCAP Working Group (iWG) met on May 31, 2016, to discuss and start the assessment of the SWATeam recommendation ECONS003 Conservation Budget. They supported the Continued Funding for Energy Conservation (ECONS003 Conservation Budget) recommendation. The iWG's official comments for this recommendation was:
October 2012 RCx energy results
Associated Project(s):This file shows each building that has been Retrocomissioned since the program began. It includes the dates of the RCx effort, the energy reduction and related cost avoidance in utility costs.
May 2010 progress statement
Associated Project(s):As of May 2010 approximately 2.6 million gross square feet, 56 football fields, or 20% of the campus academic space have benefitted from retrocommissioning.
BLUE Retrocommissioning info
Associated Project(s):Retrocommissioning is an in-depth analysis of a building’s heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning systems. This program restores peak operating conditions while optimizing the control strategies for energy conservation, sustainability, and client comfort.
Since August of 2007, engineering teams have accomplished system updates and upgrades in 16 campus buildings for an average energy reduction of 28%.
Retrocommissioning award application
Associated Project(s):The Retro-commissioning (RCx) team applied for (and later won) the Illinois Governor's Sustainability Award in 2011. RCx at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign was established in 2007 and has been working to reduce energy consumption in campus buildings by repairing and optimizing their air and hydronic systems and restoring buildings to their required operating standards.
Second Team added
Associated Project(s):The first Retro-Commissioning (RCx) team was created in August of 2007. Due to their significant success in saving energy, a second team was started in January of 2009.