FEI-FEVI 2010 EEC Report filed March 31, 2011 - FortisBC

FORTISBC ENERGY INC. AND FORTISBC ENERGY (VANCOUVER ISLAND) INC.
2010 ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND CONSERVATION ANNUAL REPORT
FEVI: To be determined
Incentive Financial incentives based on implementation of commissioning measures
Partner FortisBC Inc / BC Hydro
Background
Description
Goals
Overview
In most commercial buildings, operational problems such as duct leakage,
unbalanced airflow, and poor scheduling are not always obvious and tend to be
ignored or simply missed, resulting in inefficiencies and increased natural gas
consumption.
Building commissioning and real time energy consumption monitoring identifies
otherwise virtually undetectable building faults/deficiencies that otherwise tend to go
unnoticed by building designers, operators, and owners. In a continuous optimization
program, problems are more easily detected, evaluated, and solved.
Moreover, building commissioning represents one of the most cost effective sources
of energy savings and GHG emissions reductions. Monitoring based commissioning
(“MBCx”) helps ensure the benefits of building commissioning are not lost over time
by providing support for real time energy monitoring.
The Continuous Optimization program will capture gas savings by ensuring
participating facilities / buildings are operated in the most efficient and effective
manner possible. Beyond reducing natural gas consumption, the program is also
aimed at entrenching a culture of conservation. This will be accomplished by
providing incentives for:
1. Commissioning: Utility funded commissioning studies and a concomitant
obligation on the part of the participants to implement any measures identified
therein with a two year payback or less.
2. Real-time monitoring: Utility funded installation of pulse meters and monitoring
software for natural gas.
Target participants will generally include government, medium to large commercial,
large multi-residential, health care, education, and institutional organizations. The
program will likely be delivered in the form of a performance based incentive,
wherein participants will be given a certain dollar amount per GJ actually saved.
The Companies are looking to partner with FortisBC Inc. on a new program and BC
Hydro on its currently operating Continuous Optimization program.
• Reduce gas consumption among the commercial sector’s existing building
stock by providing an incentive to help commercial customers maximize their
facilities operating performance.
• Educate commercial sector customers about the impacts of poorly
maintained / operated building systems and provide an incentive to facilitate
both the maintenance of existing equipment, as well as the implementation
of proper operating strategies.
• Maintain a program TRC score greater than 1.0 and optimize the proportion
of incentives over administration and marketing costs.
• Increase year over year participation rates in view of maximizing gas
savings.
Implementation
Administration Administration to be handled by the program partners: FortisBC Inc. and BC Hydro.
Communications To be determined
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