Jim Freihaut: Greater Philadelphia Innovation Cluster (GPIC)

Goals
Improve energy efficiency and operability and reduce carbon emissions of new and
existing buildings.
Stimulate private investment and quality job creation in the Greater Philadelphia region
and beyond.

Establishing a Virtual, Vertically Integrated Product Delivery Industry
from
Traditionally Isolated Contributors
Why Do This?

Energy Use by Sector
SFC
SFC = specific fuel consumption = unit desired result/fuel use, e.g. passenger mile/lbm primary fuel
manufactured units/lbm primary fuel
SFC
1960 1980 2000
Time 1960 1980 2000
Time

No Improvements In Energy Efficiency; Degradation of Performance
Present situation
• 6% of Americans affected
• 5,000 death per year in the US
• 12.7 billion USD per year
• Continues to increase
Causes
• Sensitization when exposure to certain nonvolatile
chemical forms on indoor aerosols
• Life style – 90% time spent indoors
• Cities - Population concentration
• Tight Construction

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Integrated Project Delivery

Co-Applicants
• DOE Co-Applicant: Penn State
– $122 million over 5 years
• NIST Co-Applicant: DVIRC
– $1.5 million over 3 years
• SBA Co-Applicant: Wharton SBDC
– $1.2 million over 4 years
• EDA Co-Applicant: PIDC
• -$5 million over 5 years
DOE HUB Task Areas
1. Tools for integrated design, verification, and modeling
2. New components, sub-systems, and controls
3. Public policy, behavior, economics, and business
4. Education and workforce development
5. Demonstration, deployment, and IP management
Strategic t Market Focus
Full-spectrum retrofit of existing average size commercial and
multi-family residential buildings.
Industrial Member Cost Share
Bayer Material Science ,IBM, PPG ,
Turner Construction, UTC
~ $25 million over 5 years
Pennsylvania State Funding
Minimum $30 million Years 1-3
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The Navy Yard
$30 million of new Commonwealth capital funding for GPIC facilities
270 existing buildings and new buildings that can be utilized as test beds
Independently owned utilities including electric distribution grid
Three new DOE research and education centers on site:
DOE Mid-Atlantic Clean Energy Applications Center
DOE Northern Mid-Atlantic Solar Training Center
DOE GridStar Smart Grid Training Center
Strategic location with easy access and support services
Zone 4A climate that has four distinct seasons
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HUB Physical Environment
Entire Shipyard = District Systems Retrofit & Smart Grid Opportunity
Single Bldg. Retrofit (HUB )
Building Systems
Research Building (New)
Building Custer Retrofit CHP
Dark Shaded Areas – Existing Buildings
Lighter Shaded Areas – New Buildings
• Location of existing energy and research centers
• DOE Mid-Atlantic Clean Energy Applications Center
• DOE Northern Mid-Atlantic Solar Training Center
• DOE Grid Star Smart Grid

Building 661 Full Spectrum Energy Efficient Retrofit
Two Navy Yard buildings to house HUB personnel
Full-spectrum retrofit of historic Building 661
New advanced integrated building sciences laboratory
Living laboratories to transform the industry’s
current fragmented serial process into system
performance driven with integrated, parallel, team
processes.
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Integrated Design, Verification and Delivery Tools & Method
Real Implementation Processes/Problems Drive Development
Building 661
Deep Retrofit to HUB Center
New Laboratory Construction
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April 8, 2010
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