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TECHNICAL FEATURE

TABLE 1 Three building annual energy impact.

FIGURE 4 Month-by-month science center gas usage.

BEFORE
PROJECT
2011 - 2012

700
2011 - 2012
2012 - 2013

600

AFTER
PROJECT
2012 - 2013

PERCENT
CHANGE

Gas Use

Gas Used at Science Center, Decatherms

2,803

2,182

Down 22%

500

Gas used at University, Decatherms

37,376

36,641

Down 2%

400

Steam Used at Cordier, lbs/Year

433,696

0

Steam Used at H-K, lbs/Year

883,935

0

300

June

0

May

Up 3%

April

4,689

March

4,546

February

Heating Degree Days/Year
January

100
December

Up 93%

November

164,316

October

85,000

September

0

August

474,100

Area Heated from Science Center, ft2

July

Steam Main Line Loss, lbs/Year

200

Metering was not installed to isolate the impact of these
shared features. The study year also showed many hours
when the heat recovery chiller was running to meet
campus CHW demand, due to outages at the main chillers. Again, there was no metering available to isolate this
impact on Science Center electric usage.

It is a fair observation that, on the campus level, there
may have been a minimal (or no) increase in electric use.
Heating pumps for the Academic Center and Cordier
would have been on as required by those buildings irrespective of their location; and an air-cooled chiller (1.2
kW/ton [0.34 kW/kW], stand-alone approach) would have
been operating all of the hours that the HRC was running
(1.4 kW/ton [0.40 kW/kW] with air-cooled condenser).
Figure 4 shows the month-by-month gas change. The
HRC started in mid-June of 2012, hence the low gas usage
that month. As can be seen, the largest percent reductions
are in the months when the HRC was running to keep the
boilers off. January showed increased gas usage but the
Science Center was now supplying all of the heat for three
buildings.

Conclusion

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There were multiple benefits to the synergistic approach:
* Less energy to heat three buildings than it used to
take to heat one;
* Significant operating cost savings on purchased gas;
* Accelerated the Cordier conversion from steam to
low temperature hot water;
* Saved capital cost when including the Cordier conversion;
* Less mechanical space required in the Academic
Center, resulting in more assignable space for academic
functions;
* Availability of chilled water 12 months of the year
for any campus needs; and
* Benefit of a single heating control system rather
than three separate ones.
Two larger conclusions for a campus situation with
shared heating and cooling systems are that the synergistic approach should be evaluated; and a heat recovery
chiller will almost always be a wise investment.



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