Energy Performance Analysis with RETScreen

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Learning Objectives

▪ Review basics of energy performance analysis

▪ Illustrate methods and techniques for

Monitoring, Targeting & Reporting (MT&R)

▪ Highlight key concepts of Measurement &

Verification (M&V)

▪ Introduce the energy management software tool within

RETScreen – the Performance Analysis Module

▪ Understand basic structure of the RETScreen Plus

Performance Analysis Module

▪ Be able to use the software to monitor, analyse, and

report key energy performance data

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Monitoring, Targeting & Reporting (MT&R)

▪ MT&R provides a systematic approach to gaining and maintaining control over energy
consumption (or production) through measurement and analysis followed by well-directed
actions

▪ The key steps to effective MT&R are:

▪ measurement of energy consumption (or production) over time

▪ measurement of influencing factors (weather, production level, occupancy) over

corresponding time intervals

▪ development of a relationship (a model) between energy and the influencing factors

▪ establishment of energy reduction (or production) targets

▪ frequent comparison of actual consumption (or production) with targets

▪ reporting of consumption (or production) and target variances

▪ initiation of actions to ensure targets are met 3

MT&R Feedback Loop

Measure
Result

Data
Take Action

Analyse
Information
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Develop Relationship: Energy & Influencing Factors

▪ How does energy consumption or energy production vary with a factor of

influence (i.e. driver, such as weather)?

▪ How does the relationship change with time?

Consumption or Production Factors of influence

▪ Fuel consumption ▪ Weather

▪ Electricity consumption ▪ Occupancy

▪ Water consumption ▪ Production level

▪ Electricity production ▪ Solar radiation

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Models Predict Energy Consumption or Production

▪ Historical consumption or production

▪ Static, not dynamic with drivers

▪ Statistical model E = Function of drivers

▪ Mathematical relationship between
energy consumption (or production)
and the “driver” exists
▪ It’s often linear, of the form
y = mx + b
▪ Simple linear regression
▪ Multivariable non-linear regression

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Establish Energy Reduction (or Production) Targets

Reduce Variability
Energy Consumption
or Production

Increase Efficiency

Reduce Non-Productive Energy (waste)

Driver(s) or Factor(s) of Influence

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Typical Tools Used for Energy Performance Analysis

▪ Data visualization (e.g. monthly graphs)

▪ Time series graphs

“tools that help to identify,
understand, quantify and display the
▪ Regression analysis relationship between energy and what
drives it”
▪ Cumulative sum (CUSUM) charts

▪ Targeting

▪ Control charts

▪ Reports

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Reporting Pathways for a MT&R System

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RETScreen Plus Performance Analysis Module

▪ Helps user monitor, analyse, and report key

energy performance data to facility operators,
managers and senior decision-makers
Data
▪ Energy management software tool
▪ Monitoring, Targeting & Reporting (MT&R)
▪ Measurement & Verification (M&V)
▪ Energy tracking Analytics

▪ Integrates near-real-time NASA satellite-derived

weather data for entire surface of planet

Reporting

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Performance Analysis Module - Structure

▪ Start
▪ Project information
▪ Site reference conditions

▪ Data
▪ Step 1 – Consumption/production
▪ Step 2 – Factors of influence
▪ Step 3 – Data processing

▪ Analytics
▪ Step 1 – Baseline
▪ Step 2 – Target
▪ Step 3 – Comparison

▪ Reporting
▪ Step 1 – Report
▪ Step 2 – Edit
▪ Step 3 – Output
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Project Example: MT&R
Office Building, Burns Lake, BC, Canada

See template

Photo Credit: Jeff Ragsdale, Village of Burns Lake

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Measurement & Verification (M&V)

▪ A process of quantifying energy consumption (or production) and water

consumption before and after an Energy Conservation Measure is
implemented to verify and report on the savings actually achieved

▪ International Performance Measurement and Verification Protocol (IPMVP)

http://www.evo-world.org

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Select IPMVP Option

MBRP M&V Process

Process

A. Partially Measured Retrofit Isolation

Prepare the
M&V Plan
Step
Prepare the
1, 2 & 3
Organization

▪ With assumption/stipulations
Select IPMVP
Option
Select
Step 4 Implementation
Method
Define Base Year
Performance

Identify, Select and

B. Retrofit Isolation
Assess the ECM's

Define Post ECM

Step 5 & 6 Period

▪ Fully measured
Design Energy
Savings Program
NO,
Develop Approach
Performance not
Model Suitable

Implement the Revise Test Performance

Implement the
ECM's Performance Model for

C. Whole Facility
Prepare the
ECM's Model Uncertainty etc..
M&V Plan

▪ Or sub-metered part
NO,
Model OK
Needs Revision
Step 7 Implement the
ECM's

Yes

Define & Specify

Implement the
Step 8 Metering
M&V Plan
Equipment

D. Calibrated Simulation Apply M&V

Performance
Define Ongoing
M&V Activities

▪ With software
Model to Ongoing
Management

Document the
Save ! M&V Plan

Done

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A. Partially Measured Retrofit Isolation

Example: T12 to T8 lighting retrofit

▪ Instantaneous measurements of lighting

power before and periodically after retrofit

▪ Assumptions (stipulations) for operating hours

and burnout rates

▪ Calculation of heating interaction from

electrical savings & boiler efficiency

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B. Retrofit Isolation

Example: boiler replacement

▪ Three separate test of boiler efficiency were

made before and after retrofit

▪ Boiler was effectively isolated by gas

meter on the input and heat meter on the
output

▪ Savings are reported under base year

conditions

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C. Whole Facility

Example: multiple energy conservation measures (ECM), operator training

& occupant awareness

▪ Gas & electricity modeled by correlation

to heating degree days (HDD)

▪ Adjustments made for new computers

▪ Savings calculated under post retrofit

conditions as “avoided costs”

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D. Calibrated Simulation

Example: ECM’s in one non-metered building of a multi-building complex

▪ New electric and steam metered installed RETScreen Energy Model - Energy efficiency measures project
Fuels & schedules

Fuel
Fuel type
Fuel consumption - unit
Show data

Fuel type 1
Electricity
MWh
Fuel type 2
Natural gas - m³
m³
Fuel type 3

#N/A
Fuel type 4

#N/A
Fuel type 5

#N/A
Fuel type 6

#N/A
Fuel rate - unit $/kWh $/m³ #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A
Fuel rate 0.100 0.400

Schedule Unit Schedule 1 Schedule 2 Schedule 3 Schedule 4 Schedule 5 Schedule 6

Description 24/7
Occupied Occupied Occupied Occupied Occupied
Temperature - space heating °C 23.0 21.0
Temperature - space cooling °C 23.0 24.0
Unoccupied Unoccupied Unoccupied Unoccupied Unoccupied

Post retrofit energy use was computed with

Temperature - unoccupied +/-°C 3.0

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Occupied Occupied Occupied Occupied Occupied
Occupancy rate - daily h/d h/d h/d h/d h/d h/d
Monday 24 18.0
Tuesday 24 18.0
Wednesday 24 18.0
Thursday 24 18.0
Friday 24 18.0

software calibrated to match readings

Saturday 24 18.0
Sunday 24 18.0
Occupancy rate - annual h/yr 8,760 6,570 0 0 0 0
% 100% 75% 0% 0% 0% 0%

Heating/cooling changeover temperature °C 16.0

Length of heating season d 242
Length of cooling season d 123

Facility characteristics Show data

Incremental Fuel cost Incremental Include

Show: Heating Cooling Electricity initial costs savings O&M savings Simple payback measure?
Fuel saved GJ GJ GJ $ $ $ yr
Heating system
Boiler 0 - - 0 0 0 -
Cooling system
Air-conditioning - 0 - 0 0 0 -
Building envelope

▪ Baseline computed from “calibrated model”

Appartment building 2,686 0 - 60,000 28,659 0 2.1
Ventilation
Lights
Electrical equipment
Hot water
Other
Total 2,686 0 0 60,000 28,659 0 2.09

and base year weather

Summary Show data

Fuel Base case Proposed case Fuel cost savings

Fuel
consumption - Fuel Fuel Fuel cost
Fuel type unit Fuel rate consumption Fuel cost consumption Fuel cost Fuel saved savings
Natural gas m³ $ 0.400 160,194.2 $ 64,078 88,546.3 $ 35,419 71,647.8 $ 28,659
Total $ 64,078 $ 35,419 $ 28,659

Fuel Fuel Fuel Fuel

Project verification consumption - consumption - consumption consumption -
Fuel type unit historical Base case variance
Natural gas m³ 160,194.2

Heating Cooling Electricity Total

Energy GJ GJ GJ GJ
Energy - base case 4,204 0 0 4,204
Energy - proposed case 2,324 0 0 2,324

▪ Savings = baseline - post

Energy saved 1,880 0 0 1,880
Energy saved - % 44.7% 44.7%

Benchmark
Energy unit kWh
Reference unit m² 7,500
User-defined m² 2,000

Benchmark Heating Cooling Electricity Total

Energy kWh/m² kWh/m² kWh/m² kWh/m²
Energy - base case 155.7 0.0 0.0 155.7
Energy - proposed case 86.1 0.0 0.0 86.1
Energy saved 69.6 0.0 0.0 69.6

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Project Example: M&V
Photovoltaic Power System, Toronto, ON, Canada

See template

Photo Credit: Carmanah Solar

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Conclusions

▪ Implementing an energy monitoring, targeting and reporting (MT&R) system can be a powerful way
to better manage energy project investments as well as identify additional project opportunities

▪ The RETScreen Plus Performance Analysis Module can be used worldwide to monitor, analyse, and
report key energy performance data to facility operators, managers and senior decision-makers
▪ A Data worksheet enables the user to create, import, calculate, filter, merge and store various
datasets needed to prepare an analysis
▪ An Analytics worksheet helps the user establish a baseline for the project, predict the energy
consumption or production of a facility using regression analysis, set a target and then track
the energy performance of an ongoing basis
▪ The Reporting worksheet allows the user to create, edit and output various datasets and
figures needed to properly present the analysis of the project

▪ The measurement and verification (M&V) of actual savings (or production) achieved by a clean
energy project is an important final step in the energy decision chain

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