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Persistent Commissioning, Persistent Value
Abstract
This case study showcases the energy savings,
operational insights, and continuous economic
benefits that end-use customers realize by employing
persistent commissioning (PCx) tools and practices
through a strategic utility program. EnerNOC and
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E)
collaboratively developed and deployed an energy
efficiency incentive program targeting commercial
real estate and high-tech office customers. The
program employs a combination of monitoring based
commissioning (MBCx) tools, diagnostic software,
and O&M best practices which enable customers to
make intelligent energy management choices and
ensure persistent savings. PG&E's MBCx Program
funds EnerNOC to provide both a software as a
service (SaaS) platform, called EfficiencySMART,
and MBCx engineering services for a full twelve
months at no cost to the customer, based on installed
energy savings. Thus far, the program identified over
3million kWh, 150 kW, and 200,000 therms in
savings. One third of the savings is currently
installed and the remainder is expected to complete
within the next year.
Citation
Morgan, W. R. (2013). Persistent Commissioning, Persistent Value. Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu); Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu). Available electronically from https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /151446.