3 0 Engi neer ed Syst ems Ap r i l 2 0 11

BY AMANDA MCKEW
ORI GI N AL B AS I S OF D ES I GN - 19 6 6
Original design intent: Tertiary hot water pump from central hot water plant serving 110,000-sq-ft campus administration building.
EN ERGY RETROC OM M I S S I ON I N G REP ORT/ REC OM M EN D ATI ON / I M P LEM EN TATI ON
Opportunities. Energy conservation measures: ECM1 has excessive pump head at building pump. ECM2 - VFD was set without
opening the discharge pump balancing valves. ECM3 - Outdoor air compensated controls result in constant flow, yet VFD had been
added with previous ECM. ECM4 - Differential pump head signal should be located at furthest point in hot water pumping system.
ECM5 - Existing pump motor is old and inefficient. ECM6 - Existing pneumatic controls dont allow for energy management.
New Basis of Design: Building hot water heating system will operate on fixed hot water system temperature in place of constant
flow compensated temperature design intent. VFD differential pressure transmitter shall be relocated at furthest point in pumping
system to maximize the VFD capabilities. Building water system will be rebalanced. DDC shall be added to replace the pneumatic
controls. High-efficiency pump motor will replace the existing motor.
OTH ER EN ERGY C ON S ERVATI ON OP P ORTUN I TI ES
ECM-7: Consider completing an entire hydraulic model assessment to possibly eliminate the primary, secondary, or tertiary pumps.
ECM-8: Consider waste heat boiler for hot water heating in heating season and hot water heating for hot water absorption in A/C
season.
ECM-9: Consider domestic hot water solar heat to remove heating load from the existing hot water boiler capacity requirements.
ECM-10: Consider hot water systems ability to operate at a larger hot water supply-to-return temperature differential to reduce
pumping gpm requirements and associated pumping hp requirements.
ECM-11: Consider adding energy use submetering at each building to monitor, measure, and benchmark energy consumption.
With reduction in energy consumption, metering can be programmed to identify reduction in carbon footprint.
ECM-12: Consider utility dashboard (see Tomorrows Environment column from November 2010) mounted in campus public
space (e.g., Student Union Building) to raise awareness to energy conservation as well as other energy and environmental initiatives.
M ONTH 1 - THE ENERGY CONSERVATION OPPORTUNITY:
Infrastructure Enhancement- Tertiary Pumping System at Building Entrance
TheFacilityFiles
Boiler Capacity Months online Hrs of operation Primary pump Secondary pump Remarks
Firetube
4,400 Mbtuh Oct 15 - May 15 24 hrs/ day

60 ft head/ 50 hp 100 ft/ 100 hp 10 bldgs
Bldg pump gpm Pump head Balancing valve setting Motor VFD Remarks
Hot water
440 50 ft Openvalve 100%

Replace Relocate DP
ATC controls Compensated HWS VFD Remarks
Replace with DDC
Retrofit to fixed temperature DP transmitter at furthest point DP setpoint at 5 psig
Bldg pump gpm Pump head Balancing valve setting Motor VFD Remarks
Hot water
440 50 ft 50%closed Original Yes Added 1998
ATC controls Compensated HWS VFD Remarks
Pneumatic
Three-way valve DP transmitter at pump Systemobserved operating at constant flow
Hot water supply temperatures Outdoor air temperatures Remarks
200F HWS to 150 HWS and two-way valves at terminals 5 to 65
Hot water supply temperatures Outdoor air temperatures Remarks
180 HWS with two-way ATC valves Pump off based, VFD at 15% capacity
CARBON FOOTPRINT
Carbon Neutral