The University of Texas at Austin has the second largest University campus in the United States. The Utilities and Energy Management group is responsible for managing the energy use from over 160 buildings, totaling almost 900 meters through the campus. As the first phase of this project energy meters were installed in 2010, and the Department needed a means to display energy data in a meaningful and easy to access way. After looking into different HMI programs; UT decided to partner with Indusoft to leverage the superior web-based software of InduSoft Web Studio. The software offered all the capabilities the department was looking for plus more.

1. Paulo Guerra
Senior Project Application
Engineer
Schneider Electric
Roberto Del Real, MBA, P.E.
Associate Director
Utilities and Energy
Management

2. » 51,000 students,
24,000 faculty and staff
and 17 million square
feet
» 350-acres and 200-
plus-buildings
» 65 MW peak load – 350
million Kwh
» 35,000 peak tons of
CHW – 157 million ton-
hours

3. » 220,000 pph peak
steam - 775 million
pounds
» Deionized laboratory
water
» Compressed air

4. » The University of Texas at Austin is world known for
its good quality of education and research. In order
to maintain this high standard of education, the
uninterrupted, cost-effective, and efficient delivery
of energy plays an important role.
» As a response to this, University of Texas at Austin –
Utility and Energy Management Department
decided to adopt a comprehensive and innovative
solution for energy measurement and analysis
which would help in achieving the goal of efficient
energy supply for university campus.
» An innovative solution that is inclusive to all
Campus Energy Systems was develop with the
objective of presenting different sources of energy
data to the user in an easy to use interface.

5. » Energy Management and Optimization Team
Members
» Process Control Programmers
» Instrument Technicians
» Electricians
» Building Automation Technicians
» Energy Engineers
» Behavioral-based Energy Stewards

6. INITIAL GOALS
» Make metering and billing maintainable
» Provide campus users “real time” and historical energy
data
» Make building energy data “readily accessible” for use by
energy conservation programs.

7. ADDITIONAL CHALLENGES
» Campus Building Energy Behavior Analysis
» One-stop shopping for all Campus Energy-related
data needs
» Campus Energy Sources Data Availability
» State-of-the-Art Trending capabilities

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14. » Installation simplified which reduced cost using
pre-built PLC boxes
» Automated Billing System reduced errors and labor
» Meter issues identified quickly using “real time”
data
» Starting to create smart utility customers
» Some have achieved 15% energy reductions by
“watching” energy use
» About 88% to 90% of all CHW, Power and Steam
delivered to campus now metered

15. » About 88% to 90% of all CHW, Power and Steam
delivered to campus now metered
» Energy Analysis and Trending “key” in reducing
energy consumption
» Power Generation, and Distribution Data readily
available
» Energy Dashboard consolidates data sources