1. U.S. Office Division
Energy Use/Budget
Monitoring Programs,
Operations
Rashed Al Qudah
August 1st, 2016
BROOKFIELD PROPERTY PARTNERS
2. Brookfield Office Properties Inc.
My Task
Review the various energy management platforms used by Brookfield Property
Operations. Summarize the interactivity, adequacy of service and determine any needs.
• These platforms are energy management programs
• They integrate into Brookfield’s teams of Operators, Engineers and Managers
• They help the team in terms of:
» Staying energy-efficient
» Tracking costs
» Billing accordingly
» Sustainability reporting
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Outline
1. Talk about each program (Mach, energywatch, UtiliVisor, Powerfolio 3D)
2. How it’s made a difference
3. Future Improvements
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MACH Energy
• MACH Energy is an energy management tool that helps building engineers operate
plant equipment more efficiently on a daily basis.
• Used for the operational side of the business.
• Key Features
» Gives you real-time data (15-minute intervals)
» Expected Usage Chart
» Electric Budgeting
• Tenant Billing in the DC area.
» Sets Alerts
» Shows savings based on changes in operation
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energywatch
energywatch is a program used to help minimize energy cost through utility and data
management, to measure and verify utility expense, to prepare reports, including
sustainability reporting.
• This is the program that accumulates all the energy bills which can be accessed with
the click of a button. It measures and verifies how much your bill should be for each
month.
• Used for the management side
• Key features:
» Accumulation and inventory of all utility costs
» There is a pdf for every invoice.
• “This feature has saved us a month’s work of compiling and putting in the invoices for GRESB” Kevin
Devine, Director of engineering, Los Angeles
» Captures data for all utilities, including waste removal data
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Case Study
• Chiller in 245 Park
• How energywatch tracked the payback:
» Steam data has been sent
» Takes a baseline of 12 months
» Gets normalized with temp. vs. consumption
» Shows what the difference in cost with the project
» Energywatch “Measurement & Verification” tool validates savings
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UtiliVisor
• UtiliVisor is an energy advisory firm. They provide applications that focus on 2 areas:
» Energy metering services (Sub-metering for cost allocations)
» Energy Plant analysis (continuous oversight of chilled water production and distribution
performance)
• Key Features:
» They offer metering capability that helps optimize energy usage and maximizes utility cost
recoupment for the owner
» They monitor in real time.
• Local control not from cloud.
» Tenant portal
• If tenants request, they have access of all info at their fingertips.
• Brookfield has access to the entire operation in terms of energy consumption and sub-
metering packages.
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Case Study – One New York Plaza
» Tri-fuel plant includes electric, gas and steam driven chillers with river water cooling
» Recent environmental constraints limited the amount of river water used for cooling
» Only the electric chillers were connected to the cooling towers
» Analytics uncovered an opportunity for savings if we connected the gas driven chillers to the
water towers
» Reduced the electrical demand of the building from ~5,600kW to less than ~4,000kW.
Electrical demand charges run as much as $30 per kW per month
» If the building stayed with the electric chillers as their primary source of cooling, they
would’ve had to use it during peak demand periods.
» Savings:
• Project Cost $ 1,664,000
• Incentive $ 832,000
• Final Cost $ 832,000
• Annual Savings $ 422,000
• Simple Payback - 2 years
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Powerfolio 3D
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• Energy Procurement – Powerfolio 3D
• Energy Procurement
• Analyze hedging strategy
• Trading desk expertise
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How it’s Made a Difference
• MACH Energy:
» Operator management tool
» Drives energy efficiency
» Measures wins and losses of operator’s reactions to different events
• energywatch:
» Property Manager and Accounting tool- Central databases for invoices.
» Much greater analytics into our billing history.
» Facilitates easier GRESB data accumulation and reporting
• UtiliVisor:
» Better operational analytics
» Optimized energy usage and improved cash flow,
» Automated tenant billing for the sub metered markets.
» Tenant portal allows tenants to see their energy use and perform analytics on them.
» Another set of eyes monitoring the plant (deep engineering experience behind the scenes).
• Powerfolio 3D:
» Energy procurement
» Analyze hedging strategies
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Improvements on energywatch
Integration with EnergyStar
» Direct Integration with Portfolio Manager
» Automated
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Looking at the Whole Picture
• Best of class providers:
» Day-to-day operational management (MACH Energy)
» Utility data and invoice management (energywatch)
• GHG Reporting (relating to GRESB)
» Energy management analysis and support (UtiliVisor)
• Tenant metering
» Energy procurement (Powerfolio 3D)
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Conclusion
• Strong Partners
• React to Brookfield’s needs in a timely manner
• Great familiarity with Brookfield and the Market
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MACH
energywatch
UtiliVisor
Powerfolio
