2. Carbon Footprint for Energy
Management Systems
Carol J. Miller, PhD, PE
Co-Founder, E2i
Professor, WSU
Civil and Env. Engineering
Guoyao Xu,
PhD
Candidate
Dr. Wang,
ECE - WSU
Todd Sykes, LEED
MSCE Candidate
Stephen S. Miller, PE
Co-Founder, E2i
Section Manager,
Commonwealth Assoc.
Loch McCabe
Co-Founder, E2i
President, Shepherd Advisors
3. Problem description
• Businesses and municipalities want to
manage/reduce their carbon footprint
• Management requires accurate and timely
carbon emissions data
• Carbon emissions data is unavailable
Therefore,
• It is currently impossible to manage carbon
footprint
4. The solution/product
• LEEM is the Locational Emissions
Estimation Methodology
• LEEM produces a data stream of real-time
emissions specific to the real-time energy
consumption of the business or
municipality
• LEEM data stream is licensed to the user
6. The customer segment
• Primary customer segment: Energy
Management Systems (EMS) Market
– Specifically, EMS for building owners and
facility managers
• Focus on innovators and early adopters
of EMS for emissions management
– Watt Time, HEPTA/IoT Warez
7. The value proposition
• EMS companies that use LEEM will be
able to charge more for their management
services. (3-10% upcharge)
• Building owners that use LEEM will be
able to charge more per sq. foot of rental
space to green tenants. (2-5% upcharge)
8. Competition
• Competition #1: Do nothing; do not
evaluate carbon footprint
• Competition #2: Approximate, inaccurate,
non-specific methods (WattTime)
• Competition #3: Emerging emissions
estimation technologies (OhmConnect)
that rely on historical data and can not be
used for real-time control
9. Market size
• The EMS market is expected to grow from
$23B in 2015 to nearly $60B in 2020
www.marketsandmarkets.com
• The US carbon management industry is
estimated to be nearly $2B in the US in
2015 www.navigantresearch.com
• The number of corporate
sustainability reports
filed has doubled in past
five years
11. Development status
• Current development stage: Market Testing and
Validation
• Invention disclosure has been filed with WSU OTC
• Option Agreement and EULA with WSU OTC
• 2 Customers (American Water Works Association
and WattTime)
• 1 Customer in discussion (Hepta/IoT Warez)
12. Pilot: HCS and IoT WAREZ
• Chrysler House –Detroit
– One of over 50 Bedrock Real Estate Buildings
• Carbon Footprint & Carbon Mgt
1912; 23
Stories
13. Our commercialization plan
• Stages completed or in process:
– Company formed (E2i)
– Options agreement with WSU
– Initial pilots in place
• Milestones over next year:
– Sign up five paying “try-then-buy” EMS companies
– Develop five Use Cases that demonstrate positive
ROI for building owners and managers
– Secure external validation of LEEM data accuracy
by at least one reputable independent technical
body (Pacific Northwest National Lab – PNNL)
– Develop fully-secured interface for LEEM data
14. Funding request
• Request of Anderson Institute: $20,000
• Sign up five "try then buy" clients and deliver
use case ROI. Hire Graduate Student 1: Mr. Todd
Sykes, CEE Graduate Student, Expert in LEED
Certification, Energy Management, and Building
Systems. ($10,000)
• Develop fully secured interface for LEEM data.
Hire Graduate Student 2: Mr. Guoyao Xu, ECE
PhD Candidate, Big Data Expert. ($10,000)
16. LEEM: Locational Emissions Estimation
Methodology
What it does: LEEM is the first product that can provide a
transparent connection between energy consumption and
emission.
Who cares: Government/regulators (e.g. States; US EPA;
US DOE ) and the regulated industry (power utilities,
manufacturing plants, data warehouses, municipalities,
….any large energy consumer)
17. LEEM: Locational Emissions Estimation
Methodology
Emission (Carbon) Trading Programs lack a method to convert
known energy consumption to equivalent emission units. The
new emissions market requires these robust tools for power
grid eco-system.
kWh Pounds $$$
18. LEEM: Locational Emissions Estimation
MethodologyWhy it matters:
• Businesses are increasingly interested in meeting consumer
interest for green energy
• Businesses have a financial $$ incentive to reduce emissions
(Clean Power Plan, Carbon Trading)
• LEEM emissions data can be used time-shift energy use to
times of lower emissions (Water Systems and STORAGE)
• LEEM emissions data can be used space-shift energy use to
regions of lower emissions (DATA WAREHOUSES)
19. Carbon Trading Market
Potentially huge opportunity in carbon trading
market.
However….even now…..there is a lack of a transparent
link between energy consumed and emissions
generated. This STYMIES the trading market.
23. Carbon Trading Market Electricity Market
Power Network
Various sources
Different emission rates
Metered
Quantified
LEEM
Energy
Emission
Tracing
Verified
Generation
Side
Demand
Side
