This webinar in the Water business’ Essential Insights series discusses approaches to energy efficiency and resource recovery, including industry initiatives, innovations and case studies.
The Water Industry is at the threshold of a profound transformation with smart operations slated to dominate the future. PROTEUS Consulting is defining Water-Energy Nexus 2.0 - beyond reduction of water and energy footprints by the respective industries, towards collaboration, solving common problems and attaining win-win solutions. We ensure consistent progress towards identification of technology and resources that will provide maximum return on investment to not only achieve energy efficiency, but also develop synergistic relationships between water and energy utilities towards a common goal of providing sustainable and fiscally responsible services to the communities they serve. While PROTEUS Consulting works to help municipal clients achieve benefits from traditional energy efficiency (EE) and Demand Response (DR) programs, we are currently working with CPUC, CEC, CalISO, CalEPA, and the IOUs to establish a groundbreaking program to allow water utilities leverage their flexibility in operations and capacity to help balance the grid (as a fast responding flexible load) and in turn receive a revenue stream that is independent of the volume of sales of water.
Black & Veatch Smart Integrated InfrastructureBlack & Veatch
Our business, utility and city environments today are complicated by fluctuating markets, aging infrastructure, shrinking budgets and competing priorities. At the same time, a data revolution is underway. The Internet of Everything is expanding our connectivity to data, people, processes and things. This revolution is a red carpet for transformative technologies that use data to redefine standard operations and cultivate new system-wide intelligence at utilities and along roadways, in cities and beyond. Take a look at these Black & Veatch Smart Integrated Infrastructure solutions and projects that are helping build a cleaner, more efficient world.
Energy Management Impact on Distributed Control Systems (DCS) in Industrial E...Schneider Electric
Today, the pressure is on enterprises to meet environmental targets. The prospect of losing business if sustainability objectives are not met is very real. This is leading to a future where top environmental performers will become market leaders. To remain competitive, companies need to produce goods in an energy efficient manner. This paper examines industrial efficiency improvement measures that focus on equipment, process, and people.
Energy Management Strategies for Operational Excellence @ ARC's 2011 Industry...ARC Advisory Group
Energy Management Strategies for Operational Excellence @ ARC's 2011 Industry Forum by Dick Hill.
10 Energy Optimization Recommendations
1.Secure Management‟s Full Support
2.Plant-level Energy Teams –Include Automation
3.Build an Energy Strategic Plan
4.Perform Energy Audits –Current Reality
5.Establish Energy Metrics
6.Benchmark: Other Plants & Other Companies
7.Energy KPIs –Not just for Management
8.On-Line Energy Measurements –Fill Gaps
9.Automate to Optimize
10.Empower the Worker
Helping mining companies with their sustainability strategiesSchneider Electric
Schneider Electric™ has a proven record of leading
companies to thriving sustainability programs across
economic, environmental, and social dimensions. As
a global leader in sustainability services, we provide
an end-to-end solution that truly sets us apart from
others and integrates strategies, technologies, and
implementation capabilities.
The Water Industry is at the threshold of a profound transformation with smart operations slated to dominate the future. PROTEUS Consulting is defining Water-Energy Nexus 2.0 - beyond reduction of water and energy footprints by the respective industries, towards collaboration, solving common problems and attaining win-win solutions. We ensure consistent progress towards identification of technology and resources that will provide maximum return on investment to not only achieve energy efficiency, but also develop synergistic relationships between water and energy utilities towards a common goal of providing sustainable and fiscally responsible services to the communities they serve. While PROTEUS Consulting works to help municipal clients achieve benefits from traditional energy efficiency (EE) and Demand Response (DR) programs, we are currently working with CPUC, CEC, CalISO, CalEPA, and the IOUs to establish a groundbreaking program to allow water utilities leverage their flexibility in operations and capacity to help balance the grid (as a fast responding flexible load) and in turn receive a revenue stream that is independent of the volume of sales of water.
Black & Veatch Smart Integrated InfrastructureBlack & Veatch
Our business, utility and city environments today are complicated by fluctuating markets, aging infrastructure, shrinking budgets and competing priorities. At the same time, a data revolution is underway. The Internet of Everything is expanding our connectivity to data, people, processes and things. This revolution is a red carpet for transformative technologies that use data to redefine standard operations and cultivate new system-wide intelligence at utilities and along roadways, in cities and beyond. Take a look at these Black & Veatch Smart Integrated Infrastructure solutions and projects that are helping build a cleaner, more efficient world.
Energy Management Impact on Distributed Control Systems (DCS) in Industrial E...Schneider Electric
Today, the pressure is on enterprises to meet environmental targets. The prospect of losing business if sustainability objectives are not met is very real. This is leading to a future where top environmental performers will become market leaders. To remain competitive, companies need to produce goods in an energy efficient manner. This paper examines industrial efficiency improvement measures that focus on equipment, process, and people.
Energy Management Strategies for Operational Excellence @ ARC's 2011 Industry...ARC Advisory Group
Energy Management Strategies for Operational Excellence @ ARC's 2011 Industry Forum by Dick Hill.
10 Energy Optimization Recommendations
1.Secure Management‟s Full Support
2.Plant-level Energy Teams –Include Automation
3.Build an Energy Strategic Plan
4.Perform Energy Audits –Current Reality
5.Establish Energy Metrics
6.Benchmark: Other Plants & Other Companies
7.Energy KPIs –Not just for Management
8.On-Line Energy Measurements –Fill Gaps
9.Automate to Optimize
10.Empower the Worker
Helping mining companies with their sustainability strategiesSchneider Electric
Schneider Electric™ has a proven record of leading
companies to thriving sustainability programs across
economic, environmental, and social dimensions. As
a global leader in sustainability services, we provide
an end-to-end solution that truly sets us apart from
others and integrates strategies, technologies, and
implementation capabilities.
The Metals, Minerals & Mining industry has a resource
problem — operators that are untrained and subject to
a high rate of employee attrition; and plants that operate
at less than optimized conditions. To reverse the trend,
the industry must promote and accelerate mining
operations excellence. It must be done quickly, with
little room for uncertainty.
Optimization in the conceptual or feasibility stage provides:
Specifications for the Licensor Process Design Package (PDP) before design begins and opportunities to minimize utilities capital costs
The document describes a technology session and workshop hosted by KBC and Petronas on their energy management software solutions. It includes an agenda for presentations on KBC's Visual MESA Energy Management System applications and architecture, as well as demonstrations and case studies. Visual MESA provides real-time energy optimization, monitoring, and multi-period planning capabilities for utilities systems. The document outlines Visual MESA's history and functionality, including real-time optimization, energy monitoring with key performance indicators, and optimal multi-period planning. It also contrasts traditional energy management architectures with an integrated approach combining utilities and process modeling.
This document provides information about IPKeys Power Partners, a subsidiary of IPKeys Technologies that focuses on delivering secure technology services for energy, public safety, and Department of Defense sectors. It has over 225 employees with offices in New Jersey, California, Maryland, and Virginia. The document outlines IPKeys' service areas including demand response, energy management systems, and smart grid solutions. It also provides examples of demand response program structures and potential customer savings from participating in different markets and programs.
The document summarizes a workshop presented by KBC Energy Services on their energy management information system (EMIS) and tools. It discusses barriers to effective EMIS, including the interaction between energy and production systems and the challenges of integrated site-wide energy. KBC presents their EMIS toolset, including real-time optimization, integrated process and utility modeling, and cloud-based expert support, to help customers overcome these challenges, achieve 3-8% energy savings with no capital cost, and increase production 1-2% without investment. Case studies demonstrate annual savings of $20-30 million from improved energy efficiency.
Retrofit, build, or go cloud/colo? Choosing your best directionSchneider Electric
When faced with the decision of upgrading an existing data center, building a new data center or leasing space in a third party colocation data center, there are both quantitative and qualitative differences to consider. This session reviews several key factors to help make a sound decision including a business’ sensitivity to cash flow, deployment timeframe, data center life expectancy, regulatory requirements, and other strategic factors.
Combined Heat and Power Engineering and Installation in the Pacific NWmelanie_bissonnette
This document provides an overview of combined heat and power (CHP) systems for the Pacific Northwest region. It discusses opportunities for CHP to earn LEED points and outlines various financial options for CHP projects. The presentation then reviews the benefits of CHP systems, common technology types, and the technical potential for CHP in Oregon and Washington. Key commercial market sectors for CHP are also identified.
Energy solutions for federal facilities : How to harness sustainable savings ...Schneider Electric
Looming Mandates. Energy insecurity. Shrinking budgets. Discover solutions available today to help you tackle your energy dilemma. Take a 30K foot tour of solutions to increase energy efficiency and reliability, maximize energy ROI and enhance mission assurance. Get tips for navigating the event to make the most of your Xperience.
Global C4IR-1 MasterClass Cambridge - Bose Intellisense 2017Justin Hayward
Next generation automation for the mining industry enabled by industry4.0 4IR technologies.
The global C4IR(TM) event series is available to franchise via www.cir-strategy.com as C4IRx.
The document discusses GSA's efforts to improve efficiency and sustainability in federal buildings through smart building technology and initiatives. It notes that GSA manages over 8,700 buildings totaling nearly 380 million square feet. GSA has implemented various programs and policies to meet federal mandates for reducing energy use, including advanced metering, remote building energy audits, fault detection and diagnostics tools, the Green Proving Ground program to pilot new technologies, and sustainability in new construction and renovations. The Green Proving Ground program in particular evaluates innovative technologies to accelerate their adoption across the federal building portfolio.
This 2015 Environmental Leader “Top Project of the Year” award winner uses wireless gateways to integrate a historical science building into its campus-wide building management system to monitor and manage energy use and reduce costs.
At the Asia Clean Energy Forum 2016 Ricardo Energy & Environment’s waste management and resource efficiency experts discussed a range of critical issues, including financial, institutional, policy, regulatory, engineering, environmental and social issues around the planning for and delivery of appropriate and effective waste to energy infrastructure in developing economies.
In this presentation Phil White discusses the environmental impacts of waste treatment.
Smart Real-time Control of Water SystemsStephen Flood
1) Smart Real-time Control of Water Systems uses Model Predictive Control (MPC) and surrogate models to optimize control of complex urban water systems in real-time.
2) A full-scale test and implementation of this approach was conducted on the urban drainage system in Aarhus, Denmark.
3) Current work is ongoing to further develop the MPC-surrogate modeling framework and its application to integrated control of drainage systems and wastewater treatment plants under changing rainfall conditions.
Integrated asset model can provide a single source of the truth across the full stream for how molecules and operating conditions behave at the unit- and asset-wide level;
Thereby providing actionable insights into production activities that can drive convergence in decision-making and action across organizational silos.
Energy Savings for Occupancy-Based Control of Variable-Air-Volume Systemsmelanie_bissonnette
This document proposes occupancy-based control of VAV systems and lighting to improve energy efficiency. It analyzes the potential savings from using common occupancy sensors and more advanced sensors to adjust minimum airflow, lighting, and thermostat setpoints based on occupancy. Simulation results show the advanced sensors yield greater savings than common sensors, reducing whole building energy use by up to 18% compared to 5.9% for common sensors. Significant savings come from reducing unnecessary reheating through improved minimum airflow control based on occupancy.
At the Asia Clean Energy Forum 2016 Ricardo Energy & Environment’s waste management and resource efficiency experts discussed a range of critical issues, including financial, institutional, policy, regulatory, engineering, environmental and social issues around the planning for and delivery of appropriate and effective waste to energy infrastructure in developing economies.
In this presentation Phil White discusses the revenues and costs of waste to energy.
CEE and Seventhwave lead a rapid-fire discussion of innovative tech and program approaches, and the most meaningful recent research findings for utility representatives, efficiency program implementers, and both residential and commercial field experts.
At the Asia Clean Energy Forum 2016 Ricardo Energy & Environment’s waste management and resource efficiency experts discussed a range of critical issues, including financial, institutional, policy, regulatory, engineering, environmental and social issues around the planning for and delivery of appropriate and effective waste to energy infrastructure in developing economies.
In this presentation Tim Fill discusses infrastructure and service delivery and power purchase agreements.
This document discusses building grid resilience by integrating renewables into power generation and financing. It notes that catastrophic events can cause utilities to lose revenue, suffer shareholder losses, receive weaker credit ratings, and face regulatory issues. The number of outages due to severe weather and attacks has been increasing in recent years. It provides tips on establishing a resilience baseline and optimizing existing infrastructure to maximize value through software. The document outlines developing a roadmap with on-ramps and off-ramps, and notes partnerships can help overcome budget hurdles. It stresses the importance of implementation and provides examples of Advisian's resilience studies.
Regulatory Sandboxes in the Energy Sector | DSM UniversityLeonardo ENERGY
This presentation introduces the concept of regulatory sandboxes for the energy sector, compares a range of national approaches to the sandbox process and assesses what the benefits and shortcomings of sandboxes are in the heavily-regulated energy sector. Speaker: Alexandra Schneiders, University College London
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This project summarizes the experience of the MED-ENEC pilot projects in promoting renewable energy business development. It discusses how the projects implemented renewable energy technologies in 10 buildings across 10 countries to demonstrate technical and economic viability. It also describes how the projects helped build networks among stakeholders and provided online resources and a business database to support companies. The overall goal was to provide a boost to energy efficiency and solar energy use in the construction sector.
The Metals, Minerals & Mining industry has a resource
problem — operators that are untrained and subject to
a high rate of employee attrition; and plants that operate
at less than optimized conditions. To reverse the trend,
the industry must promote and accelerate mining
operations excellence. It must be done quickly, with
little room for uncertainty.
Optimization in the conceptual or feasibility stage provides:
Specifications for the Licensor Process Design Package (PDP) before design begins and opportunities to minimize utilities capital costs
The document describes a technology session and workshop hosted by KBC and Petronas on their energy management software solutions. It includes an agenda for presentations on KBC's Visual MESA Energy Management System applications and architecture, as well as demonstrations and case studies. Visual MESA provides real-time energy optimization, monitoring, and multi-period planning capabilities for utilities systems. The document outlines Visual MESA's history and functionality, including real-time optimization, energy monitoring with key performance indicators, and optimal multi-period planning. It also contrasts traditional energy management architectures with an integrated approach combining utilities and process modeling.
This document provides information about IPKeys Power Partners, a subsidiary of IPKeys Technologies that focuses on delivering secure technology services for energy, public safety, and Department of Defense sectors. It has over 225 employees with offices in New Jersey, California, Maryland, and Virginia. The document outlines IPKeys' service areas including demand response, energy management systems, and smart grid solutions. It also provides examples of demand response program structures and potential customer savings from participating in different markets and programs.
The document summarizes a workshop presented by KBC Energy Services on their energy management information system (EMIS) and tools. It discusses barriers to effective EMIS, including the interaction between energy and production systems and the challenges of integrated site-wide energy. KBC presents their EMIS toolset, including real-time optimization, integrated process and utility modeling, and cloud-based expert support, to help customers overcome these challenges, achieve 3-8% energy savings with no capital cost, and increase production 1-2% without investment. Case studies demonstrate annual savings of $20-30 million from improved energy efficiency.
Retrofit, build, or go cloud/colo? Choosing your best directionSchneider Electric
When faced with the decision of upgrading an existing data center, building a new data center or leasing space in a third party colocation data center, there are both quantitative and qualitative differences to consider. This session reviews several key factors to help make a sound decision including a business’ sensitivity to cash flow, deployment timeframe, data center life expectancy, regulatory requirements, and other strategic factors.
Combined Heat and Power Engineering and Installation in the Pacific NWmelanie_bissonnette
This document provides an overview of combined heat and power (CHP) systems for the Pacific Northwest region. It discusses opportunities for CHP to earn LEED points and outlines various financial options for CHP projects. The presentation then reviews the benefits of CHP systems, common technology types, and the technical potential for CHP in Oregon and Washington. Key commercial market sectors for CHP are also identified.
Energy solutions for federal facilities : How to harness sustainable savings ...Schneider Electric
Looming Mandates. Energy insecurity. Shrinking budgets. Discover solutions available today to help you tackle your energy dilemma. Take a 30K foot tour of solutions to increase energy efficiency and reliability, maximize energy ROI and enhance mission assurance. Get tips for navigating the event to make the most of your Xperience.
Global C4IR-1 MasterClass Cambridge - Bose Intellisense 2017Justin Hayward
Next generation automation for the mining industry enabled by industry4.0 4IR technologies.
The global C4IR(TM) event series is available to franchise via www.cir-strategy.com as C4IRx.
The document discusses GSA's efforts to improve efficiency and sustainability in federal buildings through smart building technology and initiatives. It notes that GSA manages over 8,700 buildings totaling nearly 380 million square feet. GSA has implemented various programs and policies to meet federal mandates for reducing energy use, including advanced metering, remote building energy audits, fault detection and diagnostics tools, the Green Proving Ground program to pilot new technologies, and sustainability in new construction and renovations. The Green Proving Ground program in particular evaluates innovative technologies to accelerate their adoption across the federal building portfolio.
This 2015 Environmental Leader “Top Project of the Year” award winner uses wireless gateways to integrate a historical science building into its campus-wide building management system to monitor and manage energy use and reduce costs.
At the Asia Clean Energy Forum 2016 Ricardo Energy & Environment’s waste management and resource efficiency experts discussed a range of critical issues, including financial, institutional, policy, regulatory, engineering, environmental and social issues around the planning for and delivery of appropriate and effective waste to energy infrastructure in developing economies.
In this presentation Phil White discusses the environmental impacts of waste treatment.
Smart Real-time Control of Water SystemsStephen Flood
1) Smart Real-time Control of Water Systems uses Model Predictive Control (MPC) and surrogate models to optimize control of complex urban water systems in real-time.
2) A full-scale test and implementation of this approach was conducted on the urban drainage system in Aarhus, Denmark.
3) Current work is ongoing to further develop the MPC-surrogate modeling framework and its application to integrated control of drainage systems and wastewater treatment plants under changing rainfall conditions.
Integrated asset model can provide a single source of the truth across the full stream for how molecules and operating conditions behave at the unit- and asset-wide level;
Thereby providing actionable insights into production activities that can drive convergence in decision-making and action across organizational silos.
Energy Savings for Occupancy-Based Control of Variable-Air-Volume Systemsmelanie_bissonnette
This document proposes occupancy-based control of VAV systems and lighting to improve energy efficiency. It analyzes the potential savings from using common occupancy sensors and more advanced sensors to adjust minimum airflow, lighting, and thermostat setpoints based on occupancy. Simulation results show the advanced sensors yield greater savings than common sensors, reducing whole building energy use by up to 18% compared to 5.9% for common sensors. Significant savings come from reducing unnecessary reheating through improved minimum airflow control based on occupancy.
At the Asia Clean Energy Forum 2016 Ricardo Energy & Environment’s waste management and resource efficiency experts discussed a range of critical issues, including financial, institutional, policy, regulatory, engineering, environmental and social issues around the planning for and delivery of appropriate and effective waste to energy infrastructure in developing economies.
In this presentation Phil White discusses the revenues and costs of waste to energy.
CEE and Seventhwave lead a rapid-fire discussion of innovative tech and program approaches, and the most meaningful recent research findings for utility representatives, efficiency program implementers, and both residential and commercial field experts.
At the Asia Clean Energy Forum 2016 Ricardo Energy & Environment’s waste management and resource efficiency experts discussed a range of critical issues, including financial, institutional, policy, regulatory, engineering, environmental and social issues around the planning for and delivery of appropriate and effective waste to energy infrastructure in developing economies.
In this presentation Tim Fill discusses infrastructure and service delivery and power purchase agreements.
This document discusses building grid resilience by integrating renewables into power generation and financing. It notes that catastrophic events can cause utilities to lose revenue, suffer shareholder losses, receive weaker credit ratings, and face regulatory issues. The number of outages due to severe weather and attacks has been increasing in recent years. It provides tips on establishing a resilience baseline and optimizing existing infrastructure to maximize value through software. The document outlines developing a roadmap with on-ramps and off-ramps, and notes partnerships can help overcome budget hurdles. It stresses the importance of implementation and provides examples of Advisian's resilience studies.
Regulatory Sandboxes in the Energy Sector | DSM UniversityLeonardo ENERGY
This presentation introduces the concept of regulatory sandboxes for the energy sector, compares a range of national approaches to the sandbox process and assesses what the benefits and shortcomings of sandboxes are in the heavily-regulated energy sector. Speaker: Alexandra Schneiders, University College London
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This project summarizes the experience of the MED-ENEC pilot projects in promoting renewable energy business development. It discusses how the projects implemented renewable energy technologies in 10 buildings across 10 countries to demonstrate technical and economic viability. It also describes how the projects helped build networks among stakeholders and provided online resources and a business database to support companies. The overall goal was to provide a boost to energy efficiency and solar energy use in the construction sector.
Nestlé is a global food and beverage company founded in 1867 that operates factories in 86 countries, employs over 328,000 people, and has various product lines including coffee, chocolate, bottled water, baby food, breakfast cereals, and snacks. The company aims to meet consumer needs by marketing high quality foods and uses a variety of marketing strategies including product development, pricing, promotion, and distribution to different countries while accounting for cultural differences. Nestlé also engages in various corporate social responsibility initiatives focused on areas like agriculture, water, and education.
The document defines the components of a formal report and compares them to informal reports. It outlines the typical sections of a formal report, including prefatory parts like the cover, title page, letter of transmittal, and table of contents, as well as the main body and supplementary parts like appendices and a bibliography. The summary provides the key information about each of the main sections while keeping within the 3 sentence limit.
The study examined the relationship between various selling strategies and sales performance. It proposed a conceptual framework and tested hypotheses about how adaptive selling strategy, customer-oriented selling strategy, sincerity, commitment, and liability of salespeople strategies, and relational selling strategy impact sales performance. Data was collected through surveys and analyzed using correlation analysis and structural equation modeling. The results provided support for positive relationships between adaptive selling strategy, customer-oriented selling strategy, sincerity and commitment of salespeople as hypothesized, though some relationships were stronger than others. The study provided insights into how different selling strategies can influence sales performance.
Sales report analysis and recommendationDenny Nugroho
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12 Interview Questions to Ask Every Sales Manager Candidate?HubSpot
Making the right hires is an integral part of creating a successful team, especially in sales. These are 12 interview questions that you should ask every sales manager candidate.
The document discusses different types of search engines. It describes search engines as programs that use keywords to search websites and return relevant results. It provides examples of popular search engines like Google, Yahoo, and Ask.com. It also explains different types of search engines such as crawler-based, directory-based, specialty, hybrid, and meta search engines. Finally, it discusses how to effectively use search engines through techniques like being specific, using symbols like + and -, and using Boolean searches.
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SlideShare is a global platform for sharing presentations, infographics, videos and documents. It has over 18 million pieces of professional content uploaded by experts like Eric Schmidt and Guy Kawasaki. The document provides tips for setting up an account on SlideShare, uploading content, optimizing it for searchability, and sharing it on social media to build an audience and reputation as a subject matter expert.
Engagement Coordinator Megan Hoye gave a presentation on CEE's research projects to the American Institute of Architects Minnesota's, Committee on the Environment.
Michael Twedt presented on various energy efficiency programs and incentives for facilities projects. He discussed the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) which provides grants and loans for renewable energy and efficiency upgrades. Energy audits are used to identify cost-effective measures and quantify potential savings. Building energy modeling software can evaluate different system alternatives. Tax incentives like the commercial building tax deduction can offset costs of high-efficiency upgrades. Combining multiple efficiency measures provides the best opportunity for energy and cost savings.
Chris Allwein spoke to the OCTC Annual Conference on May 3, 2016, about the legal requirements behind energy efficiency and the benefits for both provider and customer.
Also included are presentations by Jon Williams on AEP Ohio Energy Efficiency and Energy Management Solutions, given by Gary Swanson.
2014 ohio energy management conf aep ohio cei initiative slides final draftAEP Ohio
This document discusses AEP Ohio's Continuous Energy Improvement (CEI) Initiative. It provides an overview of the CEI program, which works with industrial customers to achieve low-cost and no-cost energy savings. The program has worked with 37 industrial participants, identifying immediate savings opportunities through on-site energy scans. It has also influenced capital projects pursuing additional savings. The program builds better customer relationships through monthly meetings. Columbus Castings utilized CEI program resources to generate over 5 million kWh in no/low cost savings opportunities and is tracking savings using a cumulative sum model. They have achieved successes but also face challenges in changing behaviors and maintaining programs.
Integrating renewables and enabling flexibility of households and buildingsLeonardo ENERGY
Demand response is seen as measure to increase the power system flexibility. Recent developments from research projects and pilots pave the way to large scale deployment and commercialization. This webinar will present the potentials of different DR technologies and different national and international approaches and discusses how flexibility of demand is making its way into markets and network operation. IEA-DSM Task 17 addresses the current role and potential of flexibility in electricity demand and supply of systems of energy consuming/producing processes in buildings (residential and commercial) equipped with DER (Electric Vehicles, PV, storage, heat pumps, ...) and their impacts on the grid and markets.
Research Associate Dr Callum Rae discusses
the challenges presented by the growth in the
Energy Centre market, and outlines our alternative
approach to Energy Centre design, which has
successfully been applied to the AECC Energy
Centre project.
As the highly prestigious London Wall Place
project approaches completion of the shell
and core, Director, James O’Byrne reviews the
project and the application of BIM, and discusses
the various benefits on the overall design and
coordination process.
Diesel fuel is now a Category 3 flammable liquid.
Technical Board Director Wyn Turnbull reports
on the impact to diesel storage and use, as the
result of the recent Classification, Labelling and
Packaging of Chemical (CLP) Regulations 2015
which have replaced the now revoked CHIP
Regulations.
Associate Director Paul Scriven provides a brief
overview of the WELL Building Standard and
discusses why and how its popularity is growing.
Finally, Group Director Robert Thorogood discusses
how far standardisation of controls and automation
have developed using the IEC 61850 integration
standard, and what the benefits may bring to the
control of power distribution.
Paul Flatt, Group Chairman and CEO,
Hurley Palmer Flatt.
GTC is an energy services firm that works to reduce facility operating costs through energy efficiency solutions. They bring together various disciplines to develop and promote efficiency projects, funded through savings. GTC performs energy audits to measure consumption, identify savings opportunities, install efficient equipment, and provide ongoing monitoring. Their goal is to provide clients benefits like lower operating expenses, increased property values, and compliance with emissions regulations. Case studies show GTC's audits have identified many potential projects with short payback periods and large savings potentials for clients like a bottling plant and hospital.
This document summarizes the key findings of a research project on best practices for improving energy efficiency at drinking water utilities. The project identified numerous opportunities for utilities to reduce energy use by 10-30% through practices like optimizing pumps and treatment processes, installing variable frequency drives, improving lighting and HVAC systems, and promoting water conservation. The document provides numerous case studies and recommendations in areas like management tools, plant improvements, water treatment, distribution, and alternative energy sources.
Research identifying common issues affecting the effectiveness of Energy Recovery Ventilation in Minnesota buildings and developing a protocol to optimize their performance.
The document discusses energy efficiency studies and challenges in maintaining assets in government buildings in Malaysia. It outlines the government's regulations requiring energy audits and designation of energy managers for large energy-consuming buildings. Energy audits are described as identifying energy savings potential through analyzing consumption data and measuring performance of electrical systems. Audits of government buildings found a lack of energy management practices and awareness. Integrating energy efficiency considerations into asset management practices, such as life cycle cost analysis, can help reduce energy use and costs over the lifetime of building systems.
Experts explain new multifamily auditing techniques, their scalability, what makes the energy savings cost-effective, where the programs can be most successful, and what non-energy benefits result from this work.
Global Engineering Systems offers energy and water auditing services to identify savings opportunities that can reduce clients' bills. They have 200 million square feet of auditing experience across over 1000 facilities. Their audits typically identify annual energy savings of 80MW, demand reduction of 45MVA, and water savings of 4.8 million cubic meters. They take a three-stage approach to auditing, identifying opportunities, conducting a detailed audit, and implementing recommended solutions.
This document provides information about Atlas Companies and their energy services. It summarizes that Atlas has over 18 megawatts of solar projects installed in Ohio, accounting for almost 20% of the state's capacity. It also details Atlas' 35+ years of energy auditing and retrofitting experience across various sectors including naval bases, schools, hospitals and more. Finally, it promotes Atlas' energy assistance services for Ukraine and encourages joining the International Energy Agency.
Program and Policy Innovations at the Water Energy Nexus, presented by Meredith Younghein at the Electrochemical Energy Summit in San Francisco on October 27.
This document provides an overview and analysis of developments in the US energy industry. It includes the following key points:
1) The EPA has released its final Clean Power Plan rule, which will dramatically alter the North American energy mix as utilities work to comply with tighter emissions regulations. Separately, the EPA's coal ash rule provides requirements for coal plant waste but leaves implementation details to generators.
2) Solar power continues to gain in installed capacity due to declining costs, but questions remain around the pace of future cost reductions and its ability to compete with cheap natural gas. Community solar is an alternative gaining popularity. Energy storage costs remain too high for widespread adoption.
3) Jurisdictions like New York are seeking
Discuss the relative strengths of common distributed generation technologies: photovoltaic, solar thermal and fuel cells. Participants will learn the true costs and benefits of a wide range of distributed generation technologies and how they compliment energy-efficiency measures.
This document summarizes Southern California Gas Company's water heating programs and initiatives. It discusses the gas company's large customer base of residential natural gas water heaters, the aging water heater population, and goals to increase energy efficiency. It outlines the gas company's rebate programs for higher efficiency storage and tankless water heaters, as well as education and training programs through its Energy Resource Center.
This document discusses opportunities for improving plant efficiency through optimizing recycle processes and backwashing operations at water treatment facilities. It notes that recycle optimization can reduce energy usage, waste disposal costs, and promote water conservation. Specific opportunities discussed include minimizing backwash quantity, recycling backwash water, promoting conservation, improving pump efficiency, optimizing filter backwashing, improving sludge collection, and properly designing system upgrades. Undertaking energy audits, installing variable frequency drives, and maximizing recycle quantities while minimizing waste are presented as ways to realize these efficiency improvements.
Solwatt is a comprehensive programme designed by Solvay to implement an energy management system on large energy-intensive industrial sites.
The review phase follows two streams:
The technical stream, aiming at documenting in an action plan a minimum of 10% savings through a series of short payback incremental improvements.
The behavioural and management stream, aiming at fostering a lasting culture of energy management and savings on the site, with a detailed structure of KPIs and KAIs.
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The review phase follows two streams:
The technical stream, aiming at documenting in an action plan a minimum of 10% savings through a series of short payback incremental technical improvements.
The behavioural and management stream, aiming at fostering a lasting culture of energy management and savings on the site, with a detailed structure of KPIs and KAIs and a managerial action plan.
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The LMR to LTE Odyssey is an overview of the historical and current state of Land Mobile Radio (LMR) and (Long Term Evolution) LTE in the public safety industry. This session addresses other significant technological transitions (Analog-Digital, TDM-IP); the latest LMR trends (P25 Phase II, DMR, Tetra); and the public Telco history and current LTE trends (FirstNet, MC-PTT, small cells, scale, spectrum). The LMR to LTE Odyssey will also address some of these questions:
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• Why one should not wait to prepare for LTE?
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More Affordable, Reliable and Recoverable Nutrient RemovalBlack & Veatch
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This webinar will look at recent developments that have further improved the reliability and cost-effectiveness of EBPR for cold and wet conditions encountered in the Midwest and Great Lakes. Case studies will be discussed demonstrating innovative design features that can turn unintended BNR consequences into positive results, including:
Side-stream EBPR (S2EBPR) – moves anaerobic zones out of the main liquid stream. This configuration is much more reliable and efficient than conventional mainstream anaerobic zones, making EBPR viable in more cases than previously thought possible.
Struvite recovery processes – minimizes nuisance scaling in digestion and dewatering, reduces nutrient return loads to the main liquid stream, improves biosolids dewaterability, and produces a high-quality, eco-friendly fertilizer product.
Step-feed anoxic zones – are a lower-energy denitrification alternative to the traditional Modified Ludzack-Ettinger (MLE) approach to offset nitrification oxygen and alkalinity demands and avoid clarifier sludge blanket flotation.
Wet-weather step-feed and biomass transfer – manage peak flows and protect biomass from washout. Auxiliary enhanced high-rate treatment (EHRT) facilities offer even greater resiliency and excellent phosphorus removal.
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- Space planning, equipment design, and technology implementation for emergency communication centers.
"Smart" can be defined and exhibited in different ways. But a foundation that enables intelligence must be established first. Learn about the foundational technologies and approaches that Smart Cities use to manage their critical infrastructure with deeper intelligence.
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The renewable energy industry is experiencing significant growth and change. Solar and wind installations have increased dramatically in recent years, while coal and nuclear power have declined. This transition to renewable energy presents both opportunities and challenges for utilities and other energy companies. New business models and strategies will be needed to successfully manage the impacts of the renewable energy future.
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This document discusses disruptive technologies and their impact on the future of the utility business model. It begins with an introduction to disruptive technologies such as renewable energy, distributed energy resources, electric vehicles, energy storage, and energy efficiency. These technologies are challenging the traditional utility business model by decentralizing the electric grid. The presentation then explores how utilities may need to transform their business models to integrate high levels of renewable energy and accommodate two-way power flows on the grid from distributed energy resources.
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Using data from 41 years in Patna’ India’ the study’s goal is to analyze the trends of how often it rains on a weekly, seasonal, and annual basis (1981−2020). First, utilizing the intensity-duration-frequency (IDF) curve and the relationship by statistically analyzing rainfall’ the historical rainfall data set for Patna’ India’ during a 41 year period (1981−2020), was evaluated for its quality. Changes in the hydrologic cycle as a result of increased greenhouse gas emissions are expected to induce variations in the intensity, length, and frequency of precipitation events. One strategy to lessen vulnerability is to quantify probable changes and adapt to them. Techniques such as log-normal, normal, and Gumbel are used (EV-I). Distributions were created with durations of 1, 2, 3, 6, and 24 h and return times of 2, 5, 10, 25, and 100 years. There were also mathematical correlations discovered between rainfall and recurrence interval.
Findings: Based on findings, the Gumbel approach produced the highest intensity values, whereas the other approaches produced values that were close to each other. The data indicates that 461.9 mm of rain fell during the monsoon season’s 301st week. However, it was found that the 29th week had the greatest average rainfall, 92.6 mm. With 952.6 mm on average, the monsoon season saw the highest rainfall. Calculations revealed that the yearly rainfall averaged 1171.1 mm. Using Weibull’s method, the study was subsequently expanded to examine rainfall distribution at different recurrence intervals of 2, 5, 10, and 25 years. Rainfall and recurrence interval mathematical correlations were also developed. Further regression analysis revealed that short wave irrigation, wind direction, wind speed, pressure, relative humidity, and temperature all had a substantial influence on rainfall.
Originality and value: The results of the rainfall IDF curves can provide useful information to policymakers in making appropriate decisions in managing and minimizing floods in the study area.
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#Abstract:
- Learn more about the real-world methods for auditing AWS IAM (Identity and Access Management) as a pentester. So let us proceed with a brief discussion of IAM as well as some typical misconfigurations and their potential exploits in order to reinforce the understanding of IAM security best practices.
- Gain actionable insights into AWS IAM policies and roles, using hands on approach.
#Prerequisites:
- Basic understanding of AWS services and architecture
- Familiarity with cloud security concepts
- Experience using the AWS Management Console or AWS CLI.
- For hands on lab create account on [killercoda.com](https://killercoda.com/cloudsecurity-scenario/)
# Scenario Covered:
- Basics of IAM in AWS
- Implementing IAM Policies with Least Privilege to Manage S3 Bucket
- Objective: Create an S3 bucket with least privilege IAM policy and validate access.
- Steps:
- Create S3 bucket.
- Attach least privilege policy to IAM user.
- Validate access.
- Exploiting IAM PassRole Misconfiguration
-Allows a user to pass a specific IAM role to an AWS service (ec2), typically used for service access delegation. Then exploit PassRole Misconfiguration granting unauthorized access to sensitive resources.
- Objective: Demonstrate how a PassRole misconfiguration can grant unauthorized access.
- Steps:
- Allow user to pass IAM role to EC2.
- Exploit misconfiguration for unauthorized access.
- Access sensitive resources.
- Exploiting IAM AssumeRole Misconfiguration with Overly Permissive Role
- An overly permissive IAM role configuration can lead to privilege escalation by creating a role with administrative privileges and allow a user to assume this role.
- Objective: Show how overly permissive IAM roles can lead to privilege escalation.
- Steps:
- Create role with administrative privileges.
- Allow user to assume the role.
- Perform administrative actions.
- Differentiation between PassRole vs AssumeRole
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The aquaponic system of planting is a method that does not require soil usage. It is a method that only needs water, fish, lava rocks (a substitute for soil), and plants. Aquaponic systems are sustainable and environmentally friendly. Its use not only helps to plant in small spaces but also helps reduce artificial chemical use and minimizes excess water use, as aquaponics consumes 90% less water than soil-based gardening. The study applied a descriptive and experimental design to assess and compare conventional and reconstructed aquaponic methods for reproducing tomatoes. The researchers created an observation checklist to determine the significant factors of the study. The study aims to determine the significant difference between traditional aquaponics and reconstructed aquaponics systems propagating tomatoes in terms of height, weight, girth, and number of fruits. The reconstructed aquaponics system’s higher growth yield results in a much more nourished crop than the traditional aquaponics system. It is superior in its number of fruits, height, weight, and girth measurement. Moreover, the reconstructed aquaponics system is proven to eliminate all the hindrances present in the traditional aquaponics system, which are overcrowding of fish, algae growth, pest problems, contaminated water, and dead fish.
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Car accident rates have increased in recent years, resulting in losses in human lives, properties, and other financial costs. An embedded machine learning-based system is developed to address this critical issue. The system can monitor road conditions, detect driving patterns, and identify aggressive driving behaviors. The system is based on neural networks trained on a comprehensive dataset of driving events, driving styles, and road conditions. The system effectively detects potential risks and helps mitigate the frequency and impact of accidents. The primary goal is to ensure the safety of drivers and vehicles. Collecting data involved gathering information on three key road events: normal street and normal drive, speed bumps, circular yellow speed bumps, and three aggressive driving actions: sudden start, sudden stop, and sudden entry. The gathered data is processed and analyzed using a machine learning system designed for limited power and memory devices. The developed system resulted in 91.9% accuracy, 93.6% precision, and 92% recall. The achieved inference time on an Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense with a 32-bit CPU running at 64 MHz is 34 ms and requires 2.6 kB peak RAM and 139.9 kB program flash memory, making it suitable for resource-constrained embedded systems.
2. • New Paradigms in the Water Industry
• Energy Use at Water Facilities
• Opportunities
• Select Industry Leaders
• Industry Initiatives
• Energy Management Planning Methodology
• Q&A
AGENDA
2
3. 3
NEW PARADIGMS
• Resilience
• Efficiency and Optimization
• Expanded environmental
stewardship
• Resource Recovery
• Net Zero energy use
• Life Cycle Thinking
• Triple Bottom Line
Destination: “Utility of the Future”
4. Significant opportunities to not just reduce energy
use, but to recover energy
• Public Water Supply
• 1600-2,100 kWh/MG
• 70-80% for Pumping
• Water Resource Recovery Facilities
(WRRFs)
• 800 - >5,500 kWh/MG
• >85% at the plant
• Typically largest energy consumption
for municipality
• Approx. 2% of U.S. power generation
ENERGY USE AT WATER FACILITIES
4
5. STRATEGIC ENERGY MANAGEMENT
FRAMEWORK
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Performance
benchmark loop
Create a baseline of energy performance against
which to measure improvements over time
7. • Process Selection
• Biggest opportunity for energy
efficiency and recovery
• Carbon diversion
• Equipment Selection
• Oversized = inefficient
• Peak Flow/Load Management
• Reduce peak demands &
start/stops
DESIGN FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND
RELIABILITY
7
8. OPERATING FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND
RELIABILITY
8
• Operate Equipment Near
Design Point
• Turn Off Excess Capacity
• Maintain & Clean
Equipment
9. AERATION SYSTEM ENERGY OPTIMIZATION
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• Blowers + Piping/Diffusers + Controls = ONE SYSTEM
• High-efficiency diffusers
• Fine bubble; Ultra-fine bubble
• High-efficiency blowers
• Single-stage, integrally-geared centrifugal
• High-speed turbo gearless centrifugal
• Automatic DO/advanced control systems
• Most Open Valve; SRT/DO; BNR simulation
Need all components to work together for
overall system energy efficiency
10. FINE BUBBLE DIFFUSER MAINTENANCE
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0.2
0.3
0.3
0.6
0.9
1.2
1.5
1.8
2.1SOTE/ZorFSOTE/Z(%/ft)
NEW USED OLD
diffuser age
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
SOTE/ZorFSOTE/Z(%/m)
OR CLEANED (2-24 mo. in
operation)
(>24 mo. in
operation)
11. CARBON DIVERSION
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Improving Primary Tmt.
• 13% less oxygen demand (COD)
to aeration basin
• 13% more COD to anaerobic
digestion to increase gas
production
With CEPT
• 36% less COD to aeration basin
• >50% more COD to anaerobic
digestion to increase gas
production
12. ELECTRICAL INTENSITY (KWH/MG) FOR
DIFFERENT TREATMENT LEVELS
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Typical Best-Practice Improvement
Trickling filter 1058 793 25%
Secondary tmt. 1412 973 31%
Nitrification 1934 1249 35%
BNR 2070 1241 40%
ENR 1955 1202 39%
MBR 5676 2815 50%
Two-Sludge
(A/B)
1981 1277 36%
(from WERF ENER1C12 Net Zero Energy Solutions for WRRFs)
14. PHILADELPHIA WATER DEPT.
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• Utility-wide strategic energy plan
commissioned in 2008/2009
• Airport deicing fluid for co-
digestion/improved gas production
• 250kWp solar installation
• 1 million BTU/hr sewage geothermal
installation
• 5.6MW biogas cogeneration facility
• Innovative pilot tests and
demonstrations
15. DC WATER
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• From R&D to Implementation
• Thermal hydrolysis process (CAMBI)
for biogas augmentation
• 14MW CHP facility
• Sidestream short-cut nitrogen
removal
• Cutting-edge research into
mainstream short-cut nitrogen
removal
16. ITHACA, NY
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• High-strength waste processing facility
• Additional revenue streams (FOG,
dairy waste, other sludges and high-
strength wastes
• Generating approx. 100,000
kWh/month from biogas (4x65 MW
microturbines)
19. Tools to help utilities develop their technology
roadmap towards net zero energy use 19
WERF ENER1C12 – NET ZERO ENERGY
SOLUTIONS FOR WATER RESOURCE
RECOVERY FACILITIES
Objective:
Provide research to develop new approaches that
will allow water resource recovery facilities to be
energy neutral, and thus able to operate solely on
the energy embedded in the water and wastes
they treat.
(from WERF Energy Management Challenge
Exploratory Team Report, January 2011)
22. WERF PROJECT MODELED INNOVATIVE ENERGY
EFFICIENCY AND RESOURCE RECOVERY TECHNOLOGIES
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23. 3 November 2011
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LIFT is a WERF-WEF program that
accelerates water technology
demand and adoption and engages
the entire water sector in all phases
of the innovation process
Greater collaboration leads to
faster adoption
25. 25
• Demand Management
• Energy efficiency
• Load shifting/shedding
• Improve power factor
• Supply Management
• Imported organic waste
• Renewable energy
• Combined Heat and Power
12 AM 7 AM 6 PM 12 AM
$15.00
$10.00
$5.00
0
DemandCost$perkW
Summer Winter
1 PM 8 PM
ENERGY PLANS OFTEN INCLUDE A PORTFOLIO
OF DEMAND AND SUPPLY SIDE MEASURES
Combination of no CAPEX, low CAPEX, and high
CAPEX measures. Holistic, integrated analysis.
26. Discretionary energy projects involve a wider set of
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BUSINESS CASE EVALUATIONS
Decision
Decision
• Internal
• Financial (20-yr NPV)
• Costs and Benefits
easier to measure
Traditional
Compliance; Capacity
• Internal & External
• Triple Bottom Line
• Costs and Benefits more
difficult to measure
Energy
projects
Discretionary
27. HOLISTIC ENERGY EFFICIENCY RECOVERY
PLAN APPROACH MAXIMIZES VALUE
27
Organizational
Initiatives, KPIs
Energy Rate
Projections
Energy Rate
Analysis
Energy Master
Plan
EnergyDecisionCashFlowModel
Benchmarking &
System Eff. Review
Tech. Evaluations
Process
Mechanical
Electrical/Gas
Renewable Energy
Alternatives
Evaluations
Biogas Utilization
Thermal Energy
Solar and Other
Business Case
Evaluations
Project Screening &
Prioritization
Projected Energy
Demand Profile
Alternative
Demand Profile
Project Initiation /
Visioning and Goals
Workshop
Progress
Workshops
Capital Projects
TECHNOLOGY ROADMAP
Best Practices &
Operations
Energy Management
Dashboard
Performance
Management
Strategy Technical Business
Portfolio of projects to
implement over time
Informed decision-making
that mitigates risk
Alignment with
Utility’s Vision
TBL&BCEProcess
28. 28
Energy Rate
Projections
Cash
Flow
Model
Projected Energy
Demand Profile
Alternative
Demand Profile
• Assess Energy Efficiency and Resource
Recovery projects on a portfolio basis
• Optimized energy project CIP through
risk-based project implementation
schedules
• Planning criteria that is in line with
strategic objectives of the utility
• Facilitates business case development for
discretionary energy projects
ENERGY DECISION CASH FLOW MODEL
31. • The value of energy efficiency and resource recovery is becoming
widely recognized
• Energy efficiency and recovery projects can result in significant
cost savings, but can also require significant capital investment
• It is important to make a sound Business Case
• To date, most utilities have taken a fragmentary approach
(isolated projects) to energy management.
• To extract sustained value from energy management, an
integrated project portfolio approach is beneficial
• Numerous tools, manuals, research reports are available to help
guide you towards achieving your energy management objectives
IN CONCLUSION
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33. • Shift to value based management
• Value vs. cost
• Revenue generation vs. regulatory
compliance alone or cost savings alone
• Risk
• Higher risk acceptance
• Stakeholders
• More of them
• More diverse
• Opportunity identification / Innovation
STRATEGIC CHALLENGES
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34. • Culture
• Key Performance Indicators / Incentives
• Energy efficiency (e.g. kWh or MMBTU
per MG
• Net Present Value
• Business Partners
• Buyer / Seller
• Alternative delivery (e.g. Energy
Performance Contracting)
• Business Process realignment
• Training of O&M personnel
ORGANIZATIONAL CHALLENGES
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35. • Maximize utilization of existing assets
• Process “fit”
• Alignment with Asset Management
• “New” technologies
• Pilot studies
• Demonstrations
• WERF LIFT program
• Technology Roadmap
• Set future course
• Phased implementation towards achieving
a future performance goal (e.g. “net zero
energy use”)
TECHNOLOGICAL CHALLENGES
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36. FINANCIAL CHALLENGES
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• Discretionary spending
• Competition for limited capital funds
• Volatile Energy market conditions
• Will low natural gas prices continue?
• Strong dependence on energy policy /
strategic directions in the energy industry
41. MOST SIGNIFICANT SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES
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58.7%
34.2%
39.1%
26.4%
30.4%
25.8%
8.2%
12.2%
7.1%
53.2%
31.8%
31.3%
27.1%
21.9%
18.4%
15.7%
11.2%
9.7%
Maintaining or expanding asset life
Customer water rates
Long-term financial viability
Energy efficiency
Maintaining service with declining budgets
Reducing sanitary sewer overflows
Distribution system water loss
Energy recovery/generation
Chemical use
Trends: 2014 and 2015
2014
2015
Source: 2015 Strategic Directions: U.S Water Industry Report (Black & Veatch)