UC Irvine
Strategic Energy Plan MBCx
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Location
Irvine, CA
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Market
Public University
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Multi-building commissioning multiplies campus energy savings.
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Project Overview
As part of UC Irvine’s strategic energy plan, the campus wished to reduce campus energy costs. They turned to us to analyze several buildings and determine potential energy conservation measures (ECMs), including an estimate of how many kWh could be saved annually by implementing individual measures. We also determined the cost of implementing each measure to recommend to the university only those solutions that made the most economic sense.
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Solution
We went to five different campus buildings to determine the existing conditions inside each building. Our team monitored each building and developed ECMs along with total annual savings, implementation costs, and payback timelines for each. After we determined which ECMs to use and calculated the savings, we produced drawings to provide to contractors for bidding. We also worked with the local utility company to ensure rebates for the construction cost.
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UCI SCIENCE LIBRARY
317,311 kWh saved annually
39,000 therms saved annually
$53,584 saved annually
Cost $115,155*
3.4 Year Simple Payback
*With incentive
UCI SOCIAL ECOLOGY II
182,608 kWh saved annually
171,054 therms saved annually
$146,753 saved annually
Cost $119,000*
0.0 Year Simple Payback
*With incentive
UCI BREN HALL
125,721 kWh saved annually
18,514 therms saved annually
$23,619 saved annually
Cost $48,687*
6 Year Simple Payback
*With incentive
HUMANITIES BUILDING
121,027 kWh saved annually
1,985 therms saved annually
$10,384 saved annually
Cost $31,032*
11.2 Year Simple Payback
*With incentive
MULTI-PURPOSE SCIENCE
254,863 kWh saved annually
6,184 therms saved annually
$23,429 saved annually
Cost $67,351*
3.2 Year Simple Payback
*With incentive