College of Public HealthUAMS

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College of Public Health-UAMS

• High Performance Design Case Study
• 2006 Legislative Task Force

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COPH-UAMS

• Integrated Design Team
• Sustainable Building Program
• LEED 2.0 Criteria
• Energy Efficiency
• Local Materials
• Healthy Environment

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Promote Healthy Activity

• Communicating Stair
• Fitness Center
• Outdoor Space-Every Level
• Health Food

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Lighting / Natural Light
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COPH-UAMS

• Local Materials
• Brick
• Concrete
• Recycled Steel
• Building Reuse -Bottom 2 Floors
• High Efficiency Glazing
• Energy Conserving Features
• Energy Star Roof
• No Irrigation-Indigenous Plants
• No Exterior Light Pollution-Full Cutoffs

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Energy Conserving Features

• Energy Procurement
• Exhaust Air Energy Recovery
• Building Pressure Control
• Variable Air Volume
• Demand Controlled Ventilation
• Occupancy Sensors
• Variable Volume Heating Water
• Variable Volume Chilled Water
• Central Energy Plant Capacity Charge Structure
• Night Set-Back/Set-Up
• Variable Volume Domestic Hot Water Recirculation
• Efficient Lighting/Daylighting

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Energy Procurement

• Rate Analysis
• Natural Gas Combined Billing
• Power Factor Correction
• Electrical Master Metering
• Natural Gas Transportation
• Natural Gas Purchasing Group
• Interruptible Natural Gas Supply

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Power Factor Correction

• Ratio of Actual Demand to Peak Demand
• Low Power Factor Caused by Inductive Motors
• Utility Offers Rate Incentives to Improve Power
  Factor
• Power Factor Increased to 99 by Installing
  Capacitors at Electrical Services

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Electricity Master Metering

• Single Master Meter For Entire Campus
• Reduces Electricity Unit Costs
• Eliminates Multiple Customer Charges
• Time of Use Rate Structure
• Reduces Peak Demands Due to Diversity

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Natural Gas Transportation

• Unbundled Arrangement
• CEA Provides Distribution and Balancing Only
• Separate Contracts for Commodity and Pipeline
  Transportation
• Physical and Financial Hedging
• Existing Combined Billed Arrangement

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Natural Gas Purchasing Group

• Group Includes Industrial, Higher Education, and
  Hospital Facilities
• Competitively Bid Commodity Contract
• Competively Bid Pipeline Contract
• 3rd Party Manager

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Interruptible Gas Supply

• Standby Fuel Oil System
• Contract Demand less than Maximum Daily Quantity
• Reduces CEA Distribution Charges and Pipeline
  Charges

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Total Energy Wheel (TEW)
Assumes 75 Latent and Sensible Effectiveness
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Chilled Water System

• High Efficiency Water Chillers
• Variable Speed CHW Pumps
• Chilled Water Supply Temperature Reset
• Optimal Equipment Dispatch
• Hydronic Free Cooling
• Low Flow/High DT CHW

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Tower Water System

• High Efficiency Cooling Towers
• Variable Speed Cooling Tower Fans
• Condenser Water Supply Temperature Reset
• Variable Water Volume

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Lighting Modifications

• Electronic Ballasts
• Compact Fluorescent Lamps
• Daylighting
• Photocell Controls
• T8 Fluorescent Lamps
• Occupancy Sensors