Your Trusted Sustainability Partner.
Transportation Sustainability
Northwest Transportation Conference | March 15, 2016
Your Trusted Sustainability Partner.
Transportation Sustainability: What Is It?
“transportation strategies,
policies and investments that provide
greater accessibility at substantially lower levels of energy and
resource consumption with improved economic
performance”*
* Adapted from material available at the National Center for Sustainable Transportation
Transportation Sustainability ● March 15, 2016
Your Trusted Sustainability Partner.
Examples from Washington and Massachusetts:
LED Roadway Lighting – WSDOT Roadway Lighting Reform Program
Building Efficiency – WSDOT Statewide Facility Energy Efficiency Program
Renewable Energy – MassDOT Solar PV Energy Program
Transportation Sustainability ● March 15, 2016
About Ameresco
Page 4
l © 2016 Ameresco, Inc. All rights reserved.
We Value Our Independence
• Not owned by an equipment
manufacturer, mechanical
contractor or utility
• Technology and equipment
agnostic
• Energy source neutral
Page 5
l © 2016 Ameresco, Inc. All rights reserved.
Markets Served
Page 6
l © 2016 Ameresco, Inc. All rights reserved.
Comprehensive Services
Page 7
l © 2016 Ameresco, Inc. All rights reserved.
North America Locations
Ameresco has 70 offices
in the Americas and
Europe, including local
offices in Portland, OR,
Renton, WA, and
Spokane, WA.
Page 8
l © 2016 Ameresco, Inc. All rights reserved.
International Locations
Page 9
l © 2016 Ameresco, Inc. All rights reserved.
About Energy Savings Performance Contracting
• Design/build procurement approach based on best value &
guaranteed results
>
Guaranteed not-to-exceed cost
>
Guaranteed performance of solutions installed
>
Guaranteed energy savings
• Energy Services Company (ESCO) provides energy audit, project
development, implementation & measurement/verification
• Projects are usually financed and paid for with energy savings
• Oregon Department of Energy has pre-approved 5 firms,
including Ameresco
Page 10
l © 2016 Ameresco, Inc. All rights reserved.
LED Roadway Lighting – WSDOT
Roadway Lighting Reform Program
WSDOT Illumination Systems (2015)
• 3100 lighting systems
• 60,000 roadway luminaires
>
48% cobra heads
>
24% tunnel
>
14% underdeck
>
Balance high mast, show box, etc.
• Energy cost: $3.8 million per year
• Repair and non-preventive maintenance: $1M per year
• Third-party damage: $.75M per year
Page 12| © 2016 Ameresco, Inc. All rights reserved.
2013 LED & Adaptive Lighting Pilot
• Black Lake Interchange & Copper Road Interchange
(US 101 at I5)
>
Installed LED luminaires (AEL Autobahn)
>
Installed wireless controls (ROAM)
>
Implemented adaptive lighting
Page 13| © 2016 Ameresco, Inc. All rights reserved.
Crash analysis: Black Lake Interchange, Westbound
Page 14| © 2016 Ameresco, Inc. All rights reserved.
Crash analysis – Black Lake Interchange, Eastbound
Page 15| © 2016 Ameresco, Inc. All rights reserved.
LED & Adaptive Lighting Pilot – Black Lake
Interchange
Page 16| © 2016 Ameresco, Inc. All rights reserved.
LED & Adaptive Lighting Pilot – Copper Point
Interchange
Page 17| © 2016 Ameresco, Inc. All rights reserved.
HPS vs LED Comparison
Page 18| © 2016 Ameresco, Inc. All rights reserved.
Governor’s Executive Order 14-04
“…develop, and implement to the extent possible and consistent
with state and federal law, a new statewide program to significantly
improve the energy performance of both our public and private
buildings…
The program must include the following measures: Upgrade the
energy efficiency of all street lighting within the state”
Page 19| © 2016 Ameresco, Inc. All rights reserved.
Illumination Reform: Rethinking Why We Light
Goal: Develop a risk-based approach to reduce
roadway illumination to the fullest extent
possible without significant impact to crashes
and mobility.
Page 20| © 2016 Ameresco, Inc. All rights reserved.
Illumination Reform: Research
• Completed comprehensive roadway lighting research
>
Reviewed > 300 lighting papers, journals & reports from 1964 to 2014
>
Reviewed lighting design policies from multiple states and cities
>
Analyzed all WA Interstate roadway lighting using research analytic methods
and the Highway Safety Manual
Page 21| © 2016 Ameresco, Inc. All rights reserved.
Redefining Nighttime
Page 22| © 2016 Ameresco, Inc. All rights reserved.
Recommendations
• Recommended WSDOT discontinue continuous mainline lighting
on freeways for safety performance and where appropriate
consider roadway lighting removal
>
Full report to be published Spring 2016: Evaluation of the Safety
Performance of Continuous Mainline Roadway Lighting on Freeway
Segments in Washington State
• July 2014: Updated design policy for current systems & future
projects
Page 23| © 2016 Ameresco, Inc. All rights reserved.
WSDOT Design Policy Changes – July 2014
• Use of LED
luminaires and
adaptive lighting
allowed
• All 3:1 Uniformity
requirements
moved to 4:1
• Consolidated
Highway Design
Classes
Page 24| © 2016 Ameresco, Inc. All rights reserved.
WSDOT Design Policy Changes – July 2014
Page 25| © 2016 Ameresco, Inc. All rights reserved.
Next Step: LED Roadway Lighting Conversion,
Adaptive Control and Removal Project
• 2,760 new LED lights as a result of policy changes:
>
Complete and operational: 448
>
Planned: 10
>
In construction: 198
>
Designed: 1,924 *
• 673 existing lights are being removed
>
Removal complete: 65
>
In construction: 4
>
Designed: 596 *
* Ameresco project (Spring 2016)
Page 26| © 2016 Ameresco, Inc. All rights reserved.
2016 LED Conversion & Removal Project
Summary & Cost
• Turnkey Energy Savings Performance Contract:
>
Remove 604 luminaires and poles
>
Convert 1,925 HPS lights to LED – I5 corridor (Olympia), 14 SR corridors
>
Expand/modify ROAM system to include I5 corridor
>
Associated traffic control and recycling
• Net Project cost: $1,960,244
>
Total Cost: $3,944,696
>
Federal grant: $1,000,000
>
State grant: $500,000
>
Utility rebates: $484,352 (estimated)
>
Amount financed: $1,960,244
Page 27| © 2016 Ameresco, Inc. All rights reserved.
2016 LED Conversion & Removal Alignment
with WSDOT and Other Goals
• Aligns with Governor and Legislature’s efforts to implement energy
efficiency through energy performance contracting
• Aligns with WSDOT Executive Order 1096.00 to reduce roadway
lighting and implement adaptive control systems.
• Aligns with Department of Commerce energy efficiency grant
program
• Aligns with WSDOTs efforts regionally, nationally and
internationally to lead roadway lighting reform
Page 28| © 2016 Ameresco, Inc. All rights reserved.
2016 LED Conversion & Removal Project
Financial & Environmental Benefits
• Annual
>
Energy savings: 2,733,818 kWh
>
Utility cost saving: $229,040
>
Maintenance savings: $36,850
>
GHG reductions: 1,116 MT CO2e
• Over 15 Years
>
Energy savings: 41 million kWh
>
Utility cost savings: $2,040,083
>
Maintenance savings: $554,750
>
GHG emissions reduction: 16,740 MTCO2e
Page 29| © 2016 Ameresco, Inc. All rights reserved.
2016 LED Conversion & Removal Project
Page 30| © 2016 Ameresco, Inc. All rights reserved.
I5 Mainline – Expanding Control System
Page 31| © 2016 Ameresco, Inc. All rights reserved.
I5 Mainline Detail
Page 32| © 2016 Ameresco, Inc. All rights reserved.
Networked Wireless Lighting Controls
Upon installation, ROAM nodes and gateways form a robust Wide Area Network (WAN) capable of managing large
quantities of data. Each node automatically communicates with other nodes to deliver data to a gateway. Gateways are preconfigured to connect to the Network Operation Center (NOC), and no network configuration is required. Each ROAM
device uses IEEE 802.15.4 standard protocols at 2.4 GHz to form a self-routing, self- healing mesh network. Current
deployments have demonstrated device to gateway ratios of 2000:1, with emergency capacity capabilities of 5000:1.
Page 33 | © 2016 Ameresco, Inc. All rights reserved.
Benefits of Wireless Monitoring & Control
• Monitoring
>
Alerts for failed or
malfunctioning lights
>
Work order management
• Control
>
On/Off & dimming control
>
Dusk/dawn trimming
>
Constant lumen output
• Energy metering
>
+/- 0.05% utility grade metering
Page 34| © 2016 Ameresco, Inc. All rights reserved.
Ameresco is the only firm to-date that
has successfully negotiated a street
light tariff based on measuring energy
use with a street light control system
(City of West Richland, WA 2015)
Building Efficiency – WSDOT Statewide
Facility Energy Efficiency Program
WSDOT: 626 buildings over 66,544 square miles
• 164 regional sites
>
6 regional
headquarters
>
48 safety rest areas
(45 open 24/7)
>
16 weigh stations
>
Area and sectional
maintenance facilities
• $4.6M annual spend
on energy, water &
sewer
Page 36| © 2016 Ameresco, Inc. All rights reserved.
Comprehensive Statewide Energy Audit
• Audit focused on
>
HVAC and controls in conditioned spaces (247 buildings)
>
Interior lighting (all buildings)
>
Exterior lighting
>
Water conservation (especially safety rest areas)
• Common issues encountered
>
Poor control of HVAC equipment
>
T-12 and T-8 interior lighting, HID exterior lighting with long burn hours
and poor control
>
High flow plumbing fixtures
>
Worn out weather stripping
• Regional maintenance facilities
>
Typically multi story office spaces each with unique HVAC configuration
Page 37| © 2016 Ameresco, Inc. All rights reserved.
System-Wide Energy Efficiency Project
• Turnkey Energy Savings Performance Contract
• Primary conservation measures selected:
>
Communicating programmable thermostats, schedules and occupancy
sensors (settings can be globally or specifically modified at HQ)
>
Interior lighting to LED with occupancy sensors
>
Exterior lighting to LED
>
Low flow plumbing fixtures
>
Upgrade weather stripping
• Many additional facility-centric measures
>
Example: VFDs and increased economizing capacity at NW Regional
Office
Page 38| © 2016 Ameresco, Inc. All rights reserved.
System-Wide Energy Efficiency Project
• Project cost: $ $14,986,624
>
State grant: $350,000 (applied for)
>
Utility rebates: $ $1,025,872 (estimated)
>
Net cost: $13,428,870 (100% financed over 12 years)
• GHG reductions: 5,166 MT CO2e
• Energy Savings:
• Additional maintenance savings
Page 39| © 2016 Ameresco, Inc. All rights reserved.
Renewable Energy – MassDOT Solar PV
Energy Program
MassDOT Solar PV Energy Program Overview
• Goal: ground-mount solar PV
generation facilities at multiple stateowned highways right of ways
• Project is driven by desire to:
>
Create savings by producing electricity
locally and economically
>
Generate revenue from underutilized state
land
>
Reduce greenhouse gas emissions via
renewable power generation
>
Support the Commonwealth’s green/clean
economy
Page 41
l © 2016 Ameresco, Inc. All rights reserved.
Development Process/Timeline
• Issued Request for Response in 2013
for best-value proposals to:
>
“design, construct, commission, finance,
operate, and maintain solar PV energy
generating facilities” at one or more
locations
• Ameresco selected as the project
developer, June, 2014
• Master License Agreement/PPA
executed, November 2014
• First phase (5 sites, 5.5 MW)
operational October 2015
Page 42
l © 2016 Ameresco, Inc. All rights reserved.
Project Metrics
• Total System Size: 5.5 MW
• Guaranteed Savings to MassDOT:
$15M over 20-year contract
• Environmental benefits: Annual CO2
emissions reduction of 6.2M pounds
• 10 sites along Massachusetts state
highways
>
Page 43
First phase (5 sites) operational, October
2015
l © 2016 Ameresco, Inc. All rights reserved.
Benefits of the Public-Private Partnership Model
• Zero upfront capital cost for MassDOT
>
Ameresco is responsible for the development, design, construction,
commissioning, operation and maintenance of the solar facilities
>
Ameresco recovers its costs over time through solar renewable energy
credits, electricity sales, and federal tax incentives
• Full utilization of Federal Tax Incentives.
>
30% Federal ITC & Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System
• Lower, predictable electricity rate to MassDOT for 20 years
• Cost savings through virtual net metering
>
MA net metering policy allows qualified host customers to obtain net
metering credits for exporting excess power to the grid
• Lease revenue
>
Page 44
MassDOT receives payments for use of the land where the solar PV is located
l © 2016 Ameresco, Inc. All rights reserved.
THANK YOU
Fritz Feiten
Manager, Business Development
206.708.2836
[email protected]
Joe O’Donnell
Account Executive
503.290.1288
[email protected]
Your Trusted Sustainability Partner.