| This course is designed in part to provide a useful preparatory vehicle for AEE’s Certified Measurement and Verification Professional (CMVP) program.
Proven energy savings are now playing a significant role in financing energy management programs, whether through energy performance contracts or through emission trades under schemes such as the clean development mechanism of the UNFCCC. While interest in savings data is growing, the state of the art in determining savings has also been rapidly evolving. This seminar will examine current methods of determining and documenting savings, specifically reviewing the 2007 edition of the International Performance Measurement & Verification Protocol (IPMVP). Attendees will learn the process of designing a proper M&V program for their projects, including cost/accuracy tradeoffs, baseline adjustments, the role of estimates, maintaining space conditions, the role of verifiers, and the data needed for emission trading. Examples of specific techniques will be presented, along with common pitfalls which can result in unreliable data. Class time will include problem solving and debate. Bring a calculator.
Through participating in a "fundamentals" course, persons experienced in M&V will also appreciate the assembly of all of the issues, the debates, and engagement at their own level with expert instructors.
The CMVP exam will be administered at the close of instruction on day three of each seminar to those who have qualified in advance to sit for the exam by submitting a completed CMVP application and fee. Advance reading of IPMVP Volume I (available at www.evo-world.org) would be useful reading before the exam, though not required.
ABOUT CMVP CERTIFICATION
Please Note: In order to qualify to sit for the CMVP exam, you must submit your completed CMVP application, along with a $400 application fee. For information on obtaining your CMVP application form, or for further information on the CMVP program, visit www.aeecenter.org/certification.
AEE, in cooperation with the Efficiency Valuation Organization (EVO), established the Certified Measurement and Verification Professional program with the dual purpose of recognizing the most qualified professionals in this growing area of the energy industry, and raising the overall professional standards within the measurement and verification field. The IPMVP, first established by the U.S. D.O.E., has become the internationally recognized protocol for performance measurement and verification (M&V) in the energy efficiency field. More information about EVO can be found at www.evo-world.org.
SEMINAR OUTLINE
REASONS FOR M&V
• Types of uses for M&V
• M&V's role in financing
CURRENT M&V PROTOCOLS
• Relationship of IPMVP and other guidelines
IPMVP 2007
• Its evolution
• Overview of IPMVP Options A, B, C & D
DEVELOPING AN M&V PLAN
• Principles of M&V
• Scope of energy to be monitored
• Differences between M&V for industry and for buildings
• "Cost avoidance" or "normalized savings?"
• Choosing independent variables for adjustments
• Sources of data
• M&V budgets
• Selecting the baseline period and data
• Measurement systems design, commissioning & maintenance
• Baseline analysis methods
• Various forms of savings computation
• Valuing savings
• Routine procedures and QC
• Managing the uncertainty created by sampling, metering, modeling and unknowns
• Bias and rounding
• Reporting procedures
• Coordinating with other purposes
• When to do the M&V Plan
CURRENT ISSUES IN M&V
• Coping with missing data
• Cost/uncertainty tradeoffs
• Monitoring IAQ
EMISSION TRADING
• The role of EE in emission markets
• Emission factors for site fuel savings and electricity savings
• Additionality
• Ownership
• Protocols
BASELINE ADJUSTMENTS
• Why they are necessary
• Who does what, when
KEY ELEMENTS OF SUCCESS: THEORY & EXAMPLES OF IPMVP 2007 OPTIONS
• Details of IPMVP methods
• Retrofit isolation (IPMVP Options A & B): Instrumentation issues
• Whole facility (IPMVP Option C): Utility billing issues
• Calibrated simulation (IPVMP Option D): Simulation issues
• Lessons from tough experience
SELECTING OPTIONS: WHICH ONE IS BEST SUITED FOR MY PROJECT
ADHERENCE WITH PROTOCOLS AND CONTRACTS
M&V FOR U.S. FEDERAL PROJECTS
• Federal Alternative Financing Market
- FEMP Guidelines (specifically regarding option "A")
- UESC vs. ESPC (including statutory authority for both)
- ESPC Requirements (for each major agency contract administrator)
• Federal M&V Resources
SEMINAR HOURS
Note: Below are standard seminar hours. Please refer to your registration confirmation letter to confirm actual seminar hours for the program for which you have registered.
Sign-in and Onsite Registration Day 1: 8:15 am
Seminar Hours Day 1: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Seminar Hours Day 2: 8:00 am - 4:30 pm
Seminar Hours Day 3: 8:00 am - 12:00 noon
Exam on Day 3 Following Seminar: 1:00 - 5:00 pm
(separate pre-application required to sit for exam)
FEES
Note: Fees below are for seminar only. Application for CMVP certification and exam requires a separate fee of $400.
Regular Fee: $1350
AEE Member Fee: $1250*
Government & Nonprofit Fee: $1250
Team Discount: Deduct $100 per Registrant*
*How to qualify for member rates and team discounts.
LOCATIONS & DATES
Philadelphia, PA / March 23-25, 2010
(held in conjunction with Globalcon 2010)
Seminar held at Pennsylvania Convention Center
Hotel rooms at Marriott Philadelphia Downtown:
(215) 625-2900 (mention AEE for special group rates)
Seattle, WA / June 14-16, 2010
(held in conjunction with West Coast EMC 2010)
Seminar held at Washington State Convention Center
Hotel rooms Hyatt at Olive 8: (206) 695-1234 (Code AEE1)
Las Vegas, NV / November 3-5, 2010
Flamingo Las Vegas: (800) 427-7247
Washington, DC / December 7-9, 2010
(held in conjunction with WEEC 2010)
Seminar held at Washington Convention Center
For hotel reservation information,
visit www.energycongress.com/hotels
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