Advantek Consulting Engineering, Inc.: Demonstration & Testing of an EER Optimizer System for DX Air-Conditioners

: Fort Irwin, CA; MCAS Beaufort, SC; Cape Canaveral Naval Ordnance Test Unit, FL

: Energy Efficiency Ratio (EER) Optimizer technology reduces the energy use of air-conditioners by providing the capability to directly and continuously measure the in-situ operational energy efficiency. The measured EER is utilized as a dependent control parameter for adjusting operational variables to maximize energy efficiency by the integrated onboard version.

Ameresco, Inc.: Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Microgrid and Ancillary Services

: Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, ME

: This project is integrating a battery energy storage system and microgrid control system with existing on-site power generation assets.  This integrated technology will assure power quality delivery to critical loads when islanded from the utility grid and enable implementation of fast load shed schemes should the base choose to participate in the ancillary services markets. Net energy costs will be reduced due to revenues (which may come in the form of credits to utility bills) from the provision of Ancillary Services to the ISO-NE grid.

Asetek, Inc.: Data Center Liquid-Cooling: 60% Cooling Savings, Waste-Heat Recovery and 1 Year Payback

: Naval Enterprise Data Center, LA

: RackCDU is a unique data center efficiency technology that brings high-performance liquid-cooling directly to the hottest elements inside each server (“hot-spot cooling”), cutting cooling energy by 60-80%, allowing that heat to be reused as on-site renewable energy, and enabling 2.5x data center consolidation with no additional infrastructure costs. This innovative design can be retrofitted into existing servers and data centers with a potential payback of less than one year.  At scale and if proven feasible through the Test Bed demonstration, RackCDU could potentially save DoD $200M per year in energy costs.

Belkin International, Inc.: Real-Time Itemized Electricity Consumption Intelligence for DoD Bases

: Camp Pendleton, CA; MCAS Miramar, CA

: Belkin’s electricity itemization technology uses a sensor installed at a building’s circuit breaker or meter panel. The sensor detects real-time current changes as well as broadband noise created by devices as they switch on or off or otherwise change state. The power characteristics and noise from each type of device have a unique signature that results from the device’s electrical circuit design. The Belkin sensor captures this signature and uses machine-learning algorithms to analyze it and identify each use of each device and the amount of energy consumed. The system can create reports, such as a consumption report similar to a credit card or telephone bill, and/or make data available to other systems for analysis or control.

Boeing: Optimized Decision Support for Portfolio Energy Investment

: Luke AFB, AZ; Davis Monthan AFB, AZ

: Boeing’s optimized decision support technology provides decision makers with a user-friendly tool for comparing different investment options and selecting the appropriate ones to pursue given limited resources, service energy goals, and other quantifiable constraints. Successful application of this technology across the enterprise will dramatically improve the effective utilization of limited resources, resulting in improved energy surety and enhanced mission effectiveness, while reducing life-cycle cost.

Geosyntec Consultants: Climate Management System for Corrosion Control Facilities

: Robins AFB, GA

: This project is demonstrating an advanced Climate Management System (CMS) that upgrades traditional controls systems with an innovative management approach that processes, manages, analyzes, and effectively communicates disparate data streams in a user-friendly, secure graphical interface.  CMS will enable end users to precisely pinpoint energy savings opportunities from non-optimized equipment in challenging work environments (corrosion control facilities).

Honeywell Defense and Space: Secure Network of Assured Power Enclaves

: Fort Bragg, NC

: The Secure Network of Assured Power Enclaves (SNAPE) project will demonstrate a full-scale microgrid system that builds on existing microgrid technologies with an innovative cyber security architecture and new power generation source control approach. SNAPE will benefit the DoD through increased power stability and reliability, decreased energy service costs, and lower costs to install and achieve cyber security certification.

Honeywell International Inc.: Central Plant Optimization for Waste Energy Reduction

: Fort Bragg, NC

: Central Plant Optimization for Waste Energy Reduction (CPOWER) is a model-based tool that can transform the management of control plants by automating and optimizing the operation of all central plant equipment to minimize energy consumption and cost.  Based on the inputs of upcoming loads, price signals, central plant performance models, and building response, CPOWER generates appropriate schedules and set points for the major equipment in the central plant.  The optimization solution can be integrated with the plant control system and operate continuously in a supervisory capacity.

Power Analytics: Secure Automated Microgrid Energy System

: Naval Base San Diego, CA; Naval Base Coronado, CA; Naval Base Pt. Loma, CA

: The objective of the Secure Automated Microgrid Energy System (SAMES) is the creation and operation of a secure microgrid cluster. The cluster maximizes energy security and efficiency at the lowest possible operating cost. The microgrids are at three geographically separated naval bases in San Diego, with their monitoring and control combined in an enterprise-level system at the Naval Base San Diego Utility and Energy Operations Center.

Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne: Demonstration of Innovative, Cost Effective Micro-cell based Highly Concentrated Photovoltaic (HCPV) System Energy Technology with Optional Storage Capabilities on DoD Installations

: Edwards AFB, CA

: This project will deploy a dozen high concentration photovoltaics (HCPV) with a total electrical generation capacity of 200kW.  The key enabling technology are the micro-cells produced through micro-transfer printing, which reduce manufacturing costs and increase reliability.  The system’s 1100 suns concentration ratio and 33.9% module efficiency are among the best in the industry.

Robert Bosch LLC: DC Microgrid Building Energy Management Platform for Improved Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, and Operating Costs

: Fort Bragg, NC

: The Bosch Direct Current (DC) Microgrid Building Energy Management Platform (DCMG-BEMP) provides a flexible, DC-based building-level energy management tool. Unlike conventional alternating-current (AC) systems, the DCMG-BEMP enables direct, on-site usage of DC-based renewable energy sources without the efficiency losses inherent to AC systems. Load-leveling and islanding functionality are also integrated. The system offers significantly enhanced energy security, greater renewable energy utilization, and improved economic benefits over conventional systems.

Siemens Corporation, Corporate Research and Technology: Collaborative Building Energy Management and Control

: Picatinny Arsenal, NJ; IAP Air Reserve Station, PA

: Collaborative Building Energy Management and Control (cEMC) is a low cost software solution to improve building energy efficiency and enhance occupant comfort through occupant-engagement.  cEMC improves building energy efficiency by eliminating energy waste when the space is not occupied, as well as engaging occupants more as active participants in energy conservation.

Sierra Energy: Waste Gasification System for Fixed Installation On-Site Distributed Generation

: Fort Hunter Liggett, CA

: Sierra Energy’s FastOx Pathfinder™ waste-to-electricity system incorporates Sierra's innovative FastOx™ gasifier which efficiently converts waste into a synthetic gas (‘syngas’) using a simple modification of the centuries-old iron making blast furnace. Syngases are captured and fed to a distributed generator system, thereby alleviating three areas of concern for DoD: dependency on vulnerable civilian electrical grids, rising waste disposal and electricity costs, and the cumulative environmental impacts of waste disposal on DoD facilities.

Soitec Solar, Inc.: Soitec 1MW Concentrated Photovoltaic (CPV) Demonstration Project for On-Site Distributed Power Generation

: Fort Irwin, CA

: Soitec’s Concentrix™ CPV technology converts sunlight into electricity with a module efficiency of almost 31%, and is a cost-effective solar power technology with low environmental impact that requires no water for power generation.  This technology employs state-of-the-art Fresnel lenses to concentrate direct sunlight (by 500 times) onto high performance, multi-junction solar cells, thereby reducing the size and cost of materials.  The units are mounted on dual-axis trackers that follow the sun’s trajectory throughout the day, increasing generation capacity.

Terrajoule Corporation: Demonstration of the Zero Emission Distributed Generation and Storage System

: San Luis Obispo, CA

: Terrajoule technology eliminates the fundamental barrier to the broad adoption of clean solar power as a distributed energy system: the cost of storing energy where it is generated so that the system is not vulnerable to the disruption of the electrical grid. This project will demonstrate the Terrajoule Distributed Generation and Storage (DGS) system - a cost competitive (<$0.09/kWh), zero emission alternative to traditional distributed generation systems. The DGS utilizes curved mirrors to collect sunlight for steam production which is used to make power, and is stored in the compact form of superheated water so that power can be generated later, even when the sun is not shining, providing 24 hour power.

Weston Solutions, Inc.: Demonstrating Enhanced Demand Response Program Participation for Naval District Washington

: Naval District Washington, DC

: This project will integrate Naval District Washington’s advanced energy metering, monitoring, and building control systems into a robust energy management system capable of participating in available demand response programs to reduce energy and associated costs.&nbsp; The enabling technology is a smart server that can identify baseline and energy load profiles of buildings and major equipment, and highlight feasible load reduction options to pursue.

Brookhaven National Laboratory: Demonstration of a High-Efficiency Evaporative Cooler for Improved Energy Efficiency in DoD Data Centers

: Port Hueneme, CA

: This project involves installation of a state-of-the-art indirect evaporative cooler called the Oasis Polymer Fluid Cooler (Oasis PFC) system at a DoD data center. The system is unique in that it can operate in both wet and dry modes, as ambient conditions permit, to maximize annual energy and water savings. The innovative design of this system minimizes the utilization of water as compared to conventional evaporative cooling devices.&nbsp; The use of a polymer – rather than metal – heat exchanger minimizes issues with fouling and water contamination, which simplifies water treatment and minimizes maintenance.&nbsp; The Oasis PFC is expected to reduce data center energy costs by 50%.

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory: Immersion Cooling of Electronics in DoD Installations

: Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC

: Open bath immersion cooling efficiently cools the highest heat density electronics in data centers without the need for compressor based cooling systems. In two‐phase immersion cooling, live electronics are immersed in a dielectric liquid that changes phase on the heat generating components thereby cooling them. The vapor generated is condensed within the system through a condensing unit and the heat is transferred outside to a dry cooler through a water loop. The condensed dielectric fluid passively flows back to the immersion tank to repeat the cycle. Because this system operates well using high temperature coolant, dry coolers can be used for heat rejection to the atmosphere thereby eliminating water use anywhere in the world. This very simple system has the potential to provide the most efficient cooling for energy intensive electronics with reduced capital cost and reduced operating expense.

Naval District Washington CIO: Naval District Washington Steam Trap Monitoring System&nbsp;

: Washington Navy Yard, DC

: The Naval District Washington Steam Trap Monitoring System (STMS) has the potential to significantly reduce facility operating costs through the timely detection of failed steam traps. This project will implement STMS on the main steam distribution line at Washington Navy Yard to demonstrate the effectiveness of the STMS in identifying steam trap failures and quantify the potential energy savings to be achieved through such monitoring.

Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center: Innovative Acoustic Sensor Technologies for Leak Detection in Challenging Pipe Types

: U.S. Army ERDC – Vicksburg, MS; Joint Base Pearl Harbor – Hickam, HI

: This project is integrating innovative acoustic leak detection sensors with smart water meter networks to detect, locate, and size leaks in challenging pipe types prevalent on military installations. The Gutermann Star® ZoneScan sensor is a one-of-a-kind, remotely correlated acoustic leak detection system that can be installed on existing water distribution system meters for continuous leak monitoring and integration within an Advanced Metering Infrastructure network.

U.S. Army ERDC-CERL: High Efficiency Dehumidification System

: Fort Bragg, NC; West Point, NY; Tinker AFB, OK

: The High Efficiency Dehumidification System (HEDS) being demonstrated uses the low quality heat generated during cooling and dehumidification processes to provide required reheat energy which lowers the relative humidity of the air being supplied to the occupied spaces. This process reduces the potential for biological growth to occur and it reduces the cooling load on the chiller plant, thus eliminating the need for supplemental reheat and substantially reducing heating plant energy consumption.

U.S. Army ERDC-CERL: ROOFER Energy Performance Assessment and Courses of Action Analyses

: Fort Riley, KS; McConnell AFB, KS; Jacksonville NAS, FL

: ROOFER is a decision-support tool that provides a systematic, automated approach to managing large inventories of building roofs. It is, by regulation, the roof asset management system required to be used by Army installations; and the other services are actively pursuing integration of ROOFER into their business process. However, ROOFER does not currently include consideration of energy performance and impact of energy technologies within its analyses. This project will provide that capability. Having access to the ROOFER database of inventory and inspection information provides an excellent opportunity for facility managers to assess roof energy performance and evaluate energy related and sustainability technologies.