Demonstration of the Energy Component of the Installation Master Plan Using the Net Zero Energy Planner Tool

Abstract

This work demonstrated the energy master planning (EMP) concept and automated Net Zero Planner tool (NZP) developed by the Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) at two U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) installations: United States Military Academy, West Point (USMA) and Portsmouth Navy Shipyard (PNSY). The NZP Tool incorporates the concept and various automated modules to integrate optimization across buildings, distribution, and generation systems. Results demonstrated that use of the NZP Tool reduces the time required for the analysis and the analysis cost to ~35 of the time required by the alternative current best practice. Lessons learned from the project were used to make many user interface changes were made throughout the program to facilitate the process, to ease data entry, and to help determine the information required to produce useful, relevant output reports. Funding for this demonstration was provided by the Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP) - Energy and Water Project # EW-201240.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 07, 2015
Accession Number
AD1008977

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  • Alexander M. Zhivov
  • Matthew Swanson
  • Michael P. Case
  • Richard Liesen

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Business Administration
  • Climate Change Adaptation
  • Energy Conservation
  • Energy Efficiency
  • Energy Storage
  • Engineers
  • Gas Turbines
  • Greenhouse Effect
  • Greenhouse Gases
  • Heat Energy
  • Information Systems
  • Lessons Learned
  • Management Personnel
  • Materials Processing
  • Organizational Structure
  • United States Military Academy
  • Wind Energy

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  • Software Engineering.