Technology Roadmap for Intelligent Buildings
Appendix A: Reference Projects

• British Columbia
• Alberta
• Ontario
• Quebec
• International

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British Columbia

Name: Crestwood Corporate Centre, Building 2

Date: March 1998
Type: Commercial Office, New Construction
Location: Richmond
Cost: $5.2 million

Implementation

• intelligent HVAC systems;
• day lighting schedules;
• building automation system;
• photocells;
• automated lighting control

Savings/Benefits

• improved air quality;
• efficient lighting;
• greenhouse gas emission reduction;
• increased energy performance;
• efficient building design

Comments

A project of the CANMET C–2000 Program for Advanced Commercial Buildings, Building 2 advocated building performance in a holistic sense — energy use, environmental impact, occupant health, comfort and productivity, functional performance, longevity, adaptability and operations and maintenance.

At completion, they experienced no identifiable overall incremental capital cost premium compared to conventional construction methods. The increased initial costs were balanced by the long term savings.

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Name: Royal Inland Hospital

Date: N/A
Type: Health Care Facility Retrofit
Location: Kamloops
Cost: N/A

Implementation

• installation of an intelligent building automation system;
• entering into a 15–year, $6.3 million Performance Contract

Savings/Benefits

• projected savings of $5 million to the taxpayers;
• a projected annual energy and operating cost savings of $600 000;
• improved indoor working environment;
• reduction in greenhouse gas emissions

Comments

The Royal Inland Hospital was founded over 100 years ago, has 260 beds, encompasses 150 000 square metres and employs more than 1 400 staff.

The goals of the retrofit were:

• finance a major capital improvement project without increasing public debt;
• improve the comfort levels in the hospital;
• increase productivity;
• increase plant and systems efficiency;
• reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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Name: British Columbia Institute of Technology

Date: N/A
Type: Educational Facility Retrofit
Location: Vancouver
Cost: N/A

Implementation

• installation of a structured cabling system;
• integration of the intelligent building automation system

Savings/Benefits

• fully enabled centralized equipment control throughout the facility;
• reduced costs using energy saving measures, such as occupancy sensors that regulated lighting control and temperature; and
• meeting the Vancouver Energy Utilization Bylaws and ASHRAE/IESNA 90.1–1989R standards

Comments

The British Columbia Institute of Technology in central Vancouver, occupies 50 400 square metres.

The goals of the retrofit were:

• create a high-tech educational facility doubling as a profit centre;
• integrate voice, data and building controls into a single communications network; and
• increase levels of efficiency and savings.

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Name: Canada Place

Date: N/A
Type: Commercial/Port Facility Retrofit
Location:
Cost: N/A

Implementation

• installation of an intelligent building automation computer system;
• flexible system controllers;
• flexible lighting controllers

Savings/Benefits

• a reduction in facilities management costs;
• increased energy efficiency;
• implementation of a costeffective solution insuring future system upgrades; and
• increased staff productivity

Comments

Canada Place is a 540 000 square metre facility. It serves as a docking station for cruise ships in Canada's busiest harbour. It contains a hotel, retail facilities, a convention centre and an IMAX theatre.

The managers wished to upgrade the building operating system and integrate the existing system devices from a number of different vendors.

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Name: The Fairmont Hotel Vancouver

Type: Hotel Retrofit
Location: Vancouver
Cost: N/A

Implementation

• installation of high efficiency lights in entire building;
• installation of high efficiency boiler, replacing conventional boiler;
• five rooftop HVAC units changed, fitted with economizers to provide optimum building ventilation;
• LONWorks computerized energy management system installed (controls guest room temperature between 19° Celsius and 24° Celsius according to guest requirements);
• wireless communication between building and parking garage

Savings/Benefits

• $52 000 cumulative energy savings in first seven months;
• $36 000 electricity cost savings; $16 000 natural gas cost savings (seven months);
• 35 percent energy savings
• increased night time visibility in parking garage;
• ability for indoor parking control using wireless communication system;
• increased guest comfort; ability for individual room temperature control; and more reliable lighting;
• reduced maintenance demands on staff to change lights

Comments

The Fairmont Hotel Vancouver is a landmark in the heart of Vancouver. The current structure was built between 1928 and 1939. It is a 20–storey, 730 000 square feet limestone and brick structure with a distinctive copper roof. Located in the centre of downtown Vancouver, the Hotel includes 556 suites, two restaurants, one lounge, conference facilities, shops, a health club plus office areas and back-of-the-house facilities.

The aforementioned implementations were made with an aim to update and improve the hotel's building performance.

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Alberta

Name: Autovalue Central Auto Parts

Date: July 1999
Type: Warehouse/Office Retrofit
Location: Calgary
Cost: N/A

Implementation

• effective integration of building systems;
• HVAC system designed to inject 100 percent fresh air into building envelope areas free of vehicular exhaust;
• glycol run-around heat reclaiming system

Savings/Benefits

• use of the Model National Energy Code for Buildings;
• energy use reductions of 39 percent;
• comfortable workplace environment for employees;
• heat conservation

Comments

This facility, consisting of a warehouse, sales centre and offices, covers an area of 6 025 square metres.

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Name: Northern Gateway Regional Division No. 10

Date: N/A
Type: Educational Institution Retrofit
Location: Edmonton
Cost: N/A

Implementation

• building automation system, providing long-term energy efficiency while allowing system upgrades

Savings/Benefits

• improved environmental control;
• maximized comfort, health, and safety;
• increased operational efficiency;
• reduced greenhouse gas emissions;
• connected all buildings through communications network;
• reduced energy consumption for an annual savings of $150 000

Comments

This school division operates 22 different academic facilities, northwest of Edmonton. Total area is 231 000 square metres and the facilities serve 5 685 students.

The upgrade efficiency results won the Division a $137 000 Energy Innovators grant.

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Name: Wolf Creek School Division No. 72

Date: N/A
Type: Educational Institution Retrofit
Location: Alberta
Cost: N/A

Implementation

• the installation of energy efficient lighting and controls;
• the installation of an intelligent facility management system

Savings/Benefits

• reduction in operating costs of 20 percent;
• energy savings of $26 000 for the first year;
• a reduction in utility bills of 30 percent

Comments

The Wolf Creek School Division educates 8 000 students, has 25 facilities, containing over 300 000 square metres. The retrofitting goals were to:

• minimize operating costs;
• maximize efficiency;
• provide a safe, clean and aesthetically pleasing environment;
• reduce maintenance costs; and
• increase custodial staff efficiency.

The resulting savings allowed for the installation of facilities management systems at other school locations across Alberta.

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Ontario

Name: Queen Elizabeth School

Date: 1999
Type: Educational Institution Retrofit
Location: Sioux Lookout
Cost: N/A

Implementation

• water-furnace system integrated with a VAV system;
• occupancy sensors;
• energy monitors;
• water source heat pump controllers;
• VAV thermostats

Savings/Benefits

• increased energy savings;
• flexible system design;
• increased occupancy comfort levels;
• interoperability between different equipment suppliers/manufacturers

Comments

In 1999, the HVAC system at the Queen Elizabeth School was retrofitted to replace an outdated system. The goal was to provide efficiency and room for future growth. Another consideration was the simple and non-disruptive adaptability of the system to future requirements, multi-vendor options for additional products and functionality as well as energy and cost savings.

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Name: Condominiums at 77 Governors' Road

Date: December 1999
Type: Residential, New Construction
Location: Dundas
Cost: N/A

Implementation

• high performance thermal windows;
• increased wall insulation;
• four pipe fan coil unit in each suite for HVAC;
• individual heat recovery ventilators;
• high efficiency lighting systems in garage and common areas

Savings/Benefits

• decreased energy consumption by 30 percent;
• improved quality of life and personal security;
• energy savings of $12 941 per year; and
• simple payback in 1.8 years

Comments

Urban Horse Developments, with The Office of Energy Efficiency (OEE), equipped each residence with a combination space/water heating system, electronically commutated motors in each air handler to reduce blower electrical demand and a lighting system which uses 30 percent less energy than conventional systems for the same level of illumination.

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Name: Mother Teresa Elementary School

Date: September 1999
Type: Educational Institution Retrofit
Location: Oakville
Cost: N/A

Implementation

• constant volume fan powered boxes with individual reheating coils for space conditioning;
• occupancy sensors to control heating and lighting

Savings/Benefits

• 35 percent energy savings;
• a more comfortable environment;
• a $9 659 reduction in energy costs per year

Comments

The Mother Teresa Elementary School consists of 5 059 square metres, with a student population of 675 and 40 teachers and staff. In designing the school, the Model National Energy Code for Buildings was followed. The goal was to provide an improved learning environment for students and reduce operating and maintenance costs.

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Name: Wellington County Board of Education

Date: N/A
Type: Educational Institution Retrofit
Location: Guelph
Cost: N/A

Implementation

• performance contract was entered into;
• lighting and control retrofit was carried out;
• installation of facility management system

Savings/Benefits

• a 21 percent savings in electricity;
• $360 000 in energy savings or $2.5 million over a seven-year timeframe;
• the resolution of indoor air quality problems

Comments

The Wellington County Board of Education has an enrolment of 25 000 students, located at 67 different buildings.

The goals of the system retrofit were to:

• correct indoor air quality problems;
• maximize available resources for teaching and learning environments;
• monitor control systems at a number of schools for later analysis.

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Name: Four Points Hotel Toronto Airport

Date: May 1998
Type: Hotel Retrofit
Location: Toronto
Cost: N/A

Implementation

• installation of high efficiency lights in entire building;
• installation of high efficiency boiler, replacing conventional boiler;
• five rooftop HVAC units changed, fitted with economizers to provide optimum building ventilation;
• LONWorks computerized energy management system installed (controls guest room temperature between 19° Celsius and 24° Celsius according to guest requirements);
• wireless communication between building and parking garage

Savings/Benefits

• $52 000 cumulative energy savings in first seven months;
• $36 000 electricity cost savings; $16 000 natural gas cost savings (seven months);
• 35 percent energy savings;
• increased night time visibility in parking garage;
• ability for indoor parking control using wireless communication system;
• increased guest comfort; ability for individual room temperature control; more reliable lighting;
• reduced maintenance demands on staff to change lights

Comments

The Four Points Hotel Toronto Airport includes 296 rooms, 21 meeting and banquet rooms, a Restaurant Grill and Lounge, patio, pool and indoor parking garage. Beginning in May of 1998, and scheduled to May 2002, building managers decided to undertake a $700 000 renovation project in order to increase guest comfort while decreasing energy and operating costs.

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Name: Human Resources Development Canada
4900 Yonge Street

Date: Government Offices, New Construction
Type: Toronto
Location: automated HVAC system, "personal work station";
Cost: N/A

Implementation

• automated HVAC system, "personal work station";
• integrtared lighting and HVAC systems;
• HVAC system includes end user controls using "adjustable status" (personal adjustment for air-flow, etc.);
• DDC system which allows for integration paths

Savings/Benefits

• improved thermal comfort;
• increased worker productivity;
• decreased occupant complaints

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Quebec

Name: Hospital Rivière des Prairies

Date: 1999
Type: Health Care Facility Retrofit
Location: Montréal
Cost: N/A

Implementation

The integrating technologies employed included:

• current monitor nodes;
• relay lighting nodes;
• lighting schedulers;
• lighting software;
• user interface nodes

Savings/Benefits

• wide variety of available hardware;
• flexible, expandable design;
• high level of functionality;
• better control and documentation of energy usage

Comments

This hospital wished to upgrade the lighting control system with a flexible, cost efficient and expandable system. The varied number of activities and locations within the hospital required that the wide range of lighting technologies and fixtures be integrated into one system. They solved the problem by installing a low voltage lighting control system throughout the 65 000 square metre complex. The system is monitored from the security office using lighting control software.

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Name: Le Château Frontenac

Date: 1995
Type: Hotel Retrofit
Location: Quebec City
Cost: N/A

Implementation

• facilities management system connecting new boiler automation system and chiller control panels

Savings/Benefits

• ability to provide guest comfort on demand;
• efficient management of work hours;
• increased response reaction time;
• savings of $250 000 through efficient energy use;
• decrease in boiler maintenance from 24 hours per day to just one

Comments

The Château Frontenac, with 613 guest rooms and 18 floors, serves 270 000 guests per year. In 1995, a hotel wide restoration was begun. This included a building automation retrofit.

The goals of the retrofit were:

• to ensure comfort of the guest at all times;
• to maintain a response time of 30 minutes to all maintenance requests; and
• to provide a high level of service with fewer staff members.

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Name: École de Technologie Supérieure (ETS)

Date:
Type: Educational Institution, New Construction
Location: Montréal
Cost: N/A

Implementation

• management integrated emerging technologies;
• new system specifications were developed

Savings/Benefits

• construction costs were kept under $40 million;
• a highly technologically advanced building was created;
• an evaluation of current business needs was undertaken

Comments

ETS, an engineering school, opened its new campus in Montréal in December of 1986. The school specializes in mechanical and electrical engineering and needed the most current facilities. It allows students the opportunity to experiment and apply their lessons in a real environment. The 139 500 square metre campus is housed in a building, which once served as a Molson-O'Keefe Brewery and was built in 1912.

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Name: Molson Centre

Date: 1996
Type: Arena
Location: Montréal
Cost: N/A

Implementation

• lighting;
• access control;
• security;
• temperature monitoring;
• parking;
• LAN;
• telephone;
• Division 17;
• Fire System;
• HVAC;
• fire paging;
• control of public area televisions;
• liquor dispensing;
• water leakage detection;
• photographic flash lights for photographers;
• access control by intercom or card;
• daily usage statistics;
• in-house broadcast facilities to augment CATV

Savings/Benefits

• reduced operating costs;
• longer lamp life;
• reduced losses;
• fewer security guards;
• greater accountability;
• rapid response to food storage or water leakage problems;
• ease of reconfiguration

Comments

• soft start leads to better mechanical service;
• reduced staff needs exceeded expectations;
• operating costs below previous building despite substantial increase in size;
• audio and video recording or same tape for archival;
• response plans for fire, security incorporated into single system

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Name: Famous Players Theatre

Date:
Type: Entertainment/Retail
Location: Ste. Foy
Cost:

Implementation

• Echelon based HVAC control with the following features:
  • employs an optimal start strategy where algorithms calculate the ideal start time to precondition the theatre based on temperature readings taken 30 minutes before a scheduled show time;
  • directly connected to the ticket sales system which works to monitor the number of expected patrons who select any given movie and subsequently predict the expected heat load based on those ticket sales

Savings/Benefits

• substantial energy savings;
• reduced training costs;
• increased customer satisfaction and comfort;
• reduced demand on theatre operating management;
• staff movement between theatres made easy

Comments

Famous Players operates 111 theatres across Canada. In an effort to allow for easier operation of the theatre's (HVAC) systems, Famous Players decided to implement a standardized automation system.

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International

Name: Miller SQA Building

Date: N/A
Type: Commercial/ Manufacturing, New Construction
Location: Holland, Michigan U.S.
Cost: N/A

Implementation

• passive solar heating;
• roof monitors, skylights and sloped glazing for maximum daylight usage;
• photo sensors regulating artificial light so as not to duplicate natural light;
• high-efficiency electric lights;
• natural ventilation/cooling; and
• motion sensors monitoring zone occupancy to regulate light usage

Savings/Benefits

• energy savings over $35 000 per year;
• increased worker productivity and work quality;
• reduced energy consumption;
• 17 percent decrease in natural gas costs; and
• 18 percent decrease in electric costs

Comments

The Miller SQA building is an office, manufacturing, and distribution center. Among the desired design objectives were improved indoor air quality, maximum use of daylight and a workspace that would allow a high degree of worker interaction.

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Name: International Netherlands Group (ING) Bank

Date: 1987
Type: Office, New Construction
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Cost: N/A

Implementation

In order to achieve the company's objectives, the multidisciplinary design team incorporated some notable features including:

• specially designed security system;
• individual end-user climate controls;
• passive solar heating ventilation;
• cogeneration and waste heat capture;
• office spaces with daylight illumination; and
• a design which is flexible and adaptable to evolving technologies and functions.

Savings/Benefits

• $2.9 million estimated energy savings;
• a three-month payback of the initial investment in energy efficiency;
• 92 percent primary energy reduction compared to conventional building of similar size; and
• increased employee productivity, including 15 percent decrease in absenteeism

Comments

The International Netherlands Group Bank is currently the second largest bank in the Netherlands. Formerly known as Nederlandsche Middenstandsbank (NMB), the bank needed a new image and decided that the erection of a new headquarters in 1987 would be the means with which they would achieve this objective. The new building was to be designed with functionality and cost effectiveness in mind, and this task was a joint effort put forth by a multidisciplinary design team that included architects, engineers, energy professionals and landscapers.

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Name: DNP C&I Building

Date: N/A
Type: Commercial Office, New Construction
Location: Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Cost: N/A

Implementation

• individual control outlets for under floor air conditioning system;
• day-lighting illumination including automatic controls;
• natural ventilation system for maximized outdoor air intake;
• seismic vibration control equipment; and
• emergency generator with 2 week lifespan

Savings/Benefits

• 30 percent decrease in primary energy consumption;
• 28 percent reduction of CO2, 31 percent reduction of SOx emission, 92 percent reduction of CFC/HCFC consumption; and
• natural disaster security (for example, earthquake, flood, etc.)

Comments

The DNP C&I Building is a commercial office building in Shinjuju-ku, Japan. The objective of the building's construction included improving building energy use and operation performance as compared to other traditional buildings.

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Name: Hong Kong Wanchai Central Plaza

Date: August 1992
Type: Commercial Office, New Construction
Location: Hong Kong
Cost: N/A

Implementation

Some notable building features of the HKW Central Plaza include:

• double glazed visual panels (silver or gold);
• all-air single duct airconditioning with perimeter zone reheat VAV (Variable Air Volume) system;
• lighting system including low energy consuming fixtures;
• central energy management system (includes programmed on-off control for heating/lighting, air temperature reset, etc.); and
• 5 express non-stop shuttle elevators.

Savings/Benefits

• increased energy efficiency;
• reduced solar radiation imposed on air-conditioning;
• ability to suit individual zone cooling/heating requirements;
• quieter operation of air-conditioning system;
• ability to perform routine maintenance with minimum tenant disruption;
• additional 80 square metres usable floor area as result of elevator design

Comments

Encompassing 78 stories and a total building area of 173 000 square metres, the HKW Central Plaza is an office tower located at the Wanchai waterfront of Hong Kong. Two of the major building objectives were to design a building that is energy efficient and occupant friendly. The building project included three construction phases. The building was completed with the completion of phase 3 in August 1992.

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Name: Australian Parliament House

Date:
Type: Government Building housing the National Parliament of Australia Built to last 150 years as Class A Building
Location: Canberra, Australia Capital Territory (ACT), Australia
Cost:

Implementation

Honeywell Enterprise Building Integrator more than 30 000 Points Controlling:

• HVAC;
• Fire;
• EWIS;
• Security;
• Access Control;
• Video Surveillance;
• Power Monitoring; and
• Lighting.

Savings/Benefits

• energy savings more than $1 Million US per annum;
• operational Cost Savings of 40 percent;
• viewed as one of the largest Intelligent Buildings in the World;
• met "Greenhouse Challenge" formeeting reductions in GreenHouse Emissions

Comments

Building was initially completed with independent systems that were installed on a lowest-bid basis. Honeywell worked with the end user to migrate the site to an integrated Intelligent Building solution.

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