PRESENTATION
2017 - Users Conference - San Francisco - Facilities, Water and Industry Management
Using the PI System For Real-Time Energy Management at NASA Langley Research Center
PI Coresight was renamed PI Vision in 2017
Federal Mandates set the energy consumption baseline and goals for federal facilities. Sustainable design for new buildings and energy conservation retrofits in older facilities promise energy savings but require adequate metering and monitoring of electrical demand and energy consumption to optimize the efficiency of building operations. NASA Langley Research Center has focused its efforts on this incremental measurement and monitoring of power usage in facilities as a lower cost alternative to additional infrastructure investment. This has been achieved by using the PI System to develop an energy information system that provides not only summary reporting and data extraction, but also live feedback on power demand and energy consumption in facilities so that incremental adjustments can be made. Use of the PI system also allows for custom dashboard displays in PI ProcessBook and PI Coresight that are meaningful to building operators and occupants.
Industry
- Facilities & Data Centers
- General
Company
NASA Langley Research Center
Speaker
Todd Herbert
Todd Herbert, EMIT, CEAIT, provides contract energy management support as the Energy Analyst with Straughan Environmental Inc. on the Environmental Support Services contract at NASA Langley Research Center. With no background in IT or software development, Todd’s perspective on the topic is that of an energy manager and end-user at a federal facility with the need to customize a real-time energy information system to meet the Center’s needs. Todd has over 16 years of experience as an environmental scientist and sustainability consultant.