Connected Building intelligence – in and out of water John G. Shedd Aquarium – Chicago, Illinois, U.S. EcoStruxure™ Building Solution helps to create and maintain an environment where people connect to animals. schneider-electric.com/ecostruxure-building John G. Shedd Aquarium 2 Goal Cut energy consumption in half by 2020, saving enough energy to power 750 homes annually. Story Leverage existing building management system, sensors, and meters to push data points to EcoStruxure™ Building Advisor every five minutes, automatically pinpointing root cause of problems and identifying energy cost-avoidance Shedd Aquarium named Schneider Electric as an energy opportunities daily. management partner in 2013 based on the company’s expertise in end-to-end environmental control, solar solutions, and a full array of integrated energy management solutions. Solution Introduction • EcoStruxure Building Operation The Shedd Aquarium first opened its doors to visitors in 1930. Today • EcoStruxure Energy Expert almost 2 million guests visit this national historic landmark annually. • VFT Drives The aquatic environments in the original aquarium contain more • Turnkey Solar Solution than 1.5 million gallons of water, including a 90,000-gallon exhibit (256kW of solar panels) created in 1971 to reproduce a Caribbean coral reef. Over the years the aquarium has undergone expansions to accommodate other large exhibits, more than doubling its original size to cover 422,000 square feet. Results In 1991, Shedd Aquarium expanded to recreate a Pacific Northwest • EcoStruxure Building Advisor coastal environment. Known today as the Abbott Oceanarium, this – Pinpoints issues, trends, averages 170,000-square-foot exhibit holds 3 million gallons of water and features everything from beluga whales and Pacific white-sided – Prioritizes recommendations and dolphins to sea otters and sea lions. It is also the largest indoor suggested actions marine mammal facility in the world. – Assigns dollar value to A 2003 expansion houses the 27,000-square-foot Wild Reef, which energy opportunities holds more than 570,000 gallons of water. Built in an underground – Tracks and validates energy wing of the aquarium, this exhibit recreates a Philippine coral reef project metrics to allow visitors to enjoy the most diverse underwater ecosystem in – Target energy savings of 50% the world. by 2020 A facility this size has multiple challenges with regard to energy use in maintaining diverse environments for visitors, staff, and more than 32,500 aquatic animals. In 2013, decision-makers committed to an ambitious goal of cutting the aquarium’s energy consumption in half by 2020. This commitment to sustainability extends into every part of Shedd Aquarium — from water-conserving exhibits and energy-efficient lighting to green gardens and the food its inhabitants eat. John G. Shedd Aquarium 3 Sharing a common vision identifying and implementing energy- saving improvements within six months Both Shedd Aquarium and Schneider 2 million of being identified. Electric are committed to sustainability. visitors annually Schneider Electric understands that After reviewing competitive solutions, Shedd monitoring-based commissioning (MBCx) is Aquarium decision-makers chose to team all about fine-tuning systems and equipment with Schneider Electric to achieve their vision to conserve energy. The EcoStruxure™ for sustainability. 32,500 Building Advisor solution helps achieve Shedd Aquarium and Schneider Electric aquatic animals that goal by identifying and prioritizing top had previously collaborated on other recommendations for energy conservation, sustainability projects, including applying as well as for avoidable energy costs. Schneider Electric’s code engineering The EcoStruxure Building Advisor solution expertise to the aquarium’s environmental also offered the tools needed to implement control system that resulted in cost savings a fault detection and diagnostics solution through reduced energy and water use. that would comply with Commonwealth Schneider Electric had also addressed Edison’s (ComEd’s) MBCx criteria, such as issues related to security, renewable energy, monitoring building system performance lighting control, building automation, and for at least 18 months while continually energy management. John G. Shedd Aquarium 4 Following a strategic roadmap implementing opportunities to improve the “ We’re moving efficiency of major electrical and natural from being an ComEd and Nicor Gas partially funded gas systems, as well as reducing energy energy saver to the aquarium’s MBCx program. (The costs without adversely affecting the facility becoming an Schneider Electric EcoStruxure™ Building or its system operations. energy leader Advisor relies on MBCx data to provide and innovator.” insight and justification for energy In 2015, Schneider Electric began — Robert P. Wengel, savings and improvements that get to leveraging Shedd Aquarium’s existing Vice President the root cause of energy, comfort, and building management system by installing of Facilities, maintenance issues.) variable frequency drives and extensive Shedd Aquarium electric submetering. Shedd Aquarium designed a strategic energy roadmap in partnership with the city Today, information from all data points is of Chicago, the Citizens Utility Board, the pushed to the cloud-hosted EcoStruxure Illinois Science and Technology Coalition, Building Advisor every five minutes for and the Institute for Sustainable Energy systems modeling. Then EcoStruxure Development to achieve a 50 percent Building Advisor pinpoints the root reduction in energy consumption by 2020. cause of any problems and identifies The roadmap focuses on identifying and opportunities for cost avoidance. John G. Shedd Aquarium 5 Reaping the benefits Building Advisor detects a hot water loop temperature that is lower than the EcoStruxure Building Advisor provides recommended threshold for 24 hours, Shedd Aquarium with intelligent control, suggested actions may include looking management flexibility, and meaningful for faulty set points or control calibrations, analytics. It also gets the right information reducing pump speed, or lowering the to the right person at the right time, hot water supply temperature. EcoStruxure enabling more informed decision-making. Building Advisor will also determine the The EcoStruxure Building Advisor dollar value associated with a problem solution identifies energy-saving that wastes energy. In addition to having opportunities and suggests possible direct connections to submetering causes and specific actions to remedy points, EcoStruxure Building Advisor has problems. For example, if EcoStruxure access to ComEd’s Green Button interval energy data. John G. Shedd Aquarium 6 480,817 sq. ft. buildings $8,363 energy cost avoidance in first two months 4,500 monitoring points 913 solar panels Schneider Electric and its technology time, the aquarium is able to consume partner, KGS Buildings, have integrated less energy while helping reduce its more than 4,500 building management greenhouse gas emissions. monitoring points at Shedd Aquarium. Once the aquarium’s EcoStruxure Building These monitoring points correspond to Advisor solution was fully commissioned, HVAC zones, air handling equipment, ComEd was able to verify compliance and extensive heating/cooling systems, with its MBCx criteria and issue a rebate including dozens of pumps, fans, heat to Shedd Aquarium. exchangers, and hot/cold water systems. Going forward, Shedd Aquarium will Because so many of the energy continue to monitor and recommission conservation measures identified equipment based on prioritized actions by EcoStruxure Building Advisor associated with measurable ROI, as well as also comply with ComEd’s incentive to receive additional rebates from ComEd program, the aquarium can financially to implement and sustain improvements. justify the improvements. 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