Opening of Proposals - WWTP Solar Guaranteed Energy Savings Contract Proj. No. 124-015 - Veregy

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City of South Bend, IN – Department of Public Works RFQ Response: Guaranteed Energy Savings Contract Page | 13 Measurement and Verification PERSONNEL AND ORGANIZATION What sets Veregy apart from our competitors is our 24/7 central energy plant that monitors our energy projects. Veregy has arrays across the country and our central energy plant operates 24/7/365 for the sole purpose of ensuring each system performs as expected. If a problem should arise, Veregy has the resources, knowledge, and equipment to know where the problem is and how to fix it promptly. We use state-of-the-art hardware to gather, transmit, and make available timely system performance data to you and to our dedicated team of performance engineers and expert service technicians, thereby ensuring fast, reliable, and effective response to any field issues. With our monitoring services, system downtime will be limited should any problems arise. The Veregy team member who will take the lead responsibility for this activity will be Scope Development Engineer Scott Brown, a Certified Measurement and Verification Professional (CMVP), will oversee this part of the project as well. The remainder of the performance assurance team is comprised of Matt Powell (Central Monitoring Plant) and Pat Yazel and his preventative maintenance team. All performance assurance team members are in-house personnel. The performance assurance team will work with City of South Bend’s staff to anticipate energy related budget impacts of any future changes in operations resulting from added equipment, space, or activities such as night classes or athletic activities. Our performance assurance team will work closely with the City to make certain Veregy meets our long-term obligations. BASELINE METHODOLOGY The Baseline Methodology for this project utilizes the 12 months of utility bills and rates given to us by your staff. After the initial energy baseline creation and during the ongoing performance management of the project, it may become necessary to adjust the energy baseline for factors or unique changes in the building’s use, baseline utility or for non-controllable variables. Common adjustments are made for items such as actual weather conditions and major changes outside of the energy baseline parameters. MEASUREMENT AND VERIFICATION PROTOCOL The Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) of the U.S. Department of Energy and its Measurement and Verification Guidelines for Federal Energy Projects classify measurement and verification approaches as Option A, B, C, and D. The FEMP Guideline is based on the International Performance Measurement and Verification Protocol (IPMVP). OPTION A Option A applies to HVAC and LED lighting improvements. Verification techniques determine savings by measuring the performance of a system before and after a retrofit, either through physical measurement or use of the manufacturer data and multiplying the difference by an agreed-upon or stipulated factor, such as hours of operation.