Commercial Demonstration Program
Technology advancements in common energy intensive areas of your business are helping to enable energy conservation efforts. Efficiency in areas such as office design, lighting, HVAC and data centre configuration pays off in energy bill savings.
Below you'll find helpful tips and resources for integrating energy-efficient measures in your building. We include what we've learned from other customers' experiences with our Product Incentive Program and our Power Smart Partner Program, and we show how commercial partnerships are leading to increased availability of new technologies in British Columbia.
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Success storiesBC Hydro is partnering with research institutions and customers to explore new technologies and bring them to British Columbia. The UBC Solar Canopy Project is a great example of how our institutional partners are bringing technologies from concept to market and delivering world class energy-efficiency solutions to the global market. See how the Ministry of Transportation demonstrated the benefits of an LED lighting retrofit on Lions Gate Bridge. Programs and opportunitiesPower Smart Demonstration Project Funding has enabled the advancement of several emerging technologies into programs and opportunities for Commercial and Institutional customers. Below we've outlined some emerging technologies that started as demonstrations and have moved on to become Power Smart Programs and opportunities for your business. Adaptive street lighting In 2007 the City of Prince George teamed up with Streetlight Intelligence Inc to retrofit 65 luminaires with Lumen IQ adaptive street lighting technology along a major road way. The results of the demonstration showed streetlights that were dimmed by 50% achieved a 40% power savings and the overall energy reduction was 25% compared with standard streetlights. Adaptive street lighting is now integrated into the Commercial Power Smart Partners Program and available to other jurisdictions interested in improving their energy-efficiency. LED area lighting Businesses and institutional organizations are benefiting from developments in LED area lighting. In 2008 the Provincial Health Services Authority Children & Women’s Health Centre participated in a demonstration to quantify energy savings and efficiency improvements from LED parking lot lighting. The successful pilot showed that replacing the existing metal halide fixtures with LED arrays reduced power consumption from 296 watts to 80 watts per pole. Not only was this a 73% reduction in energy use, but the LED lamps are guaranteed for a 70,000 hour life, which greatly reduces the cost for maintenance. This product is now available for a rebate through the Power Smart Product Incentive Program Controls and Sensors [PDF, 111 KB]. ResourcesMany businesses today are employing Energy Managers to evaluate their operations and implement energy saving strategies within their organization. Here are some great resources to help you ensure your business is taking advantage of the most up-to-date solutions. The Passive Design Toolkit for Buildings [PDF, 3.3 MB], provides best practices for energy-efficiency and sustainable construction in larger buildings. The Energy Measurement and Verification Guide [PDF, 1.5 MB] will help answer questions about how to quantify energy savings in your operation. Use this Measuring Savings Poster [PDF, 443 KB] as a quick reference for your building. The Heat Pump Reference Guide [PDF, 3.6 MB] explains how heat pumps work, important considerations in buying and installing heat pumps, operating cycles, efficiency definitions, performance standards, and the characteristics of various pumps on the market. The Compressed Air handbook [PDF, 853 KB] was created to help you understand and implement a program for improving energy-efficiency in your compressed air system. The Electric Motors Reference Guide [PDF, 944 KB] provides an overview of the major types of electric motors available today including advanced motor technologies. The Lighting Reference Guide [PDF, 957 KB] is a practical guide, designed to provide information on lighting technology that will help improve energy-efficiency through a designed approach by understanding components and technologies that are commercially available. The Pump Sytems Reference Guide [PDF, 1.9 MB] is aimed at helping you implement energy-efficiency methods and practices involving pump systems in your business. The Energy Efficiency Guide for Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs) [PDF, 969 KB] was developed to provide an overview of the technology and assist with the effective understanding, selection, application and operation of VFDs. The Power Quality Reference Guide [PDF, 607 KB] is written to be a useful guide understand and de-mystify power quality issues and concepts; and, where to go and how to mitigate power related problems. The Fans and Blowers Reference Guide [PDF, 1.4 MB] provides fundamental information required to make educated decisions about the use and energy efficient operation of fan and blower systems. |
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Last Modified: Feb 8, 2012
