tools for community energy planning
DESCRIPTION
Energy Center of Wisconsin Technical Director Doug Ahl's presentation from the Renewables & Sustainability breakout session at the 2010 Wisconsin Bioenergy Summit.TRANSCRIPT
Tools for Community Energy Planning
Douglas Ahl Technical Director
Energy Center of Wisconsin [email protected]
Outline
■ The purpose of this presentation is to increase awareness of low cost tools that are available or being developed that can assist planners in Wisconsin with energy analysis.
■ Summary table of 6 tools
■ Demonstration of bioenergy server
■ Review of other tools
Energy Center of Wisconsin
university colleges
economic development groups
Tool Target information
Platform Scale range Status Link
Bioenergy Geospatial Data Server
Bioenergy feedstocks, producers
Web map application
Point, county, WI Release Dec. 2010 http://biomap.wisc.edu/biofuels/
Biofuels Atlas Bioenergy feedstocks, producers
Web map application
Point, county, US Online http://maps.nrel.gov/biomass
Portfolio Manager Building energy management
Online db Buildings Online http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=evaluate_performance.bus_portfoliomanager
AWE Water Conservation Tracking Tool
Water savings and costs
MS excel Buildings, communities
Available to members
http://www.allianceforwaterefficiency.org/Tracking-Tool.aspx
Back of Envelope Calculator
Building energy use MS Excel Buildings online http://www.ecw.org/project.php?workid=1&resultid=286
25x25 Community Energy Planning
Projected community energy use
MS Excel Buildings, communities
Released Jan. 2011, Energy Center of Wisconsin
Final Thoughts
■ These tools represent reasonable approaches or best data available, but are likely flawed in some way
■ These tools should be used to assist the planning process
■ Be aware of time and space scales
Final Thoughts
■ These tools represent reasonable approaches or best data available, but are likely flawed in some way
■ These tools should be used to assist the planning process
■ Be aware of time and space scales
