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MY NAME IS LARRY GOMEZ.
I'M THE RESIDENT MANAGER AT TRUMP TOWER CITY CENTER
IN WHITE PLAINS, NEW YORK
AND WE INVESTED IN AN ENERGY MANAGEMENT PROJECT
HERE AT TRUMP TOWER WITH NYSERDA.
THEY HAD A REAL PROBLEM HERE WHERE THEIR ENERGY COSTS WERE
TWICE AS MUCH AS THE DEVELOPER TOLD THEM THEY WOULD BE AND
THAT WAS THE FIRST THING I DID WAS GO ONLINE AND LOOK UP
NYSERDA AND TRY TO SEE WHAT WAS OUT THERE.
SO THE MULTIFAMILY ENERGY PERFORMANCE PORTFOLIO IS MADE
UP OF A FEW COMPONENTS AND A FEW DIFFERENT PROGRAM
OFFERINGS FOR BUILDINGS OWNERS.
ONE, WE HAVE OUR FLAGSHIP PROGRAM WHICH IS THE
MULTIFAMILY PERFORMANCE PROGRAM MADE UP OF BOTH
EXISTING BUILDINGS AND NEW CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.
WE ALSO HAVE BENCHMARKING;
AN EASIER, MORE INTRODUCTORY PATHWAY TO ENERGY EFFICIENCY.
GREEN JOBS, GREEN NEW YORK FINANCING,
WHICH ALLOWS BUILDING OWNERS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR
INTEREST RATE BUY-DOWN; AS WELL AS THE ADVANCED SUB
METERING PROGRAM ADDRESSING THE INHERENT INEFFICIENCIES
OF MASTER METERED BUILDINGS.
TRUMP TOWER, LIKE ALL OF OUR EXISTING BUILDINGS,
STARTS WITH A VERY CRITICAL POINT IN THE PROGRAM
AND THAT IS A COMPREHENSIVE ENERGY ASSESSMENT.
IN THIS CASE TRUMP TOWER WORKED WITH DAYLIGHT SAVINGS
GROUP AND FRANK LAURICELLA TO PROVIDE A LARGE COMPREHENSIVE,
ALL ENCOMPASSING, ENERGY REDUCTION PLAN TO THE BUILDING
THAT THEY CAN USE AS PART OF A FIVE YEAR PLAN,
TEN YEAR PLAN IN ORDER TO REALIZE ENERGY SAVINGS.
GOING TOP TO BOTTOM, THEY REALLY DID AN ANALYSIS
THAT WAS TREMENDOUS.
AND, IT REALLY GAVE ME A FEEL FOR THE BUILDING OF WHAT WAS
RIGHT WITH THE BUILDING, WHAT COULD BE IMPROVED
IN THE BUILDING, AND WHAT WE COULD IMPROVE ON IT
GOING FORWARD EVEN AFTER WHAT WE DID NOW.
THERE WERE BASICALLY THREE OR FOUR MAJOR
AREAS THAT WE FOCUSED ON.
ONE WAS HIGH COST OF HEATING.
THE BUILDING IS HEATED BY NATURAL GAS THROUGH A WATER
SOURCE HEAT PUMP SYSTEM.
SO EACH UNIT HAS ITS OWN HEAT PUMP
AND THEY CAN CONTROL THE HEATING.
THE DOMESTIC HOT WATER ALSO IS GAS FIRED.
AND THAT WAS ONE AREA THAT BASICALLY WITH SOME MINIMAL
ANALYSIS WE FELT THAT THERE COULD BE
SOME IMPROVEMENTS THERE.
TEMPERATURE CONTROLS THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING
AND THEN LIGHTING.
LIGHTING WAS IN OUR OPINION WAY OVERLIT
AND ALSO UTILIZED INEFFICIENT FIXTURES.
SO WE FOCUSED ON LIGHTING,
HEATING AND TEMPERATURE CONTROL.
THOSE WERE THE BASIC ELEMENTS.
WELL, WE DID QUITE A FEW THINGS.
WE DID THE PARKING GARAGE LIGHTS.
WE DID OUTDOOR LIGHTING, WHICH WAS THE LIGHTING IN THE FLOWER
BEDS AND ALONG THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING.
THE INTERIOR LIGHTS, WHAT WE DID THERE WAS SENSORS.
WE SENSORED THE HALLWAYS
- ALL THE COMMON HALLWAYS OF 36 FLOORS,
THE STAIRWELLS ON BOTH THE EMERGENCY
STAIRWELLS ON BOTH SIDES. THOSE ARE ON SENSOR LIGHTING AS WELL.
WE DID TIMERS FOR EXHAUST FANS FOR THE DRYER EXHAUST FANS.
WE DID THE CHP - WHICH IS A COMBINED HEAT AND POWER UNIT,
THE POOL COVERS, AND WE DID THE ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
- WHICH IS THE BRAINS THAT WORKS EVERYTHING.
AS A FACILITY MANAGER YOU ARE VERY BUSY,
SO 90% OF THE PAPERWORK WAS DONE WITH MY PARTNER.
WHEN WE HAD TO PUT THE PACKAGE TOGETHER,
THEY WENT OVER IT AT THE END, WE PROVIDED THEM
WITH THE INFORMATION, AND TOOK IT FROM THERE.
THEY BASICALLY MAILED IT IN AT THE END OF THE DAY.
WITHOUT THE PARTNER, IT MAY NOT HAVE HAPPENED.
WELL, THIS PROJECT WAS ABOUT $928,000.
OUT OF THE $928,000, $280,000 WAS IN INCENTIVES.
THE PAYBACK PERIOD FOR THE PROJECT WAS
A LITTLE OVER THREE YEARS.
WITH THE MULTIFAMILY PERFORMANCE PROGRAM OUR
INCENTIVE STRUCTURE BASICALLY FOLLOWS THREE MAIN MILESTONES.
THE FIRST ONE IS THE COMPLETION OF AN ENERGY
ASSESSMENT AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ENERGY REDUCTION PLAN,
ROUGHLY 10% OF THE TOTAL INCENTIVES.
STAGE TWO BEING AGAIN, AROUND 50% OF THAT SCOPE OF WORK
BEING INSTALLED.
AND STAGE THREE IS THE COMPLETION OF
THAT SCOPE OF WORK. BOTH STAGE
TWO AND STAGE THREE ARE ROUGHLY 45% OF THE TOTAL INCENTIVE
WE ALSO HAVE A FOURTH BONUS PAYMENT WHICH IS
VERY UNIQUE TO OUR PROGRAM.
AND THAT REWARDS BUILDINGS THAT ARE ABLE TO GO ABOVE AND
BEYOND OUR MINIMUM 15% REQUIREMENT
AND ACTUALLY REALIZE THEM.
SO ONE YEAR AFTER THE CONSTRUCTION IS COMPLETE
WE LOOK AT THE BILLS FOR THE LAST YEAR.
AND IF THEY WERE TO GO BEYOND 20% IN REALIZED SAVINGS
WE AWARD THEM 150 TO 300 DOLLARS PER UNIT.
I THINK THE REAL KEY - THE INCENTIVE CHECKS WERE
IMPORTANT AND GOOD - BUT THE REAL THING WAS EVERY MONTH
WHEN YOU GOT THOSE ENERGY BILLS AND THEY WERE
THAT MUCH CHEAPER - 20% CHEAPER.
IT'S BEEN TWO OR THREE YEARS NOW
AND WE'RE STILL SAVING OVER $300,000 A YEAR.