Adhiraj Singh, Jason Kelly, Vincent Cheng, Shwetha Choudhary, Dr. Farah Singer, Prof. Michael M. Ohadi, Chauncey Jenkins (Facility Management, UMD)
Recently built in 2011, the Oakland residential building houses approximately 650 students across 8 floors and 180 rooms. The Gross Square Footage is 233,436 sq. feet.Despite being a recently built LEED Gold certified facility, there were some operational issues with Oakland hall with the major one being lack of clarity in sub metering data.
The ECMs suggested were: 1) Validation of sub meters to initiate energy awareness campaigns to engage students and integrate behavioral analysis with energy efficiency, 2) LED retrofits, 3) Smart switches for operable windows.
Based on the ECMs , the building’s energy consumption patterns by 20-30 % which translates to $70,000 worth of energy savings every years. Estimated energy savings: 4.65 MMBtu