Wayne-State-Green-Energy-Challenge-Proposal

ELECTRI International Foundation Green Energy Challenge Covenant House Michigan Spirit of Detroit Energy – Wayne State University Student Chapter of Southeastern Michigan Chapter, NECA Faculty Advisor – Joe Vaglica SMCNECA Advisor – Jim Chase Executive Board President – Chris Valliere Vice President – Chris Hammond Treasurer – Salvatore Lo Duca Secretary – Phil Vaglica Fundraising Chair – Jason Berlin Events Chair – Tom Moons Outreach Chair – Junior Tautiaga Members Mariam Alsalamy Marinda Bottesi Mike Cavanaugh Anna East Jetmir Nikollari Dario Saracino Bradley Schornak Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY MISSION STATEMENT TEAM MEMBER ROLES COVENANT HOUSE MICHIGAN TEAM RÉSUMÉS TECHNICAL ANALYSIS 1: ENERGY EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS 10 ASSESSMENT OF EXISTING CONDITIONS 10 FACILITY BENCHMARKING 12 RECOMMENDATIONS 13 TECHNICAL ANALYSIS 2: LIGHTING RETROFIT 16 EXISTING LIGHTING CONDITIONS 16 LIGHTING RETROFIT 17 PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT OF LIGHTING 20 TECHNICAL ANALYSIS 3: SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEM 24 FACILITY EVALUATION & SYSTEM DESIGN 24 COST ESTIMATE 26 WHY COVENANT HOUSE SHOULD GO SOLAR? 27 SCHEMATIC ESTIMATE, SCHEDULE, AND FINANCE PLAN 29 SCHEMATIC ESTIMATE 29 SCHEDULE SUMMARY 30 FINANCE PLAN 30 DONATIONS, GRANTS, AND OUTSIDE FUNDING 31 RETURN ON INVESTMENT 32 SCHEDULE 33 ENERGY AWARENESS AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH 34 FEEDBACK LETTER FROM CLIENT/DOCUMENTATION OF VOLUNTEER EFFORT 36 ARTICLE IN UNIVERSITY NEWSLETTER 37 LOCAL NECA CHAPTER INTERACTION 39 APPENDIX A – EXISTING REFLECTED CEILING PLANS 41 CARITAS EXISTING REFLECTED CEILING PLAN 41 ROP EXISTING REFLECTED CEILING PLAN 42 CHAPEL EXISTING REFLECTED CEILING PLAN 43 APPENDIX B – PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM DESIGN DOCUMENTS 44 APPENDIX C – DETAILED COST ESTIMATE 47 APPENDIX D – DONATION LETTER 49 SPECIAL THANKS 50 Executive Summary Covenant House Michigan is youth homeless shelter offering young adults, aged 18 – 24, an opportunity to better their lives within a safe space geared towards providing all its residents with a brighter future Our contributions will be small compared to the impact of this organization on the community, but they will directly impact the lives of the residents of Covenant House Over the course of the past two months, Spirit of Detroit Energy has assessed the facilities existing conditions to establish baseline energy scores using both the Department of Energy Building Asset Assessment and the EPA Energy Star Portfolio Management tools We have committed many hours to identifying solutions to the facility’s existing energy shortcomings and will outline our suggestions for both the short and long-term in this proposal We have also conducted a thorough assessment of the existing lighting conditions in three of the facility’s six buildings We determined the number of fixtures and existing power consumption of the lighting to determine how a lighting retrofit would affect the facility We worked with local contractors to come up with a plan to replace most of the light fixtures throughout three buildings, and we will discuss the lighting retrofit plans in this proposal On top of the lighting retrofit, Sprit of Detroit Energy will evaluate our proposed grid-tied 19.8 kW photovoltaic system addition to the Covenant House’s facility We worked closely with local solar consultants and other entities to propose a solar energy system that will reduce one of Covenant House’s building’s average monthly energy use by 38% We will outline the process that we used to select the system improvements as well as the process of selecting the best placement for the array itself Finally, we will discuss our outreach and volunteer efforts that we have undertaken with Covenant House In addition to volunteer hours doing physical labor and small tasks to help the facility, we are in the planning stages of an outreach program that will directly benefit each of the residents of the facility This proposal serves as the first steps taken to provide Covenant House with a more sustainable future through lighting, solar energy, and energy efficiency We provide unique solutions to many of Covenant House’s biggest energy problems in the hopes of providing a better quality of life to the residents Mission Statement Spirit of Detroit Energy is committed to delivering a sustainable future by providing technical excellence and ensuring the delivery of sustainable energy projects We aim to implement clean and economically viable energy, while allowing our clients to utilize funds to provide a better standard of living to their residents Team Member Roles Senior Project Manager – Christopher Valliere Energy Efficiency Engineer – Phillip Vaglica Lighting Designer – Salvatore Lo Duca Chief Estimator – Bradley Schornak Outreach & Volunteer Coordinator – Annemarie East Covenant House Michigan What is Covenant House? Covenant House Michigan is a youth homeless shelter located in the city of Detroit that offers a place to stay for young adults between the ages of 18 and 24 who have no place else to go “Considering Michigan’s alarming statistics when it comes to young adults living in poverty, CHM aims to provide services that address, not only the issue of homelessness, but, also, issues that coincide with homelessness Following an exhaustive needs assessment study that clearly indicated the unmet needs of Detroit and Michigan youth, Covenant House Michigan was established in 1997.” Since 1994, Covenant House has offered 54,000 youths in the Detroit Metro area a safe place to live and a pathway to a successful future Covenant House serves over 6000 youths per year offering programs such as crisis care, street outreach, rights of passage, community support services and educational on-site services Their outreach team patrols the streets of Detroit to find youth living in abandoned houses, cars, and on street corners – among other unfit places – and offers them a place to live and an opportunity to better their life The crisis care center consists of a 45-bed shelter providing a warm and welcoming space for youths to flee the troubles of growing up in a home full of neglect and abuse They are not just given food, a bed, and a safe place to stay, they are also offered medical and mental health services as well as the guidance and support needed for a bright future The Rights of Passage segment is a two-year independent living program where the residents have a chance to further their education, save up money, and learn essential life skills to make it out in the real world and obtain the careers that could change their lives Covenant House Michigan sits on a 5.3-acre campus that consists of two residential programs, a dining and recreation center, and job development center This is where the Covenant House provides shelter and support programs to help homeless youth overcome the hurdles of unemployment, inadequate education, violence, drugs, and gangs In 2005, the Detroit Public Schools system authorized Covenant House Michigan to open three charter schools to better serve the needs of homeless and other at-risk youth who lack a high school diploma, ultimately helping some of their residents to get into a good college Why Covenant House? Our university is in Detroit, so it was not a hard decision for us to seek out a client within the city limits The city is currently in a period of what some have called a “second renaissance” after years of neglect and bad publicity Detroit is being re-built piece by piece from the ground up, starting from the various neighborhoods of downtown and stretching through to the East and West sides This gives our organization a unique opportunity to incorporate clean energy technologies into a city built on fossil fuels and the automobile Working in Detroit provides a great opportunity to young construction managers, not unlike ourselves, to effect change in a city whose very DNA is ingrained with outdated technologies After searching around the city of Detroit for a non-profit organization to work with for the Green Energy Challenge, the Covenant House seemed to be the best fit We reached out to multiple charitable organizations in the area and had issues with nearly all of them – whether it was the scale of the facilities or simply not receiving responses in a timely manner – most of the organizations simply would not have been a good fit We narrowed our candidates down to three, the Capuchin Soup, Focus Hope Detroit, and the Covenant House Michigan The Capuchin Soup kitchen is one of the most well-known and largest charitable organizations in the area We met with the Capuchins and had a very successful walkthrough of the site However, because of the existing visibility of the soup kitchen and the large in-flow of charitable donations each year, we felt that other organizations may be better served with the donation of our time and resources Capuchin Soup Kitchen would have been a great fit for the project, but it seemed to us that the need for our assistance was simply not there Focus Hope was another option that seemed like it could have been a good fit for our challenge We met with Focus Hope and performed a walkthrough of their site Focus Hope has several buildings spread out over three city blocks on the west side of Detroit They operate a large facility that serves many of the local area’s needs However, the size of the some of the buildings on the campus were simply too large for us to entertain as part of the proposal Right from the beginning, Covenant House Michigan seemed like the proper fit for the project proposal The size of the campus and the obvious need for an energy update on the campus helped us to finalize our selection for the project Because we are all college students, we saw a great opportunity to help other youth our age to have a future as bright as ours We encountered the facility manager at Covenant House, Jeff Coffey, who was very intrigued with our ideas Jeff’s previous experience as a facility manager with the Sisters Servants of the Immaculate Heart Figure – Residents of Covenant House of Mary in Monroe, MI, he had been exposed previously to a group hoping to go “green.” The Sisters in Monroe, more famously known by their initiative, “Blue Nuns Go Green,” had given Jeff an idea of how to reduce a non-profit’s environmental footprint After a few meetings and discussions with Jeff, it became clear that Jeff was enthusiastic about the project and was willing to help us in any way that he could Team Résumés Christopher R Valliere Senior Project Manager Solar Energy Team Email: crvallie@gmail.com Phone: 586.549.0765 Experience  Ferndale Electric Company – Ferndale, MI Assistant Project Manager  Motor City Electric Company – Detroit, MI Project Engineer Education  Wayne State University – Detroit, MI Bachelor of Science – Construction Management Technology o Dean’s List  Macomb Community College – Warren, MI Associate of Applied Science – Architectural Technology: Civil Construction o Certification: Architectural Residential Drafting and Design o Magna Cum Laude Qualifications      Over years in the electrical contracting industry Recently passed American Institute of Constructors Associate Constructor exam Coursework in Technical Communication, Engineering Project Management, and Green Energy OSHA 30 Hour Certification President – Student Chapter of Southeastern Michigan Chapter, NECA Phillip E Vaglica Energy & Sustainability Engineer Energy Efficiency Team Email: philvaglica@yahoo.com Phone: 586.738.5304 Experience  Ideal Contracting Company – Detroit, MI Estimator  Motor City Electric Company – Detroit, MI Project Engineer  Gateway Engineering and Surveying – Shelby Township, MI Survey Assistant / CAD Designer Education  Wayne State University – Detroit, MI Bachelor of Science – Construction Management Technology  Macomb Community College – Warren, MI Associate of General Education Qualifications      Over years in the construction industry Coursework in Construction Law, Construction Management, and Green Energy OSHA 30 Hour Certification Experience in Computer Aided Drafting Secretary – Student Chapter of Southeastern Michigan Chapter, NECA Salvatore R Lo Duca Lighting Designer Lighting Team Email: sloduca44@gmail.com Phone: 734.626.2525 Experience  Woodcrafting LLC – Warren, MI Finish Carpenter  Land Development Consulting Services – Macomb, MI Civil Engineer Intern  MJC Companies – Macomb, MI Superintendent Assistant Education  Wayne State University – Detroit, MI Bachelor of Science – Construction Management Technology o Dean’s List Qualifications     Exposed to construction job sites since age of Coursework in Mechanical & Electrical Systems and Construction Methods OSHA 30 Hour Certification Treasurer – Student Chapter of Southeastern Michigan Chapter, NECA Bradley J Schornak Chief Estimator Estimating, Scheduling, & Finance Team Email: bradschornak13@yahoo.com Phone: 586.321.6925 Experience  Sachse Construction – Detroit, MI Cost Engineer  Sachse Construction – Detroit, MI Project Engineer Intern Education  Wayne State University – Detroit, MI Bachelor of Science – Construction Management Technology o Accepted into Irvin D Reid Honors College  Macomb Community College – Warren, MI Associate of General Studies o Dean’s List Qualifications     years in the construction industry – residential and commercial Coursework in Construction Accounting, Estimating, and Planning & Scheduling Recently passed American Institute of Constructors Associate Constructor exam OSHA 30 Hour Certification Annemarie L East Outreach & Volunteer Coordinator Outreach Team Email: Annemarie.east@wayne.edu Phone: 248.797.2662 Experience  Michigan Department of Transportation – Detroit, MI Construction Inspector Co-Op Education  Wayne State University – Detroit, MI Bachelor of Science – Civil & Environmental Engineering Qualifications     Coursework in Environmental Engineering, Construction Management President of the Wayne State Chapter: American Society of Civil Chapters Social Chair of the Wayne State Chapter: Society of Women Engineers Awarded Outstanding Senior in Service Feedback Letter from Client/Documentation of Volunteer Effort 36 Article in University Newsletter The Wayne State NECA student chapter was formed in the spring/summer of 2016 with a mission to participate in the “Green Energy Challenge.” NECA, which stands for National Electrical Contractors Association, is an organization that brings power, lighting, and communication technology to buildings and communities across the U.S Every year NECA sponsors a nationwide challenge, which asks students to implement green energy practices to their community mainly bringing more energy efficient designs to an existing structure This year will be Wayne State’s first time participating in the Green Energy Challenge This year’s challenge basis was a non-profit organization within the community, in which Covenant House Michigan was chosen Covenant House Michigan is a non-profit youth home that offers under privileged youths around the metro area a safe place to live and eat free of charge “One of the major reasons for choosing Covenant House for the Green Energy Challenge is because we saw a major need for an energy upgrade” as quoted by Chris, the president of the student organization The students also boasted the fact that they have the potential to reach homeless peers lives, and leave a lasting impact for Figure 18 - Spirit of Detroit Energy the betterment of the entire community The students have stated that there is an apparent need for an electrical up fitting of sorts for this out dated building located on the West side of the city While working on the project, the Wayne State student chapter made multiple visits to the site to evaluate the conditions of the structure, meet with contractors and facility personnel, and even volunteered their services with tasks like organizing old drawings and exterior maintenance: but that was just the beginning Over the course of the past three months the Wayne State student chapter have almost every Saturday to work on the project and assure that everything was going according to plan At these meetings, they would discuss what they have already finished as well as what 37 they need to before the next meeting “These meetings were very important and essential for a successful project,” stated Phil Vaglica, the chapter’s Secretary “The greatest part of this organization is the real-world implementation,” boasted Salvatore Lo Duca The students had boasted frequently on how their club interaction was direct training for what their major is founded upon as Construction Management students Their team consisted of 12 Wayne State students under the Construction Management Technology program, however, they broke our members down into five major groups to focus on certain tasks; these leaders were Project Managers for the Green Energy Challenge Their Senior Project Manager was Christopher Valliere, Philip Vaglica was their Energy Efficiency Engineer, Salvatore Lo Duca was the Lighting Designer, Brad Shornak was the Cheif Estimator and Annemarie East was the Outreach and Volunteer Coordinator Together these students pitched in to put together their project as Wayne State’s first participation in the Green Energy Challenge The chapter was animate on humbly sharing the credit for this great feat in our school’s history, they wanted to be sure to thank some of their contributing advisors and contractors Their sponsors include Matt Fletcher Home Inspections LLC, Michigan Solar Solutions, Ferndale Electric, and CI engineering solutions as well as their sponsoring organization, the Southeastern Michigan Chapter of NECA 38 Local NECA Chapter Interaction This is our first year as a student organization at Wayne State, and the relationship we’ve built with the Southeast Michigan Chapter of NECA has been short lived but we are very glad to have their assistance and guidance within our chapter Our local student chapter representative, Jim Chase, participates in on our meetings and assists in collaboration and brainstorming to help the Figure 19 - Meeting at Ferndale Electric chapter, our exposure, and fundraising Multiple members of the NECA family also participate in our meetings and have attended our GEC walkthroughs Representatives of local electrical contractors, members of the IBEW Local 58, and NECA Premier Partners have met with us in person, spoken to us on the phone, and provided resources whenever we requested Jim set up a tour at a local net-zero building in the Detroit area, the Local 58 IBEW Hall, and our inspiration and ideas on the technical aspect of our project started there Touring the IBEW Hall was a great experience that showed us the implementation of all the green technologies we learn about in our program and showed the real-world application and functions Seeing the data and pictures within our classroom settings is one thing, but being able to witness the operations of a netzero building and being given a tour by a master electrician have helped to solidify ideas in our minds SMCNECA and our student chapter are also in the middle of organizing large fundraisers to help get some of our chapter members to the NECA Convention in the fall, regardless of the results of the Green Energy Challenge We have volunteered our efforts, not only to the community, and our chosen facility, but also to NECA’s disposition in any aspect of help they need with us at any of these events The fundraising efforts that the student chapter has done separate from NECA have been very impressive, but we are very glad to be involved with NECA and be able to contribute our time and efforts for the betterment of our group 39 Jim Chase has also put us into contact with many electrical contractors in the Detroit area Representatives from Ferndale Electric, Centerline Electric, and Shaw Electric, along with many other contractors have been in contact with us from the creation of the Wayne State student chapter In the short tenure of our chapter, we have had members find employment through communication and a NECA Contractor/Student mixer that SMCNECA hosted for us This event functioned partially as a job fair and partially as a way for the local electrical contractors to meet the student chapter members and get to know us outside the walls of Wayne State Out of the 17 total members Figure 20 - NECA Student/Industry Mixer over the course of the chapter’s existence, an impressive number of student chapter members have been hired by NECA contractors, showing our commitment to SMCNECA The SMCNECA chapter also invited two of our members to attend the National NECA Convention in Boston this past October Since our chapter was still very new at the time of the convention, this gave our President and Vice President a valuable opportunity to meet other student chapters and to network with electrical contractors from around the country This opportunity laid the groundwork for the chapter’s next six months and beyond and gave us the confidence boost we needed to start the student chapter from scratch The involvement we’ve had with NECA has helped all of us students develop our professional experience Participating in the Green Energy Challenge and being involved with NECA has made all our members feel as if we were already professional construction managers The constant streams of communication between our clients, our contractors, our professors, our own team, and even Jim Chase has given us a feel of the professional world and has developed all of us as professionals We have spoken with many members of the SMCNECA family and they have given us great advice – noting our novice experience – and have mentored us throughout the Green Energy Challenge process Without the association with NECA, we wouldn’t be able to accomplish a fraction of what we have done so far We are thankful for their professional guidance and complexity they have brought to this chapter and to us as individuals 40 Appendix A - Existing Reflected Ceiling Plans Caritas Existing Reflected Ceiling Plan 41 ROP Existing Reflected Ceiling Plan 42 - THIS FIXTURE LAYOUT DOES NOT CLAIM ABSOLUTE ACCURACY BUT RATHER A GOOD REPRESENTATION OF THE EXISTING FLUORESCENT FIXTURES IN THE CHAPEL BUILDING BASED ON THE INFORMATION PROVIDED DURING THE WALKTHROUGH - THE FOOTCANDLE LEVELS ARE A REPRESENTATION OF WHAT COULD EXIST CURRENTLY Covenant House Existing Chapel Layout Existing Chapel Reflected Ceiling Plan T12 Lamps Designer Josh Roberts Date 4/28/2017 Scale Not to Scale Drawing No Summary Schedule Symbol Label AC Quantity Description Lamp 24 WHITE PAINTED SHEET METAL HOUSING, WHITE 24 CIRCUIT BOARDS EACH WITH 77 LEDS, FROSTED (LEDS), VERTICAL BASE-UP POSITION Institutional, Manufacturing, 2x4 T12 Lamp Fixture POLYCARBONATE LENS IN THE CENTER, FROSTED SIDE T12 Office,Lamps Retail, Ambient, Direct, Damp Location ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY-SIX WHITE LIGHT EMITTING DIODES Number Lamps Light Loss Factor 196 0.65 Wattage 38.8 128W UP 43 Copyright: C I Engineering Solutions 4/26/2017 of Appendix B – Photovoltaic System Design Documents Shading Analysis 44 Racking System Scale Drawings 45 Single-Line Diagram 46 Appendix C Detailed Cost Estimate 47 48 Appendix D – Donation Letter Company Name Company Contact Street Address City, ST 55505 Dear Electrical Construction Industry Potential Donor, Spirit of Detroit Energy has worked long hours over the past few months to complete an green energy upgrade proposal for Covenant House Michigan, located on Detroit’s west side S pirit of Detroit Energy is proposing a LED lighting retrofit, photovoltaic energy system installation, and many other cost saving measures for Covenant House Covenant House Michigan is a sanctuary for young people who have nowhere to go They provide shelter to young adults, aged 18-24, who have suffered from homelessness, drug and alcohol addiction, and/or physical and emotional abuse Residents of Covenant House are treated with respect by the staff and volunteers while working through rehabilitation and education programs Spirit of Detroit Energy is committed to delivering a sustainable future by providing technical excellence and ensuring the delivery of sustainable energy projects We aim to implement clean and economically viable energy, while allowing our clients to utilize funds from saved energy to provide a better standard of living to their residents Spirit of Detroit Energy is currently seeking donations to help launch the project for Covenant House: Donated labor from IBEW Local 58 Electricians and Apprentices Material for lighting retrofit such as fixtures and controls Material for PV installation such as solar modules and inverters Monetary donations of any size If you are interested in working with Spirit of Detroit Energy, donating to the project, or have questions, please contact Senior Project Manager of the Covenant House project Chris Valliere at crvallie@gmail.com or (586) 549-0765 Sincerely, Spirit of Detroit Energy Wayne State University 49 Special Thanks A huge amount of gratitude goes out to each of Spirit of Detroit Energy’s sponsors and mentors We could not have accomplished everything we have without all their help, and for that, we are truly grateful 50