When Energy Measurement and Verification is WRONG.. What Do You Do?

Authors

  • James P. Waltz P.E., CEM, A.C.F.E. President Energy Resource Associates, Inc. Member, International Performance Measurement And Verification Protocol Technical Committee

Abstract

Performance contracting is all the rage for facility and energy
managers today. All the ESPs and ESCOs include facility infrastructure
services and commodity in their list of offerings (as a quick tour of the
Internet will reveal.) But who is actually qualified to do an Energy Sav-
ings Performance Contract, and is “counting the beans” at the end of the
process all you need to do for a building owner? This article provides a
down-to-earth discussion of the “dark” side of energy Measurement and
Verification—what to do about it when it goes “south” on you. It is
based on the author’s two decades of experience in the performance
contracting field, and from his nationwide seminar on performance con-
tracting.

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Author Biography

James P. Waltz, P.E., CEM, A.C.F.E. President Energy Resource Associates, Inc. Member, International Performance Measurement And Verification Protocol Technical Committee

James P. Waltz, President of Energy Resource Associates, Inc., is an acknowledged pioneer in the field of energy management.

Specializing in the mechanical, electrical and control systems of existing buildings, Mr. Waltz’s firm has accomplished a wide variety of facilities projects, recently including a corporate-wide energy management program review for a major hospital chain, design of a replacement chilled water plant for a northern California hospital, on-site recommissioning of the entire building automation system for another large northern California hospital and audit and expert testimony relating to a failed energy services contract for a large southern California hospital.

Mr. Waltz’s firm was the State of California’s sole performance contracting consultant for the development of the State’s ESPC program and provides performance contracting owner’s representative services for such clients as San Francisco Unified School District. Mr. Waltz’s credentials include a bachelors degree in mechanical engineering, a masters degree in business administration, Professional Engineering Registration in three states, charter member of and Certified Energy Manager of the Association of Energy Engineers (AEE), member of the Association of Energy Services Professionals (AESP), Demand Side Management Society (DSMS) and the American Society of Heating Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE).

Mr. Waltz serves as a member of the DOE’s measurement and verification protocol technical committee, which is responsible for the recently released International Performance Measurement and Verification Protocol (IPMVP), formerly known as the North American Energy Measurement & Verification Protocol (NEMVP).

Mr. Waltz was named International Energy Engineer of the Year in 1993 by the Association of Energy Engineers (AEE) and teaches a nationwide performance contracting seminar through the AEE. He may be reached at eraenergy. com.

Energy Resource Associates, 1626 Holmes Street, Livermore, CA 94550; (t) 925-447-1140; (f) 925-447-1706; eraenergy.com; wwweraenergy.com

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Published

2023-07-11

How to Cite

Waltz, J. P. . (2023). When Energy Measurement and Verification is WRONG. What Do You Do? . Strategic Planning for Energy and the Environment, 22(1), 38–50. Retrieved from https://journals.riverpublishers.com/index.php/SPEE/article/view/20289

Issue

2002: Vol 22 Iss 1 2002-2003

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Articles