1. RESILIENCY – ANOTHER FRUIT OF COMBINED HEAT & POWER (CHP)
6th Annual United States Green Business Council (USGBC) Energy Summit
Doubletree Hotel Greenway Plaza, Houston TX
Oct 13th 2016
Suresh Jambunathan, Veolia North America
E-mail: Suresh.jambunathan@veolia.com
Phone: 630-335-4544
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WHO IS VEOLIA?

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NYU campus CHP (13.4 MW + 90 ,000 lb/hr steam)
– 2013 EPA Energy Star awardee
Hurricane Sandy in 2012
◦ Total regional losses: $30-$50 billion
◦ NYSE shutdown loss ~$7 billion
◦ CHP enabled facilities “powered” on. Your
dollar value to “light in the darkness”
quantifies your risk tolerance.
“Regular” CHP energy savings of $5 MM/yr are
extra. CHP is the core of a microgrid and serves
22-buildings with power, steam/hot water.
Global warming is predicted to increase frequency
of severe weather events - an argument favoring
resiliency?
RESILIENCY & CHP - WHY DOES IT MATTER? FOLLOW THE MONEY!

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RESILIENCY = REDUNDANCY + RELIABILITY
Resiliency: “ability to quickly recover from or adjust to misfortune or change” (Merriam
Webster dictionary)
◦ Redundancy = ‘N+1” sources of electric and thermal energy
◦ Availability = Hours/year of reliable energy supply
Attaining 100% resiliency is impossible. But a properly operated & maintained CHP system
backed up by the grid gets you really close to 100%.
ANCILLARY CHP BENEFITS
◦ Environmentally conscious investments increase enterprise value….. Indirect, but very
real benefit of a CHP investment
◦ Sustainability is not in conflict with profitability.

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SCHEMATIC VIEW AND COST-VALUE TRADEOFFS
https://www1.eere.energy.gov/manufacturing/distributedenergy/pdfs/chp_critical_facilities.pdf
CHP backs the electric grid (or vice versa).
Thermal energy supply backs up package
boilers
CRITICAL FACILITIES:
Water & WW Treatment Plants
Hospitals & Prisons
Military & Police HQ’s
Police and fire stations
Datacenters
Emergency & community shelters

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Set objectives & gather data
Quickly conceptualize configurations + appraise (FEL2 or FEL3)
Project development
Technical: Configuration, engineering, procurement, construction
Legal: Structure of contracting entities (LLC, S or C Corp etc…)
Commercial: Contracts for fuel, power, O&M, grants & incentives
Environmental: Permits
Financial: Financial models, equity & debt
Risks & Mitigants: Project Execution Plan (PEP)
PLAN FOR RESILIENCY DURING CHP PROJECT DEVELOPMENT

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RESILIENCY CAN BE VALUED DURING CHP PROJECT DEVELOPMENT
Capturing the value of resiliency
helps deploy more projects

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Leader in value-added environmental solutions to
cities, businesses, campuses and industries
QUESTIONS?