Laboratory Equipment Rebates, The First Years Allen Doyle, MS Chemical Oceanography, CEM Sustainability Manager, UC Davis California Higher Education Sustainability Conference June 18, 2014

Laboratory Equipment Rebates Rebate Goal: Environmentally Preferred Procurement (EPP) Supplement to strategic contracts with sustainability criteria Focuses only on payback—e.g. energy Shift buyers Shift the market

Laboratory Equipment Rebates Types of Rebates Replacement vs. old equipment – Baseline measurement important; identify “zombies New Equipment vs. competitors – Baseline defined by published or measured averages Sharing??? Not buying – Baseline determined by trust and personal relationship

Laboratory Equipment Rebates Sources Regional Utility Company – Needs a serial # of replacement or data trail Campus Utility/Facilities Department – Determined by campus policy Deans – Occurs when Schools billed for utilities

Energy Data from Manufacturers

$ $ $$ $$ $ Rebates vs. Level Benchmark: W/CF B = 40

$ $ $$ $$ $ Rebates vs. Declining Benchmark:

Penalty vs. ceiling benchmark? $ $ $ $ $$ $$ $

Idealized Calculations Energy Savings: $S = (W/CF B -W/CF F ) * CF * Y * $/kWh * h/Y Rebate: $R = % * $S W/CF B Watts/CF Benchmark CF Cubic Feet volume W/CF F Watts/CF New Freezer Y Years Projected Savings $/kWh Electricity cost % Rebate portion Savings

Survey Questions Equipment Type Criteria Energy Measurement Required? Rebate Amounts; Total Budget Duration & number Fund Source & Admin

Survey “Method” 100+ :”Green Labs Planning” members polled nationwide Equipment Type Criteria Energy Measurement? Rebate amount Budget Start Date Fund Source How many given out

Refrigerator and Freezer Rebates CampusCriteria Rebate Amt Budget, StartSourceNumber UCSF Buy "Energy Efficient"$ Public Utility SEP none yet CU Boulder Retire or replace Dispose, Decomm Facilities10/year UC Davis Pre-’95, Buy Estar D&D + $400 $20k 2008Facilities50 Stanford Any item Payback < 6 yearsup to $50k ~$1M, 1993FacilitiesMany

Ultra Low Freezer Rebates CampusCriteria Rebate Amt Budget, StartSourceNumber UCSF Energy Efficient $5, SEP0 Private Research CenterStirlingDifference $40k 2014Facilities5 DukeStirling $3,000 $15k 2013Dean7 HarvardStirling Facilities7

UL Freezers: Other Savings Annual Costs in Higher Education and Private Sector Payee LowHigh ElectricityCampus kWh/d $ 475 $ 700 CoolingCampus 20-30% $ 100 $ 300 Floor SpacePI $30 $ 600 $ 900 MaintenancePI Filters, repairs, __alarms $ 200 $ 400 Cap. Cost, H.E.NIH, NSF, … PI time, 60 min “FreezerFairy” Cap. Cost, P.S.Pharma… 8-16 y amortiz. $ 500 $ 1,750 TOTAL $ 1,875 $ 4,050

UL Freezers: Other Costs Annual Costs in Higher Education and Private Sector Payee LowHigh ElectricityCampus kWh/d $ 475 $ 700 CoolingCampus 20-30% $ 100 $ 300 Floor SpacePI $30 $ 600 $ 900 MaintenancePI Filters, repairs, __alarms $ 200 $ 400 Cap. Cost, H.E.NIH, NSF, … PI time, 60 min “FreezerFairy” Cap. Cost, P.S.Pharma… 8-16 y amortiz. $ 500 $ 1,750 TOTAL $ 1,875 $ 4,050

Life Cycle Cost per FT 3 All

Other Rebates CU-Boulder CriteriaRebate AmtStartSourceNumber Move DNA to -20 or dry; No buy for 2 y. Free -20 or $750 for RTSS supplies2012Facilities 3 Freezers no RTSS Share 1/4 UL freezer $200 Gift card2010Facilities~5 Aspirators in-use, retire $ vac pump2010Facilitiesa few

Laboratory Equipment Rebates 2.0?

Thank You Allen Doyle, MS Chemical Oceanography Sustainability Manager, UC Davis California Higher Education Sustainability Conference June 23, 2013

Rebates vs. benchmarks: 2010 ULF Manufacturer’s data