Name
Improving Situational Awareness for Utilities Operators and Energy Managers
Date & Time
Tuesday, November 13, 2018, 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Scott Smith
Description

University of Maryland

450 buildings,

15.5m + gross square feet

Combined Heat and Power (CHP) plant

 

Over the past 28 months, the University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP) has made significant advancements in its campus infrastructure management and 3rd-party services provider performance using the OSIsoft PI System. Improvements in billing accuracy and reliability, multi-system integration, infrastructure monitoring and outage alerts, and access to new data and visualizations have initiated the transformation of UMCP’s Facilities Management (FM) team from a reactive service model to an integrated, service management-focused organization.

 

Significant improvement in situational awareness

  • Faster electrical outage response times of up to 90 minutes
  • Asset Health and Status for CHP Plant
  • Notifications for campus event
  • Control room dashboards for campus operations
 

Significant improvement in financial operations

  • Up to $500,000 annually in cost avoidance from mechanical room flood prevention.
  • Power Import vs Generation Analysis
  • Retrofit analysis
Session Type
Learning
Opus 1 - 2nd fl