BOARD OF REGENTS NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION
Dramatic Residential Demand Reduction in the Desert Southwest
Description:
UNLV, Pulte Homes and Nevada Power Company have formed a unique partnership with the common goal of working with the US Department of Energy to achieve dramatic peak demand reduction and energy efficiency in a new sustainable residential community in Las Vegas called Villa Trieste. This high-profile partnership seeks to prove to the public, to homebuyers, and to homebuilders that such a model is economical, achievable, replicable, and environmentally responsible.
The partnership proposes to address the challenges outlined in the DOE funding opportunity in a manner that seeks to significantly exceed DOE goals while at the same time attempting to reduce the cost share contribution from DOE by educating consumers, ratepayers, and government and industry decision makers of the value of strategic investments in distributed generation, energy efficiency, smart grid technology, energy storage, and demand response.
Description of overall purpose and Expected outcome.
Peak load reduction scenario and sensitivity analyses will be performed in cost-benefit models to optimize capital deployed, with the goal of demonstrating a minimum 65% reduction in peak electricity demand at the feeder/substation level from a production homebuilder development. In accomplishing this, several new technological approaches will be developed and incorporated.
The partnership is targeting building integrated photovoltaic systems, battery energy storage, and consumer products linked to advanced meter infrastructure to enable and facilitate demand response. Pulte Homes is targeting a minimum of 45% peak load reduction compared to code requirements via aggressive energy efficiency measures. Nevada Power Company is providing labor, capital, advance meter infrastructure, distribution design and modeling, and demand response program development. UNLV is providing dynamic analyses of the impact of large-scale battery storage as it interacts with the power requirements of the subdivision and research-based simulations to optimize the physical and economic deployment of photovoltaic systems among the rooftops of the Villa Trieste development.
The partnership will also perform consumer research to determine the acceptance, understanding, and utilization of energy information and demand response opportunities, and the impact on home sales and/or prices due to the advanced features of the homes and the positive net present value of such incremental upfront investments.
Significant deliverables:
Deliverable 1: Phase I, Task 1.0 Letter outlining administrative structure as re-evaluated.
Deliverable 2: Phase I, Task 2.0 Letter briefly outlining the approach simulations to be used.
Deliverable 3: Phase I, Task 4.0 Listing of components and software examined.
Deliverable 4: Phase I, Task 3.0 Summary of various findings of simulations. Deliverable5: Phase I, Task 5.0 Configuration decision.
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| AWARD OVERVIEW |
| Award Number |
NT02873 |
Funding Agency |
Department of Energy |
| Total Award Amount |
$5,724,709 |
Project Location - City |
Las Vegas |
| Award Date |
07/20/2009 |
Project Location - State |
NV |
| Project Status |
More than 50% Completed |
Project Location - Zip |
89154-1055
|
| Jobs Reported |
19.73 |
Congressional District |
01 |
| Project Location - Country |
US |
|
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Recipient Information
(Grants)
| Recipient Information (Grants) |
|
Recipient Name
|
BOARD OF REGENTS NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION |
| Recipient DUNS Number |
098377336
|
| Recipient Address |
4505 S MARYLAND PKWY |
| Recipient City |
LAS VEGAS |
| Recipient State |
Nevada |
| Recipient Zip |
89154-9900 |
| Recipient Congressional District |
01 |
| Recipient Country |
USA |
Required to Report Top 5
Highly Compensated Officials |
No |
Projects and Jobs Information
| Projects and Jobs Information |
| Project Title |
Dramatic Residential Demand Reduction in the Desert Southwest Code 2006030 |
| Project Status |
More than 50% Completed |
| Final Project Report Submitted |
No |
| Project Activities Description |
Unknown |
| Quarterly Activities/Project Description |
Status of the Project: 129 homes are occupied, 4 additional units are being used as models, 21 houses are in production, and there are 3 inventory spec homes at this time. This gives a total house count of 157 homes that are either complete or at some stage of construction, out of the 185 planned homes. The builder estimates that the project will complete construction in the December 2013?January 2014 time period. As noted in last quarter?s report, the solar panel supplier has been changed from SunPower to Solar City, and the installation of these panel-type units (as compared to the roof-integrated shake-type design previously) is moving along. The Control 4 thermostat module noted in the previous quarterly report has been eliminated, and the builder is installing new thermostats supplied by NV Energy. The initial test battery has been installed prior to the last quarterly report and background evaluation began. Some remote communication/control issues were present in the initial period of operation, and these have now been resolved. Charging/discharging tests are being carried out daily now. As a result of these tests some bugs in the charging algorithms have been identified (e.g. the battery was only going up to ~87% SOC). Work on the Intelligent Agent has focused on setting up a summer testing program with it. Details of this are being worked out. |
| Jobs Created |
19.73 |
| Description of Jobs Created |
1 Research Engineer,2 Software Engineer, 1 Grant Coodinator, 1 Programmer,1 Research Assistant,2 Pulte employees (construction manager and sales associate). Estimated 13 field construction labor employees (consistent with 2011 analysis);NV Energy 1 Engineer, 1 Project Mangager
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Purchaser Information
(Grants)
| Purchaser Information |
| Contracting Office ID |
Not Reported |
| Contracting Office Name |
Not Available |
| Contracting Office Region |
Not Available |
| TAS Major Program |
89-0328 |
| Award Information |
| Award Date |
07/20/2009 |
| Award Number |
NT02873 |
| Order Number |
|
| Award Type |
Grants |
| Funding Agency ID |
89 |
| Funding Agency Name |
Department of Energy |
| Funding Office Name |
Not Available |
| Awarding Agency ID |
89 |
| Awarding Agency Name |
Department of Energy |
| Amount of Award |
$5,724,709 |
| Funds Invoiced/Received |
$1,889,940 |
| Expenditure Amount |
$1,922,583 |
| Infrastructure Expenditure Amount |
$0 |
| Infrastructure Purpose and Rationale |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact Name |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact Email |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact Phone |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact Address |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact City |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact State |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact Zip |
Not Reported |
Product or Service Information
(Grants)
| Product or Service Information |
| Primary Activity Code |
Z - NTEE |
| Activity Description |
Unknown |
| Sub-Awards Information |
| Sub-awards to Organizations |
2 |
| Sub-award Amounts to Organizations |
$1,480,116 |
| Sub-Awards to Individuals |
2 |
| Sub-Award Amounts to Individuals |
$1,480,116 |
| Number of Sub-awards less than $25,000/award |
0 |
| Amount of Sub-awards less than $25,000/award |
$0 |
| Number of payments to vendors greater than $25,000 |
2 |
| Total Amount of payments to vendors greater than $25,000/award |
$843,774 |
| Number of payments to vendors less than $25,000/award |
26 |
| Total Amount of payments to vendors less than $25,000/award |
$8,351 |
Sub-award 11-701N-01 - NEVADA POWER COMPANY
| Sub-Award Amount |
$480,429 |
| Sub-Award Date |
07/01/2010 |
| Sub-Awards Disbursed |
$87,257.02 |
| Project Location - City |
Las Vegas |
| Project Location - State |
NV |
| Project Location - Zip Code |
89146-3060 |
| Project Location - Congressional District |
01 |
| Sub-Recipient DUNS Number |
006970891
|
| Sub-Recipient Address |
6226 W SAHARA AVE |
| Sub-Recipient City |
LAS VEGAS |
| Sub-Recipient State |
Nevada |
| Sub-Recipient Zip Code |
89146-3060 |
| Sub-Recipient Congressional District |
01 |
Required To Report Top 5
Highly Compensated Officials |
No |
Sub-award 11-701N-00 - PULTE HOMES CORPORATION
| Sub-Award Amount |
$999,687 |
| Sub-Award Date |
07/01/2010 |
| Sub-Awards Disbursed |
$946,156.18 |
| Project Location - City |
Las Vegas |
| Project Location - State |
NV |
| Project Location - Zip Code |
89113-2092 |
| Project Location - Congressional District |
03 |
| Sub-Recipient DUNS Number |
360946987
|
| Sub-Recipient Address |
8345 W SUNSET RD |
| Sub-Recipient City |
LAS VEGAS |
| Sub-Recipient State |
Nevada |
| Sub-Recipient Zip Code |
89113-2092 |
| Sub-Recipient Congressional District |
03 |
Required To Report Top 5
Highly Compensated Officials |
No |
IES - Award Number NT02873 - IES
| Award Number |
NT02873 |
| Sub-Award Number |
11-701N-00 |
| Vendor DUNS Number |
834832631 |
| Vendor HQ Zip Code + 4 |
77477 |
| Vendor Name |
IES |
| Product and Service Description |
Not reported |
| Payment Amount |
$109,825 |
Sunpower Corporation - Award Number NT02873 - Sunpower Corporation
| Award Number |
NT02873 |
| Sub-Award Number |
11-701N-00 |
| Vendor DUNS Number |
183869593 |
| Vendor HQ Zip Code + 4 |
95134-1506 |
| Vendor Name |
Sunpower Corporation |
| Product and Service Description |
Not reported |
| Payment Amount |
$733,949 |
| Location Information |
| Latitude, Longitude |
36º 6' 27",
-115º 8' 14" |
| Congressional District |
01 |
| Address 1 |
4505 Maryland Parkway |
| Address 2 |
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| City |
Las Vegas |
| County |
Clark |
| State |
NV |
| Zip |
89154-1055 |
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