Putting The Power Of Insulation To Work

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Putting The Power Of Insulation To Work
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Putting The Power Of Insulation To Work

• Voice of the Insulation Industry
• Represents contractors, distributors,
  fabricators, laminators and manufacturers
• Resource for mechanical insulation information
  in the commercial and industrial marketplace

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Insulation Currently in Commercial Buildings
Saves 1.51 Quadrillion BTUs Annually

• Equals a37 day supply of gasoline for the
  entire U.S.

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1998 Green Competitive Study Alliance to Save
Energy
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Insulation Currently in Commercial Buildings
Saves 1.51 Quadrillion BTUs Annually

• Equals 85 million trips coast to coast
• Equals 5 of the U.S. electrical usage

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1998 Green Competitive Study Alliance to Save
Energy
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Insulation Currently in Place in Commercial
Buildings

• Saves 211,000,000,000 pounds of CO2 from being
  emitted into the atmosphere each year

41 Million Acres
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1998 Green Competitive Study Alliance to Save
Energy
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Could We Do Better ?
YES ! ! !

• By just insulating to CODEand regularly
  maintaining the insulation system

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Trillion BTUs
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• 6 more days of gasoline
• 14 million more trips across the U.S.

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Insulation
Good For Business!
Good For The Environment!
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Putting the PowerOf Insulation To Work

• Simple
• No gauges
• No monitoring
• No computer chip

The benefits are invisible. We take it for
granted.
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Putting The Power Of Insulation To Work

• INSULATION
• Reduces energy cost
• Improves process control
• Controls condensation (corrosion ? mold)
• Reduces polluting emissions
• Provides personnel protection
• Improves work environment
• Considered a sustainable design technology that
  improves facility lifecycle costs
• Provides exceptional ROI

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Insulation The Forgotten Technology
Insulated Systems

• Proven but often overlooked
• Undervalued
• Applied but rarely engineered
• Not performing to capacity

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Engineered Insulation Systems Should Be Required

• Air Conditioning/Plumbing, Refrigeration, HVAC
• Brewing and Distilling
• Commercial Industrial Construction
• Power Generation
• Pulp Paper
• Petrochemical
• Refining
• Textiles

New Construction Maintenance
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Insulationa priorityor not
According to a recent survey

• No idea of the payback period
• Many areas in serious need of repair
• Could not quantify costs vs. savings
• Do not understand environmental tie in
• Many do not consider it necessary
• Do not relate CUI to insulation
• Outdated specifications
• No dedicated job function to address insulation
  specifications

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Reduces Energy Costs

• Insulation significantly reduces the energy
  requirements needed to run a facility and its
  processes.

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Improves Process Control

• Insulation helps maintain process temperatures
• Insulation improves product throughput

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Controls Condensation

• Moisture major cause of corrosion under
  insulation
• Moisture major cause of mold growth

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Reduces Polluting Emissions

• Insulation reduces plant emissions by reducing
  plant energy consumption

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Provides Personnel Protection

• Insulation provides personnel protection,
  protecting workers from hot/cold surfaces
• Insulation provides a comfortable and safe work
  environment

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Improves Work Environment

• Provides superior sound control in buildings and
  plant environments

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Improves Facility Life Cycle Costs
Sustainable Design Insulation systems can
reduce life cycle costs
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Provides Return on Investment (ROI)

• Many times less than 1 year
• Quicker return than nearly any other energy
  efficiency investment

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• Benefits exceed all expectations
• Its the ROI that counts

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Insulating Valves

• Bare
• 150 Steam
• 350F
• 7.00 MCF
• 447

• Insulated
• 150 Steam
• 350F
• 7.00 MCF
• 35

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Case In PointChemical Plant

• Steam line old, tattered insulation
• 100F temperature drop from boiler to turbine
  inlet
• 60,000 in energy savings potential if the line
  was insulated
• 15,000 estimate to do the work

• Steam line new insulation, specified for the
  process
• 10F temperature drop from boiler to turbine
  inlet
• 60,000 realized in energy savings
• 65,000 additional savings achieved via higher kW
  generation
• 125,000 annually saved for a 15,000 insulation
  investment

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Value of Engineered
Insulation Systems
Georgia-Pacific Plywood Plant

• 1500 lineal feet - Just 2 Inches of Insulation

• Reduced energy consumption by 7,212,000 Btu per
  hour
• Reduced drying time increased output
• Reduced C02 emissions by 5-6
• Saved 18 tons of fuel per day - no longer needed
  to purchase outside fuel
• Reduced surface temperature of insulation system
  to 85F for personnel protection

Calculations made using NAIMA 3E Plus computer
program
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Oil RefineryIllustrative Example

• Oil refinery utilizes125,000 per day
• 356 miles or 1.87 million lineal feet
• 21 insulation is missing or damaged
• Appraisal Assumptions
• 8 NPS
• 600 ºF
• 1.5 insulation

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Oil RefineryHeat Loss Analysis
7,000
Uninsulated pipe
6,500
6,000
5,500
5,000
4,500
4,000
Pipe with damaged or missing insulation
3,500
Heat Loss, BTU / hr - LF
3,000
2,500
2,000
1,500
Pipe insulated with 1.5" pipe insulation
1,000
500
0
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Oil Refinery Summary

• 398,000 lineal feet of 8 pipe needed to be
  insulated 1.5 inches of insulation
• Heat loss estimated at 26 billion btu per day
• If left as its -- 5800 barrels - 67 million
  wasted
• Cost to reinsulate - 8 million
• Payback 1.4 months

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Value of Engineered Insulation Systems
Government Office Building

• Project Requirements
• Achieve Energy Star Rating
• Achieve LEED Certification from USGBC
• Apply lifecycle cost principles in design
• Design Response
• Insulation, building orientation and window
  placement reduced annual energy usage by 40
• Added insulation had immediate payback via
  reduction in size of HVAC system

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Value of Engineered Insulation Systems
Fortune 100 Office Building (Austin, TX)

• Environmental Goals
• Insulation system reduced building energy usage
  by 20 - below ASHRAE 90.1-99
• Earned LEED certification from US Green Buildings
  Council
• First costs offset by reduced HVAC and Electrical
  equipment. ROI - 2 years
• Improved occupant comfort and productivity

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Resurrecting a Lost Technology
Think about insulation systems differently.
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Tools Now Available
CERTIFIED

• Insulation Energy Appraisal Program

• Insulation System Assessment
• Places dollar value on savings and losses
• Addresses ROI

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National Insulation Training Program
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Putting The Power Of Insulation To Work
NIA The Insulation Industry Resource

• Resource Guide
• Manufacturers Technical Library
• Insulation Outlook
• Appraisers
• Website

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Tools Now Available
3E Plus

• Insulation thickness software program
• Free download _at_ www.pipeinsulation.org

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Partners in Knowledge
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Putting The Power Of Insulation To Work
Thank You.
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