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The ten design target values for the Royal Playhouse are shown in the table. The expected values are shown together with the actually achieved values. A comment indicates the status of the design target.

Target

Expected

Actual

Comment

Overall
Total heating consumption 1530 MWh/year 1244 MWh/year Achieved
Total electricity consumption 1131 MWh/year 1366 MWh/year Much larger time of use than expected. Would be achieved if time of use was as originally expected
Total energy consumption 2661 MWh/year 2610 MWh/year Achieved in spite of larger time of use
Integrated Climate Belt energy storage
Utilisation of stored heat from heat pump 250 MWh/year Compressor has been activated June 2009 as heat pump. Measurements are continued
Heat pump and seawater cooling
Max. heat demand 1-1.5 MW 1.1 MW Achieved. Based on heating degree days
Electricity consumption, heat pump 56 MWh/year Potential shown Basis for consumption has been shown
Annual savings in CO2 76 % 71 % (potential) Potential has been proven based on measurement of sea water.
Optimised and intelligent controlled ventilation systems incl. BEMS
Heating consumption, ventilation 367 MWh/year 324 - 487 MWh/year Achieved when time of operation is over 4.5 hours a day for 150 days a year. This has been the case, so far
Annual savings in CO2 49 % 67 % Achieved
Environmentally friendly concrete
Savings in CO2 26 % Achieved

The overall impression is that the targets have all been fulfilled or - in a few cases - the potential for fulfilling the target has been shown.

This is the case even in spite of a building that has turned out to be hugely successful in the first 1.5 year of operation, meaning that the time of operation has been much longer than expected. Thus, the electricity consumption related to especially ventilation, lighting and technical stage equipment has been larger.

Because of the complexity of the building, some of the systems have not functioned as designed during the initial phase of the life span of the building. This is the case for the cooling central, which has not yet reached its full potential, as the compressor units have only functioned as cooling machines and not as heat pumps. A flaw in the initial design of the cooling central has been changed, and the cooling central is now functioning to supply both heating and cooling to the thermo-active slabs. However, since only limited data exist, it has not been possible to show that the targets related to the cooling central have been met. Instead, the potential is shown by assessing the data that are available. Once the system has operated using the full potential in the cooling central, the energy consumption will drop to an even lower value than today.

Concerning heating energy, the building is using 19% less than expected. This is a big success and shows that the overall building design has a low requirement for heating.

Concerning electricity consumption, the building uses 23% more than originally expected. This is due to the fact that the time of use is over 40% longer than originally expected. If data are recalculated to the expected time of use, the building would have met the design target value.

Finally, it should be mentioned that the investigations made will lead to further energy savings, as several systems can be optimized to achieve even lower energy consumption. This is especially the case for ventilation and lighting. For further information see the Monitoring Report.


Library

The library is extensively equipped with energy meters for heating, cooling, ventilation and electricity. The energy meters are connected to the BEMS and the building users have the possibility of surveying the energy consumption on an aggregated level through the BEMS. If necessary, a more detailed level is possible. At the present time, some corrections to the BEMs have to be made with respect to the correct presentation of the energy use. All facilities are installed, and the BEMS will become an important tool to reduce the energy consumption to a minimum.
The principal flows of energy are the heat, cold and electricity usage. In the table underneath, the overall results for the year 2008 are presented.

Month

Heat

Cold

Electricity

GJ

MWh

GJ

MWh

MWh

January 901 250.3 206 57.2 311.129
February 700 194.5 159 44.1 288.161
March 805 223.6 186 51.7 275.200
April 456 126.7 181 50.3 292.182
May 282 78.3 748 207.8 295.449
June 135 37.5 376 104.4 329.348
July 133 36.9 698 193.9 314.407
August 101 28.1 771 214.2 332.116
September 259 71.9 435 120.8 372.835
October 475 131.9 274 76.1 359.303
November 803 223.1 263 73.1 377.073
December 1299 360.8 295 81.9 336.956

Total

6349

1764

4592

1275

3884.2


The data have not been corrected for degree days. These are the data on the meter level or so to say the level of the building. The data have to be calculated back to primary energy use. For the heat and cold, the Coefficient Of Performance (COP) has to be used to determine the primary energy use. For the electricity, the efficiency of the power generation in the Netherlands has to be taken into account. At this moment, a factor of 0.39 has been used. The COP and efficiency factors are in line with the factors used in the obligatory energy performance calculation. This calculation was made in order to get a building permit.

Meters

Primary energy

Design

GJ

ngen

GJ

MJ/m2

MJ/m2

Heat 6349 4.2 x 0.39 3876 139 118
Cold 4592 12 383 14 7
Electricity 12673 0.39 32494 1169 481

Total

1322

606


The electricity use of the in house restaurant is estimated to be 364 MWh/yr and is subtracted because this was outside the original design.

Looking at the data in the tables, a number of observations and comments can be made immediately:
  • Heat and cold usage are within the target range. Additional cold usage can be explained by the larger electricity use and extra heat usage.
  • The target values for heating have been met. For cooling and electricity the values are higher than expected. The main deviation is the electricity use.
  • Electricity use is far off the expected value. Further analysis is necessary. This is currently under investigation.


Opera House

The Opera House is one of Oslo's most famous tourist attractions and is therefore a perfect arena for demonstrating energy effective technologies.

The Opera House is extensively equipped with energy meters for heating, cooling, ventilation and electricity. The energy meters are connected to the BEMS, and the users have the possibility of surveying the energy consumption down to a detailed level through the BEMS. At the present time, the BEMS is not completely running, but is used. The BEMS has already proved to be an important tool to reduce the energy consumption to a minimum.

Corrected budget with respect to area:

Year

2004

2009

Area m2 35000 47000
(kWh/m2.yr) (kWh/year) (kWh/year)
Room heating 37 1288000 1729600
Ventilation heating 34 1198718 1609707
Heating of hot water 10 350000 470000
Fans and pumps 41 1436914 1929570
Cooling (compressors) 20 682500 916500
Humidifying 21 732153 983177
Light 11 393273 528109
Theatretechnical equipment 22 787116 1056984
Msc 18 645336 866594

Sum 1-8

218

7514010

10090242

Outdoor area = 900 m2
9 outdoor snowmelting 3 90000 120857

Sum 1-9

217

7604010

10211099

District heating 84 2926718 3930164
Electricity cooling 20 682500 916500
Electricity rest 114 3994792 5364435

Sum

217

7604010

10211099


In 2008, the energy consumption for the Opera House was 5.708.480 kWh from district heating and 9.712.245 kWh from electricity, which is much higher than the predicted. Calculations and measurements have been done to document the saving potential that is related to the operation of the technical plants in the Opera House. The results show that the energy savings potential at the Opera House are significant for both thermal and electrical energy.

According to calculations of a high and low energy budget, the biggest potential for reducing the energy consumption from district heating is related to ventilation, snow melting and room heating, respectively.

Simplified calculations considering running times of all the ventilation aggregates in the Opera House showed that the energy consumption can be reduced to almost 1/5 by changing operation conditions from continuously running of all aggregates on maximal capacity all year through to 10 hours' running a day, 5 days a week, with VAV systems running with an average capacity of 50 % during operation.



The difference between the actual and the predicted electrical energy consumption can be explained by several factors: the original energy budget for electricity did not include energy consumption for conducting the restaurant, the workshops or the electrical snow melting system. These are all major posts regarding the electricity consumption. In addition, the bus system that is managing the light control has been out of function. The light has therefore been on continually in the main part of the building. The bus system is programmed these days, and the electrical energy consumption will most likely decrease significantly when the control system is running.

The findings from the tests and monitoring lead to activities as described in chapter 3.5 performance tests during 2. and 3. quarter of 2009.

Results show that these tests lead to great improvements and reduction of energy consumption. The following figures show the monitored monthly total energy use and energy use for district heating in the opera house in 2008 and 2009.






Both figures show a remarkable change in energy use the second part of 2009. This change is a direct result of the improvement process that will continue.

The results show that we are now within ECO culture target for 2010 for heating and cooling.



The solar cells on south façade of the Opera House have been running since 12 February 2009 and had produced 6112 kWh per 29 May. The solar panels had some reduced capacity due to problems with some inverters, only 22 kW was working properly a part of the year. This is now corrected. The expected production in 2010 is 16 % higher than the original budget. In addition to having a utilitarian value, the solar cells demonstrate to the public that the Opera House is focusing on renewable energy and is concerned with the environment.

ECO
Budget

Monitored 2009
after 12/2-09

Budget
2010

kWh kWh kWh
Solar cells 20618 18000 24000

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