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What is Net Zero Plus?
The electrical industry is currently undergoing a revolution brought about by new and improved
energy-efficiency practices, the integration of renewable energy on to the electrical grid, new and
emerging clean technologies, and changing governmental and regulatory requirements. These rapid
changes require collaborative leadership from labor and management to prepare its workforce with
state-of-the-art training for new and exciting careers in the industry.
Net Zero Plus, pioneered by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 11 and the Los
Angeles Chapter of the National Electrical Contractors Association at their Net Zero Plus Electrical
Training Institute(NZP ETI), will revolutionize the way buildings use, produce, store, and sell energy.
Net Zero Plus unites energy-efficiency practices, new and emerging clean-energy technologies,
improved grid resiliency, and career development at a national center of excellence in energy
technology and training.
What makes the NZP ETI a Net Zero Plus building?
The NZP ETI is a Net Zero Plus building because it utilizes energy-efficient design aspects and
technologies and generates more energy than it uses on an annual basis. With an annual energy
demand of nearly 1 megawatt (MW), the NZP ETI will produce more energy than the building
requires. It will also be designed to the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED Gold Standard,
receiving all 19 points in the Energy and Atmosphere category, and the International Living Future
Institute’s Living Building Challenge Net Zero Energy Build Award, a third-party certification for Net
Zero buildings.
What technology is featured at the NZP ETI to reach Net Zero Plus?
The NZP ETI will be a national showcase for small commercial to utility scale energy technologies of
the future. This facility will include:
• Smart Grid and Smart Meter lab
• Grid-scale energy storage system
• Advanced lighting control technologies
• Data management systems
• High-efficiency heating and cooling systems
• Rooftop and parking shade structure-mounted PV solar panels
• High-efficiency chilled water mechanical system
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What design features and energy-efficiency practices are utilized at the
NZP ETI?
Innovative technologies in energy-efficient building design for lighting, plug load strategies, heating,
and air conditioning will be utilized at the NZP ETI. The NZP ETI will feature these building design
components: operable and dimmable skylights, highly efficient industrial fans, LED lighting, an
exterior solar shading device, and high SRI roofing material.
What is the Microgrid?
The NZP ETI has deployed a revolutionary Smart Microgrid System. This system, currently operating
at the NZP ETI, demonstrates how an existing electrical infrastructure integrated with advanced
electronics, energy storage, solar, and advanced controls can provide a platform for smarter and
more reliable electrical systems. The Microgrid also reduces CO2 emissions and lowers demand on
the grid and local electrical transmission and distribution systems.
The new utility-scale NZP ETI Microgrid demonstrates five Smart Grid functions that give it the ability to:
1.Charge electric vehicles through multiple energy sources including clean
renewable (solar), Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) or grid power.
2. Utilize the BESS to smooth solar production at the local level.
3. Respond to a demand response signal from the utility by injecting active power into the
grid from stored energy and integrating with existing building management systems.
4. Provide a more reliable electrical system by maintaining uninterrupted power during
power outages and utilizing solar to sustain the load during daylight hours.
5. Showcase state-of-the-art inverter technology capable of integrating multiple DC sources
and varying voltages to improve efficiency and reliability of renewable sources of energy.
For more information, please visit www.laett.com or contact Brett Moss, Interim Training Director,
by phone at (323) 221-5881 ext. 3001 or by email at [email protected].
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