Mount Sinai Health System
Overview
INF Associates was contracted to provide an Electrification Feasibility Assessment for Mount Sinai Health System’s (MSHS) fleet of shuttle buses and ambulances. This assessment consisted of four main tasks: Data Collection and Evaluation, Current State Assessment, EV Feasibility Assessment, and Key Performance Indicator Development. INF helped Mount Sinai identify electric alternatives for their fleet vehicles that would meet current operational requirements including but not limited to vehicle range, passenger capacity, ancillary load necessities, and price point. Using these vehicles’ specifications and MSHS’s route data, digital twin route and state of charge simulations were conducted to inform vehicle charging needs. A supplementary site assessment was conducted, and a future proofed charging solution was presented that would allow MSHS to electrify a majority of their vehicles without altering current operations.
Highlights
Designed a charging solution for 25 shuttle buses.
One of the first electrification pilot programs designed for an emergency ambulance vehicle within Manhattan.
EVSE, Solar & BESS Consulting – Fisher Brothers
Overview
INF Associates was contracted to provide an EV charging and distributed energy resource feasibility assessment for Fisher Brothers at their new construction site in Las Vegas, Nevada. The facility will be a 7-floor public garage with a 442 KVA PV solar roof and over 100 EV chargers. INF helped Fisher Brothers choose a charging solution that would maximize available funding and comply with new construction code requirements without requiring an increase of the requested utility load. INF created a load forecast which took the DOE-informed projected EV charger usage and expected PV solar roof power generation into account. With this information, INF modeled expected energy costs of the garage, revenue of the chargers, and recommended that Fisher Brothers takes advantage of the utility’s Net Metering Program for excess solar.
Highlights
Determined eligibility for $300,000 worth of EV make-ready costs and 30% of the solar cost in tax credits.
Annual savings of $40,000 with Net Metering program.
Modeled EV charger payback of 3 years with revenue potential of over $100,000 within 5 years.
Level 2 Charging – Beam Living
Overview
INF Associates was contracted to provide an EV charging and distributed energy resource feasibility assessment for Fisher Brother’s at their new construction site in Las Vegas, Nevada. The facility will be a 7-floor public garage with a 442 KVA PV solar roof and over 100 EV chargers. INF helped Fisher Brothers choose a charging solution that would maximize available funding and comply with new construction code requirements without requiring an increase of the requested utility load. INF created a load forecast which took the DOE-informed projected EV charger usage and expected PV solar roof power generation into account. With this information, INF modeled expected energy costs of the garage, revenue of the chargers, and recommended that Fisher Brothers takes advantage of the utility’s Net Metering Program for excess solar.
Highlights
$2.6M in ConEd Power Ready and NYSERDA Charge Ready incentives.
• $92k net project cost after incentives (3% of total project costs).
DCFC, Solar & BESS – Vail Auto
Overview
INF Associates worked closely with strategic partners to install a managed microgrid solution that allows Vail Auto to reduct their net utility bill to fractions of future forecasts, gain a level of energy independence and remain operational during power outages, while charging their EV fleet with the benefits of solar energy. INF Associates leveraged the Con Edison Power Ready incentive program to fund a portion of the EV charging in this project and upgrade Vail’s existing utility service from 208-volt to 480-volt.
Highlights
7,000 sqft. rooftop solar array with 65,000kWh of annual energy production .
Two 19.2kW Level 2 Charging Stations.
100kW Battery Energy Storage System with 186kWh capacity.
One 62.5kW Level 3 DCFC Charging Stations.
EVSE Fleet Infrastructure Roll-Out – Department of Commerce
Overview
INF Associates was contracted with the Department of Commerce to conduct feasibilitystudies across 26 sites nationwide. The feasibility studies aimed to showcase which sites were feasible for the installation of electric vehicle charging infrastructure on an existing facility service in order to electrify the site’s fleet. The agencies visited include National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Institute of Standards and Technology and the U.S. Census Bureau. All 26 sites were surveyed over the span of two months allowing INF Associates to capture critical field notes in order to confirm feasibility, recommend a specification and scope that fit the sites needs, and provide the Department of Commerce with estimated costs for each option provided.