EnergyEfficient Community Development The Chula Vista Research Project

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Energy-Efficient Community Development The
Chula Vista Research Project

• Presented by Doug Newman Executive
  Director, Global Energy Center for
  Sustainable Communities at the Gas Technology
  Institute

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The Chula Vista Research Project

• Sponsored by
• U.S. DOE - Office of Policy International
  AffairsAdvancing the objectives of the U.S.
  Clean Energy Clean Energy Technology Export
  Initiatives (CEI CETEI)
• U.S. Global Energy Center at Gas Technology
  Institute (GTI)On contract to DOE/OPI to develop
  disseminate design models, planning tools and
  professional training for energy-efficient
  community development

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Chula Vista Research Project - Objectives

• Integrate advanced energy efficiency,
  conservation renewable energy (EECRE)
  technologies strategies in community design
  development
• Formulate design development patterns to
  optimize technology performance
• Explore new business models partnerships to
  advance the objective
• Address legislative, regulatory market barriers
  to the deployment of these technologies
  strategies in community development projects
• Explore mechanisms to stimulate market demand for
  EECRE technologies
• Create model designs development guidelines
  that encourage facilitate use of EECRE
  technologies strategies
• Advance establishment of a national research,
  education, training demonstration site for
  community-scale energy efficiency

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Research Site Otay Ranch, Chula Vista, CA
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Research Site Otay Ranch, Chula Vista, CA

• 6,000-Acre Parcel (the research site is a
  representative 1,500 acre subset)
• U.S. Olympic Training CenterCollaborative
  facility use plan
• International PlazaConference facilitiesTrade
  commerce centerTechnology transfer
  centerCultural entertainment amenities

• 70,970 Anticipated Population(27,389 subset
  population)
• Mixed-Use, Smart Growth PlanWalkable villages,
  transit-oriented, green belts
• Shared University CampusU.S. Mexico grad.
  undergrad. programs
• Science Technology RD ParkEnergy,
  environmental, healthcare, sports medicine,
  biotechnology

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Research Site 3 Development Projects1,500
acres, accommodating 27,389 residents in 10,306
dwelling units

• Village Two (V-2)
• Developer Otay Ranch Company
• 777 acres predominantly residential
• Avg. density 8 dwelling units/acre
• 23 residential, 2 commercial retail, 17
  mixed-use, 9 industrial, 11 institutional, 38
  recreational

• Village Nine (V-9)
• Developer Otay Land Company
• 418 acres residential institutional
• Avg. density 15.6 dwelling units/acre
• 15 residential, 1 comm. retail,43 mixed-use
  residential, 22 institutional, 19 recreational

• Eastern Urban Center (EUC)
• Developer McMillin Land Development
• 290 acres predominantly commercial
• Avg. density 41.2 dwelling units/acre
• 16 commercial retail, 16 comm. office, 34
  mixed-use (res./comm.), 21 institutional, 13
  recreational

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Chula Vista Research Project - Diagram
BUSINESS
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AS
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USUAL (BAU) ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PRACTICES
ENERGY CONSUMPTION END-USES
BAU ALT IMPACTS
Electric
Structures
Energy Efficiency
Gas
EQM Systems
Economic Efficiency
Cooling
Municipal Infrastructure
Environmental Quality
Hot Water
Public Private Mobility
Utility Asset Utilization
Petroleum
Energy Reliability Security
ALTERNATIVE (ALT) ENERGY DEVELOPMENT OPTIONS
FEASIBILITY OF ALTS.
Renewable Alternative Fuels
Higher Residential Densities
Economic ROI
Distrib
. Generation
Efficiency
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Optimizing Land Uses
Marketability
District Energy Systems
Transit
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Oriented Development
Institutional (Leg. Reg.)
End
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Uses Technologies
Heat Island Control Strategies
Stakeholder Acceptance
Demand Response Controls
Neighborhood Resource Centers
DELIVERABLES
STAKEHOLDER INPUT
COMPUTER MODELING
Feasible Set of Integrated
OF BAU ALT IMPACTS
Private Builders Investors
Energy Development Options
Investor Owned Utilities
Building Energy Analyzer
Recommended Set of Market
Municipal Departments
Energy
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10
Realtors Homebuyers
Institutional Innovations
City
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Green
State Regulatory Agencies
CommunityViz
Environmental Advocates
Set of Transferable Resources
Co
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Registered Databases
Labor Advocates
for California Communities
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Research Project Tasks Schedule

• Task I Research Assumptions Methods
• Task II Baseline Energy Impact Modeling
• Task III Integrated Energy Technology Urban
  Design Options
• Task IV Stakeholder Review Feasibility
  Analysis
• Task V Recommendations Transferable Resources
• Current Research Schedule
• Village 2 November 2005 through October 2006
• Eastern Urban Center Village 9 June 2006
  through April 2007

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Deliverables Methodology

• Task I Research Assumptions Methods
• Deliverable Report containing a registry of the
  assumptions analytical methods used in the
  research project lessons learned for future
  research
• Methodology
• Adopt convert the U.S.DOE/GTI Future Grid
  Assumptions Manual framework to build the
  Chula Vista project registry
• Engage CEC, U.S.DOE, NREL, GTI, SDSU, UCSD
  SDGE (and the parent SEMPRA) in populating
  the registry for use
• Update the registry throughout the entire
  research project
• Translate the registry into a transferable
  resource for use in community developments
  elsewhere in California the U.S.
• Seek input approval from the Project Advisory
  Committee prior to release

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Deliverables Methodology
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Deliverables Methodology

• Task III Integrated Energy Technology
  Urban Design Options
• Deliverable Report containing cost-benefit
  analysis of advanced energy technologies for
  multiple building types, clusters district
  energy systems
• Deliverable Report containing cost-benefit
  analysis of alternative development patterns /
  designs to optimize energy efficiency resource
  conservation
• Deliverable Report containing integrated energy
  technology urban design (ETUD) options
• Methodology
• Select typical building clusters for the 3
  Specific Planning Areas (SPAs) conduct
  sensitivity analysis of alternative energy
  technologies relative to installation operating
  costs, efficiencies emissions
• Assessments will cover energy efficiency,
  renewable energy, demand response, distributed
  cogeneration technologies district energy
  systems
• Explore alternative land use development patterns
  that optimize technology performance, heat island
  reduction passive solar heating, cooling
  lighting
• Synthesize findings formulate several ETUD
  options for each SPA

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Deliverables Methodology

• Task IV Stakeholder Review Feasibility Analysis
• Deliverable Report containing stakeholder input
  on ETUD options
• Deliverable Report containing a series of
  studies examining institutional market
  barriers solutions relative to the proposed
  ETUD options
• Deliverable Report containing planning
  development guidelines that encourage
  facilitate implementation of the ETUD options
• Methodology
• Engage Federal, State Chula Vista personnel to
  examine legislative regulatory barriers
  solutions for ETUD option implementation
• Engage the development finance communities to
  explore alternative means of financing
  integrated ETUD development projects
• Generate a set of recommended ETUD policies
  performance targets for the 15-year planning
  horizon solicit community stakeholder input
• Formulate a set of recommended revisions to the
  Otay Ranch Development Plan to facilitate ETUD
  implementation

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Deliverables Methodology

• Task V Recommendations Transferable Resources
• Deliverable Report with recommendations for
  legislative, regulatory market initiatives to
  overcome barriers to energy-smart community
  development
• Deliverable Report summarizing the transferable
  elements of the Chula Vista research project
  guidelines, methods tools for energy-smart
  community development
• Methodology
• Issue recommendations for needed legislative
  regulatory innovations to advance energy-smart
  development
• Differentiate research methods tools deemed
  appropriate for greenfield, brownfield infill
  development projects
• Translate research findings into practical tools
  for use by other communities pursuing
  energy-smart development

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Chula Vista Research Project Participants Tasks
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Chula Vista Research Project Task Schedule
Mar
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Apr
Sep
Mar
Apr
Tasks / Months
2005
2006
2007
Village Two
Core Group Formation
1. Define Research Assumptions Methods
Easter Urban Center Village Nine
2. Model Baseline Energy Impacts
Easter Urban Center Village Nine
3. Model ET UD Design Options
Easter Urban Center Village Nine
4. Stakeholder Review Feasibility Analysis
Easter Urban Center Village Nine
5. Develop Recommendations
Transferable Resources
Easter Urban Center Village Nine
Global Energy Center at the Gas Technology
Institute www.globalenergycenter.org
02-28-06
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National Demonstration Site

• Global Energy Network U.S. Global Energy Center

• Global network of collaborating
  organizations advancing sustainable
  community energy development
• Emerging centers in Argentina, China,
  Germany, Israel, Japan the U.S.
• Ongoing discussions in Australia, Canada,
  India, the Netherlands, Thailand the United
  Kingdom

Yellow Emerging Centers
Red Potential Centers

• City of Chula Vista has offered land to
  construct the U.S. Center within the Otay
  Ranch development
• Will consist of an international
  conference center, education training
  facility technology demonstration park

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Energy-Efficient Community Development The
Chula Vista Research Project

• For More Information Contact
• Doug Newman, Executive Director U.S. Global
  Energy Center / Gas Techology Institute
  doug.newman_at_globalenergycenter.org
  847-768-0680 phone www.globalenergycenter.org