LOGICS: Local Governments Implementing Conservation and Sustainability

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LOGICS Local Governments Implementing
Conservation and Sustainability

• Operating Local Governments As Energy Costs Rise

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LOGICS TEAM

• The Environmental Protection Agency
• Delaware Valley Green Building Council
• Delaware Valley Regional Planning
  Commission
• Department of Environmental Protection
• Sustainable Development Fund
• The Environmental Finance Center
• The Pennsylvania Environmental Council
• Penn Future

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WHY LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES?

• Municipalities and townships have the
  responsibility of fiscal accountability to their
  taxpayers
• An energy efficient township provides numerous
  benefits and better service to its constituents
• Most municipalities can expect to save 30 or
  more on energy operating costs by participating
  in simple efficiency opportunities

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WHY LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES?

• Many overlook the connection between inefficient
  energy use and cost.
• Efficient energy use is no longer the
  environmentally responsible choice it has become
  the economically responsible choice.
• 9.6 billion square ft, accounts for national
  Local Government footprint

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WHY NOW?

• Electricity
• Retail Rate Caps expiring statewide, PECO
  expires 12/31/10
• Rate caps have shielded customers from the
  impacts of rising fuel prices and market-based
  prices
• Natural Gas
• NYMEX price/MMBtu 2006 5.56 2007 6.53 pre
  2000 lt3.00
• Gasoline
• Retail price for regular gasoline up 63 cents/gal
  over a two years ago
• Other commodities, including coal, have also
  experienced rising prices

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PROJECTED WHOLESALE PRICES
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BENEFITS OF ENERGY MANAGEMENT

• Initial Effort (First two years)
• 5-15 cost savings
• Little or no capital expenditure
• Long-Term Effort
• 25 or higher cost savings
• Requires management commitment
• Annual review
• Monitor efficiencies
• Track saving

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STEPS TO ENERGY MANAGEMENT

• Official Policy
• A team or designated staffer
• Education of ALL staff
• Review of existing facilities and billing
• Identification, prioritization and implementation
  of opportunities
• Ensure measurement of implementation
• Use savings to fund next projects

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Official Policy

• Clearly states energy goals
• Can include
• Purchasing of equipment
• Construction of buildings
• Maintenance of buildings
• Who is responsible
• Fuels purchasing
• Electricity purchasing
• Alternative energy generation

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Team or Staff

• Team Option
• Multi-facility, multi-discipline,
  multi-department
• Two or three key people
• Could include EAC, other residents or businesses
• Staff Option
• One person responsible for all energy
• Provides consistency
• May be difficult to fund time

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Education

• All staff need to know policy
• All staff need to understand how they impact the
  energy usage
• All staff need to be able to explain that to the
  taxpayers
• All staff need to be asked for their input on
  detailed policies, suggestions for upgrades, etc.

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Review of Existing Facilities Billing

• Often multiple bills for multiple facilities
  never meet up
• Examination of bills can identify areas for
  opportunity
• Existing facilities review could include basic
  audit or engineering audit
• Own staff
• Other resources

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Opportunities

• Identification
• Through staff interviews/questionnaire
• Through audit mentioned above
• Generate a report
• Prioritization
• Low-cost, done in-house, etc.
• Implementation
• (WE ID SOME RESOURCES HERE)

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Measurement

• Ensures that all know what is done
• Ensures that all know policy is being followed
• Allows for additional future spending based upon
  successes
• Allows for correction of areas where failure
  occurs
• Shows taxpayers fiscal responsibility

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Funding the Future

• Good measurement shows proof of value
• Proof of value shows responsibility
• Responsibility builds trust
• Trust then allows for riskier efficiencies to
  be incorporated with their longer paybacks such
  as alternative energy generation, newer
  technology installation, etc.

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Steps to Energy Management

• Create an Official Policy
• Team or Staff
• Identify your Energy Use / Utility Bill Analysis
• Achieving up to 30 Energy Savings
• LED lighting for traffic lights and street lamps
• Building energy assessments and action plans

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Where do you start to lower energy use by 30?

• Learn how to read your utility bill
• Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet
• Record monthly utility bills for all meters
• Create charts to provide visual tracking of
  energy use
• Energy Assessment
• Efficiency of Equipment
• Proper Insulation

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What do you Track?

• CONSUMPTION
• DEMAND
• COST

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Municipal Example

• Visual of local analysis
• Recommended actions

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Comparison Cost in of Incandescent v. L.E.D.
per Traffic Signals

• Incandescent L.E.D.Annual Electric FeeAnnual
  Maintenance FeeAnnualized Capital Cost _at_
  5Installation FeeTotal
• Average cost full replacement for 1 intersection
  (new fixture and lights)
• Average cost to replace just L.E.D. lights

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Annual Energy Cost to Townships for Traffic
Signal (or full energy budget) v. other
operations costs in the Township

• Create and add (Pie Chart)

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Optimal purchase of L.E.D lights at the least cost

• Purchase SourceCriteria for PurchaseTweaking the
  SystemBest OptionCOSTARNo Bid requiredCan
  negotiate for a lower pricePennsylvania State
  ContractsEnergy Star Bulk Purchasing

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Model bid specification for L.E. D. light purchase

• http//www.stillwater.org/agendas/ccagendas/2007/0
  50707/cc0792.pdf
• ftp//ftp.dot.state.tx.us/pub/txdot-info/gsd/pdf/t
  o7057.pdf for model Bid Specs

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Financing Your Traffic Signal Upgrade to L.E.Ds

• Work into current operating budget
• Low-interest Bank Loan
• Grant Options

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The Economics of Street Light Replacement (NOT!)

• Changing to greater efficient street lamps in
  PECO service territory DOES NOT YIELD A COST
  SAVINGS
• Reduce the number of fixtures in the area, but
  not to jeopardize safety
• Check on required lighting levels and do not
  purchase higher capacity
• New York State Energy and Research and
  Development Agency - www.nyserda.org
• Outdoor lighting guide

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Building Audit resulting in Operating Efficiency

• Evaluate decisions based on life-cycle costing
  (notes Life-cycle cost analysis (LCCA) is a
  method for assessing the total cost of facility
  ownership. It takes into account all costs of
  acquiring, owning, and disposing of a building or
  building system. LCCA is especially useful when
  project alternatives that fulfill the same
  performance requirements, but differ with respect
  to initial costs and operating costs, have to be
  compared in order to select the one that
  maximizes net savings http//www.wbdg.org/design/l
  cca.php)
• Register your facilities with ENERGY STAR
  Portfolio Manager,

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THE 30 BOMA TOP 10 ENERGY DIET

• Check that equipment is functioning as designed.
• Consider your cleaning options (i.e., team
  cleaning, occupancy sensors, coordination, and
  day cleaning when the lights are already on).
• Encourage occupants to turn off
  equipment...during off hours, power everything
  down.
• Use high efficiency LED exit signs.
• Institute an energy awareness program.
• Install monitor power management software.
• Change incandescent light bulbs to CFL or HID.
• Harvest daylight.
• Evaluate after-hours usage.
• Adjust ventilation.

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Building Audit resulting in Operating Efficiency

• Evaluate decisions based on life-cycle costing
  (notes Life-cycle cost analysis (LCCA) is a
  method for assessing the total cost of facility
  ownership. It takes into account all costs of
  acquiring, owning, and disposing of a building or
  building system. LCCA is especially useful when
  project alternatives that fulfill the same
  performance requirements, but differ with respect
  to initial costs and operating costs, have to be
  compared in order to select the one that
  maximizes net savings http//www.wbdg.org/design/l
  cca.php)
• Register your facilities with ENERGY STAR
  Portfolio Manager