California Green Buildings Initiative Workshop

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• California Green Buildings Initiative Workshop
• Michael Paparian
• Special Consultant
• California Environmental Protection Agency
• September 8, 2005

California Environmental Protection
Agencywww.calepa.ca.gov
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Governor Arnold SchwarzeneggerApril 20, 2005

• The green building approach builds in
  conservation from the ground up It's good for
  taxpayers, it's good for business and it's great
  for the environment.

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Green Building Myth
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Green Building Reality

• Cal/EPA Building
• Electricity Savings
• 506,000/yr.
• Gas Savings
• 37,000/yr.
• Water Savings
• 46,000/yr.
• Waste Savings
• 29,000/yr.

Compared to EPA building budget approved by
Department of General Services and Department of
Finance
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Why Focus on Buildings? Because Commercial
Buildings . . .

• Use 36 of States Electricity
• Generate 30 of States Solid Waste
• Produce 25 of our Greenhouse Gases
• Can Save Billions of Every Year

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Green Building Executive Order
EXECUTIVE ORDER S-20-04 by the Governor of the
State of California
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Green Building E.O.Primary Goals

• Energy Efficiency
• Reduce Energy Consumption by 20 in Commercial
  Buildings by 2015
• 2. Resource Efficiency
• Build/Operate High-Performance Buildings

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Green Building InitiativeBroad Benefits Energy
Savings

• State Buildings
• 100 Million Per Year
• 120 MW (Equivalent to 1.5 Peaker Plants)
• Schools
• 132 Million Per Year
• 228 MW (Equivalent to 3 Peaker Plants)
• Private Buildings
• 2.1 Billion per year
• 3,600 MW (Equivalent to 48 Peaker Plants)

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The Bottom LineGreen Buildings Save Money

• Minimal Increases in Upfront Costs of 1-2 to
  Support Green Design Will Result in Life-Cycle
  Savings of 20 of Total Construction Costs, More
  than Ten Times the Initial Investment

- California Sustainable Building Task Force
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Green Building InitiativeAdditional Benefits

• Reduced Water Use Waste Production
• Reduced Greenhouse Gas Production
• Eliminate 6.55 Million Tons of CO2 Per Year
• Improved Worker Productivity and Student
  Performance

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Executive Order Components

• State Buildings to Reduce Energy Purchases by 20
  by 2015
• Guidelines for Resource/Energy Efficient Schools
  by 12/31/05
• CEC/PUC Pursue Similar 20 Goals Through Private
  Sector Programs

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Components Continued

• PERS/STRS Requested to Invest in Efficient
  Buildings
• UC, CSU, Community Colleges, Judiciary,
  Legislature Requested to Participate

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California GovernmentLeadership By Example
We Are The Largest

• Employer (250,000 Employees)
• Property Owner (65 Billion)
• Builder (1 Billion/Yr.)
• Energy User (600 Million/Yr.)
• Fleet Owner (70,000 Vehicles)

Public Sector Leadership Private Sector Adoption
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California GovernmentLeadership By Example
The State Shall

• Reduce Energy Use
• By 20 _at_ 2015
• Build Rent Only High-Performance Buildings
• Benchmark Commission
• All State Buildings

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Resource EfficiencyFocus on State Facilities
Green Purchasing
Reduce,Reuse, Recycle
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Executive Order Implementation

• Overseen by Cabinet-Level Green Action Team
• Includes Director of Finance Secretaries of
  Business, Transportation and Housing
  Environmental Protection, Resources State and
  Consumer Services CPUC Commissioner Energy
  Commissioner Real Estate Industry Representative

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State Agency Activities

• Coordinated by Department of General Services and
  the State and Consumer Services Agency

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State Agency Actions Include

• Benchmarking all state buildings
• Retro-Commissioning all state buildings over
  50,000 square feet
• LEED - Existing Buildings over 50,000 square feet
  by 2015

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State Agency Actions Contd

• LEED - New Construction/Renovation over 10,000
  square feet
• Energy Star Leasing for all leases over 10,000
  square feet
• Environmentally Preferable Purchasing to reduce
  energy/resource impacts

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State Agency Actions Contd

• Photovoltaics and Fuel Cells Can Help Achieve 20
  Goal
• Energy Savings Contribute to Climate Action Goals

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Implementation Progressing Quickly

• Expect over 55 buildings to be submitted for LEED
  certification by end of 2008
• 6 Photovoltaic projects proceeding totaling over
  2.7 MW
• Expect to retrocommission 50 buildings per year
  over 50,000 square fet

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Focus On Schools . . .Because California Schools

• Educate
• 1 Out of 8 Students in U.S.
• Will Spend
• 50 Billion on Schools by 2014
• Will Spend
• 450 Million/Yr. On Energy

More Than on Books Supplies Combined, And . . ..
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Focus On Schools . . .Because High-Performance
Schools

• Save 30-40 of Utility Costs for School Districts
• Improve Student Productivity
• Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Private SectorCapturing the Benefits
Commercial Buildings

• Comprise 90 of All Sq. Ft.
• Consume 35 of Electricity
• Pay 12 Billion/Yr. for Energy
• Are Old (60 built pre-1978)
• Can Save 2.1 Billion/Yr.
• Can Increase Capitalized Value
• By 1420 Billion

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Enlisting Real Estate Leaders Real Estate
Industry Leadership Council

• Chaired by Dan Emmett of DouglasEmmett
• Advises Green Action Team
• Supports Efforts to Reach Building
  Owners/Operators

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We put the biggest user of electricity in
California state government on an energy diet
with our Green Building Initiative to save over
20 percent of the electricity and water we use in
our facilities.
Governor Arnold SchwarzeneggerJune 1, 2005
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• Michael Paparian
• Special Consultant
• California Environmental Protection Agency
• Paparian_at_CalEpa.Ca.Gov