Local Energy Savings:Strategic Thinking and Unique Opportunities

LynchburgAugust 6, 2009

Kristin Sprinkle. E² Inc.

Background on E² Inc.

• Multi-disciplinary firm• Community involvement

activities regarding the future use of properties at over 100 communities across the U.S.

• Support our largest client, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

• Working with developers, site owners, and local governments to explore alternative energy uses at sites

Start off on the right foot: Educate

• Make sure everyone understands the benefits– Reduce energy costs – lifetime

energy cost savings in local buildings can be significant

– Create local jobs – resources are put towards energy efficient investments and buy equipment locally

– Reduce GHG– Enhance indoor air quality

Savings with ENERGY STAR Qualified Products

Action Annual Cost Savings

Annual CO2 Savings (tons)

LifeTime

Life-Cycle Energy Cost Savings

Life-Cycle CO2 Savings (tons)

Replace 5,000 computers and monitors and activate power management

$400,000 2,200 4 $1,450,000 13,600

Replace 10 conventional commercial dishwashers

$11,500 400 10 $128,000 6,000

Replace 50 commercial vending machine

$7,500 64 14 $79,200 890

Replace 100 conventional water coolers

$3,300 28 10 $26,500 280

Replace 50 color laser printers $660 6 5 $3,000 28Figures obtained from calculators on the ENERGY STAR purchasing and procuring website http://www.energystar.gov/purchasing using default setting and electricity rate of 9.039C per kWh. Annual rates exclude purchase price and installation cost. Costs are discounted over product lifetime.

Online Tools for Looking at Cost

• Cash Flow Opportunity Calculator

• Financial Value Calculator

• Building Upgrade Value Calculator

http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=assess_value.financial_tools

EPA’s Energy Star for Local Governments

• Provides a no-cost online energy management tool called Portfolio Manager– Track and assess energy and

water consumption in individual buildings and across entire portfolios of buildings

– Identify energy efficiency projects

– Track progress over time– Document strategic use of ARRA

2009 funding• Networking and mentoring

opportunities with EPA and other local governments

Albemarle County, Virginia

Arlington County, Virginia

Fairfax County Government, Virginia

Fauquier County, VA

Henrico County, Virginia

Loudoun County, VA

Northern Virginia Criminal Justice Training Academy

Prince William County, VA

Town of Dayton, VA

Town of Leesburg, VA

Town of Warrenton, Virginia

York County, Virginiawww.energystar.gov

EPA’s Clean Energy Program:Local Climate and Energy Resources

• Informational resource network that supports local governments' efforts to use clean energy strategies to advance community priorities.

• Making a comprehensive database of planning, policy, technical, analytical, and information resources for municipal governments

• Provide webinar trainings: Using EPA Resources to Maximize Clean Energy in Economic Recovery Spending (March 5, 2009)

• Will soon release a guide on Clean Energy Strategies for Local State and Local Climate and Energy listserv

www.epa.gov/cleanenergy

ICLEI CACP 2009 Software

• Create emissions inventories for the community as a whole or for the government's internal operations.

• Quantify the effect of existing and proposed emissions reduction measures.

• Predict future emissions levels.• Set reduction targets and track

progress towards meeting those goals.

CACP 2009 is an emissions management tool that calculates and tracks emissions and reductions of greenhouse gases and criteria air pollutants associated with electricity, fuel use, and waste disposal. This tool can help you do the following:

Think Strategically

• Where are my biggest energy costs and usage?

• How can I get the biggest bang for my buck?

• Where can I do something that will demonstrate immediate cost savings?

• How far do we want to go?

• How fast do we want to go?

Retrofitting 380 traffic signals in Clackamas County, Oregon produced energy savings of $10,000 in 2007. These savings will offset the cost of the measure in four years.

Ann Arbor

• 25% of energy budget spent on traffic signals and street lighting

• City started pilots to test LED fixtures in traffic and cross-walk signals (annual cost savings of $49,000) and LED streetlights on one city block

• City is equipping all 1,000 downtown street lights with energy efficient LED fixtures

• Expected to save the town $100,000 annually

LED lights typically burn five times longer than the bulbs they replace and require less than half the energy. Full implementation of LEDs is projected to cut Ann Arbor’s public lighting energy use in half and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2,425 tons of CO2 annually, the equivalent of taking 400 cars off the road for a year.

Story County, Iowa

• Installed geothermal energy storage equipment at a new facility

• Coupled installation with energy efficiency measures such as lighting upgrades, water heater retrofits, window glazing

• Aggregate energy savings over the first five years of the building’s operation were greater than $200,000, which exceeded the cost of purchasing and installing the until by $25,000

Implement Successfully

• Create a communication plan

• Raise awareness

• Build capacity

• Motivate

• Track and monitor

• Reward

Don’t forget your unique opportunities!

• Wind power

• Solar photovoltaics

• Geothermal

• Biomass

• Landfill gas

Property Background

• Location: Antioch, Illinois

• 121 Acres– Former landfill covered

51 acres– Remaining 70 acres

include the former landfill borrow area and wetlands

• Disposal activities: 1963

to 1984

• Municipal, commercial,

and industrial wastes

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Reuse Possibilities

• Methane gas co-generation system

• Athletic fields for the high school

• Restored ecological habitat and education opportunities

Reuse Success: Co-generation Plant

• Designed by RMT Inc.

• The co-generation plant has received numerous awards

• The plant began operating in September 2003

• Educational opportunities Superfund landfill gas-to-energy project fuels 12 microturbines to produce 360 kW