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Doing Well by Doing Good Recipe for an Effective Campus Energy Program Walter Simpson, CEM, LEED AP Former University Energy Officer, University at Buffalo AASHE Senior Fellow Author, Cool Campus! A How-To Guide for College and University Climate Action Planning Editor and Co-Author, The Green Campus: Meeting the Challenge of Environmental Sustainability Take Home Message Campus energy conservation has the power… Take Home Message Campus energy conservation has the power… To save money Take Home Message Campus energy conservation has the power… To save money To pay for itself Take Home Message Campus energy conservation has the power… To save money To pay for itself To protect the environment Take Home Message Campus energy conservation has the power… To save money To pay for itself To protect the environment To educate for sustainability Recipe for Success What are the right ingredients? How can we build a successful program? Ingredients for a Successful Campus Energy Conservation Program Obtain top level support Prioritize facilities Provide program staffing and leadership Create energy awareness Develop strong energy policies Nurture creative staff More Ingredients . . . Find and focus on the best opportunities Utilize creative financing strategies Involve students Focus on climate change Avoid new construction or only build the most energy efficient new buildings Document savings Ingredient Obtain Top Level Support Models of Campus Energy and Environmental Leadership Top down Bottom up Mixture Presidents leading the American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment Why Top Level Support? Allows program to achieve full potential With top level support: Facilities staff know they have support All units and departments cooperate The campus community is encouraged to participate Campus Leadership Can Demonstrate Support by… Providing human and financial resources Giving visible support for campus energy policies Insisting that other top administrative officers support the conservation effort Backing facilities as it “pushes the envelope” Setting a personal example Ingredient Prioritize Facilities Why Facilities? Facilities managers and staff: Run campus energy systems Know what needs to be done Can do the most Must be on board or no one else will be How Facilities Can Help Facilities energy committee Commitment by facilities director Include conservation commitment in: Strategic planning Mission & vision statement Staff evaluations Green campus office within facilities University at Buffalo Facilities Mission & Vision Statement “We are committed to environmental excellence in all facets of our management and operations and to providing statewide and national green campus leadership.” U Buffalo Staff Evaluations All staff must “demonstrate a commitment to energy conservation and environmental stewardship and, whenever possible, promote these values to coworkers and to the wider campus community.” Ingredient Provide program staffing and leadership Creating an Energy Officer Position Full or part-time focus exclusively on campus energy conservation Not a sustainability coordinator Skill set: Technical competence Communication – public speaking, writing Program development Community organizing Reports to chief facilities officer Ingredient Create Energy Awareness Energy Awareness Program Tips Change campus culture Be realistic Active vs. passive Different strokes for different folks Seize moral high ground Temperature control is critical Develop a multi-faceted campaign Getting Attention Being cute, being provocative You have the power… to save energy Use Messages that Work Ingredient Develop Strong Energy Policies Energy Policies Energy policies … Formalize goals Give authority Help hold the line Need academic buy-in Timing is critical Don’t forget to implement! Types of Energy Policies Heating and cooling temps Fan run times Reheats New construction Energy purchasing Space heaters Dorm refrigerators Governor’s Executive Orders George Pataki – E.O. 111 (2001) Reduce energy consumption in buildings Build more efficient new green buildings Buy green power David Paterson – E.O. 4 (2008) Green purchasing Create sustainability programs Greenhouse gas emissions reduction 100% post consumer content recycled paper Ingredient Nurture Creative Staff Making the Most of Your Staff Identify staff who: Think outside the box Want to act Know how Empower them! Give permission Encourage Provide resources Recognize and thank Story of Herb Lydell Sees energy waste everywhere Very knowledgeable, creative, and unorthodox “Invents” heat recovery system that uses building chilled water coils and the campus chilled water loop to transfer heat from building to building The Incredible Results Free heat for campus buildings $80,000/yr savings Total savings: over $1 million to date! Zero cost to implement Ingredient Find and Focus on the Best Opportunities Finding Savings Opportunities Facilities staff know where they are Conduct a systematic campus energy conservation audit Target your energy pigs! U Buffalo’s Energy Pigs Buildings Constant with: volume terminal reheat fan systems No offense to pigs intended Electric heating Laboratory ventilation systems Cooke-Hochstetter 230 fume hoods 300,000 cfm Electric heat Summer humidity control $2 million/yr in energy costs Solutions Fume At least we didn’t build 20 of them! hood decommissioning Heat recovery (heat wheels, run-around loops, heat pumps, Lydell Cycle) Gas conversion Run cool in summer to minimize reheat Ingredient Utilize Creative Financing Strategies Creative Funding Possibilities Utility or state incentives Revolving funds Energy performance contracts with energy service companies (ESCOs) Alumni donations Foundations Performance Contracting UB performance contracting experience: 1994-1997 -- $17 million project 2003-2007 -- $11 million project 2007 - 2009 -- $10 million project Ingredient Involve Students Why Involve Students? To get their help To enhance their educational experience To catch their fire! Reaching Students Classroom lectures Campus-wide events Student assistants Activist campaigns Internships and research projects Student Projects campus as learning lab Environmental audits Campus dumpster dives Vending machine study Passive cooling project Biomass cogeneration Solar hot water Ingredient Focus on Climate Change Climate Change Basics Global warming is real and it's happening It’s caused by human activity The consequences are serious It is not too late to do something about it… Campus climate action steps Conduct GHG emissions inventory Make commitment to reduce emissions Develop campus climate action plan Implement plan and achieve reductions Educate about climate change UB’s GHG inventory 142,900 MTe/yr 53% purchased electricity 25% commuting and fleet vehicles 20% purchased natural gas It’s about energy and transportation! Interesting Findings Overall emissions = 25,000 cars, trucks, SUVs, etc. Commuting = 79,000,000 miles Equal to 3,000 times around the earth at the equator American College & University President’s Climate Commitment Achieve climate neutrality at earliest possible date Incorporate climate change and sustainability in curriculum and research 670 signatories Co-organized by AASHE, ecoAmerica, and Second Nature Defining climate neutrality Climate neutrality is defined as having no net greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions To be achieved by: Minimizing GHG emissions as much as possible Using carbon offsets to mitigate the remaining emissions. How to do it? Job #1 is energy conservation Then renewables Followed by offsets (after offset market matures) Shrink it! Ingredient Avoid New Construction or Only Build the Most Energy Efficient New Buildings Hidden Cost of New Construction Even a very energy efficient new building will add to your energy costs and carbon footprint Avoid or minimize new construction by More efficient space utilization Adaptive reuse of existing buildings Green Design For Maximum Energy Efficiency Avoid LEED check-list approach Aim for LEED Gold and Platinum only Maximize LEED energy points Fear “value” engineering Anticipate and address inevitable building budget crisis Getting Really Green! Oberlin College Environmental Studies Center Ingredient Document Savings Why Document? You might surprise yourself! Boost Facilities morale Great public relations Can create administrative support What’s Possible? University at Buffalo experience Program began in the late 1970s Sustained for 30 years Annual savings now $10 million Cumulative savings $100+ million Take Home Message Campus energy conservation has the power… To save money To pay for itself To protect the environment To educate for sustainability Thank You! Walter Simpson [email protected]