Green Action Team Meeting May 6, 2009 Status of Major Deliverables Green Building Initiative (Exec Order S-20-04)

Green Action Team Meeting May 6, 2009

Status of Major Deliverables

Green Building Initiative (Exec Order S-20-04)

CA Green Building Code

California Green BuildingStandards Code - CALGREEN

Presentation Goals– Agencies that Developed the CalGreen Code– How the CalGreen Code was Developed– Items Contained in the CalGreen Code– Code Advisory Committees– Local Government Ordinances– Future of the CalGreen Code

California Green BuildingStandards Code -CALGREEN

Agencies that Developed the CalGreen Code– The Department of Housing and Community

Development (HCD)– Office of Statewide Health Planning and

Development (OSHPD)– Division of the State Architect (DSA)– California Building Standards Commission

(CBSC)


How the CalGreen Code was Developed– Resources reviewed in developing green building standards

Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Globes UC Berkeley Green Building Baseline Draft ASHRAE Standard 189P State agencies


Sustainable Building Task Force – Established by Executive Order D-16-00

Green Building Action Team– Established by Executive Order S-20-04

CBSC’s and HCD’s Green Building Focus Group– Building officials– Representatives from the construction industry– Representatives from international building code writing bodies – Representatives from the environmental community– State agency representatives


Items Contained in the CalGreen Code– Subject areas addressed in the standards

Planning and design Energy conservation Water efficiency Materials usage efficiency Indoor environmental quality

California BuildingStandards Commission

Code Advisory Committees– Code Advisory Committees advise commission and staff on

proposed building standards– Six Committees– Green Building Committee


Local Government Ordinances– Local governments may make more stringent modifications

to the California Building Standards Code, which includes the CalGreen Code

– Justification for making local modifications Climate Topography Geology


Future of the CalGreen Code– Optional standards initially—effective August 1,

2009– Mandatory level - 2010– Tier 1– Tier 2– Separation of residential and non-residential– Optional measures in Appendices

LEED for New Construction

All buildings designed & built LEED Silver or better

Energy savings avg. 14% to 50% > Title 24.

Other Benefits– Water savings– Waste recycling– Improved indoor air quality

Challenges – ~ 40 projects suspended due to

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222 Buildings pursuing LEED-NC Certification

14 Buildings have Achieved LEED-NC Certification

State Outreach & LEED Training Green CA Task Force formed Jan. 2009

– 30 agencies participating, covering multiple initiatives– LinkedIn “Green California” Group formed

LEED Training– 375 State professionals LEED trained 2007-08– 24 LEED AP’s (30 more testing in June)– Current LEED trainings underway now

Updated LEED Training for 2009 version Webcast “live” and archived @ www.dgs.ca.gov/LEEDtraining

Retro-commissioning ProgramAll state-owned buildings > 50,000 sq.ft. RCx on a 5-year cycle; Goal - 8% savings

Phase I – 25 projects:– Continuing to avg. 10% verified electrical savings for measures

implemented with avg. payback < 3 yrs.– Avg. projected electricity savings for measures yet to be implemented

approx. 14% with avg. payback approx. 4 yrs.– Avg. projected Nat Gas savings - 16%

Phase II – 18 projects:– Investigation reports starting to come in– CEC/PIER Program – ENFORMA Building Diagnostics installed in 6

buildings

Phase III – 13 projects:– Consultant contracts expected to be executed July 1, 2009– All buildings to have ENFORMA installed

Sustainable funding mechanism needed for front-end investment

Retrofit ProgramImplement cost effective efficiency retrofits – goal: 12% savings

State of CA / Investor-Owned Utilities Partnership– Currently in “Bridge Period”; 2009-2011 cycle under CPUC review– Enhanced incentives to improve margins for performance contracting or

buy-down costs to fit existing budgets

Statewide ESCO Contract– 1st two RFP’s combined into one project; contract virtually ready for

signature– Current challenge: Ability to get a GS $MART loan due to the credit

markets

Sustainable funding mechanism needed for front-end investment– ESCO model – Fund Investment Grade Audits (IGA’s)– Non-ESCO model – Leverage funding to support the investigation and

design of aggressive energy efficiency projects at large facilities

Small Building Retrofit ModelBuildings < 50,000 s.f. make up 2/3 of state-owned office space

State/IOU Partnership has developed the roadmap and toolkit for success!– Rooftop package unit tune-up program– New HVAC technologies– Duct sealing– Load shifting to off-peak usage– Lighting upgrades (LED; wireless, dimmable controls; Personal Lighting Systems)– Vending machines; Exit signs– Resource monitoring

Track usage Monitor and optimally maintain building systems Calculate GHG emissions

State agency partners ready to go (DMV, CHP, DPR, DWR, DOT, MIL, DPH)

Current challenges– Utility agreements– Sustainable funding mechanism needed for front-end investment– Revolving account needed to fully leverage incentives

We can reach our goals, but it will take Executive-level support

LEED-EB: Operations & MaintenanceSustainable Facilities

LEED-EB: Operations &Maintenance (State buildings over 50,000 Sq. Ft. certified by 2015)

LEED-EB Certifications: – 2 LEED-EB Platinum- CalEPA Building & DGS-CDE Building– 4 LEED-EB Gold- DGS-DPH & DHC Buildings

DGS received USGBC approval for pilot volume certification program

60 DGS owned and/or operated buildings registered with USGBC January 2008

LEED-EB Schedule– 6 Buildings submitted to USGBC on January 31, 2009 – 3 Buildings submitted to USGBC on April 30, 2009 – 3 Buildings scheduled to submit to USGBC on June 30 , 2009. – 4 Buildings scheduled to submit to USGBC on November 15, 2009. – 22 Buildings submitted and/or certified by end of December 2009

LEED-EB: Operations & Maintenance

LEED-AP+ O&M Training – Five-session course, 3 hours per session – May 12, 2009 – East End Complex Auditorium – Exam Date: July 13, 2009

Energy/GHG Tracking, Reporting, Forecasting Database

Green California Web site: online “Existing Building Tool Kit”

Distributed Generation - Solar Phase I - 4.2 MW, 8 Facilities

– CDCR, Caltrans, CSU 14 million kWh generated to date 14 million pounds of C02 reduction (6,363 metric tons)

Phase II – 16 MW, 25 Facilities– CSU solar projects awarded

16 campuses – 8 MW Projects expected to be completed end of summer 2011 Expected first year generation 12 million kWh

– Processing Agreements for RFP Part I and Part II 6 CDCR facilities, 3 DMH – 8 MW Projects expected to be completed end of summer 2011 Expected first year generation 12 million kWh

Distributed Generation - Solar Phase III Solar RFP

– Conducting site visits– Current estimate for projects 8 MW to 10 MW– Mix of CSU, CDCR, and DGS facilities

Master Services Agreement– Working with Procurement Division– Currently revising draft RFP

Solar Thermal Hot Water Projects– Offset natural gas usage for domestic hot water– Thermal driven chiller option

Distributed Generation – Fuel Cells Telecom Back-Up Power

– 1 kW to 5 kW units

– Caltrans, CHP – Telecom Division

Combined Heat and Power– Master Services Agreement– Provides both electricity and thermal energy (hot water)– 24/7 operation

Distributed Generation - Other Wind

– CDCR potential siting opportunities– Small rooftop turbines (new technology)

Biomass– Digester, gasifier, direct combustion

Geothermal – Aka: ground source heat pumps– Renewable energy source– Thermal energy storage (solar thermal)

Green Leasing – Seek ENERGY STAR-rated buildings, pursue retro-commissioning and LEED certification.

100 ENERGY STAR leases out of 1,863 total– Extensive letter campaign advising current and prospective lessors of preference for

ENERGY STAR and requesting real estate community support.– Coordinating with the state’s largest lessors in an effort to achieve ENERGY STAR-

rated leases in existing space.

Existing Leases– 3 retro-commissioning projects complete (Ziggurat, CDCR in Sacramento & Fresno OB) – 2 retro-commissioning projects in progress (DOT, Sacramento and CDCR, Sacramento)

All build-to-suit leases: LEED-NC Silver– 4 projects completed – DMV Clovis, Riverside, Hollywood, Tracy– 3 projects in construction – CHP Headquarters- Sacramento,

DIR- San Luis Obispo, CDCR- Merced– 6 projects in design – DMV Rancho Cucamonga, Lodi, Stockton, El Monte, Thousand

Palms; CDCR- Fresno

Revising TI (Tenant Improvement) specifications (Exhibit B) to meet LEED-CI

Public School ConstructionHigh Performance Incentive (HPI) Grant Program Proposition 1D provides $100 million in incentive grants Promotes high performance attributes in modernization

and new construction public school projects DSA reviews plans, verifies point score

– Based on 2006 Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS)

DSA: 72 HPI Grant applications processed, to date OPSC: 45 HPI Grant applications processed, to date Approximately $88 million remains

– HPI Point Average: 33 points – HPI Funding Average: 2.3% increase to the base OPSC grant

Comprehensive Planning

Operations & Maintenance

Energy Efficient Design

Innovative Funding

Energy Generating Technology

Energy Use Management

“A site that produces at least as much electrical energy as it uses in a year”

Grid Neutral Schools

http://www.dsa.dgs.ca.gov/OtherProg/gridneutral.htm

Guidebook covers 6 topics

•Guidebook is online

•Letter sent to districts

•Presentations at conferences

•Grid neutral video in production

•Codification in Green Building Standards Code

•Award program to encourage participation

Next GAT Meeting

August 6, 2009

2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

CalEPA Building, Sierra Room

www.green.ca.gov

Documents

Green Action Team Meeting May 6, 2009 Status of Major Deliverables Green Building Initiative (Exec Order S-20-04)