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Making Your Building More Efficient:

Upcoming Legislation & Incentives

Barry Hooper San Francisco Dept of Environment March 23, 2010



Municipal Commercial Residential

SF Environment

Green Building RolePolicy

IncentivesTechnical Assistance

Outreach



Leading by Example

• Recreation Centers

• Transit Terminals• Museums

• Hospitals

• Libraries• Offices

122 LEED AP Staff



Standard Timeframe – 2007 – 2008

6 - 9months

0

LEED Gold Timeframe – 2007 - 2008

1 month0

Environmental Review and Building Permit

Priority Permit Incentive



Same

LEED Gold Timeframe – Q3 2009

0

Standard Timeframe – Present

Step right up!0

Environmental Review and Building Permit

Priority Permit - 2009



• Scope

•Commercial and

Residential•New Construction

• Composition

•Owners•Developers

•Financial

•Architects•Engineers

•Contractors

• Emphasis•Predictability

•Substantiverequirements

•Design Flexibility



August 4 , 2008



Local Priority Requirements

(2009)

75% Diversion(MR 2.2)

Construction

DebrisManagement

Meet SFPUC guidelines(SS 6.1 and 6.2*)

Stormwater

Management

50% Reduction(WEc3.1)

Water EfficientLandscaping

20% Reduction(WEp1)

Indoor Water Use

LEED Silver Rating

Category:

New LargeCommercialBuildings



Historic Preservation

• Goals• Preserve historic

resources

• Retain embodiedenergy

Mechanism• Preservation reduces

LEED requirement

• Demolition increasesLEED requirement



Photo Courtesy: Adobe Systems



Green Building Growth

in San Francisco

0

5

10

15

20

2004 2005 2006 2007 2,008 2009 2010

Existing Buildings Operations & Maintenance

New Construction & Major Renovations (LEED NC and CS)

Tenant Improvements (LEED CI)

As of 1/10/10:18.9M sq ft

M i l l i o n

S q u a r e F e e

t



Source: NAI BT Commercial



Water Efficiency Requirements

Triggered by large TI,

Or: Retrofit by 2017

• Showerhead: ≤2.5 gpm

• Faucet: ≤ 2.2 gpm• Toilet: ≤ 1.6 gpf

• Urinal: ≤ 1.0 gpf

• Repair all leaks

• Details: www.sfwater.org



San Francisco Greenhouse Gas Emissions

(2005)

Sources: PG&E, Hetch Hetchy Water and Power, CA. Dept of Transportation, MTC, Muni, BART.

Transportation55%

Buildings45% Residential

37%

Industrial10%Municipal

14%

Commercial39%



Scope• Existing Commercial

Composition• Owners’

Representatives• Property Managers• Contractors• Operators• Engineers

• Architects• Finance• Utilities

The Task• Cost effective energysavings

• Minimum costs

• Measureable



• Existing goals

are similar • Target 50%

energy use

reduction over 20 years

Figure 2: Energy and Climate Goals

Applicable to San Francisco

0.0%

20.0%

40.0%

60.0%

80.0%

100.0%

120.0%

1990 2000 2010 2020 2030 2040 2050

A n n u a l E n e r g y U s e o r C O 2 e E m i s s i o n s a

s F r a c t i o n o f 1 9 9 0

B a s e l i n e

SF Emissions Targets

Verified SF Emissions

CA Emissions 1990 - 2004

and AB 32 Targets

CEESP - Existing Buildings

BOMA 7-Point Challenge

2.5% Annual Reduction

Existing Commercial Buildings:

Proposed Goal



• Identify potential savings• Enable informed decisions by all parties

• Engage tenants

• Submeter

• Educate and mentor

• Provide public financing

• Lead by example: Efficient public facilities


Recommended Strategy




Recommended Strategy



578 Jobs$612 Million$39 Million4.2%

20%

(100% after 5 Years)

ECBStrategy

357 Jobs$382 Million$24 Million1.3%10%(50% after 5years)

Voluntary

Audits andCA PublicGoodsIncentives

Direct JobCreation

10-Year Net

PresentValue toPrivateSector

Maximum

AnnualIncentiveBudget

Net AnnualEnergy

Reduction

Fraction of

StockAuditedAnnually

Scenario

ECB: Impact Estimate



• City of San Francisco and Pacific Gas Electric

Contract• Benefits

– Free on‐site energy assessments

– Incentives

– Ongoing energy savings

– Services available

in

Spanish,

Cantonese,

and

Mandarin

– Save energy, money and the environment!

Energy Efficiency Program



2/25/10 v02



Property Eligibility

• Must be a property that pays property taxes

– Therefore excludes city/county buildings, publicschools, etc. (although may include non-profits)

• Property types

– Multifamily (> 4 units)• E.g. Condos, apartments complexes

– Commercial

• E.g. Office buildings, malls, hotels, restaurants – Industrial

• E.g. Factories, warehouses, industrial parks

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Process: Micro-bond

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1 - Submit Application

Includes Project Details Package

2 - Receive Notice to Proceed

Includes Funding Reservation

4 - Submit Funding Request

Includes Verification Documents

5 - Receive Assessment Contract Documents

8 - Pay Back via Property Taxes

Property Owner Administrator

5 business days

(10 for commercial)

• verify eligibility

5 business days

• verify project compliance

• generate contract docs

3 - Install Project

6-Submit

Assessment

Contract

Package

7 - Receive Payment

County

20 business days• place lien

• issue bond

• remit payment

**Note:Timing is approximate

Estimated*

Interest Rate

Final*

Interest Rate

*Both the estimated rate and the final interest rate are dependent on market conditions at the time of submission.



Benchmark and Audit Legislation

• Nearing completion

• Coordinating with: – EPA Portfolio Manager upgrades

– AB 1103 Regulation development

– AB 758 linkage

– ASTM Building EnergyPerformance Disclosure(WK24707)

• Priority on minimizing cost andadditional paperwork

Status: Benchmark & Audits



• Required by AB 1103• Simple rating

• More widespread use

• Any building can usePortfolio Manager – However, not all

buildings can get arating

Challenging for Class B

• Commissioning

• Ventilation (ASHRAE

62.1 2007)• Supporting water,

energy, waste, transit

codes, incentives &resources



Portfolio Manager



City requests Energy Performance Reportby sending a link (email, post)

Building Owner/Manager logs in or

creates a Portfolio Manager account using the link.SF Energy Performance Report is nowin their list of report templates.

Building Owner selects facilities for reporting, and releasessummary data

City accesses a master Shared Report with consolidated datafrom all Building Owners

City publishes summary data

Portfolio ManagerReportingMechanism

(Proposed)



LEED and ENERGY STARBuildings – Courtesy of Googleand 3D Cyber City



Urban Ecomap



Carbon Footprint

(IllustrativeInterpolationprovided by SOMArchitects)



For More Details

Barry Hooper [email protected]

Ph: (415) 355-3753San Francisco Dept of Environmentwww.sfenvironment.org/greenbuildingSF Energy Watchwww.sfenergywatch.org(also East Bay, Marin, San Mateo, Silicon Valley…)Green Finance SFwww.greenfinancesf.org (also California First – June 2010)AB 1103

www.energy.ca.gov/ab1103/

Automated Benchmarkingwww.pge.com/benchmarkingSan Francisco 24x7 Energy Challengewww.sfenvironment.org/247