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Clean Energy Goal-Setting and Planning
Webinar for Local Governments
April 12, 2017
Susie Strife Sustainability Coordinator
Boulder County
Today’s Panelists
Sonrisa Lucero Sustainability Strategist
City and County of Denver
Shelby Sommer, Planning Practice Lead
Brendle Group
John Phelan Resource Conservation Manager
Fort Collins Utilities
Neil Kolwey Senior Associate
SWEEP
Marco Velotta Sustainability Planner
City of Las Vegas
Typical Planning Stages
Game Plan
Baseline
Vision Preliminary
Goals
Strategy Identification
Goal Refinement Action Planning
Implementation
Develop a plan for the
process
Outlining project stages and schedule
Developing communication
protocols
Identifying and recruiting
stakeholders
Game Plan
Establish a common
foundation for planning SWOT
Analysis Current
Conditions
Future Forecast
Impactful
Trends
Baseline
Clarify your intent and
ambitions
Vision
Ideal Future
Focus Areas
Identify what you want to
achieve
Structure
Ambition
Timeline
Metrics
Preliminary Goals
Vision
Goal Strategy
Strategy
Goal Strategy
Strategy
Strategy Identification
Identify how to
accomplish your goals
Review and adjust
preliminary goals (if
needed)
Technical analysis
Strategies identified
Political will/realities
Goal Refinement
Specify details for each
strategy
What
Where
When
Who
How
Action Planning
Make your vision reality
Implementation
Carrying out each strategy
Monitoring results
Communicating progress
A Few Resources
Cities-LEAP (energy.gov)
City Energy Profiles
Local Action Toolkit
Xcel Energy
Partners in Energy
(CO & MN)
Community Energy
Reports
Fort Collins Headquarters
212 West Mulberry St.
Fort Collins, CO 80521
How do you choose the right approach?
VOLUNTARY OR MANDATORY
CLEAN ENERGY ORDINANCES:
The Right Approach?
Improve Performance
• Raise the bar
• Push the envelope
Options:
• Mandate it
• Incentivize it
• Make it easier
Voluntary:
-Partnership
-Graywater
Existing
Buildings:
B&T
New
Buildings:
Code
Make it
easier:
PACE
Denver’s GHG Emissions
Commercial and Multi-
family Buildings
57% Single Family Residential Buildings
14%
Transportation 27%
Street Lights 1%
Waste 1%
2012 Emissions by Sector (thousand mt-CO2e)
Commercial and Multi-family Buildings Single Family Residential Buildings
Transportation Street Lights
Waste
2009 IECC
2015 IECC
27% Savings
2015 Building Code
57% of total greenhouse gas emissions
Laying the Groundwork: Voluntary Program
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Laying the Groundwork: Voluntary Program
City Program
Components
Energy
Savings Annual Energy
Savings
Seattle1
2011 - 2013 Benchmarking
0.6% (over 2
years) 0.3%
San Francisco2
2010-2014
Benchmarking &
Transparency
7.9% (over 4
years) 2%
New York City3
2010 - 2013
Benchmarking &
Transparency
5.7% (over 3
years) 1.9%
Washington, D.C.4
2012 - 2013
Benchmarking &
Transparency
9% (over 3
years) 3%
1. Seattle Office of Sustainability & Environment. Building Energy Analysis Report 2013. (Executive Summary) Seattle staff indicated
that preliminary data shows energy usage going up in 2014.
2. San Francisco Department of the Environment and Urban Land Institute. San Francisco Existing Commercial Buildings Performance
Report 2010-2014. (p.14-15)
3. US Department of Energy. New York City Benchmarking and Transparency Policy Impact Evaluation Report, May 2015. (p. ii)
4. District Department of the Environment. http://doee.dc.gov/node/970312 (accessed 2/17/16)
The Case for Required
Benchmarking & Transparency
Projected Emissions with Energize Denver
10.8
11.3
11.8
12.3
12.8
mill
ion
MT
-CO
2e
Actual Projected Projection with Energize Denver Part 1
2020 Goal: 11.8 MMTons
Benchmarking and Transparency
Benchmarking Transparency
Transparency Exemptions
Confidential business practices
Notes field next to the score
16 other cities have these policies. They have seen 2-3% annual energy
savings, free tool, 4-5 hours to set up an account, 1-2 hours of staff time
to enter data annually.
Municipal, Commercial, and
Multi-family Buildings >50,000
sq ft 2017, >25,000 sq ft 2018
PACE Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy
PACE (cont.)
PACE (cont.)
PACE (cont.)
“United States Building Energy Efficiency Retrofits: Market Sizing and Financing Models.” Rockefeller
Foundation and Deutsche Bank Group. March 2012. Numbers scaled to City and County of Denver.
Package Approach
Voluntary:
-Partnership
-Graywater
Existing
Buildings:
B&T
New Buildings:
Code
Make it easier:
PACE
Resources
• Building Code: www.denvergov.org/buildingcode
• Benchmarking and Transparency:
– ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager
– Other cities with benchmarking and transparency requirements savings
calculations
– www.denvergov.org/energizedenver
– https://www.denvergov.org/content/dam/denvergov/Portals/771/docume
nts/BEH/DRAFT_Energize%20Denver%20Rule.pdf
– https://denver.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=2892844&GUID=
360F45A4-3F9C-4FCC-8018-A60466CC3B7D&Options=&Search
• PACE financing
– http://copace.com/
– https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/energyoffice/colorado-c-pace
Further Questions
Sonrisa Lucero
Sustainability Strategist
Denver Mayor Michael B. Hancock’s
Office of Sustainability
720-865-9059
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Energy Policy and Building Scoring John Phelan, Resource Conservation Manager
April 12, 2017
The Best Place to…
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Policy Goals
Climate Action Plan
• Reductions from 2005 baseline
• 20% by 2020
• 80% by 2030
• 100% by 2050
Energy Policy
• Efficiency targets
(up to 2.5% by 2020)
• Renewable energy
• 20% by 2020, 2% local
• Demand response (5% by 2020)
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Building Energy Scoring and More
• Building Energy Scoring
• Pilots 2017
• Future
requirements TBD
• City Energy Project
• Xcel Partners in Energy
Coming soon!
www.fcgov.com/BES
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Residential Asset Scores and More
Partners
• Home Energy Score (DOE)
• Efficiency Works Homes
• Colorado Energy Office
• Appraisal Institute
• Multiple Listing Service
Funding ideas for
sustainability initiatives
ELECTRICITY
USER TYPE TAX RATE
AVERAGE ANNUAL
TAX
Residential $0.0049 /kWh $21
Commercial $0.0009 /kWh $94
Industrial $0.0003 /kWh $9,600
Funding idea: Climate Action Plan Tax
• Based on amount of electricity used
• City of Boulder $1.8M revenue/ annually
Funding idea: Countywide Sustainability Tax
• Boulder County passed in 2016 by 70% of voters
• With no increase in any county tax, taking a
portion of a historically successful sales tax (open
space) to support sustainability initiatives.
• $8M revenue/annually
Funding idea: Fee on Cannabis industry
• Boulder County is requiring commercial marijuana
growers to either offset their electricity use with
renewable energy, or pay a 2.16 cent charge per
kWh
• Creation of an Energy Impact Offset Fund
Other ways to supporting sustainability projects
• Voluntary carbon offset fund
• C-PACE financing
• Bulk purchase programs
• Property tax abatement
• Collaborative partnerships with other communities
Planning 101 • “Just because something doesn’t do what you
planned it to do doesn’t mean it’s useless.” – Thomas Edison
• “Make no little plans. They have no magic to stir men's blood and probably themselves will not be realized. Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will never die, but long after we are gone will be a living thing, asserting itself with ever-growing insistency…. Think big.” – Daniel Burnham (Chicago architect/planner)
Planning 101 • Why do we plan? Why do we set goals?
– Humanity’s need for order
– Coping with complexity
– “Where are we going? What are we wanting to accomplish? How do we get there?”
• Once a city implements a plan, how do staff, officials, and citizens know it is being followed? Can there be deviations? What happens if/when they occur? (Talen, 1996; Velotta, 2008)
U.S. Mayor’s Climate Protection Agreement (2005)
Climate Protection Resolution (R-57-2006)
Green Building Resolution (R-81-2006)
Energy code, Wind/solar ordinance, PC-CC Workshop (2007)
Urban Forestry Resolution (R-26-2008)
Sustainable Energy Strategy (R-50-2008)
Sustainability Office organized (2010)
Conservation Element of the 2020 Las Vegas Master Plan
City of Las Vegas Sustainability Initiative
City Operations
Reinvestment of savings
Emissions
Renewable energy (installed capacity, share of load)
Energy Efficiency (by sector)
Clean fleet
Codes
Zoning and energy code (IECC)
Community programs
Green Building Program incentives
Home Performance with ENERGY STAR
Sustainable Energy Strategy: Goals and Targets
Reinvest in Conservation & Renewable
Energy
Capture Savings Reinvest in
Conservation & Renewable Energy
Capture Savings
$65 million investment
Sustainability Projects Solar Covered parking
(3 MW)
Solar plant (3 MW)
Facility energy efficiency upgrades
45,000 LED streetlights
6 LEED certified buildings
Water conservation & xeriscaping
Citywide recycling
1,000,000
1,050,000
1,100,000
1,150,000
1,200,000
1,250,000
1,300,000
1,350,000
1,400,000
1,450,000
1,500,000
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
x 1
,00
0 G
allo
ns
Total Water Consumption
300,000
400,000
500,000
600,000
700,000
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Total Energy Consumption - MMBTU
0
2,000,000
4,000,000
6,000,000
8,000,000
10,000,000
12,000,000
14,000,000
16,000,000
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Total Energy Costs
Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard
10% 20%
30%
2011 2020 2030
10% 20%
30%
2011 2020 2030
Carbon Footprint Reduction
7 MW by 2015
3 MW by 2011
Renewable Energy
STATUS: 6.1 MW Installed
STATUS: 100%**
STATUS: 80% Reduction**
Meeting Targets
Downtown Master Plan
The STAR Community Rating System is the nation’s first
comprehensive framework and certification program for
measuring local sustainability
Community Goal Setting
Outcomes: Quantitative indicators demonstrating progress
Actions: Contribute to the Objective’s mission
Built Environment Climate & Energy Economy & Jobs Education, Arts, &
Community
Equity & Empowerment
Health & Safety Natural Systems Innovation & Process
Community Goal Setting
Climate & Energy Reduce climate impacts through adaptation and mitigation efforts and increase resource efficiency
Key Findings • Reduction in GHG emissions • Electric/alternative vehicle increase • Aggressive Renewable Portfolio
Standards • Energy & water use reduction • High LEED building stock • Decrease in solid waste landfill disposal
Improvement Opportunities • Adaptation & Vulnerability plan
Climate & Energy Objectives Score
Climate Adaptation: Strengthen the resilience of communities to climate
change 7.2 / 15
Greenhouse Gas Mitigation: Reduce greenhouse gas emissions 13.4 / 20
Greening the Energy Supply: Transition the local energy supply toward the
use of renewables 10.9 / 15
Industrial Sector Resource Efficiency: Minimize resource use and demand
in the industrial sector 8.2 / 10
Resource Efficient Buildings: Improve energy and water efficiency of the
community’s building stock 14.5 / 15
Resource Efficient Public Infrastructure: Minimize resource use and
demand in public infrastructure 9.8 / 10
Waste Minimization: Reduce and reuse material waste produced in the
community 14 / 15
Climate & Energy Score: 77.9 / 100
5 Megawatts of Hoover Dam hydropower
GOAL: Net-Zero
100%
Renewable
Energy
Some takeaways • Assess needs, gather data, set goals
• Coordinate with stakeholders (internally or externally) – public, Council/Commission, departments, utilities, private sector
• Identify, leverage, and secure financing
• Align projects with a capital improvement program
• Evaluate progress over time – what’s working? What’s not? Why? What can be fixed?
Marco Velotta
City of Las Vegas
Planning Department
Thank you
http://www.lasvegasnevada.gov/sustainability