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Doing Well by Doing Good Recipe for an Effective Campus Energy Program

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

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Doing Well by Doing Good Recipe for an Effective Campus Energy Program

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  1. Doing Well by Doing GoodRecipe 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

  2. Take Home Message • Campus energy conservation has the power…

  3. Take Home Message • Campus energy conservation has the power… • To save money

  4. Take Home Message • Campus energy conservation has the power… • To save money • To pay for itself

  5. Take Home Message • Campus energy conservation has the power… • To save money • To pay for itself • To protect the environment

  6. Take Home Message • Campus energy conservation has the power… • To save money • To pay for itself • To protect the environment • To educate for sustainability

  7. Recipe for Success • What are the right ingredients? • How can we build a successful program?

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. Ingredient Obtain Top Level Support

  11. Models of Campus Energy and Environmental Leadership • Top down • Bottom up • Mixture Presidents leading the American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. Ingredient Prioritize Facilities

  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. University at Buffalo FacilitiesMission & 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.”

  18. 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.”

  19. Ingredient • Provide program staffing and leadership

  20. 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

  21. Ingredient Create Energy Awareness

  22. 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

  23. Getting AttentionBeing cute, being provocative You have the power… to save energy

  24. Use Messages that Work

  25. Ingredient Develop Strong Energy Policies

  26. Energy Policies • Energy policies … • Formalize goals • Give authority • Help hold the line • Need academic buy-in • Timing is critical • Don’t forget to implement!

  27. Types of Energy Policies • Heating and cooling temps • Fan run times • Reheats • New construction • Energy purchasing • Space heaters • Dorm refrigerators

  28. 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

  29. Ingredient Nurture Creative Staff

  30. 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

  31. 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

  32. The Incredible Results • Free heat for campus buildings • $80,000/yr savings • Total savings: over $1 million to date! • Zero cost to implement

  33. Ingredient Find and Focus on the Best Opportunities

  34. Finding Savings Opportunities • Facilities staff know where they are • Conduct a systematic campus energy conservation audit • Target your energy pigs!

  35. U Buffalo’s Energy Pigs • Buildings with: • Constant volume terminal reheat fan systems • Electric heating • Laboratory ventilation systems No offense to pigs intended

  36. Cooke-Hochstetter • 230 fume hoods • 300,000 cfm • Electric heat • Summer humidity control • $2 million/yr in energy costs • Solutions • Fume hood decommissioning • Heat recovery (heat wheels, run-around loops, heat pumps, Lydell Cycle) • Gas conversion • Run cool in summer to minimize reheat At least we didn’t build 20 of them!

  37. Ingredient Utilize Creative Financing Strategies

  38. Creative Funding Possibilities • Utility or state incentives • Revolving funds • Energy performance contracts with energy service companies (ESCOs) • Alumni donations • Foundations

  39. Performance Contracting • UB performance contracting experience: • 1994-1997 -- $17 million project • 2003-2007 -- $11 million project • 2007 - 2009 -- $10 million project

  40. Ingredient Involve Students

  41. Why Involve Students? • To get their help • To enhance their educational experience • To catch their fire!

  42. Reaching Students • Classroom lectures • Campus-wide events • Student assistants • Activist campaigns • Internships and research projects

  43. Student Projects campus as learning lab • Environmental audits • Campus dumpster dives • Vending machine study • Passive cooling project • Biomass cogeneration • Solar hot water

  44. Ingredient Focus on Climate Change

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