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Shape up in 2008 Join the Fort Collins Green Team

Shape up in 2008 Join the Fort Collins Green Team. WASTE SAVINGS 50-90%. WATER USE SAVINGS 30-50%. CARBON SAVINGS 35%. ENERGY SAVINGS 30%. Average Savings of Green Buildings. Source: Capital E. LEED - USGBC. Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design.

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Shape up in 2008 Join the Fort Collins Green Team

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  1. Shape up in 2008Join the Fort Collins Green Team

  2. WASTE SAVINGS 50-90% WATER USE SAVINGS 30-50% CARBON SAVINGS 35% ENERGY SAVINGS 30% Average Savingsof Green Buildings Source: Capital E

  3. LEED - USGBC • Leadership in Energy • & Environmental Design

  4. LEED for Existing Buildings- Operations and Maintenance • Energy Efficiency • Water Efficiency • Employee Health & Comfort • Green Cleaning • Sustainable Landscaping • Recycling • Green Purchasing

  5. Energy Efficiency • Balanced our HVAC System • Repaired our air barrier • Performed several blower door tests • Performed thermal imaging • Reduced the air intake

  6. Gallegos Waste Stream AuditFall 2007

  7. Conclusions from LEED-EB • Several low and no cost energy savings • Single stream recycling for office park • Awareness of products and purchasing • Operating manual • Difference between contractors on TI • Healthier environment • Employee and owner awareness • Exterior maintenance

  8. Adobe Towers RetroCommissioning

  9. California EPA Building — Sacramento Annual Savings $1,425,000 8% Cap Rate = $17,812,500 of additional value

  10. PSD: High School Energy Costs

  11. Lighting Efficiency Upgrade After Before

  12. Employer Costs • Rules of Thumb • $1 – Energy • $10 - Rent • $100 - Salaries

  13. West Bend Mutual Insurance Company(West Bend, WI)

  14. Annual cost per square foot

  15. CBRE – Carbon Neutral by 2010

  16. 10 Cost Effective & Easy Steps • Calculate Energy Star Rating • Reduce wasted energy • Improve lighting efficiency • Improve HVAC efficiency • Save water • Recycling and conservation • Green Cleaning • Purchase Green and Local Products • Resource efficiency and waste minimization • Join ClimateWise

  17. Benefits of LEED-EB

  18. Resources • ClimateWise • City of Fort Collins Utilities • Platte River Power Authority • Governor’s Energy Office • CSU – Institute for the Built Environment • US Green Building Council • April 25th – Full day Green Team Workshop • June ? – Full day USGBC LEED-EB Workshop

  19. LEED-EB Green Team • Josie Plaut/ Dale Pettigrew – CSU/IBE, chair • John Phelan – Fort Collins Utilities • Carol Dollard – CSU Facilities • John Armstrong – ClimateWise • Adam Perry/ Paul Davis– Platte River Power Authority • Greg Fisher – USGBC-NoCo Program Chair • Greg Jones – USGBC-NoCo Chair • Steve Steinbicker – Architecture West • Dana Leavitt – City of Fort Collins Green Building • Sue McFaddin – Seven Generations, USGBC-Co

  20. We did not inherit the earth from our ancestors. We are borrowing her from our children. Seneca Nations

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