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Demand Side Energy Management and Conservation—A  Case Study   
With energy prices fluctuating dramatically over the past several years, managing campus facilities is more challenging than ever before.  One way to reduce the impact of these price changes is to implement a demand side energy management program.  This presentation will describe the experience of The University of Texas at Austin campus in undertaking three major campus energy conservation projects in lighting, steam, and water, and developing the campus’ demand side energy management and conservation program—while  the campus remained open for business as usual for over 70,000 faculty, staff, and students.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:
1. Participants will understand how and why particular conservation measures are chosen along with options to consider for funding.
2. Participants will explore ways how to establish in house demand side energy management programs and how best to sell those programs.
3. Participants will take away tips on how to manage energy conservation projects, keeping your facility open, while retaining your sanity.

SPEAKER(S):
Michael Miller, The University of Texas/Austin; Daniel Costello, The University of Texas/Austin

Geothermal Technology: An Energy Efficient Solution for Schools
According to the  Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. schools currently spend $6 billion a year on energy costs—more  than they spend on textbooks and computers combined.  An average of twenty percent of that energy purchases is lost through inefficient technologies and building design.  The lifecycle cost of heating and cooling systes are  an important economic consideration.  Schools must plan for long-term efficiency to maximize their resources.  geothermal heat pump systems are the most energy efficient, environmentally clean, and cost effective space condition systems available.  Ground source geothermal energy enables us to tap into the earth's stored renewable energy for heating and cooling facilities.  Geothermal systems provide cost efficient, comfort, safety, reliable, and quality learning environments, while freeing up tight budgets for quality educational programs.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:
1. Participants will discuss how with the recent volatility in natural gas proves, energy efficient is an investment that will help protect their bottom line for years to come.
2. Participants will learn of the benefits of lower maintenance cost, more usable space, and better comfort for both employees and students.
3. Participants will take away that while geothermal system may be more expensive to install, they can pay back the difference in energy savings in just a few years.

SPEAKER(S):
Jim Knutson, Trane; Dave Button, University of Regina; Erik van de Boogaard, Adams State College

Historic Campus Buildings  - Assessing and Improving Energy Performance
Historic college and university buildings are often considered “energy hogs.”  However, many have sustainable attributes, including large windows for day lighting, natural ventilation systems, and high ceilings to dissipate heat.  This session will teach attendees how to analyze the energy efficiency of historic campus buildings, including GHG emissions and their CO2 footprint, as well as various techniques for improvement.  Presenters will share energy-efficiency tools and strategies, while exploring examples of college and university preservation projections that have successfully integrated both.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:
1. Participants will discover how to assess a building’s existing energy performance, and uncover strategies for making informed decisions regarding interventions in an historic campus building.
2. Participants will learn how to assess the myriad of options for improving energy performance and their impact on historic buildings.
3. Participants will explore examples of how energy efficiencies have been successfully integrated into historic campus buildings, and incorporated these approaches into their own projects.

SPEAKER(S):
Mark Thaler, EYP Architecture and Engineering; Brenda Whitmore, University of New Hampshire

Facilities Asset Management as a Framework for Integrated Climate Action Planning
Achieving significant and lasting reductions of campus greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions requires new strategic planning priorities and an integrated approach to managing facilities. This presentation will review the Harvard School of Public Health's (HSPH) Climate Action Plan, which is built upon a comprehensive facilities asset management framework and utilizes an innovative tool for GHG reduction scenario planning and investment. HSPH’s facilities asset management program, which is based on the International Infrastructure Management Manual, integrates strategic planning with tactical and operational practices to excel at meeting institutional needs, and optimizing building performance, occupant comfort, and operations and maintenanceworkflow. The framework is supported by a continuous commissioning and real-time energy monitoring program which allows for constant surveillance and timely corrective action of building performance issues. HSPH also adopted Environmental Health and Engineering’s (EH&E) Carbon Planner, a Microsoft Excel-based tool for GHG mitigation scenario planning. Carbon Planner enables dynamic GHG mitigation project investment planning based on life cycle costing. Users can sort projects using metrics such as cost-per-metric tone of GHG mitigated and savings-to-investment-ratio to optimize their return-on-investment and demonstrate the business case for reducing GHG emissions.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:
1. Participants will be exposed to facilities asset management principles, with a particular focus on integrating climate action planning into facilities planning and operations.
2. Participants will learn of the importance of metrics and life cycle costing for greenhouse gas reduction/climate action planning.
3. Participants will discuss approaches for identifying and prioritizing energy conservation & GHG mitigation measures and how to present a strong business case for climate action.

SPEAKER(S):
Daniel Beaudoin, Harvard School of Public Health; Michael Crowley, Environmental Health & Engineering

Let the Sun Shine
Learn how San Diego Community College District is leveraging a 20-year third-party Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) to incorporate renewable energy on its three main colleges and six continuing education campuses (without upfront capital costs or operational expenses,) and reduce carbon emissions by more than 5.5 million pounds annually.   This 2.4 MW system will generate more than four million kiloWatt hours of green energy per year – enough to power 650 homes per year – at rates approximately 18% below those of the local utility company: a savings of more than $110,000 annually.  The first 20 years of production will generate a number of environmental benefits, such as reduction of global warming emissions, reduction of fossil fuel consumption, reduction of other emissions and much more.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:
1. Participants will learn what a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) entails.
2. Participants will discuss some of the advantages of a PPA.
3. Participants will learn about the specific advantages of a PPA for public entities such as community college districts and other institutions of higher learning.

SPEAKER(S):
David Umstot, San Diego Community College District; Mark Pearson, Borrego Solar

Institutionalizing Green Building and Alignment with Greenhouse Gas Commitments
In September 2009, Rick Fedrizzi, President, CEO & Founding Chair, U.S. Green Building Council, said, “With the LEED certification of its 20th building, the most of any higher education institution in the world, Harvard demonstrates phenomenal green building leadership."  Building upon the successes of 23 certified and 43 registered LEED buildings, Harvard has been able to bridge a complex and decentralized stakeholder system to create new Green Building Standards that support the University’s aggressive goal to reduce greenhouse gases 30% below 2006 levels by 2016, inclusive of growth. This session will share strategies to institutionalize green building, create organization‐wide policies, and ensure sustainable asset management through systems thinking, institutionalizing new practices, building knowledge and internal capacity, and promoting continuous improvement. The process of developing the GreenBuilding Standards will be used to share specific lessons learned across buildings to promote change management and bring about organizational change. Speakers from the Harvard University Office for Sustainability will use a range of Harvard projects to illustrate a wide breadth of strategies. Particular attention will be paid to discussing the process and importance of leveraging past successes to create broader policies. These lessons are not only applicable to colleges and universities, but also to governmental and corporate entities creating climate action plans.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:
1. Participants will learn strategies to institutionalize green building, create organization-wide policies, and ensure sustainable asset management through systems thinking,institutionalizing new practices, building knowledge and internal capacity, andpromoting continuous improvement
2. Participants will gain insight into how success on an individual building level can be leveraged to create broader policies and tie in to larger greenhouse gas reductioncommitments.
3. Participants will learn from Harvard’s specific lessons regarding the on‐going operation of LEED buildings, and discuss how to create successful frameworks during design and construction to ensure a building’s optimal performance.

SPEAKERS:
Nathan Gauthier, Harvard Office of Sustainability; Andrea Ruedy Trimble, Harvard University Office of Sustainability

Driving Energy Efficiency from Assessment to Implementations
Campus-wide screening level energy assessments were performed at five 4 year colleges in the City University of New York (CUNY). The energy assessments included building envelope, mechanical systems (HVAC, motors/fans/pumps); building automation systems; lighting systems; O&M activities; and plug loads. Based on observations, energy conservation measures (ECMs) were developed in each category. These ECMS were categorized as either “Immediate Actions – Behavior, Operations and Maintenance,” “Near-Term Actions (1 to 5 years),” or “Long-terms Actions (5-15 years),” the latter being for use in a Campus Strategic Energy Plan (this categorization will help prioritize projects for implementation.) Also, as input to this process, budget costs (with payback periods) were developed for the implementation of these ECMs. This process is informing process of greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction and the preparation of Climate Action Plans for these colleges, as well as positioning them for both improved environmental and economic sustainability.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:
1. Participants will learn how to apply a process for the identification of ECMs on a campus.
2. Participants will discuss how to establish reference benchmarks to implement energy conservation measures.
3. Participants will take away tools to help integrate ECMs into Climate Action Planning for a more detailed approach to GHG reduction.

SPEAKER(S):
Arthur Fasolino, The City University of New York; Michael Madigan, O'Brien & Gere Engineers, Inc.; Robert Neimeier, O'Brein & Gere Engineers, Inc.

A Budget Neutral Approach to Achieving a Carbon Neutral Operations
The main focus of the session will be to communicate programs that have been implemented at Baylor College of Medicine.   Particularly focusing on those programs that provide income (energy and resource management) and how these programs can be used to support those programs that are not revenue generating (recycling).  We will also cover accounting methodologies for tracking sustainability program costs and revenues (including cost avoidance).

LEARNING OUTCOMES:
1. Participants will discuss how to sell a sustainability program to the University Finance Department.
2. Participants will learn the value of regular communications to all stakeholders.
3. Participants will explore how to take advantage of opportunities with new technologies.

SPEAKER(S):
Rock Morille, Baylor College of Medicine