IT Sustainability Report Facilities Sustainability Report

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IT Sustainability Report Facilities
Sustainability Report

• Kern Community College District
• Information Technology
• David Palinsky, Director IT
• Facilities Planning
• Chris Addington, FARA, AIA, ALA
• April 2, 2009

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Reports

• Information Technology Report
• Green IT Initiatives
• Facilities Sustainability Report
• What is sustainability
• Why Consider Sustainability in Facilities
• What is LEED
• Sustainability Report Card
• What can be in our Future for Sustainability

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Information Technology Report Green IT Initiatives
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CCC IOU Program

• California Community College Investor-Owned
  Utility Partnership Program for Energy Efficiency
• Purpose to help CCCs identify and install
  energy-efficiency projects
• Provides financial incentives for energy
  efficiency projects including technology projects
• KCCD Green IT initiatives qualify for CCC-IOU
  rebates

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KCCDs Green IT Initiatives

• Identify initiatives that
• Have a high Return on Investment
• Lead to more effective operations
• Lower Total Cost Ownership
• Eligible for CCC IOU rebate programs

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Server Virtualization

• Virtualization is a method of partitioning a
  server computer into multiple servers such that
  each has the appearance and capabilities of
  running as its own dedicated server.
• Server virtualization is often used to
  consolidate multiple smaller (or older) servers
  onto a single, large server, without changing how
  the applications perform or are managed.

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Blade Server Technology
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Server Virtualization

• Benefits beyond energy savings
• Lower management costs
• Significantly lower replacement costs
• More flexible and responsive to requests
• Additional Disaster Recovery Capabilities
• College and District IT Operations ALL
  implementing
• District-wide training soon
• DO CC Implement by June 2009
• BC PC Summer/Fall 2009

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Desktop PC Consolidation

• Desktop PC consolidation places minimal equipment
  on the desktop connected to high performing
  systems to provide a virtualized PC for the user.
• Benefits
• Energy efficient
• Significantly lower replacement cost
• Lower management costs
• Next Green IT initiative
• College led initiative

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PC Power Save Software

• Evaluated by Bakersfield College IT Department
• Recommendation to not implement
• Too many technical challenges
• Too long to implement
• Evaluating Desktop Consolidation

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Questions
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Facilities Sustainability Report

• What is sustainability?
• Why consider sustainability in Facilities?
• Facilities approach to Sustainability
  Implementation
• What is LEED?
• Sustainability Report Card
• Whats can be in our future for Sustainability?

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What is Sustainability

• Preserve resources such that future generations
  will have same resources we have
• The total eco system is improved with a positive
  impact on tomorrow compared to today
• Reduced carbon footprint or at least maintain our
  current level with no increases

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Why consider Sustainability in Facilities?

• Worldwide, Buildings account for the following
• 36 of total energy use
• 65 of electricity consumption
• 30 of greenhouse gas emissions
• 30 of raw materials use
• 30 of waste output
• 12 of potable water consumption
• Source Annually for all US residential and
  commercial buildings. US DOE Energy Information
  Administration

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Why consider Sustainability in Facilities?

• All education sectors represent
• 55 million students
• 5 million faculty
• 20 of Americas Population
• Global CO2 emissions by sector
• 1 Buildings
• 2 - Transportation
• 3 Industry
• Benefits of Green Facilities
• Reduced environmental impacts
• Facilities operate at optimal design conditions
• Improved productivity of occupants
• Reduced operations cost

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Why consider Sustainability in Facilities?
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Facilities Approach to Sustainability
Implementation

• Implementing projects and resources to reduce our
  carbon footprint based upon ROI
• Implementing strategies to reduce our dependence
  on fossils fuels where economically feasible
• Migrating our new project processes towards
  proven LEEDS strategies including district
  facility standards
• Evaluating our existing facility inventory to
  define phased improvements in sustainability thru
  recommissioning
• Educating staff to understand operation impacts
  on sustainability and how to increase
  efficiencies

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Facilities Approach to Sustainability
Implementation

• Planning Team
• Develop a long term energy plan (Pre-Initial
  Draft Form)
• Develop District Facility Standards (On going
  process)
• Monitor and evaluate emerging technologies and
  products
• Research, evaluate and recommend funding
  opportunities
• Construction Team
• Implement projects as developed
• Continue to work with CCIOU Partnerships to take
  advantage of funding opportunities
• Develop and implement a building recommissioning
  strategy
• Training District Staff, Architects and users of
  Sustainability practices and procedures including
  LEED strategies.

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What is LEED?

• Facilitate POSITIVE RESULTS for the environment,
  occupant health and financial return
• Define GREEN by providing a standard of
  measurement
• Prevent GREENWASHING
• Promote WHOLE-BUILDING, integrated design
  process
• LEED Leadership in Energy and Environmental
  Design

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Components of LEED Certification
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What is LEED?

• LEED-New Construction Ratings
• LEED Certified 26-32 points
• LEED Silver 33-38 points
• LEED Gold 39-51 points
• LEED Platinum 52-69 points
• Modernizations fall under new construction for
  LEED. LEED has a new category for existing
  buildings and has an excellent recommissioning
  process that will pay dividends that sh0uld be
  ROI positive

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Sustainability Report Card

• Bakersfield College
• BC Thermal Energy Storage Project (Construction)
• BC PV, we have secured a reservation thru PGE and
  currently evaluating our opportunities and taking
  proposals to facilitate this opportunity, up to 1
  megawatt, (Pre planning only)
• BC Chiller Loop Project (Completed)
• Campus Energy Audit performed and implementing
  many small energy projects with less than 2 year
  return on investment.
• Commissioned Trane to create a report on other
  renewable energy options ie PV, Solar thermal
  (hot water), fuel cells and others
• BC SAM Modernization will be first building
  where goal is LEED certification if ROI does
  conflict with implementation costs
• Cool roofs, occupancy sensors, smart vending
  machines and others

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Sustainability Report Card

• Cerro Coso College
• Combined all meters into one to allow additional
  savings and generation energy opportunities
• Evaluating the existing PV field to determine
  opportunities to increase generation. This will
  be driven by ROI.
• Upgrading facility standards i.e. light fixtures,
  HVAC equipment and related items to current
  technologies where ROI is the driver.
• Cool roofs, occupancy sensors, smart vending
  machines and others
• Evaluating main plant expansion in upcoming
  capital projects to reduce utility impacts
• Upgrading envelope, glass and etc where ROI fits
  into current projects.
• Main Building Modernization will be first
  building where goal is LEED certification if ROI
  does conflict with implementation costs

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Sustainability Report Card

• Porterville College
• Evaluating looping chillers and cost
  effectiveness of a Thermal Energy Storage
  projects
• Evaluating PV opportunities with tracker systems
  and thin film. This will be driven by ROI.
• Upgrading facility standards i.e. light fixtures,
  HVAC equipment and related items to current
  technologies where ROI is the driver.
• Cool roofs, occupancy sensors, smart vending
  machines and others
• Evaluating fuel cell opportunities using bio
  waste.
• Upgrading envelope, glass and etc where ROI fits
  into current projects.
• Applied Technologies Building will be first
  building where goal is LEED certification if ROI
  does conflict with implementation costs

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Sustainability Report Card

• College Centers
• Land set aside for PV fields in Master Plans all
  new sites.
• Proposed new Eastern College Center will be a
  focused development on renewal energy and our
  goal is make this our showcase for LEED
  certification based on ROI.
• Site planning for new facilities has been done
  with LEED strategies to gain additional points to
  help facilitate certification endeavor.
• Upgrading facility standards i.e. light fixtures,
  HVAC equipment and related items to current
  technologies where ROI is the driver.
• District standards will drive reduction in
  utility costs
• LRC Delano Center Building will be our first
  college center building where goal is LEED
  certification if ROI does conflict with
  implementation costs

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Sustainability Report Card

• LEED is being phased in by non certified
  compliance. Projects take many years to develop
  and phasing in LEED strategies has to be done
  incrementally due to funding limitations and
  available resources to change directions.
• District staff and architectural consultants have
  embarked on a LEED awareness and education over
  the last 12 months, attending conferences,
  becoming LEED accredited and understanding
  sustainability opportunities in this endeavor
• Many current projects have been evaluated as LEED
  approvable but have not gone thru the process due
  to resources, timing, additional cost for
  certification, retooling of construction
  documents for the architects and contractors.
  This retooling is in process such that many
  future projects may be candidates for LEED
  certification. Regardless of certification, many
  LEED strategies are being implemented.

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Whats can be in our Future for Sustainability?

• Reduced energy usage at each delivery site
• PV or equal at each major delivery site
• Over generation used to off set consumption
• Energy management systems each site allowing
  measurement, savings verification and utility
  usuage micro management.
• Continued reduction of our Carbon Footprint
• Reduction of operations cost, such that savings
  can be used for educational purposes

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Questions