Chicagos Climate Change and Sustainability Strategies Clean Air Counts Communities Meeting October 1

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Chicagos Climate Change and Sustainability
StrategiesClean Air Counts Communities Meeting
October 18, 2007
Chicago Green Office Challenge
Efficiency Investment in Existing
Facilities ICLEI Local Action Summit David
ODonnell, Deputy Commissioner, Chicago
Department of Environment May 15, 2008
Solar Panel Installation on the Art Institute of
Chicago
April 2006
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Chicago Green Office Challenge

• Existing Buildings a Climate Change Priority
• Engaging the Private Sector
• A Framework for Affecting Change
• The Green Office Challenge

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Commercial Buildings Significant Impact
Waste
Industrial Processes
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4
Commercial Energy
Transportation
39
20
Residential Energy
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Total Chicago emissions in 2005 36.2 MMTCO2e
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Chicago Climate Action Plan Goals
MMTCO2e
All reduction goals expressed as a reduction from
1990 emission levels.
60
Backcast
Actual
BAU
50
Target
39.3
40
34.5
15
7
30
20
10
80
0
20
25
30
40
50
2000
05
12
16
1990
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Private Sector Engagement
Description
Approach
Advanced

• Have self-directed and self-financed
  environmental initiatives

• Publicly recognize efforts
• Use as models/educators for other businesses

• Recognize the value of new ways to operate their
  business, but have yet to make a meaningful
  commitment to environmental initiatives

• Provide turn-key programs

Progressive

• Debate the value of making changes and have not
  yet made a meaningful commitment to environmental
  improvements

• Educate regarding value of change
• Provide turn-key programs

Struggling
Disengaged

• Rarely consider strategies for long term
  sustainability and are much less open to
  environmental initiatives

• Conserve resources for the engaged businesses

Source Alliance for Illinois Manufacturing
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Chicago Building Energy Efficiency Priorities
Municipal Operations
Recognition Programs
Market Development
Market Transformation
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Chicago Building Energy Efficiency Priorities
Municipal Operations
Recognition Programs
Market Development
Market Transformation
2MW of Solar installations
Distribution of 500,000 free CFLs
On-Bill Financing
Chicago Green Office Challenge
GreenWorks Awards Program
Industrial Rebuild Program
Point-of-Sale Energy Performance
20 million s.f. of energy efficiency retrofits in
city buildings
LEED Silver required for new municipal
construction
Green Homes Program
Incentives/Education Programs
Energy Code Upgrade
Smart Grid Implementation
Chicago Climate Exchange membership
Hotels, Museums Programs
Planning Development Requirements/Codes
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Chicago Building Energy Efficiency Priorities
Municipal Operations
Recognition Programs
Market Development
Market Transformation
Solar installations
Distribution of 500,000 free CFLs
On-Bill Financing
Chicago Green Office Challenge
GreenWorks Awards Program
Industrial Rebuild Program
Point-of-Sale Energy Performance
20 million s.f. of energy efficiency retrofits in
city buildings
LEED Silver required for new municipal
construction
Green Homes Program
Incentives/Education Programs
Energy Code Upgrade
Smart Grid Implementation
CCX membership
Hotels, Museums Programs
Planning Development Requirements/Codes
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Chicago Green Office Challenge

• Project Goals
• Reduce environmental footprint of downtown
  commercial buildings
• Engage at all levels of influence
  Tenants, Property Managers, Building
  Owners
• Lead towards third-party certification (LEED,
  Energy Star)
• Ensure annual energy use reduction goals for
  Green Office Challenge align with Climate Action
  Plan
• A partnership between the City of Chicago, ICLEI,
  BOMA, supported by the Argosy Foundation

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Chicago Green Office Challenge

• Tenant Engagement
• Four tiers of achievement
• Self-evaluation in 5 categories
• Waste
• Energy
• Transportation
• Property Manager Engagement
• Process
• Self-certification
• Training with other participants
• Engagement with Property Managers

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Chicago Green Office Challenge

• Tenant Scorecard

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Chicago Green Office Challenge

• Property Manager Goals
• Base Goals, Stretch Goals
• Energy use reduction by building
• 10 (Aligned with Energy Star)
• 30 (Aligned with Climate Action Plan) OR Energy
  Star Score of 75 (rated against peer buildings)
• Waste Diversion / Recycling (Aligned with LEED)
• 30
• 50
• Water use reduction (Partially Aligned with LEED)
• 10
• 30
• Tenant engagement
• 25 of tenants OR 25 of tenant square footage
• 50 of tenants OR 50 of tenant square footage
• Special recognition for green roofs, green
  cleaning, Lights Out participation

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Chicago Green Office Challenge

• Property Manager Tools
• Energy Star Portfolio Manager
• BOMA Energy Efficiency Program (training)
• Access to resources for making improvements
• Clinton Climate Initiative Building Retrofit
  Program / ESCO resources
• ComEd Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standards
  Business Solutions Program

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QUESTIONS?