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Council Meeting Date: April 18, 2011 Department ID Number: AD 11-008
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
SUBMITTED TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
SUBMITTED BY: Fred A. Wilson, City Manager
PREPARED BY: Fred A. Wilson, City Manager
SUBJECT: Review and adopt Resolution No. 2011-25 adopting the City's Energy
Action Plan report.
Statement of Issue: The City of Huntington Beach has been in the Orange County Cities
Energy Efficiency Partnership since February of 2009. The City has completed numerous
energy projects to date that conserve both scarce fiscal and environmental resources. The
Energy Action Plan report provides a summary of the completed, in process, and planned
energy and sustainability projects.
Financial Impact: N/A
Recommended Action: Motion to:
Adopt Resolution No. 2011-25, "A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Huntington
Beach Adopting an Energy Action Plan."
Alternative Action(s):
Do not adopt Resolution No. 2011-25 and advise staff on how to proceed.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The city of Huntington Beach has a long-standing commitment to protect the
environment and has recently expanded its focus to include sustainability. One expression of
this commitment is this Energy Action Plan(EAP). This document outlines the city's history
and commitment to (a) eliminating energy waste, (b)preparing for peak oil production and (c)
reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The most significant action taken to date was the city
council establishing a need for a full time energy project manager in 2008.
The areas of focus for the city's EAP are:
s Utility Bill audits and expenditure tracking
® Developing and managing energy efficiency projects
o Utility partnerships
o Monitoring Based Commissioning (MBCx)
o IS energy efficiency
o Energy efficiency retrofits/upgrades
o HVAC and controls retrofits
® Managing Federal, State and utility grants and incentive programs
® Developing and managing renewable energy programs
® Developing energy& sustainability guidelines/policies
® Design best practices and resource sharing regionally through Local Government Energy
Management Services Program (LGEMSP)
The city of Huntington Beach has developed a solid foundation from which to support
future state and federal energy efficiency policy, while creating a resilient city poised to succeed
in a carbon (fossil fuel) constrained economy. The city has already achieved success in its own
facilities, improving their energy effectiveness. The community-wide strategy will meet success
eliminating energy waste through the use of community based social marketing. Staff will
aggressively seek funding for programmatic support to support the success of the pending
community-wide strategies.
The methods,procedures and policies the city develops can serve as a template for other
Orange County Cities in becoming more sustainable. Huntington Beach led the last energy
revolution in Southern California with oil production over the last century and is poised to lead
the next clean energy revolution in Southern California as we prepare for the impacts from peak
oil production and climate change.
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SECTION 1 — INTRODUCTION
Huntington Beach's commitment is to become a sustainable and resilient community that
enhances quality of life and local control for our citizens and region. Related specifically to
energy issues, the Energy Action Plan (EAP)will focus Huntington Beach's attention on the
twin challenges of peak oil and risks from climate change. A significant number of the
mitigation measures overlap between the twin challenges. The most effective strategy is to
eliminate energy waste which will reduce pollution and reliance on declining oil production.
Additionally, introducing resilience as a decision-making criterion will build least wasteful
practices into business as usual.
The city council has been identifying threats to the environment for many years. Over the
past 15 years they have expanded environmental initiatives to include clean, renewable energy.
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increased per capita energy usage by 50%. California energy effectiveness has been attributed to energy efficiency.
Energy effective planning within CA communities will eliminate energy waste and reduce California's overall energy
usage.
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1.11 Past',and Present`Energy Planning iri;Huntington Beach
For nearly two decades, the city of Huntington Beach has taken numerous actions to
increase energy effectiveness. Over the years, the council has implemented a number of
strategies and projects that reduce energy waste. Even with inevitable turnover the support of the
City Council,boards and community for energy effectiveness has continued. Several programs
and initiatives illustrate this support.
Prior to the most recent recession, the Capital Improvement Program (CIP) has had
consistent annual funding in the range of$150,000-$175,000 for energy efficiency projects. This
commitment is essential to provide the required co-funding for most grant opportunities. This
funding in previous years completed lighting retrofits at the city's parking garage and city yard.
Secondly, a large Energy Saving Performance Contract was approved in 1999 that implemented:
(a) lighting retrofits, (b) chilled water system upgrades, and(c)variable frequency drives and
controls systems on city facilities.
Further indication of the importance of environmental protection is evident in the action
of the city to put in place an Environmental Board over forty years ago. The board studies the
environment of the city of Huntington Beach and investigates potential threats to a clean
environment for the city and its inhabitants. The board provides recommendations to the city
council on environmental issues and opportunities. In early 2010, the council approved an
upgrade to the Environmental Board's mission. This included"sustainability" as a keyword and
way of thinking that supports; (a) economic development, (b)water and energy conservation, (c)
recycling, (d)transportation, (e) open space preservation, and(f) community engagement. Most
recently the board has focused on an informative proactive methodology that produces a positive
approach to solving environmental problems.
Recent Energy Actions
In1999 and 2001 Sempra Energy Solutions implemented an Energy Saving Performance
Contract. This type of contract required Sempra Energy Solutions to conduct a thorough
analysis based on a 1995 analysis conducted by Southern California Edison. The final
modifications recommended by Sempra Energy Solutions to the HVAC system, city-wide
lighting, and the Direct Digital Control system (DDC)produced major savings. These
modifications resulted in an annual savings of$318,974, with a simple payback period of 8.6
years. The energy savings annually was 2.4 million kWh and 164 thousand Therms.
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1999 & 2001 Energy Performance Contract Details:
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Item Location Description Energy Savings Capital Cost
kWh
1 Civic Center Lighting and Exit Signs 516,881 $46,528
2 Civic Center Chillers,motors,water pump,air handlers,cooling 2,366,460 $190,586
tower,and boiler.
3 Central Motors,water pump,air handlers,boilers. 518,784 $58,131
Library
4 Library& Energy Management System,and an update to an 0 $50,000
Civic Center outdated maintenance plan.
Totals: 3,402,125 $345,245
The Mayor in 2005, became aware of the risks of peaking oil production, she created
awareness among council members and officials about the seriousness of depleting oil reserves.
City members participated in a peak oil conference and to this day continue to participate and
contribute to reducing energy usage. One of the outcomes of that awareness was the creation of
an energy manager position, which has proven to be one of the most beneficial ways of working
to eliminate energy waste.
In 2007, City Council provided budget authority to create a new Energy Project Manager
(EPM) position. The purpose of this position was to create and administer a long-range energy
management program that would meet the goals for the Energy Element of the city of
Huntington Beach Strategic Plan. Additionally, the plan included being: (a) creative in
implementing initiatives, (b) active in policy change at the local and state levels, and (c)
becoming expert in leading Huntington Beach in developing strategies to create a sustainable
community. In June of 2008, the city of Huntington Beach hired the new Energy Project
Manager.
Within four months of the new hire, the EPM identified $190,000 in recoverable utility
costs. The EPM found billing problems when he was reviewing 700 of the city's gas and electric
bills. "Their bills are so complex," he said in an interview with OC Register. "There are
relatively few people that can fully understand and manage the bills." Sites that had incorrect
electrical billing included the Civic Center, Central Library, and a former police department
substation. The recurring savings from the initial utility bill audit total $57,000.
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On February 2nd, 2009 the Council adopted resolution number 2009-08 in support of the
Orange County Cities Energy Leadership Partnership (OCCELP). This led to a major partnership
between Southern California Edison and Huntington Beach and provided an active way to link
the city's past energy efficiency success with the new energy efficiency goals.
The OCCELP provides the equivalent of a customer loyalty program that increases the
incentives the city can earn based on how much energy efficiency they have implemented in the
past. The city has moved from the valued partner level to the Silver level, and will continue to
advance to the Gold and Platinum levels as more energy efficiency is implemented. The Gold
level is worth approximately$57,000 in additional incentives to the city, but to reach Gold
status, an EAP document needs to be adopted by the Council. (For more information please see
the chart below) According to projections by SCE, the city of Huntington Beach should reach
the Gold level in the 2nd quarter of 2011. In addition to energy efficiency, to achieve Gold
partner status the city must implement SCE's Demand Response in several facilities. Demand
Response participation requires temporarily reducing energy use during peak time in exchange
for payment.
One of the additional benefits of the OCCELP is eligibility for grants such as the SCE
Flight#5.6 grant in support of the California Energy Efficiency Strategic Plan (CEESP)
discussed in Section 3.2 of this report. One of the funded activities will permit the city to utilize
the grant to create a regional and robust Enterprise Energy Management Information System
(EEMIS). An EEMIS consolidates all of the facilities energy usage data into one management
system where staff can maximize the value of the city's energy expenditures. The development
of the EEMIS will be a combined effort of five major cities in Orange County including ,
Huntington Beach as part of the OC Partnership program. The grant also includes support for
local government facility policy development and adoption, and funding to strengthen regional
cooperation between local governments. The regional cooperation focuses on energy
management issues and presents an opportunity for HB to diversify some city revenues through
the Local Government Energy Management Services Program.
The city also supports sound state level policies such as the California energy resources
loading order. Energy Efficiency is the first in the loading order followed by Demand Response,
Renewable Energy, and New Generation. Energy efficiency is the most cost-effective and
common sense energy policy. For more information on the loading order follow the link below.
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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION
MEETING DATE: 4/18/2011 DEPARTMENT ID NUMBER: AD 11-008
Analysis: The adoption of an Energy Action Plan is a requirement for attaining gold partner
status in the energy efficiency partnership. Gold partner status provides additional incentive
funding for Huntington Beach's future energy projects that is projected to contribute an
additional $57,000 for the future projects to be brought forward to council at a later date.
Environmental Status: Not applicable
Strategic Plan Goal: Maintain financial viability and our reserves
Attachment(s):
1 Resolution No. 2011-25, "A Resolution of the City Council of the
City of Huntington Beach, California Adopting an Energy Action
Plan"
2 Energy Action Plan report
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RESOLUTION NO. 2011-25
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH ADOPTING
AN ENERGY ACTION PLAN.
WHEREAS, the City Council has previously adopted resolution 2009-08 to support
implementation of energy efficiency in Partnership with Southern California Edison ("SCE');
and
Huntington Beach has successfully completed a number of energy efficiency projects
resulting in energy savings of over$250,000; and
Huntington Beach also earned over $300,000 in utility incentives for these energy
efficiency projects; and
Huntington Beach has been recognized by SCE for achieving Silver Partner status with
SCE by saving 5% of the energy used in 2004 Citywide; and
City staff are preparing another round of energy efficiency projects that would benefit
from achieving Gold Partner status by having saved 10% of energy used in 2004 City-wide and
adopting an Energy Action Plan; and
Energy efficient programs enhance our environment by improving air quality, reducing
pollution, and conserving natural resources; and
It is vital for our community to keep dollars local and to encourage innovations in the
way we behave, build, and incorporate energy into our everyday business and personal lives; and
There is a national movement within communities and businesses to improve everyday
practices and to create more sustainable and "greener" cities; and
The City seeks to promote innovative methods and state-of-the-art technologies used in
the design and construction of new buildings within the City, in order to bring our energy and
natural,resource consumption in line with our Strategic Plan Goals,
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach does hereby
resolve as follows:
1. That the City of Huntington Beach supports a commitment to sustainable
practices through energy efficiency, and provides leadership and guidance in promoting,
facilitating, and instituting such practices in the community.
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2. That the City of Huntington Beach supports and endorses the Southern California
Edison Orange County Cities Energy Leader Partnership as an effective method to help meet
community economic and environmental goals.
3. That the City of Huntington Beach formally adopts the 2011 Huntington Beach
Energy Action plan thereby achieving Gold Partner Status within Southern California Edison's
Orange County Cities Energy Leader Local Government Partnership.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach at a
regular meeting thereof held on the 18th day of April , 2011.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA
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1, JOAN L. FLYNN the duly elected, qualified City Clerk of the City of
Huntington Beach, and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of said City, do hereby
certify that the whole number of members of the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach is seven; that the foregoing resolution was passed and adopted
by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of all the members of said City Council
at a regular meeting thereof held on April 18, 2011 by the following vote:
AYES: Shaw, Harper, Hansen, Carchio, Bohr, Dwyer, Boardman
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
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Table of Contents
EXECUTIVESUMMARY..........................................................................................................................3
SECTION 1 —INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................................4
1.1 Past and Present Energy Planning in Huntington Beach........................................................5
1.2 Other Department and Affiliate Goals: indirect energy savings—embodied energy...........18
SECTION 2 —CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH ENERGY USE..........................................................20
2.1 City of Huntington Beach Selected Top Users Municipal Energy Use...............................21
2.3 Current Energy Programs/Policies.......................................................................................23
2.4 Possible Objectives..............................................................................................................23
SECTION 3 —CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH TARGET REDUCTION GOALS ............................24
3.1 City Facility Goals and Strategy..........................................................................................24
3.2 City-wide Goals and Strategy..............................................................................................24
SECTION 4—CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH ACTION STEPS.......................................................28
4.1 Planned Municipal Facility Energy Efficiency Projects......................................................28
PLANNEDPROJECTS.............................................................................................................28
4.2 Funding of Projects..............................................................................................................29
4.3 Future Guidelines or Policies -as an expression of community values...............................30
4.4 Tracking...............................................................................................................................31
SECTION5 —CONCLUSION...................................................................................................................32
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This table links the past present and future of energy efficiency within the"Energy Leadership Partnership":
Level Criteria Status Level Energy Benefits
Savings
Basic The City has Implement an internal educational campaign and Completed 2010 $0.03/kWh
enrolled in Flex alert.
Silver The Water facilities participate in Demand Response from Completed 2010 5%
SCE.
One facility has a Peak Demand Reduction Action Plan Completed 2010 $0.06/kWh
Distribute Energy Solutions brochure among partner Completed 2010
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Complete an Integrated Demand Side Management audit at all Completed 2010
eligible facilities greater than 200kW
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Each tier in the partnership program represents a set incentive level for the city. Every
increase in tier level increases the incentive for a comprehensive energy project (2,000,000 kWh)
by approximately$60,000 or$0.03 cents per KWh saved.
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Phase 1 (Monitoring Based Commissioning) Projects:
One of the first projects the EPM asked the city council to approve was the Monitoring
Based Commissioning (MBCx) Projects for the two largest city facilities. Typical of projects in
the early stage of creating a long-term energy management program, they were highly cost-
effective. MBCx is a building commissioning process that identifies, and sustains low cost
operational and maintenance improvements for buildings and central plant energy systems. The
process employs energy monitoring and diagnostic protocols to achieve, and continuously
maintain a high level of system performance. Some of the objectives are as follows:
➢ Identify previously unrecognized inefficiencies in building and plant system operations such
as simultaneous heating and cooling
➢ Enhance building system performance and building comfort
➢ Measure and document energy savings from resulting operational improvements
➢ Facilitate ongoing re-commissioning of systems to ensure persistence of savings
Additionally, the commissioning agent Digital Energy Inc installed computer software
that quantifies the complex diagnostic results of the many sensors and then reports visual results
to the supervisor and energy manager for maintenance response.
In addition, the city of Huntington Beach Information System Department implemented a
PC network energy management software system that was fully reimbursed by SCE, which
provides an infinite simple payback measure.
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2005 City-wide Baseline Energy Saved Percent of City energy use
28,441,856 kWh 1,984,554 kWh 7%
1,065,764 Therms 51,870 Therms 4.8%
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EECBG Funded projects:
In 2009 the Recovery Act funded the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant
(EECBG) program. This program is for use by the city, county, and state governments. The
program is intended to implement energy efficiency and conservation strategies. Some of the
program strategies are to reduce the overall energy use, energy audits or retrofits, and provide
financial incentives for energy efficiency. Total funding for EECBG is $3.2 billion, and
approximately $1.9 billion is available to cities, counties, and Indian reservations. The city of
Huntington Beach was granted $1.78M based on the EECBG formula.
Huntington Beach's EECBG allocation of$1.78M is focused in four areas:
A) Solar feasibility project that led to a successful Solar Power Purchase Agreement
B) Energy efficiency retrofits in government facilities
C) GIS Streetlight Audit
D) LED Streetlights
A) Solar feasibility, environmental review, conceptual design, and entitlements
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The EECBG grant funded a solar feasibility study. This permitted Huntington Beach to
quickly complete environmental reviews, preliminary designs, and entitlements. As well as
bidding support from a professional services firm. This activity directly led to a successful
solar power purchase agreement with SunEdison.
The professional services firm Digital Energy completed an EIR that resulted in
publication of a Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND). Subsequently, on October 18, 2010,
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the council approved the solar project that would generate 3,300,000 kWh annually,
providing 12 percent renewable energy for HB's facilities.
This project is noteworthy in that it resulted in Huntington Beach taxpayers getting the
best value for their normal expenditures on utilities by redirecting them into a solar power
purchase agreement. This allowed the inclusion of renewable energy credits in the agreement
thus preparing the city for future carbon regulations. This major solar power project is one of
the largest public sector installations in Orange County.
SunEdison was selected as the winning bidder for the solar project. Subsequently, the city
and SunEdison entered into a 20-year, 2.3 Megawatt Power Purchase Agreement (PPA)
contract, with SunEdison providing, owning, and operating the equipment. The city
purchases the solar power at a flat rate from SunEdison. According to the terms of this
agreement the city is not liable for any capital costs or maintenance. Additionally, the city
benefits from shaded parking.
Additional benefits the solar project provides ate-over the course of the 20-year PPA
contract,the city has a projected Net Present Value (NPV) of about $1.55 million. On the
environmental side the equivalent of 508 acres of forest will be preserved from deforestation,
and, according to the Environmental Protection Agency(EPA), there will be a 2,382 metric
tons reduction of emissions of Green House Gas (GHG). This solar power purchase
agreement sets an example for other local governments to install significant solar capacity at
their facilities.
B) Energy Efficiency retrofits:
The city submitted an energy efficiency and conservation strategy to DOE with an energy
savings goal of 15% for the EECBG funding. In support of that goal, subsequent efforts for
energy efficiency in municipal buildings were launched when the city of Huntington Beach
approved a professional service contract with AECOM to complete an Investment Grade
Assessment(IGA). Upon completion of the assessment another Energy Savings Performance
Contract will be presented to the City Council for approval. This is a cost-effective approach
to achieving energy savings, which also earns incentives from the SCE and SCG's
partnership program. Once the IGA is complete, the city will have the information necessary
to enter into a construction agreement to proceed with the implementation of the
recommended energy efficiency measures.
This construction agreement is projected to be two-thirds funded by the Energy
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Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant(EECBG) funding, utility incentives and carbon
credit sales. The specific measures will improve the efficiency of city facilities and reduce
ongoing utility costs. In addition these projects will reduce the city's deferred maintenance
backlog. See section 4.1 for the planned specific Energy Efficiency Measures (EEM).
C) GIS Streetlight Audit
Huntington Beach spends over$2 million annually on almost 14,000 streetlights. Street
lighting is the single largest item (in both dollars and energy) on the annual power bill.
Following the dictum, "what gets measured gets managed", led the city to perform a
Geographic Information System (GIS) based inventory of the fixtures. This is not a new
trend as many major cities have benefited from this type of inventory. The project creates a
spatially accurate inventory of the street poles in a relatively short period of time. City staff,
whose efforts are paid for by the federal grant, create a comprehensive streetlight layer in the
city's GIS system. This also benefits the city by providing a way to easily update the system
as assets are added or removed.
Once the inventory is analyzed, an effective lighting strategy for HB will be developed.
Some strategies that have been used by other cities include, (a)turning off some lights, (b)
utilizing more efficient lighting sources (induction or LED), or(c) setting timers for lightly
used hours. The city of Santa Rosa, for example, with 16,000 streetlights, is reducing fixtures
and operating hours and saving 50% of their street lighting budget. As HB develops the
long-term street lighting strategy community engagement will be critical to ensure that the
public safety, energy and environmental costs and dark sky benefits are understood. The
ability to explore these types of options becomes viable as a result of this inventory.
D) LED Streetlights
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As seen from the GIS streetlight audit activity, street lighting is a significant energy use and
expense to the city. Ensuring that HB taxpayers receive appropriate value from these
expenditures of energy has led staff to pursue strategic LED street light retrofits.
On Main Street, the city was confronted with multiple stakeholder requests that encountered
budget and electrical infrastructure constraints. The Business Improvement District(BID)
wanted to upgrade the holiday lights and provide auxiliary power for Surf City Nights, yet the
existing infrastructure was incapable of supporting these requests. The underground wiring could
not provide enough electrical capacity to power both brighter streetlights and holiday lighting
simultaneously without digging up the streets to lay new wiring. The Police department needed
more and better lighting on Main streets to enhance public safety. Public Works did not have
budget to re-work the street lighting circuits and energy costs for street lighting are significant.
These constraints led to a solution for wirelessly controlled dimmable LED streetlights that
provided increased light quality while consuming less power and providing the ability to adjust
light levels depending on the use at any specific time. This solution avoided the need to dig up
the streets and reduced energy consumption while satisfying divergent stakeholder needs. The
city became one of the first in the nation to implement such a technology to assist in improving
public safety.
This solution had several benefits: (a)provided the Police department better light quality at
all times, as well as the ability to increase light levels by 30% in emergencies, (b)provided the
electrical capacity for the BID to upgrade the holiday lighting, and (c) reduced energy
consumption, as well as the ability to increase light quantity by 30% in emergencies. This
creative solution was made possible by the involvement of Council members, the BID, staff from
multiple departments, and industry partners. As important as these benefits are, longer term it is
important to develop next generation lighting solutions because HB spends over$2M annually
for street and area lighting.
Another example of using the newer unique features of LED area lighting allows HB to
provide energy services (light) to people not things, allowing reduced light levels and costs when
there isn't a need. LED lighting manufacturers have worked with UC Davis to create Bi-level
LED fixtures that incorporate an occupancy sensor on the housing, that dims the area when it is
unoccupied to 50% and immediately increases to 100%when occupancy is detected.
The city has installed these types of fixtures at several city parks such as, Murdy, Manning
and Edison parks. This feature has been shown by UC Davis to enhance perceptions of safety
and reduce energy consumption. SCE elected not to participate with HB in these specific energy
efficiency measures.
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Finally, the Blufftop parking lots served as a testing area with the Kim Lighting Archetype
LED retrofit kits. This location is a pure parking lot and provided an opportunity for the city to
test out controllable parking lot lights. The gates to the lots are locked at approximately 1 Opm
every night, the lights dim down to save energy shortly thereafter. If needed by the police
department, the lights can be illuminated to full brightness similar to the system on Main Street.
Local Government Leadership at National and State Levels
Huntington Beach's Energy Project Manager was selected to serve on the DOE's Energy
Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) Sub-committee. The sub-committee makes
recommendations to the Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy on the
goals and objectives of the EECBG program. The sub-committee serves as liaison between the
EECBG cities, counties, tribes, states, and the Department of Energy. It also provides consensus
building among program members. The city of Huntington Beach's Energy Project Manager is
the only representative from California, Oregon, Nevada, and Arizona to be chosen to serve on
this national advisory committee.
HB's leadership has been recognized by the Natural Resource Defense Council (NRDC)
naming Huntington Beach as one of their Smarter Cities. Additionally, So Cal Gas Company has
recognized the city's energy project manager as their 2010 Energy Efficiency Champion.
Community Outreach
Huntington Beach partners with the community to promote energy efficiency that
expresses shared community values providing a positive feedback loop creating additional
energy efficiency momentum. Some of the specific areas of outreach include the(a)
Environmental Board and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO's) programs, (b) incentives
programs, (c) Chamber of Commerce's Annual GreenExpo, and (d) the Marketing &Visitors
Bureau's Sustainable Tourism Committee and their publication"Steps towards a Sustainable
H.B".
Huntington Beach holds an annual Environmental Award event through the
Environmental Board. The award is presented at a city council meeting. This year, Southern
California Edison sponsored the award with a focus on energy conservation. A $500 financial
award is given to the individual and organization awardees that improve the environment. One of
this year's recipients was Russ and Susan Kadota, a family in Huntington Beach who remodeled
their home. The family incorporated(a)high efficiency lighting, (b) solar tubes, (c) energy
efficient appliances, (d) double pane windows and doors, (e) low-flow shower heads, and(f)
water efficient toilets,just to name a few.
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In a cooperative effort, Southern California Edison(SCE) and Huntington Beach are
working together to be Electric Vehicle (EV) ready. The primary activity in supporting the
newest generation of Plug-in Electric Vehicles (PEV) is ensuring that electrical upgrades in
residential garages go smoothly; both HB and SCE are ready to ensure that PEV's are successful
and provide information to SCE for them to prepare the infrastructure necessary to accommodate
these new energy needs. As part of the SCE research, Huntington Beach was fifth most likely
city in Southern California to have high adoption rates of PEV technology. This analysis was
based on the rate of hybrid vehicle registration in HB and demonstrates the strong environmental
and energy efficiency shared values in HB.
The city, while co-promoting SCE events, has helped its residential customers become
solar savvy. HB provides free classes on the California Solar Initiative (CSI) program and the
incentives it offers to homeowners who decide to install solar systems on their houses. In 2009,
the Mayor proclaimed a solar goal of 8.5 megawatts of installed capacity across the commercial,
residential, and municipal sectors, to be achieved in less than 5 years. At the mayor's request, in
2009, the Vice President of SharpUSA Solar presented to the council a program that included
additional Sharp Solar incentives to the citizens of Huntington Beach. The HB hometown
incentive was a success that resulted in about 100kW of successful solar installations.
In another cooperative effort, the city of Huntington Beach, working with Southern
California Edison,will co-promote a Direct Install program in June of 2011. SCE's Direct Install
program removes barriers that prevent small businesses from otherwise upgrading to energy
efficient equipment. In SCE's Direct Install program small businesses are offered no-cost energy
audits and no-cost installation of up to $10,000 in energy efficient lighting, and equipment.
In 2009 the HB Centennial Earth Day was celebrated at Rainbow Disposal Co., Inc. They
invited the community to join in the festivities at no cost. Music, food, entertainment, and
information on building a sustainable community were provided. SCE's Mobile Education Unit,
neighboring cities, and So Cal Gas were present to promote energy efficiency.
The Green Expo, an event of Huntington Beach's Chamber of Commerce, is sponsored
by major businesses such as Boeing and Sempra Energy. The exhibitors at the expo are an
impressive mix of green businesses in the city. They are able to access new customers with
environmental information and knowledge of the businesses within the Huntington Beach
community. The previous Green Expo had an attendance of approximately 6,000 people with an
estimated 65 exhibitors, active in the Huntington Beach community providing services or
products to improve community sustainability.
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The Marketing and Visitors Bureau started 2011 off with an outstanding publication
"Steps toward a Sustainable Huntington Beach". This document was prepared over the last 2
years by a committee on Sustainable Tourism led by Shirley Dettloff. The Sustainable Tourism
Committee is comprised of community members involved in a variety of professions. Their new
publication is based on research of Huntington Beach's sustainable activities and provides
direction for visitors and the community on creating a sustainable future in Huntington Beach.
Follow the link below for the full document.
http://www.surfcityusa.coiii/surf-city-ecotourism/sustainable.aspx
1.2 Other Department and Affiliate Goals indirect energy savings—embodied energy""
In addition to the efforts of the Energy Project Manager, other city departments are
working on energy effectiveness as well. The Community Services department, Information
Services department, Library department, and Public Works department have all completed or
are currently working to complete energy efficiency and environmental projects. The following
illustrates their efforts.
On the Pacific Coast Hwy between 9th street and Seapoint, Community Services has
installed standalone solar powered restrooms at the beach. In addition, most parking meters and
systems are now solar powered. Previously, Community Services had cleaned up some city
diesel tractors. The tractors used for beach cleaning have been fitted with special filters that
comply with the ruling of the California Air Resources Board. They filter out 99% of the
hazardous diesel particulates.
The Information Services (IS) department has implemented server virtualization to
eliminate the wasted energy from the previous practice of dedicating a physical server to each
computer system program. The expandability within a single system reduces the need for more
computer equipment that in turn requires more electricity. In 2006 the city had approximately
100 servers. After upgrading to the server virtualization system, 93 servers were eliminated at a
savings of approximately 233,000 kWh annually. Additionally, the IS department found an
economical and an environmentally friendly alternative for printing that increases energy
effectiveness, while reducing 25,000 kWh annually. Neither Southern California Edison nor the
PUC recognizes this type of efficiency measure though.
The Library is a large multi-user facility with about 93,000 adult cardholders and about
2,000,000 visitors per year. The Library enjoys a unique ability to communicate directly with
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the community. The Library is interested in conducting energy education campaigns to service
the community at the Library facility. The energy campaigns reach large portions of the
community. After all, a large portion of the community utilizes the facility. Additionally,
Library staff has supported energy efficiency projects in their facilities.
Another energy efficiency effort of the city of Huntington Beach is recycling. In 2009, it
was one of the two top recycling cities identified by CalRecycle. Public Works is the agency
responsible for reporting the landfill diversion(recycling)rates to CalRecycle. The Public Works
department provides recycling events for the residents to bring old electronics: computers, cell
phones, etc. Most impressively the city is using recycled products in municipal projects. For
example: a replacement of worn pavement by an asphalt concrete, containing crumb rubber from
200,000 discarded tires, as an alternative to depositing them in a landfill. Additionally, Public
Works has implemented solar powered monument signs at the entrances to the city while also
including energy efficiency funding in most Capital Improvement Programs. Follow the link
below for the full document.
http:.,I/www.ocre�ister.com.,,,"iiews/disposal-I 28554-waste-recycling.litm]
The Public Works department is also dedicated to water conservation. Their water
conservation efforts are spearheaded by a staff of two people. The staff is supported by the
Municipal Water District of Orange County's (MWDOC)water efficiency programs. With the
conservation efforts, Huntington Beach has reached a new water usage low of 25% less than 20
years ago despite an increase in population. The city has implemented the Orange County model
water code, a water conservation ordinance requiring the reduction of water waste. Huntington
Beach has been water-wise for many years, but has recently made extra efforts in water
conservation. The conservation efforts are due to current dry weather, and changes in imported
water supplies. Indirect benefits of reduced urban runoff make for a cleaner and healthier ocean.
The water conservation website is available at the link below.
.httt}:/iwww.huntingtonbeachca.gov/govenainent/deparhnents/publi.c works/water conservation:'
Further conservation efforts by the Public Works Department involved implementation of
the first phase of a weather based irrigation control system from CalSense at ten Parks. This
system is fully automated and reduces vehicle trips in the city through its communications
capabilities. To date, over a half a million gallons of water have been saved at one park.
Eventually, all of the city's parks will incorporate an automated irrigation system with the
potential to create 43% water irrigation savings.
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SECTION 2 — CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH ENERGY USE
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Year(s) Electricity Natural Gas Water(acre-feet) Fleet Fuel
(KWh) (Therms) (Gallons)
2005 baseline 28,441,856 1,065,764 830 511,184
FY 2009/10 27,480,325 1,257,530 790 471,302
2020 Energy budgets(assuming TBD through
carbon intensity is static) 22,753,484 852,611 water planning 408,947
process
2020 savings goal(20%) TBD through
5,688,371 213,152 water planning 102,236
process
*Highest users water pumping (potable, storm water and sewer), streetlights, Civic Center,
Central Library facilities
90% of the natural gas consumption in city facilities is related to water(potable, storm and
waste)pumping which are essential services. The loads for all types of water are weather
dependent and can account for large year over year swings in energy consumption.
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Year(s) Water(acre-feet)
2005 32,561
FY 2009/10 28,879
2020 goal TBD through water
(20%savings) planning process
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2A City of Huntington,Beach Seledeid T6p'Users-Municipiail"Energy,Use
FY 08/09 Municipal Operations Electric Usage
Municipal Facility Energy Usage(kWh) Annual Cost
Street Lights 9,444,035 $2,046,178
Water Pumping 5,445,792 $519,281
City Hall 4,834,000 $563,951
Central Library 3,244,890 $398,031
Traffic Lights 625,100 $89,547
Other 5,836,477 $835,783
Total 29,430,294 $4,452,771
,FY 08/09 Municipal Operations Gas Usage.`
Municipal Facility Energy Usage(Therms) Annual Cost
Water Pumping 905,461 $996,007
City Hall 86,011 $94,612
Central Library 46,509 $51,159
Other facilities 220,663 $242,729
Total 1,258,644 $1,384,508
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2:3,Current Energy Programs/Policies
➢ Environmentally Preferred Purchasing policy
➢ Flow-down state policies—AB32
o 20% less Greenhouse Gas by 2020 or 1990 levels by 2020
➢ EECBG—Energy Efficiency and Conservation Strategy (EECS)—20% energy savings
plan for government facilities required for EECBG award.
➢ Energy Action Plan (EAP)
2.4 Possible Objectives
➢ Specific outreach for community wide goals will seek funding for Community Based
Social Marketing
➢ Seek funding to continuously improve value for taxpayer expenditures on energy
➢ Seek and promote partnerships
➢ Cleantech economic development
➢ Sustainable funding sources
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SECTION 3 — CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH TARGET REDUCTION GOALS
3.1,City Facility Goals and Strategy:
As part of the city's obligation under AB 32 to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 20%,
the city's facilities energy savings goal is to reduce energy use by 20% from a 2005 baseline.
The city is well on track to achieving this goal through the projects described above.
The city will have greater control over the energy consumption through a variety of
efforts, including: (a)monitoring local government utility accounts, (b) ongoing energy star
benchmarking, (c) energy efficiency projects, (d) measurement and verification, and(e) carbon
reporting by utilizing an Enterprise Energy Management Information System (EEMIS).
As a benchmark for seeking funding, the city's contribution could reasonably be set at a
hurdle rate of a 5-year simple payback or 20%return on investment on single discipline shallow
projects and a 10-Year payback, 10% return on investment for deeper more comprehensive
retrofits. Projects that meet these criteria as a policy are given high priority for funding and
implementation as part of the city's energy action plan including the challenging community-
wide energy efficiency goals.
The combination of energy efficiency and solar implementation has allowed Huntington
Beach to exceed the 20%reduction in energy/fossil fuel emissions goal articulated in AB 32.
Future energy efficiency strategies for city facilities include integrating energy efficiency criteria
into Business As Usual (BAU) in capital programs, and retrofitting smaller (< 10,000 SF)
buildings.
3.2,Gity-wide Goals and.Strategy
Platinum partner status with Southern California Edison is a noteworthy goal to achieve.
This requires 20% energy savings both in community wide and government facilities.
One attractive strategy to engage the community in energy effectiveness action based on
social norms rather than the traditional economic incentives would be to utilize Community
Based Social Marketing (CBSM). Behavioral finance has illustrated that rational economic
incentives many times do not effectively translate into action.
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Huntington Beach thrives on sunshine, clean ocean and air, and a prosperous community.
The triple bottom line of sustainability—economic, ecological, and society—have equal
importance in ensuring community vitality. The EAP's city-wide strategy encompasses these
concepts while focusing on implementing sustainable solutions that engage the community.
Through the use of CBSM, the city can identify additional barriers that prevent sustainable
commitment, and discover ways to promote community engagement with cost effective social
marketing tools. The CBSM model offers an additional means of achieving energy efficiency
while minimizing the prominence of traditional economic arguments, which have limited
persuasive power. This approach has the potential to be more transformative and cost-effective
than short term incentives.
The city is committed to CBSM in assisting its citizens and businesses in making a
commitment and taking actions to eliminate energy waste. Identifying latent community values,
clarifying their expression and marketing calls to action to encourage the expression of
community values can be utilized as part of community outreach and education on energy
efficiency and other environmental goals in Huntington Beach. This can sustainably drive action_
to eliminate energy waste. CBSM has potential to be one of the most cost effective ways of
fostering `sustainable' behavior. Tools in CBSM can be utilized to discover barriers in
sustainable behavior and pursue marketing actions to implement change that will be sustainable.
Social norms create a self-reinforcing positive feedback loop that lead to sustainable actions to
eliminate energy waste. One of the tools in CBSM is commitment strategy. In Iowa City,
commitment strategy was used and succeeded in reducing energy consumption 10-20% without
any capital costs. The author of"Fostering Sustainable Behavior Community-Based Social
Marketing", Dr. McKenzie-Mohr, states that the individual tools have been around for a long
time and have been used successfully.
Huntington Beach is an excellent candidate for a CBSM pilot program to engage with the
community to drive action to eliminate energy waste as an expression of community values.
Those community values center on quality of life and local control. The appropriate method
ultimately needs to be researched for each campaign. But the CBSM format makes for a very
cost effective approach to the community engagement. Accordingly, the city is seeking
additional funding to pursue a formalized CBSM process to drive innovation in community
adoption of energy efficiency. Future appropriations of EECBG or Public Utility Commission
(PUC) Public Goods Charge (PGC) funding will be a critical component in moving towards the
next step in community-wide reduction of energy waste. The pursuit of a resilient community in
a constrained economy maintains the same reliable tradition that has always been carried out in
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the city, namely, that the Huntington Beach community improves the quality of life for the
residents of today and the future.
Additional funding for achieving community-wide goals is essential. The program will
aggressively pursue energy grant funding to further extend the city's leadership in energy and
sustainability.
The CPUC released the California Energy Efficiency Strategic Plan (CEESP). It
contained a local government chapter consisting of the following goals:
1. Local governments lead adoption and implementation of"reach" codes, stronger than
Title 24.
2. Local governments support energy code compliance.
3. Local government leads energy effectiveness by example.
4. Local government leads the community with innovative programs for energy efficiency,
sustainability, and climate change.
5. Local government energy efficiency expertise becomes widespread and typical.
As a result of this potential unfunded mandate from San Francisco, the CPUC provided
$32M of funding through SCE to support the local government goals of the CEESP. HB with
our partner cities (CM, FV, and Westminster) pursued this competitive funding to support the
strategic plan.
Huntington Beach applied on behalf of partner cities to support the 5 goals with
regionally appropriate policies and programs. Most aspects of the proposal were not funded,
however 3 activities in two topic areas were funded by SCE totaling $1,045,000 in grant funding
for the partner cities.
The funded portion of the OCCELP flight#5.6 grant has two components:
o The Enterprise Energy Management Information System (EEMIS) extends and enhances
the existing energy management tools. Report and function automation allows
management to track energy data more quickly than would otherwise be possible.
Quality assurance and quality control of energy data is essential to accurate measurement.
This system provides advanced and accurate control of energy data, which reduces risk
and improves reliability. Management also has direct access to utility billing, reporting,
trending, and many other features. Secondly, the funding will create state of the art local
government facility energy policies for OC cities that help lead the community by
example.
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o Local Government Energy Management Services Program (LGEMSP) is receiving seed
funding to create a hands-on energy management office that provides public sector fee
for service energy services. The city of Huntington Beach is working on the LGEMSP as
a means to increase energy effectiveness in Huntington Beach and other communities.
The LGEMSP helps to develop sustainable resources to implement cost effective energy
efficient projects that are available and offered to all local governments that would
otherwise not be accessible to them on a cost recovery basis from the local government
loaning expertise.
The energy policy-making grant provided a conceptual framework that helps produce
community-wide energy efficiency, fiscal and environmental results. HB will continue to
provide leadership to the community and Southern California through example. The most recent
form of organized leadership is the OCCELP, where Huntington Beach and other major Orange
County cities utilize marketing, education and outreach. This Amory Lovins quote summarizes
HB's approach to community-wide energy efficiency "profitable energy efficiency can drive the
business-led journey beyond oil and coal to cheaper, inexhaustible, secure, all-American,
climate-safe resources."
Ultimately, funding will be the key to success of the energy action plan and potential
reaching the community-wide, 20% greenhouse gas reduction goal. The EPM will continue to
aggressively seek funding from grant opportunities and the Council to ensure success.
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SECTION 4 - CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH ACTION STEPS
4.1 Planned Municipal Facility Energy Efficiency"Projects
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Location Description Energy Energy Capital
Savings Savings Cost
(kWh)
(Therms)
Civic Center Server Virtualization and Computer Room 90,047 $216,345
HVAC Upgrade
Civic Center Chilled Water System Upgrade 513,599 $1,126,902
Civic Center AHU Controls and Sequences Upgrades 247,909 23,351 $387,956
Civic Center Lighting Upgrades 214,688 $176,208
Central Library Lighting Upgrades 343,822 $229,939
Central Library HVAC, Controls, and Sequence Upgrades 105,490 9,149 $216,797
Central Library Library Addition Controls Upgrades 113,562 3,385 $194,883
Central Library Downsize Theater Transformer 21,900 $21,445
Downtown Pier and Beach Front Lighting Upgrades 199,382 0 290,640
Lifeguard HQ IT Room HVAC Upgrades 3,942 $15,179
Gothard&Lake HVAC upgrades and other measures 6,690 55 $80,172
Fire Stations
Rodgers Seniors' Replace Furnaces 255 $25,864
Center
City Gym Pool Heating System Upgrade 1,321 $50,197
Sports Complex Restroom Lighting Upgrade 7,726 $3,912
Multiple Upgrade Thermostats with Communicating 8,972 $37,199
Buildings Programmable Internet Thermostats(Edison,
Murdy,etc)
TOTALS: 1,877,729 37,140 $3,069,487
Future Projects
Smaller Facility(< 10,000 SF)retrofits such as Fire Stations,Community Centers,etc.
Infrastructure as it is replaced designed around energy efficiency and resilience
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4.2 Funding of Projects
These projects will be funded by various mechanisms as follows:
➢ Federal or State grants funding.
➢ Energy savings re-investment policy through Measurement and Verification(M&V).
➢ Historically HB has budgeted about $150K annually in the Capital improvement Plan(CIP)
for energy efficiency projects. This commitment should continue once the budgets normalize
from the current recession.
➢ Future EECBG funding will allow the city of Huntington Beach to accelerate implementation
of a significant array of energy efficiency and renewable energy projects. Including programs
that target community wide energy efficiency.
➢ California Energy Commission (CEC)low interest local government loans for energy
projects must be repaid from energy cost savings within 10 years.
➢ On-Bill Financing(OBF), zero interest rate financing for energy efficient equipment.
➢ Fee for service for administrative and/or time burdens.
➢ Tax exempt equipment lease financing.
➢ Qualified Energy Conservation Bonds (QECBs)
➢ Carbon financing mechanisms such as Verified Emission Reductions (VERs),Energy
Efficiency Credits (EECs), etc.
One of the most successful aspects of hiring an Energy Project Manager is the ability to
secure Non-General Fund revenue in support of the energy management program. The table
below provides a summary of these revenues.
Non-general fund revenue to HB from energy projects
EECBG $1.787 million
MBCx IS incentives $11,640
MBCx incentives $300,030
AECOM project incentives $373,776
SCE Flight#5.6 grant $1,045,000
Energy Efficiency Credits(EECs) Potentially$465,000 annually for 10 years
SCE sponsorship of Environmental Award $2,000
Reimbursement for city's costs on Solar $150,000
Total: —$4 million
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4.3"Future Guidelines or Policies =,as an expression=of:comrriunify values 4 '°,
"More than ambition, more than ability, it is rules that limit contribution; rules are
the lowest common denominator of human behavior. They are a substitute for rational
thought." (Admiral Rickover)
The future policy-making for Huntington Beach will focus on the (a)benefits of a
cleaner environment, (b) eliminating energy waste, and (c) improving energy effectiveness. The
city will lead with programs that demonstrate an expression of community values and fiscal
responsibility. Implementing flexible, streamlined programs will permit the city to comply with
state and federal regulation and create policies that reduce the undue burden of complex state'
programs, while maintaining local control. Local control of programs allows the Orange County
cities to maintain consistency, reduce complexity, and increase economic value.
Future potential policies:
➢ Integration with capital projects to influence upstream efficiency opportunities that
incorporate energy efficiency and sustainability into the design program.
o Owner's project requirements
o Basis of Design documents
➢ Peak oil/Climate Action Plan with technical assistance from DOE
➢ Local Government facilities—service level and energy policy
➢ Compliance with State & Federal mandates in the least heavy-handed manner
For example, Huntington Beach has implemented public art guidelines. The guidelines are
voluntary for developers in the use of public art. Over time, developers have nearly universally
followed the guidelines. The city of Huntington Beach will develop policy that provides energy
effective guidelines rather than mandates. If one were to use the carrot & stick analogy: if you
want sustainable behavior you entice with a carrot, and if you want a short-term response that
rewards minimum compliance use a stick.
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4.4 Tracking,
The city of Huntington Beach will monitor energy usage and track energy reduction
progress with the use of an Enterprise Energy Information Management System. The city will
utilize the funding from the Southern California Edison Flight#5.6 grant to implement this
system.
Some of the potential reporting methods are:
• Bi-annual reports to council
• Environmental Board annual report
• Energy Star benchmarking
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SECTION 5 - CONCLUSION
The city of Huntington Beach has a track record for recognizing and resolving
environmental issues within the city. Specifically, in this report, Huntington Beach has
demonstrated commitment to eliminating energy waste, preparing for peak oil production and
reducing pollution and is well on its way to complying with future state and federal energy
policy while prospering in a fossil fuel constrained economy.
Huntington Beach's energy management program leads the way in local government
energy effectiveness. The ability to leverage outside funding sources and partnerships are key
strategies that have driven the success of the energy program to date. The completed projects to
date have achieved 43% of the energy savings goal and once the pending projects are complete
HB will achieve 128% of the electricity goal. The natural gas goal is more challenging given the
city's water systems use a significant amount natural gas for potable and storm water pumping.
These long lived and expensive infrastructure assets are an essential making the natural gas
savings goal more difficult and costly to achieve. However, at the completion of the pending
projects the city will be at 42% of the 2020 natural gas savings goal.
Looking forward to 2012 and beyond, it is important to restore the traditional annual CIP
funding for energy projects to help in securing additional grant funding to ensure that Huntington
Beach sustains its leadership in energy effectiveness in Southern California in its own facilities.
This success can then be used to effectively lead the larger community through eliminating
energy waste through community based social marketing activities.
The table on the following page provides an avoided energy use and cost summary for all
of the completed and pending energy projects in HB as well as an indication of performance
against goal. This table illustrates that HB is well positioned to continue to invest in eliminating
energy waste and pollution.
Huntington Beach led the last energy revolution in Southern California with oil
production. This legacy has contributed to the quality of life that characterizes HB. HB is
exercising leadership in the next energy revolution to provide a strong, resilient and sustainable
city and lifestyle for generations to come.
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Energy '�olects ter ilk#e
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Acknowledgements:
Michael T. Needham is gratefully acknowledged for his diligence in compiling and authoring the
bulk of this report. This project represents his Senior Project earning a Bachelor of Arts degree
in Sustainable Community Development from Prescott College.
All city staff and elected officials for their support that has made the progress described in this
report possible.
SCE and So Cal Gas for their efforts in making Local Government Energy Efficiency
Partnerships successful based on PUC funding.
ACRONYM GLOSSARY:
BID - Business Improvement EPM—Energy Project PUC —Public Utilities
District Manager Commission
CBSM—Community Based HB—Huntington Beach SCE— Southern California
Social Marketing Edison
CEC—CA energy commission HVAC—Heating, Ventilating SCG— Southern California
and Air Conditioning Gas
CEESP - California Energy IS —Information Systems VFDs—Variable Frequency
Efficiency Strategic Plan Drives
CIP - Capital improvement LED—Light Emitting Diode
Plan
CSI - California Solar MBCx - Monitoring Based
Initiative Commissioning
DDC - Direct Digital Control NGO—Non-Governmental
system Organization
EAP—Energy Action Plan OBF—On Bill Financing
EECBG—Energy Efficiency OC —Orange County
and Conservation Block Grant
EEIMS —Enterprise Energy OCCELP - Orange County
Information Management Cities Energy Leadership
System Partnership
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