City of Tallahassee City of Tallahassee Implementation of Climate Implementation of Climate

Change StrategiesChange Strategies

Florida A&M University

Green Summit

September 12, 2009

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City Services Public Transportation Electric Gas – Water - Sewer Solid Waste Aviation Police - Fire Neighborhood Services Parks and Recreation Growth Management -

Planning

The Tallahassee JourneyThe Tallahassee Journey

Sustainability Targets Carbon Footprint Green Facilities Transportation Initiatives Renewable Resources Energy Efficiency and Demand Side

Management Sustainability Programs Employee Task Committees Policy Considerations Sustainability Awards

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Environmental Policy & Environmental Policy & Energy ResourcesEnergy Resources

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Policy and Program Development

Policy Development

Program Development and Implementation

Green Initiatives

Measurement & Verification

Employee/Community Outreach and Education

Environmental Regulatory Compliance

Regulatory compliance reporting

Liaison between City facilities and the EPA/DEP

Represent City on national and state environmental professional organizations

Monitor, evaluate and submit official comments on new and proposed rules

Perform internal compliance audits

Sustainability TargetsSustainability Targets

Natural Resources Energy & Efficiency Waste Reduction Education/Advocacy Procurement Health Economics Leadership Transportation

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28% Nuclear

Post-HP2Repowering

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COCO22 Emission Rates Emission Rates

Green FacilitiesGreen Facilities

Solid Waste Administration Building

Tram Road Water Reuse Facility

C.H. Corn Hydroelectric Generating Station

Hopkins Generating Station – Unit 2 Repowering

Sam O. Purdom Generating Station

Fleet Management’s Green Shop

Wade Wehunt Pool Facilities

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Transportation InitiativesTransportation Initiatives

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16 Hybrids 5 CNG

Electric Police Fueled by Biodiesel

Electric Conversio

n Vehicle

Transportation InitiativesTransportation Initiatives

StarMetro 80X Routes (Green means Go) I-Stop Solar Lighting Systems FSU Route Solar Bus Shelters LED Traffic Lights

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Renewable ResourcesRenewable Resources

Tallahassee Renewable Resources

11 MW Hydro

51 kW Utility owned PV

315 kW Customer owned PV

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Energy Efficiency and Energy Efficiency and Demand Side ManagementDemand Side Management

Tallahassee 20 year DSM Plan: Demand savings of 167 MW (21% of 2026 peak) Energy savings of 561 GWh (14% of 2026 sales) Eliminates need to add resources until 2016

based on latest load forecast

Tallahassee 5 year DSM Plan: Electric Peak Reduction: 59 MW by 2012 Energy Savings: 146,000 MWh (year 5)

CO2 Reduction: 125,000 Tons (year 5)

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Sustainability Programs:Sustainability Programs:Energy Smart PlusEnergy Smart Plus

Free Energy Audits – Energy Smart Kits 80/20 Ceiling Insulation Grant 5% Low Interest Loans for Energy

Efficiency Equipment Energy Star Appliance Rebates Energy Star Air Conditioning/Heat

Pump

Rebates Energy Star New Home Incentive Natural Gas Appliance Rebates Solar Water Heater Rebates Solar PV Net Metering Program Smart Bill Smart Metering

Call 891-4YOU (4968) to schedule a free energy audit

Sustainability ProgramsSustainability Programs

Fleet Biodiesel Processing Plant

CFL Distribution and Retail Discount Programs

Schools on Solar

Tallahassee Neighborhood Energy Challenge

Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPP) Program

STAR Program

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Sustainability Programs: Sustainability Programs: Building EfficiencyBuilding Efficiency

Energy Efficiency and Savings Energy Efficiency and Savings Task Team Planning GroupTask Team Planning Group

Develop comprehensive recommendations for programs that promote energy efficiencies in City facilities

Plan the curriculum for citywide energy efficiency and water conservation training

Serve as training leaders to educate departments on the new policies that will be developed by the Environmental Policy & Energy Resources department

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Policy ConsiderationsPolicy Considerations

Waste Reduction Anti-Idling Water Conservation Energy Efficiency Carpooling Green Building Litter Abatement Fertilizer Ordinance Water Conservation

Rate

Sustainability AwardsSustainability Awards

Florida Green Building Coalition’s First Green City Gold Certification

U.S. Green Building Coalition’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Award

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s First Excellence in Site Reuse Award

Sustainable Florida’s Best Practice Award (Government)

Recycle Florida Today’s Waste Reduction Awards (Government & Partnership)

Tree City USA Designation

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Questions/Questions/Information Information RequestsRequestsVenus M. ChildsStrategic Programs Evaluator Environmental Policy and Energy ResourcesVenus.Childs@talgov.com

City of Tallahassee300 S. Adams Street, A-10Tallahassee, Florida 32301

(850) 891-2476 (BGRN)

Please visit us on the web: Talgov.com/green.cfm

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