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12 iii. Vehicle Use Reporting - Provide departments with a quarterly report on the fuel used, miles driven, and the overall efficiency of each vehicle assigned to their department. iv. Employee Consortium Presentations - 2 per year b) Initiatives that require funding, either through operating or capital project budgets. i. Geothermal HVAC system' design and installation (Link Center, first floor) ii. Retro-Commissioning Efforts Lighting upgrades Work plan Goals The ECT will measure the County's performance in energy, fuel and water usage through several means. The report of these measures will be presented to the BOCC, the general public and other stakeholders on an annual basis. Energy Reduction Goals: ECT will use a version of the State's published energy savings goals for State owned facilities. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S668v6 pdf The County will strive fora 20% reduction from FY10 in overall BTU usage by the end of FY15. An additional 10% reduction will be the Team's work plan through FY17. -Fuel Use Measure and Goal: ECT will reduce fuel consumption and increase fuel efficiency (MPG) by 10% by FY 15 as compared to FY 10. By FY 17, fuel usage will have decreased and efficiency increased by another 5%, for a cumulative change of 15% over FY 10 baseline levels. Water Use Measure and Goal: ECT will reduce water usage per sq ft. by 5% by FY 17. "Know Your Building" - 100% participation with occupying County Employees and individuals at every building review. Each facility will be reviewed at a minimum of once every two years. Employee Consortium Presentations - 2 presentations per year ' Geothermal/round source heat pumps use the earth as a heat sink in the cooling season and a heat source during the heating season to increase efficiency and reduce operating demand for energy.