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9 6) Recommending and utilizing fuel efficient vehicles and equipment, maintenance procedures, and equipment to achieve optimal and consistent fuel savings. These initiatives will be staffed and managed by AMS. AMS is responsible for managing all County capital projects and related fiscal activity, space needs analysis and planning, facilities and vehicle management and maintenance, risk management, and energy management activities.4 The AMS team is fully qualified to manage and optimize these systems within the overall energy management and sustainable practices strategy of Orange County. AMS works as a team to ensure that these systems are optimally designed, purchased, installed, and maintained. Team members include Pam Jones, the Director of Asset Management Services; Wayne Fenton, Sustainability Officer; Jeff Thompson, Value Engineer; and Alan Dorman, Management Analyst. Facilities At the time of this report, Orange County's Asset Management Services department maintained approximately 645,000 gross square feet5 of space in approximately fifty buildings. The profile and composition of County facilities has changed (and continues to change) significantly over the past several years, with almost 50% of the square footage being new or newly renovated since 2006. The new and newly renovated facilities include a number of devices and systems designed to reduce the consumption of energy and water. All of the facilities constructed or renovated since 2006 have incorporated elements of the Triangle `J' Council of Government's "High Performance Guidelines for Public Facilities." The High Performance Guidelines included many elements of Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design ("LEED") designed buildings, but did not include the often-costly monitoring procedures required for LEED certification. Version 1.0 0# the High Performance Guidelines was released in January 2001. A revised point system- was introduced with version 2.0, which was released- in September 2001.6 One of the first major systems designed to reduce energy use in County facilities was the inclusion of digital climate controls as part of the 2003-2004 heating, ventilation, & air conditioning ("HVAC") system replacement at the Whiffed Human Services Center, located at 300 S. Tryon Street, Hillsborough. Digital controls allow for computerized control over all aspects of the HVAC system, 4 Excluding Solid Waste and Parks facilities. b Includes entire footprint of building, measured by outside walls. See Appendix 'A' for more detailed explantion ~/ersion 2.0 of the guidelines added weighting to provide higher point values for initiatives that had greater impacts on reductions in energy, water, GHG, etc.