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24 <br />Orange County <br />Effective: July 1, 2013 <br />• Working with the Asset Management Services Department to identify energy and <br />water reduction techniques or systems that can be implemented without affecting <br />service delivery to the department's customers as well as bringing to their <br />attention any areas that require further action to address. <br />6. Employees <br />County employees are responsible for: <br />• Becoming knowledgeable about the County's energy and water conservation <br />policies and initiatives and complying with these policies. <br />• Advising their supervisor of any circumstance that prevents adherence to the <br />County's policies. <br />• Bringing forward ideas and suggestions for energy and water conservation and <br />efficiency that may not have been identified to them. <br />F. Energy and Water Conservation Action Plan <br />1. The Conservation Management Team, Asset Management Services Department <br />and others involved, coordinates the development of an annual "Energy and Water <br />Conservation Action Plan." <br />2. This annual plan identifies specific actions to be implemented, proposed or <br />estimated time lines, and responsibilities for implementation. <br />3. The action plan is submitted to the Board of County Commissioners for review and <br />approval, as part of the annual budget process. <br />4. The action plan is reviewed and updated annually along with evaluation of the <br />previous year's performance, during the annual "Update and Scorecard Results" <br />report. <br />G. Reporting, Benchmarking and Performance Measurement <br />Reporting <br />1. The Asset Management Services Department: <br />Ensures information for all billing periods for each energy and water utility <br />(electricity, natural gas, fuel oil and propane gas) is accurately recorded each <br />month and assesses progress, by building and /or department where feasible as <br />