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17 1 • April 8, 2014 — Second Environmental Responsibility Goal progress report, including 2 third annual Utility and Fuel Conservation Report 3 4 Background - Facilities: 5 • Reports to date have examined energy and water use and cost for most, but not all, 6 County owned buildings 7 • Have included only facilities managed by Asset Management Services 8 • Have not included: 9 — SportsPlex; 10 — Solid Waste facilities (enterprise fund); 11 — Animal Services (special use facility) 12 — Eno River Parking deck (special use facility); 13 — Outdoor lighting, including that managed by DEAPR 14 • AMS will update future reports to include all County energy and water use 15 16 Background -Vehicles: 17 • Reports to date have examined fuel use and cost for most, but not all, County owned 18 vehicles and equipment 19 • Have included only vehicles and equipment managed by Asset Management Services 20 (AMS) 21 • Have not included: 22 — Solid Waste vehicles and equipment (enterprise fund) 23 • AMS will update future reports to include all County fuel use 24 25 26 Alan Dorman presented the following PowerPoint slides: 27 Energy Scorecard 28 • Energy Scorecard (chart) 29 • Water Scorecard (chart) 30 • Fuel Scorecard (chart) 31 • Fuel Use: (chart) 32 • Miles Driven: (chart) 33 • Miles Per Gallon: (chart) 34 Note: A new fuel management system was implemented during FY 11, providing 35 greater data reliability 36 37 Fuel Scorecard Comments: 38 • Increased fuel use attributed to: 39 • Increased law enforcement and emergency response vehicle miles 40 • Driver behavior including idling, hard acceleration, hard braking, speeding 41 • Solution: 42 • Active vehicle replacement program; 43 • higher fuel efficiency standards; 44 • consistent, comprehensive, sustainable driver behavior training and education 45 46 • Cost Avoided — Energy (image) 47 48 • Cost Avoided —Water (image) 49 50 • Cost Avoided — Fuel (image)