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18 1 2 Alan Dorman reviewed the Energy Scorecard and said the energy use per square foot 3 has reduced 14.3 percent since the FY 2009/10 baseline year. He said this is ahead of the goal 4 for FY 2013. 5 He said the water reduction per square foot has reduced by 6.7 percent since FY 6 2009/10, to 14.87, which was ahead of the goal. 7 He said fuel consumption and efficiency have not improved, and fuel usage has 8 increased by 8 percent since FY 2009/10, to 260,000 gallons. He said miles per gallon have 9 decreased by 8 percent. He said fuel usage by Emergency Services has increased by 37 10 percent due to the introduction of a larger ambulance platform and an increase in mileage as a 11 result of more vehicles driving more miles. He said in the category of miles driven, the same 12 increase occurs for Emergency Services and the Sheriff's Department, related to more vehicles 13 on the road driving more miles. 14 Commissioner Dorosin questioned why an increase in the size of the fleet would not be 15 accounted for in the calculation. 16 Alan Dorman said he will talk in a few minutes about some of the initiatives to address 17 the issue, such as driver behavior and idling. 18 Chair Jacobs noted that there was a sheriff candidate forum where it was stated that for 19 every hour on the road, the sheriffs are idling for 15 minutes. 20 Commissioner Dorosin said it is one thing if it is an issue of efficiency, but it is another 21 issue if 911 calls are up by 50 percent. 22 Alan Dorman said Emergency Services has had the largest drop in miles per gallon, and 23 this is directly attributable to the larger ambulances. 24 He reviewed the Scorecard comments slide and the solution ideas. 25 Alan Dorman said $370,000 in energy cost has been avoided over the past 3 years 26 through the County initiatives, and $53,000 in water usage cost has been avoided. He said the 27 fuel cost has increased, but through targeting driving behavior staff hopes to turn this in a 28 positive direction. 29 30 Wayne Fenton reviewed the following PowerPoint slides regarding current year 31 initiatives: 32 Current year initiatives: 33 • Downtown Hillsborough geo-thermal project completion - impact beginning FY 14-15 34 - Estimated annual reduction of- 2,025 MMBTU's 35 - Associated annual cost avoidance of- $8,000 36 • Current year initiatives: 37 • Orange Public Transportation relocated from modular office building 38 - Cost avoidance of- $2,000 annually due to reduced electrical consumption. 39 (estimated 50% reduction). 40 Energy Bank: 41 • Revolving fund for energy and water reduction projects 42 • Annual avoided costs used to "pay back" energy bank account 43 • Current fund: $100,000 44 • FY 14-15 request: $50,000 45 • Total fund to be capped at $150,000 46 • Invested funds to date: $41,220 47 • 48 Current year initiatives (Energy Bank): 49 • Eno River Parking deck lighting replacement- LED fixtures 50 - Initial investment: - $34,000