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Attachment 1 Bouma said it may be years before the Town of Chapel Hill has enough of experience with this incentive program to determine the effectiveness of the program. He answered questions from CFE members. • O'Connor asked if developers are required to take the incentive. Bouma said no, they are not. Neal said it may be unlawful to require that. • Neal asked if the town staff knew how large a project needed to be to justify (or pay back) the cost of the green building features. Bouma said he did not know, but he noted he and other County staff are looking at potential green building practices for the construction of the planned new County jail in Hillsborough. Sassaman asked if there are any guarantees that future operators of the green buildings will maintain them properly. Neal and Bouma said they did not think so. Neal said he attended a recent conference and learned that human error accounts for many failures in the operation of green building features. He noted, however, there are new technologies for monitoring the performance of energy - saving devices in buildings. Neal suggested the CFE inform the BOCC that although there has not been enough time to assess the effectiveness of the Town of Chapel Hill's commercial preen building incentive program it may be worthwhile for Orange County to establish a similar incentive program for large commercial development projects. Bouma suggested the County may also want to include some large -scale residential development projects. Neal and other CFE members agreed with that idea. Sassaman asked if Neal was suggesting the CFE write another memo to the BOCC. Neal said he thought it may be better to craft a CFE resolution, and that he is willinq to prepare a draft resolution for CFE consideration at the November meeting. Sassaman thanked Bouma and Neal for the report and the proposed next steps. VI. Collaborative Enerav Conservation / Manaaement Proiects — Saunders and Bouma reported on the third meeting of the interagency committee working to collaborate on projects to address energy conservation and management projects of mutual interest and where there may be opportunities for collaboration among the entities, OWASA, Orange County, UNC, and the towns of Carrboro and Chapel Hill. Saunders reported the group selected five projects, and for each one the group has identified a "champion" and some initial next steps. The five projects are as follows: • Biogas to energy at OWASA wastewater treatment plant • Technical evaluation of solar PV opportunities at public facilities /land tracts • Street lighting coordination (particularly lighting under direct control of agencies) • Fleet management opportunities • Joint energy and carbon tracking and reporting Saunders said the next meeting will be October 28, during which the group will discuss the five projects and determine where to go next. Bouma said the group members seem to be collaborative and the meetings have been productive thus far. Sassaman thanked Saunders and Bouma for their report. 3