Transcript Sustainability Plan

Sustainability
Update
B Session Briefing
City of San Antonio
June 11, 2008
Overview
 Opportunity Scan
 4 Areas of Plan Development and
Related Action Steps
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Energy Efficiency
Economic Development
Transportation
City Operations
 Current City Initiatives
Decision Principles
 Focus on a limited but ambitious
number of attainable objectives
 Have a sound financial basis for
decisions
 Tailor initiatives to San Antonio
 Plan and implement with
substantial community
participation
Double Bottom Line
 Seek double bottom line returns
 Direct Financial Return (it pays for
itself)
 Social Benefit
 Environmental
 Economic
 Quality of Life
Untapped Wealth of
Conservation
 COOLR—Cost of Living Reduction
through conservation with no loss of
quality of life
 Large potential average saving per
household in energy and
transportation
 $10,000 gross savings per household
and $5,000 net increase in annual
household income=better choices
Keys to Tapping
Conservation Wealth
 Finance the infrastructure, programs
to extract the wealth
 Cut the cost of living for residents and
cost of business for companies
 Existing businesses improve and new
green collar businesses and wellpaying jobs are created
 Economic multiplier is high as more of
this money stays in the community
Priming the Green Pump
Sustainability
Initiatives and
Policies
Green Jobs
Green
Capital
Green Industry
Growth and
Development
Opportunity Scan
Findings and
Recommendations
Context—High consumption
costs local economy billions
 $4 gasoline, 2012 projections
range from $177 to $504/barrel
 Low rates and bills ($100+/month)
but high consumption—1266
kwh/month or more
 Above national average in energy
consumption per household
Economic Context—Area is
not really recession-proof =
risk exposure
 Top American concern today is personal
economic security
 Foreclosures rising in Bexar County
 Relatively low income
 Cost of living rising faster than incomes
 Transportation systems not adequate to growth
 Marketplace is looking for real estate products
that are hard to supply here
 Sustainable economy will requires skills and
businesses that are only partly here so far
San Antonio 2000-2006
Median Income Grew $36214-$40650, 12.2%
Mostly in > $75k Households
60 Percent of HHs Still Earning Less than$50k
Yellow - 2000
Green= 2006
San Antonio 2000-2006
Transportation Costs Grew Twice Rate of Income
Housing Costs Grew Three Times Faster than Income
33.2
35
30
23.9
25
20
12.2
15
10
5
0
Income
Transport
Housing
Energy Costs Rising
Universally
Consultant’s Report
 Findings are aligned with the key
areas of plan development:
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Energy Efficiency
Economic Development
Transportation Optimization
Improve Sustainability of City Operations
Key Sustainability
Areas
Plans and Action Steps
Energy Efficiency
Energy Action Steps
 Mayor has proposed creating a
Task Force on Sustainable
Buildings
 Proposed Chairman: Ed Kelley
 Representatives from key stakeholder groups
 Mission: “To develop building strategies that
enhance San Antonio's capacity to experience
a resilient and environmentally sensitive
future, emphasizing and focused on energy
and water conversation”
Energy Action Steps
 Coordinate Advanced Metering
Initiatives between CPS, SAWS,
and COSA
Energy Action Steps
 Design financing mechanisms for retrofits
and distributive energy projects
 Double bottom-line investment fund
 Conventional and energy efficient mortgages
 Explore using existing programs, such as the Community
Reinvestment Act
 CPS rebates
 Involve households and neighborhoods in
building community wealth through
conservation and innovative financing
CPS Plans
 CPS comprehensive energy efficiency
study
 New conservation goals and financial
commitments
 Advanced Metering Initiative (AMI)
and demand side management
 Reorganization to support sustainable
energy solutions
 Plan active partnership with COSA
“Greenonomic”
Development
Attracting Capital for
Infrastructure and Green
Jobs
“Greenonomic” Action
Steps
 Hire consultant to analyze
potential for double bottom line
fund or funds for new green
development, energy retrofitting,
and clean energy, bio-med and
high-tech business development
 Create funds, if feasible
“Greenonomic” Action
Steps
 Develop strategy for attracting
larger share of private venture
capital investments potential
“Greenonomic” Action
Steps
 Match opportunities to capital
 Develop a scorecard on economic
performance that benchmarks
resources used for energy,
transportation and water
resources and use of capital to
support higher wage job creation
and investment opportunities
“Greenonomic” Action
Steps
 Raise awareness of green job
opportunities, counseling and training
to be coordinated by the P16Plus
Council and higher education
institutions
 Involve households and
neighborhoods in building community
wealth through conservation and
innovative financing
Transportation Plan
Optimizing Mobility and
Cutting Transportation Costs
for Residents
Transportation Action
Steps
 Judge Wolff and Mayor Hardberger have
proposed to form and co-chair a
Transportation Task Force to identify
regional transportation challenges and
create a comprehensive strategy to
address them
 Mission: “Explore the transportation challenges and frame the
transportation issues facing our community. This includes
helping prepare our community for short- and long-term
regulatory, environmental, economic, and legislative issues
affecting transportation. The goal is to unite our community
around transportation choices that meet San Antonio’s economic
and environmental needs.”
Transportation Action
Steps
 Implement initiatives ripe for
adoption while Task Force
planning proceeds
 Examples include:
 Data gathering on the transportation burden
on residents and using such data in financial
counseling and value capture programs
 A car sharing program through non-profit
and/or for-profit model
COSA Mission
Verde
Turning City Operations as
Green as Possible
City Energy Profile
 Annual Kilowatt-hours:
247,299,941 costing $23,102,990,
or 2.6% of the operating budget
 Total water bill: $9,705,326
 Total Fuel bill: $13,762,478
 GRAND TOTAL: $47 million, or
3.3 % of City’s operating budget
Fleet Profile
 City fleet comprises:
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980 Heavy-Duty Diesel
122 Hybrid (16 arriving Summer 08)
193 Propane
511 Flex Fuel (includes 400 police cruisers)
 Annual Vehicle Miles Traveled:
 33,663,162
 Annual Number of Hours:
 63,303
Annual Fuel
Consumption
UNLEADED
3,277,288
GALLONS
$7,642,513.00
DIESEL
2,386,700
GALLONS
$5,922,960.00
PROPANE
155,824
GALLONS
$197,005.00
Mission Verde Action
Steps
 Recommend creation/use of three
kinds of sustainability financing
 Master lease for up to 7-year payback
 Self-Supporting Certificates of Obligation
(CO’s)
 State Loan Star Fund
 Seek supplemental funds such as
rebates, grants, etc.
Mission Verde Action
Steps
 Establish Sustainability
Investment Task Force
 Establish performance goals
 Screen and prioritize investments
 Coordinate initiatives and policy
recommendations
 Provide guidance to the Office of
Environmental Policy (OEP)
Mission Verde Action
Steps
 Sustainability Task Force to evaluate
opportunities in key target areas:
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Energy saving and distributed production
Fleet efficiency
Waste reduction and recycling
Green purchasing
Technology including telecommuting policy and
support and smart buildings
 Space utilization and sharing
 Trees and green space on City property
Mission Verde Action
Steps
 Utilize free and fee external engineers
and analysts from vendors and
agencies
 Determine proper staffing level for
OEP within budget process
 Create Sustainability Initiatives Fund
to support:
 Data gathering
 Consulting
 Initiative implementation start-up
Current City
Initiatives
Review of Existing Efforts
OEP and City- Wide
Efforts
 Full inventory available in handout
 Solar City Grant
 Solar Showcase Grant Application
 AACOG Greenhouse Gas Inventory
 Energy saving power strips
 Convention Center, Alamodome, and
Airport energy efficiency projects
Sampling of 162 City
Initiatives
 Health Department gathers
200,000 hours air quality data per
year
 Tree canopy analysis to determine
a city-wide goal
 Aviation installed a cell phone
waiting lot to increase traffic
efficiency within the Airport
Sampling of 162 City
Initiatives
 Incentive Scorecard System (ISS) provide
incentives for LEED certified projects and
Certified Build San Antonio Green projects
 Completed installation of red and green
Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) in 2005.
resulting in significantly reduced energy
costs and increased visibility of the signals
 Curbside residential recycling program coll
ects 5,600 tons of recyclables monthly, an
increase of 300% over FY2004
Questions and
Comments
Council Feedback and
Guidance