Making Your Building More Efficient:

Upcoming Legislation & Incentives

Barry Hooper  San Francisco Dept of Environment  March 23, 2010

 SF Environment
Green Building Role
Policy
Incentives
Technical Assistance
Outreach

Municipal Commercial Residential

Leading by Example

• Recreation Centers
• Transit Terminals
• Museums
• Hospitals
• Libraries
• Offices

122 LEED AP Staff

Priority Permit Incentive
Environmental Review and Building Permit

Standard Timeframe – 2007 – 2008

0 6-9
months
LEED Gold Timeframe – 2007 - 2008

0 1 month
Priority Permit - 2009
Environmental Review and Building Permit
Standard Timeframe – Present

0 Step right up!

LEED Gold Timeframe – Q3 2009

0 Same
• Scope
•Commercial and
Residential
•New Construction

• Composition
•Owners
•Developers
•Financial
•Architects
•Engineers
•Contractors

• Emphasis
•Predictability
•Substantive
requirements
•Design Flexibility
August 4, 2008
 Green Building Requirements
2008 Current 2010 2011 2012
New Commercial
Large
LEED Certified LEED Silver LEED Gold
≥ 25k ft
Mid-Size
LEED checklist + Local Priority Measures
5k – 25k sq ft
Renovations
First Time
Tenant LEED Certified LEED Silver LEED Gold
>25k sq ft
Major
Alteration LEED Certified LEED Silver LEED Gold
>25k sq ft
New Residential
High Rise
LEED Certified LEED Silver
≥ 75' height

Midsize GreenPoints GreenPoint

25 GreenPoints GreenPoint Rated - 75 Points
5+ units Checklist Rated

GreenPoint
Small GreenPoints
25 GreenPoints GreenPoint Rated Rated - 75
≤4 units Checklist
Points
 Local Priority Requirements
(2009)
Rating LEED Silver

20% Reduction
Indoor Water Use
(WEp1)
Category:
New Large Water Efficient 50% Reduction
Commercial Landscaping (WEc3.1)

Buildings Stormwater Meet SFPUC guidelines

Management (SS 6.1 and 6.2*)

Construction
Debris 75% Diversion
(MR 2.2)
Management
 Historic Preservation

• Goals Mechanism
• Preserve historic • Preservation reduces
resources LEED requirement
• Retain embodied • Demolition increases
energy LEED requirement
Photo Courtesy: Adobe Systems
 Green Building Growth
in San Francisco
As of 1/10/10:
20
18.9M sq ft
Million Square Feet

15

10

0
2004 2005 2006 2007 2,008 2009 2010

Existing Buildings Operations & Maintenance

New Construction & Major Renovations (LEED NC and CS)
Tenant Improvements (LEED CI)
Source: NAI BT Commercial
 Water Efficiency Requirements
Triggered by large TI,
Or: Retrofit by 2017

• Showerhead: ≤2.5 gpm

• Faucet: ≤ 2.2 gpm
• Toilet: ≤ 1.6 gpf
• Urinal: ≤ 1.0 gpf
• Repair all leaks

• Details: www.sfwater.org
San Francisco Greenhouse Gas Emissions
(2005)

Industrial
Municipal 10%
14%

Transportation Buildings
55% 45% Commercial Residential
39% 37%

Sources: PG&E, Hetch Hetchy Water and Power, CA. Dept of Transportation, MTC, Muni, BART.
Scope
• Existing Commercial
Composition
• Owners’
Representatives
• Property Managers
• Contractors
• Operators
• Engineers
• Architects
• Finance
• Utilities
The Task
• Cost effective energy
savings
• Minimum costs
• Measureable
 Existing Commercial Buildings:
Proposed Goal
• Existing goals Figure 2: Energy and Climate Goals
are similar 120.0%
Applicable to San Francisco
SF Emissions Targets

Annual Energy Use or CO2e Emissions as Fraction of 1990

• Target 50% Verified SF Emissions

energy use 100.0%

CA Emissions 1990 - 2004
and AB 32 Targets
reduction over 80.0%
CEESP - Existing Buildings

20 years BOMA 7-Point Challenge

Baseline

60.0%

40.0% 2.5% Annual Reduction

20.0%

0.0%
1990 2000 2010 2020 2030 2040 2050
 Existing Commercial Buildings:
Recommended Strategy
• Identify potential savings
• Enable informed decisions by all parties
• Engage tenants
• Submeter
• Educate and mentor
• Provide public financing
• Lead by example: Efficient public facilities
Existing Commercial Buildings:
Recommended Strategy
 ECB: Impact Estimate
10-Year Net
Fraction of Maximum
Net Annual Present
Stock Annual Direct Job
Scenario Energy Value to
Audited Incentive Creation
Reduction Private
Annually Budget
Sector
Voluntary
Audits and 10%
CA Public (50% after 5 1.3% $24 Million $382 Million 357 Jobs
Goods years)
Incentives
20%
ECB
(100% after 4.2% $39 Million $612 Million 578 Jobs
Strategy
5 Years)
Energy Efficiency Program

• City of San Francisco and Pacific Gas Electric 
Contract
• Benefits
– Free on‐site energy assessments
– Incentives 
– Ongoing energy savings
– Services available in Spanish, Cantonese, and 
Mandarin
– Save energy, money and the environment!
 Recent Accomplishments

• From March ’07 to September ’09, SFEW:
– Paid out $4.3 million in incentives
– Saved over 1,400 Businesses more than $7 million 
in energy costs
• Equivalent to saving:
– Over 50 million kWH and 18,000 Therms
– Over 15 thousand tons avoided GHG emissions
– Power for 7,250 homes for 1 year
2/25/10 v02
 Property Eligibility
• Must be a property that pays property taxes
– Therefore excludes city/county buildings, public
schools, etc. (although may include non-profits)
• Property types
– Multifamily (> 4 units)
• E.g. Condos, apartments complexes
– Commercial
• E.g. Office buildings, malls, hotels, restaurants
– Industrial
• E.g. Factories, warehouses, industrial parks

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 Process: Micro-bond
Property Owner Administrator

Estimated*  1 ­ Submit Application

Interest Rate Includes Project Details Package
5 business days
(10 for commercial)
2 ­ Receive Notice to Proceed • verify eligibility
Includes Funding Reservation

3 ­ Install Project

Final* 4 ­ Submit Funding Request

Interest Rate Includes Verification Documents 5 business days
• verify project compliance
• generate contract docs
5 ­ Receive Assessment Contract Documents

6 ­ Submit Assessment Contract Package 20 business days

• place lien
7 ­ Receive Payment • issue bond
• remit payment
County 8 ­ Pay Back via Property Taxes
**Note:Timing is approximate

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*Both the estimated rate and the final interest rate are dependent on market conditions at the time of submission.
 Status: Benchmark & Audits
Benchmark and Audit Legislation
• Nearing completion
• Coordinating with:
– EPA Portfolio Manager upgrades
– AB 1103 Regulation development
– AB 758 linkage
– ASTM Building Energy
Performance Disclosure
(WK24707)
• Priority on minimizing cost and
additional paperwork
• Required by AB 1103 Challenging for Class B
• Simple rating • Commissioning
• More widespread use • Ventilation (ASHRAE
• Any building can use 62.1 2007)
Portfolio Manager • Supporting water,
– However, not all energy, waste, transit
buildings can get a codes, incentives &
rating resources
Portfolio Manager
Reporting
City requests Energy Performance Report
Mechanism by sending a link (email, post)
(Proposed)

Building Owner/Manager logs in or

creates a Portfolio Manager account using the link.
SF Energy Performance Report is now
in their list of report templates.

Building Owner selects facilities for reporting, and releases

summary data

City accesses a master Shared Report with consolidated data

from all Building Owners

City publishes summary data

LEED and ENERGY STAR
Buildings – Courtesy of Google
and 3D Cyber City
LEED and ENERGY STAR
Buildings – Courtesy of Google
and 3D Cyber City
Urban Ecomap
Carbon Footprint

(Illustrative
Interpolation
provided by SOM
Architects)
 For More Details
Barry Hooper
barry.hooper@sfgov.org
Ph: (415) 355-3753
San Francisco Dept of Environment
www.sfenvironment.org/greenbuilding
SF Energy Watch
www.sfenergywatch.org
(also East Bay, Marin, San Mateo, Silicon Valley…)
Green Finance SF
www.greenfinancesf.org (also California First – June 2010)
AB 1103
www.energy.ca.gov/ab1103/
Automated Benchmarking
www.pge.com/benchmarking
San Francisco 24x7 Energy Challenge
www.sfenvironment.org/247