A collection of short stories Energy Savings Performance Contracting

VRA – Community Investment Workshop Series 2 Energy Savings Performance Contracting Energy Savings Potential High Med Low High Med Low Facility Upgrades Capital PC High Need/ Large Savings

VRA – Community Investment Workshop Series 3 Savings Chart

VRA – Community Investment Workshop Series 4 (Metric tons of CO 2 ) Greenhouse Gas Emissions

VRA – Community Investment Workshop Series 5 Improvements are made to generate energy (and other) savings and to further the customer’s mission. Municipal Lease for project funding is available from VRA Guaranteed Energy savings pays for part or all of the municipal lease Legislated in Commonwealth of Virginia, process spelled out by DGS, local flexibility How Does Performance Contracting Work?

VRA – Community Investment Workshop Series 6 A Type of Procurement Stretches taxpayer dollars Often no new capital dollars required Collaborative process between owner and partner Faster implementation, lower costs Build projects around good stewardship components, making the owner “GREEN”.

VRA – Community Investment Workshop Series 7 Two Short Stories Wise County Courthouse Wise County Public Schools

VRA – Community Investment Workshop Series 8 Once Upon a Time at Wise County… T he judge says “If you do not fix the comfort in this building (the courthouse), we are going to lock up the County Administrator (Ed Sealover)”

VRA – Community Investment Workshop Series 9 The Solution Guaranteed energy savings of $17,337 annually, or 26% of existing utility bill. Entire building receiving infrastructure renovation Chiller replacement

VRA – Community Investment Workshop Series 10 The Solution Variable Air Volume box replacement Controls upgrade Steam system repairs Lighting retrofit

VRA – Community Investment Workshop Series 11 A Happy Ending Savings helped pay for the $476,000 in improvements Building comfort and working environment significantly improved due to consistent temperatures and quality lighting. Savings exceeding guarantee by over $5,000 annually

VRA – Community Investment Workshop Series 12 Once Upon a Time at Wise County Public Schools… “Parents are complaining about the indoor air quality in two of our schools. The architects have estimated each school will cost $2 million to renovate, but we only have the money to renovate one school. Which should we fix?”

VRA – Community Investment Workshop Series 13 The Solution System improvements made to five schools to generate enough savings to pay for the upgrade of the “second” school. LF Addington and Powell Valley Primary School received new mechanical systems

VRA – Community Investment Workshop Series 14 A Happy Ending Significant improvements to the learning environment Reduced maintenance repair part cost by over $5,000 annually. The guaranteed savings have been exceeded by $53,658 after three years. Wise County Public Schools Phase II performance contract is almost complete, addressing 6 more schools

VRA – Community Investment Workshop Series 15 Stewardship of Taxpayer Dollars

VRA – Community Investment Workshop Series 16 Energy Awareness

VRA – Community Investment Workshop Series 17 Teamwork

VRA – Community Investment Workshop Series 18 Teamwork 738 Trane employees in Virginia 9 Professional Engineers (PEs) 30+ LEED Accredited Professionals 10 Certified Energy Managers (CEMs) 284 Service Technicians

VRA – Community Investment Workshop Series 19 Review of the Process Improvements are made to generate energy savings and to further the customer’s mission. Municipal Lease available from VRA Guaranteed Energy savings pays for part or all of the municipal lease Legislated in Commonwealth, process spelled out by DGS, local flexibility

VRA – Community Investment Workshop Series 20 Your Next Step Commonwealth website (Energy and Building Contracts, then Energy Performance Contracting) Steps of Process – Back of the Envelope Audit (BOE) – Detailed Study – Contract (Financing) Contact peers