1. Energy Conservation: Webinar 2 Rev. Fletcher Harper, Stacey Kennealy, Steve Bell, Mark Niederman

2. Housekeeping Everyone will be on mute until Q&A If you experience technical problems: 1-866-863-3910 If slide transition fails, logoff online and try again (but stay on the phone line) You will receive recording & PowerPoint

3. Agenda Welcome Introduction to energy conservation series Review of last week’s lessons Lighting Insulation and weather-stripping Room usage Success Story: Temple Beth Rishon Additional resources

4. Welcome! GreenFaith’s Executive Director Rev. Fletcher Harper GreenFaith Certification Program & Sustainability Director Stacey Kennealy Lead technical support contractor for the ENERGY STAR Congregations program Steve Bell

5. Welcome! ConservAction Director & Green Team Leader at Temple Beth Rishon Mark Niederman

6. Introduction to Energy Conservation Series 3-part series – Part 1 : Introduction, people, temperature control, appliances. Recording available at: www.greenfaith.org www.greenfaith.org – Part 2 : Lighting, weather-stripping & insulation, room usage, success story. – Part 3: Overview of the ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager tool and success story. Recommendations based on energy audits, experience, well researched best practices

7. Review: Last Week’s Lessons Make Institutional Commitment Establish baseline and monitor Install Programmable Thermostats & Increase Temperature Setbacks Tune Boiler/Furnace Use ENERGY STAR Equipment Replace/consolidate refrigerators Turn unused equipment off or down

8. High Priority Actions for Today Lighting Weather-stripping and insulation Facility usage

9. Priority Action: Lighting Replace Incandescents with CFLs Dispose of properly – big box retailers recycle Tip: Many states offers bulb rebates/incentives Cost: $2-3 per bulb in store Payback: 9 months on average if 20+ hours/week

10. Priority Action: Lighting Retrofit T-12 bulbs to T-8 bulbs No need to replace fixture Tip: Rebates sometimes available – www.energystar.com; some companies offer financingwww.energystar.com Cost: approx. $40 per 2 bulb fixture. Payback: Rooms lit 15 hours/ week or more will usually see a payback period of 3.5 years or less.

11. Priority Action: Lighting Replace incandescent exit signs with LEDs Two 15-watt incandescent vs. 2 watt LED Tip: Use inserts instead of replacing sign Cost: $21-$25 per insert. $60 for new fixture. Payback: 1 year, on average

12. Priority Action: Weather-strip and Insulate Weather-strip & Insulate Look for dust, feel for drafts Tip: Have a volunteer day to carry out Cost: depends on amount of weather-stripping Payback: 5 years on average

13. Priority Action: Facility Usage Small gatherings to small rooms, and large to large Schedule review – minimize number of zones utilized Cost: Nothing Payback: Immediate

14. Summary CFLs T-8 bulbs to replace T- 12 LED exit signs Weather-stripping and insulation More efficient room usage

15. Success Story: Temple Beth Rishon 450 families Independent Jewish synagogue Wyckoff, NJ Preschool, Hebrew School, Synagogue Their Story: Taking energy seriously pays off!

16. Mark Niederman Success Story: Temple Beth Rishon

17. Broad Concepts Saving energy is a goal that creates unity and a sense of purpose. It transcends barriers – political, religious and economic. Declare intention publicly to build consensus and help define goals. Also supports internal efforts. Communicate frequently with participants, especially maintenance staff in the buildings. Inform about progress as it occurs. High impact savings come from the least “flashy” initiatives. Don’t need solar panels to cut 20-30% off consumption. Don’t need to spend big $$. Target tangible goals with intermediate steps; acknowledge and celebrate as you reach them.

18. CAUTION Don’t overestimate potential benefits and don’t overstate results. Measure and verify your results before you make them public. Better to surpass the expectations that you create than disappoint by falling short.

19. Collecting Data Get rid of “Level Billing” from utility. Find a volunteer to read meters every month. Otherwise data is not reflective of current consumption, and behavior is decoupled from cost. More on this from Steve Bell with Energy Star next week.

20. The Lens of Efficiency Think differently about how space is utilized. Consider that air conditioning spaces adds costs. Understand zones in your building. Schedule Meetings in smallest room that accommodates a group. Are outside doors propped open during events, school arrival hours, etc? Populate classrooms deliberately. Distill setback schedule from building programs. Common sense taken seriously.

21. The “Restaurant” in our Building Catered events not booked every week –opportunities to save energy by powering down refrigeration. Installed “pump down” switches to safeguard equipment. “ We use a Google calendar to schedule make info accessible for power downs and start ups of walk-in refrigeration.”

22. Thermal Comfort You can’t make everyone happy at the same time. Save energy during hours the building [or zone] is not occupied; if your building operates 50 hours per week, that leaves 118 “empty” hours. Talk to Supervisors and Maintenance staff to uncover persistent comfort issues. Verify with thermal verification device -- aka thermometer. Improve through system balancing and repairs. Ask professionals for ideas to improve comfort. Be prepared to become a complaint magnet.

23. Our HVAC controls for the Sanctuary. We manually activate in 4-hour blocks. Note the Cooling SetUp and Heating Setbacks. Thermal Comfort

24. What’s Wrong with This Picture?

25. Understanding Zones Creating setbacks in selected zones requires isolation (doors closed). If no physical barrier exists, zone with higher setting will bear additional heat load. Avoid big disparities between set points in these situations. Consider traffic within building – don’t setback hallways when they will be utilized. Create setbacks based on regularly scheduled events. Allow maintenance staff to adjust temps in areas used sporadically, as necessary.

27. How to Use the Information Setback temperatures according to vacancy Move into a single zone when multiple zones are programmed (if possible). Make sure your equipment has sufficient time to reach occupancy temp’s as scheduled. You may need to adjust during the season. Awareness of energy usage when scheduling the facility; consolidate uses to benefit from space that is already at conditioned temps. Collaborating with maintenance staff is key. They are “on the ground”.

29. T – stat Mathematics 7 ≠ 5 + 2 ≠ 5 +1 + 1

30. H-O-L-D = E-V-I-L Don’t use the hold button

31. Before and After

32. Big Results. Reduced Electricity Usage by 30% Reduced Natural Gas Usage by 19% Avoided 128 tons of CO2 emissions Equal to planting 319 trees, or taking 11.2 cars off the road for an entire year! $34,494.14 savings in 2 years.

33. How We Calculated Identical usage would result in $0 saved. Amount is different from utility bills and from total savings, which include energy price fluctuations. (Those numbers are even higher.) Accurate monthly billing & usage. Now we see what we’re using each month. Create realistic expectations and don’t overstate results. Measure and verify.

34. Challenges Maintenance Staff must buy in. Building users should understand their comfort should not be impacted. Don’t rely on others’ sense of comfort – use thermometers for objective results. Reinforce the goals: save money, better for the environment, help secure energy independence for the US.

35. Reinforcing and Leveraging your Work How do we engage the community? How do we get members to adopt some of our practices in their own homes? The news of our success was not cutting through the chatter of a 450-family organization.

36. A contest asking members to guess the amount of money we saved over the first 12 months. Funding for prizes came from religious school fundraiser selling CFL’s (we sold the most for any religious school in the State of NJ). Prizes were consistent with our message. Winners were announced from the pulpit during a Friday night service. Watt$ Green Worth?

38. What the Contest Accomplished Raised awareness within the community Provided publicity for our efforts which resulted in an article in local media Subsequent coverage in three more articles Greenfaith award, which generated additional press coverage Leveraged our work beyond our own walls. Inspired others—we hope.

39. Summing Up If equipment is not being utilized, is it still consuming energy? Use common sense. Valuing energy costs introduces a different set of parameters. There will be times these will not be paramount considerations. Don’t rely on others’ sense of comfort. Communicate with people in the building the most – they will bring you great ideas. Reinvest in efficiency through your savings.

40. Mark Niederman, LEED ® A.P. Email: consult@ConservAction.USconsult@ConservAction.US Questions?

41. Additional Resources Read ‘Putting Energy into Stewardship’ - http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=congregations_ guidebook.congregations_guidebook http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=congregations_ guidebook.congregations_guidebook US EPA Portfolio Manager - https://www.energystar.gov/istar/pmpam/ https://www.energystar.gov/istar/pmpam/ GreenFaith website energy conservation resources – http://greenfaith.org/resource- center/stewardship/energy-conservation http://greenfaith.org/resource- center/stewardship/energy-conservation Next webinar: October 24 th

42. Questions? Contact us: Stacey Kennealy - skennealy@greenfaith.orgskennealy@greenfaith.org Rev. Fletcher Harper – revfharper@greenfaith.orgrevfharper@greenfaith.org