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B) Road map to implementing PACE (Property Assessed Clean Energy) financing models PACE financing models enable mu- nicipalities to achieve energy and job creation goals without assuming financial risk. It also enables commer- cial property owners to perform energy efficiency, renewable energy and water efficiency improvements on their prop- erties without upfront installation costs. A city can implement PACE programs in less than a year from engagement to deployment. Ygrene Energy Fund has developed a solution for both com- mercial property owners and state/ city officials. For government officials, Ygrene’s funding model, allows them to tackle one of the nation’s biggest energy problem – waste in older commercial buildings –without tapping Washington for taxpayer money. Ygrene uses private financing to fund energy efficiency retrofit projects on commercial build- ings. Tis year, the City of Sacramento selected Ygrene as its program provider after it put Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) in place. Te program will launch in March, preceded by workshops to train local contractors on how to apply and access the available funds. Ygrene has also committed to fund $100 million in energy efficiency upgrades within 12 months as part of Obama’s Better Buildings Challenge. Dan Schaefer, chairman of Ygrene, will walk through the process of launching a PACE program for municipalities. He will speak about how Ygrene’s fund- ing solution overcomes the traditional downfalls of PACE financing and what he envisions on a national scale.
Presenter: Dan Schaefer, President, Ygrene Energy
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Room 104 Te State of CALGreen: Implementa- tion Best Practices It’s been a year since CALGreen became mandatory, long enough for challenges to arise and some best practices to be developed. In this moderated panel discussion, code officials, design profes- sionals and contractors will present and share key thoughts on implementation of the CALGreen code. Te session will open with results from a survey of code officials that uncovers the hurdles, surprises and best practices they have discovered while integrating CALGreen
into their building processes. Tis promises to be a lively session with time for audience engagement and discussion.
Moderator: Scott Beckman, Director, GreenCodePro
Panelists: Steve Burger, Chief Building Official, City of Folsom Christopher Valley, Building Official, City of San Carlos Gregory Mahoney, Chief Building Official, City of Davis
Room 105 Green Fleets - Vehicles, Fuels, Fund- ing, Infrastructure and Training a Local Workforce Learn how local governments overcame the obstacles of economic disparity by adopting renewable energy, best practices in sustainability, training and community outreach. Tis panel discussion will address how alterna- tive energy use in municipal fleets has evolved - the new vehicle and fuel technologies that are being used and what are their benefits and cost savings. Alternative fuels and vehicle fleets have had significant impacts on emissions reductions and carbon footprints, help- ing these communities meet, and beat, California’s fuel economy and climate change mandates. Te session will in- clude descriptions and demonstrations of different types of vehicles running on various types of alternative fuels such as hydrogen, E85, biofuels, CNG, LNG, propane, etc. It will cover best practices and success stories on fleets in various municipalities, where the funding came from to buy the vehicles and what grant monies are available for the transitional swing to alternative fuel vehicles. Also discussed will be creating the infrastructure for these vehicles and examples of training and jobs for servic- ing green fleets.
Presenters:
Rick D. Longobart, President, Municipal Equipment Maintenance Association (MEMA)
Jay Nossett, Fleet Manager, City of Whit- tier
Jannet Malig, Cerritos College, Direc- tor Center for Advanced Transportation Technology Education
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Rooms 101 & 102 Sustainability Best Practices for Schools and Community Colleges Are you looking for direct, frank and unbiased answers to your questions about implementing, constructing and operating a solar project? Tis ses- sion will provide a roundtable discus- sion with three Community College Districts (West-Valley Mission CCD, Butte-Glenn CCD and Yuba CCD), all of whom have successfully built and are operating various sized solar projects. Key District personnel, legal counsel and solar consultant will lead discus- sion regarding the steps required and challenges faced from project concep- tion to connection including public laws governing the design and construction processes, financing options, estab- lishing project parameters, RPQ/RFP Process, Solar Consultant’s role, ins and outs of the requisite contracts, project design and construction, working with utility companies, and the rewards and benefits of solar. Tis in-depth round- table discussion will answer session attendees’ questions and concerns regarding designing, constructing and operating solar projects, and will solicit further experiences of successes, trials and tribulations from session attend- ees who have participated in the solar project process.
Presenters:
Brigit Espinosa, Director of General Services, West Valley-Mission Community College District Gaye Dabalos, Director, Facilities Con- struction, West Valley-Mission Commu- nity College District George Parker, Director, Facilities Plan- ning, Yuba Community College District Debby L. Watson, Public Agency Law Group
Clyde Murley, Solar Program Manager, Community College League of California Christopher D. Madden, LEED AP, Tech- nical Services Energy Analyst, Facilities Planning and Management, Butte-Glenn Community College District
Room 103 Energy Efficiency in Existing Buildings A) Retrofitting Existing Buildings and Offices for Energy Efficiency Tis session is about the challenges and benefits involved with retrofitting a va- riety of built environments with wireless
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