Alachua County ECSC Partnership Opportunities for Reducing our County’s Energy Footprint
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Alachua County ECSC Partnership Opportunities for Reducing our County’s Energy Footprint
Dedee DeLongpre-Johnston, MBADirector, Office of Sustainability
Your partnership request
County-wide public engagement strategy What should it include? Kickoff “Energy summit”
UF experience in reducing energy bills Successes and obstacles
Easy access to conservation information?
Taken advantage of utility rebates?
How can ECSC help?
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Guiding Principles www.sustainable.ufl.edu
Teaching and Research
Service, Outreach, and Extension
Energy Conservation and Climate Change
Land and Resource Management
Agriculture
Built Environment
Waste Reduction
Procurement
Investment
Transportation
Health
Equity
Cultural Climate
Stewardship
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The Triangle of Actors
Society
Gov
ernm
ent B
usiness
Environment Economy
Citizens
Public engagement strategy
County-wide public engagement strategyWhat should it include?Kickoff “Energy summit”
Importance of CBSM Attitudes, Barriers, Benefits Which behaviors? Summit – strategy or start of CBSM process
Collaborative Visioning Process5
Experience Reducing EnergySuccesses
Efficiency in new construction Minimum LEED Silver 2 Gold; 3 Certified; 6 submitted for certification;
7 Registered
Light bulbs change outs
Optimizing systems
Window replacements
Residential campaigns http://www.sustainable.ufl.edu/housing_energyuse
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Opportunities: Carbon Action PlanCarbon InventoryConservation
Metering, new construction, preventative maintenance, major systems
Conservation Campaigns: Res Halls, Classrooms, Labs, Commuters, Air Travel
Alternative EnergyOffsetsRegulatory ArenaFinancing
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Challenges to Getting it Right
So many buildings – and they’re so old
Decentralized structure Makes community goal-setting difficult
Different audiences Different values, different perceived barriers and
benefits Lack of financial accountability
Silver Bullet mindsets Problem switching vs problem solving
Energy conservation information
Do we have access?Loads!!DOE, GRU, PREC, anyone with a DSM planBack to CBSM –
information campaigns only work if lack of information is the barrier to the behavior change
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Utility Rebates
Are we taking advantage of them?Suggested stakeholder
John Lawson – UF PPD Energy Office
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Our Partnership
How can ECSC help?Offset Partnerships
Barter economy developing for win-win-wins
Research Partnerships FISE and FISE Incubator
Lead by example County leadership in CBSM execution
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Student Leadership Student Representation
Joint Sustainability Committee Student Government Environmental Affairs Cabinet position Student Ad Hoc Committee on Sustainability
Student Clubs Gators for a Sustainable Campus (GSC) The Student Chapter of the Wildlife Society U.S. Green Building Council, UF Student Chapter Environmental Horticulture Club Bioenergy and Sustainable Technology Society (BESTS) American Solar Energy Society at UF Human Rights Awareness on Campus UF Environment, Science, and Policy Society (ESPS) Students Making Trade Fair Engineers Without Borders Change the World: Student Social Entrepreneurs at UF UF Students in Free Enterprise
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