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Click for Full Text version of Executive Order No. 111:
In Pursuit of Energy Excellence:
University at Buffalo Report on Governor’s Executive Order 111
I. Governor’s Executive Order No. 111- "Green and Clean"
State Buildings and Vehicles
On June 10, 2001, New York Governor George Pataki issued Executive Order No. 111, "Directing State Agencies to be More Energy Efficient and Environmentally Aware." This Executive Order requires all State agencies to achieve a reduction in energy consumption in buildings they own, lease, or operate of 35% by 2010 relative to 1990 levels. Additionally, the Executive Order establishes energy performance objectives for State agencies in five areas:
• Existing buildings
• New buildings and substantial renovations of existing buildings
• Procurement of energy efficient products
• Purchase of power from renewable sources
• Procurement of clean fueled vehicles
For a summary and complete text of Executive Order 111, please see Appendices I and II. Executive Order implementation guidelines have been developed by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA). See: http://www.nyserda.org/exorder111guidelines.pdf
II. University at Buffalo’s Commitment to Executive Order 111
The University at Buffalo (UB) has a long standing commitment to energy conservation and campus environmental stewardship. We enthusiastically embrace Governor George Pataki’s Executive Order 111.
National Leadership in Campus Energy Conservation and Environmental Stewardship
UB has been applying the principles of energy conservation to campus operations since the late 1970s and has developed a nationally recognized energy program. Over the years, hundreds of energy conservation measures and projects have been implemented in UB campus buildings. In 1996 annual energy conservation dollar savings were estimated at $9 million in a study by the IRT Results Center (which also estimated cumulative energy conservation dollar savings since our program’s inception at over $60 million). UB won national recognition from the Association of Energy Engineers for Best Energy Project in 1997 for its $17 million comprehensive campus energy conservation project conducted in partnership with CES/Way International, an energy service company (now Sempra Energy Solutions).
UB has an in-house Facilities Energy Committee which has met regularly for over two decades. The Committee has mobilized Facilities staff to implement large and small energy conservation projects as well as to attend to daily and seasonal operational opportunities for conservation. We have also developed an effective energy awareness program which now emphasizes green computing techniques. We have four University energy policies which address heating and cooling season temperature settings and building HVAC schedules, electricity purchasing (to ensure that energy conservation is not neglected as we seek less expensive energy options), and sustainable energy practices from green building design to carbon dioxide emission reductions. See the Appendix IV for copies of UB’s energy policies.
Since 1990 our energy conservation program has been reinforced by a comprehensive green campus program led by UB’s Environmental Task Force with support from University Facilities and more recently from the UB Green Office (an environmental advocacy unit within University Facilities). UB’s environmental initiatives include a successful recycling program (UB recycles 35% of its solid waste stream) and a recycled paper purchasing program (over 50% of the white copy and printer paper used on campus is 100% post-consumer content recycled paper). UB’s green campus website (http://wings.buffalo.edu/ubgreen/) describes these programs and others. The site receives thousands of visits monthly from green campus advocates around the world.
UB’s Executive Order 111 Process
Overall planning for the UB’s Executive Order 111 program has been accomplished by Associate Vice President for University Facilities Mike Dupre with support from Utilities Manager John Russo and Energy Officer Walter Simpson. Early on we reached out to NYSERDA, indicating UB’s interest in supporting the Executive Order any way we could. As a result, UB hosted NYSERDA’s January 14, 2002, Executive Order 111 kick-off meeting for State agencies on the western end of the State. Following that meeting, Mike Dupre invited key University staff to join five committees to address each of the Executive Order’s five task areas. Four of the five committees were established for the sole purpose of compliance with the Executive Order.
• Energy Conservation Committee – This committee is a standing University Facilities committee. It assumed responsibility for meeting the "existing building" requirements of the Executive Order. It is chaired by Mike Dupre, Associate Vice President for University Facilities.
• Green Building Design Committee – Chaired by Kevin Thompson, Director, Facilities Planning and Design.
• Green Purchasing Committee – Chaired by Judy Miller, Assistant Vice President for Procurement Services.
• Green Power Committee – Chaired by John Russo, Facilities Utilities Manager.
• Alternative Fueled Vehicles Committee – Chaired by John Hayes, Facilities Operations Manager.
Each of these groups received the following charge from Associate Vice President Mike Dupre:
Develop plans and implement actions which meet and/or exceed the requirements of Executive Order 111.
The committees met regularly throughout 2002 and continue to meet, develop and implement comprehensive, aggressive Executive Order 111 action plans.
III. UB ACTION ON BEHALF OF EXECUTIVE ORDER 111
Existing Buildings – UB’s Facilities Energy Conservation Committee has pursued compliance with the Executive Order by maintaining a high level of energy conservation activity on campus, including improved compliance with campus heating and cooling season temperature policies, tighter operating schedules for HVAC and other equipment, implementation of a program of building optimization, and initiation of a NYSERDA EnVest energy performance project primarily focused on UB’s older South Campus. Specific achievements are as follows:
 | Utilities Plant Engineer Larry Mordue operates the energy
management computer system at UB's North Campus
Chilled Water Plant |
• Improved compliance with temperature policies has saved in excess of $200,000 a year in energy costs by reducing over-heating and over-cooling by a degree or more.
• The building optimization project has tackled five buildings so far (Foster, Kimball, Lockwood, Natural Sciences, and Squire Halls), identifying energy conservation and repair work orders which have been prioritized for completion.
Utilities Plant Engineer Larry Mordue operates the energy management computer system at UB's North Campus Chilled Water Plant.
• CMS Viron has been selected as the energy service company for the UB EnVest project and has begun the Comprehensive Energy Audit. We anticipate that this self-financing EnVest project could have construction costs in the $10 million range and produce additional annual energy dollar savings for the University in excess of $1.5 million. Developing this project in partnership with VIRON and NYSERDA is our priority activity to improve energy efficiency in existing buildings.
Also, in 2002, with NYSERDA support, UB installed two 60 KW micro-turbines in Alumni Arena with stack heat recovery to meet the heating needs of this athletic facility’s swimming and diving pools. Annual energy savings from this project could be in excess of $80,000. With student help, the Energy Committee evaluated a retrofit product for vending machines (Vending Miser) which could reduce UB’s $50,000 annual vending machine electric bill by nearly $10,000.
New Buildings and Substantial Renovations of Existing Buildings – UB’s Green Building Design Committee has embarked on an exciting project to develop our own set of Green Building Design Guidelines. This project, co-funded by NYSERDA, employs the service of Steven Winter Associates and green design experts Hillary Brown, AIA, and Steven Campbell. Ms. Brown is the founder of New York City’s Office of Sustainable Design. She and Mr. Campbell collaborated on NYC’s High Performance Building Guidelines. In order to strengthen UB’s Green Building Design Guidelines and maximize its potential Statewide benefit and use, our Guidelines working group includes participation from the State University Construction Fund (SUCF) and the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York (DASNY).
Other green design activities in 2002 included:
• The University has completed Western New York’s first LEED certified building, the Community Center at the new Creekside Apartments complex on the UB North Campus. This success was a collaborative effort between UB Residence Life and Apartments and University Facilities Planning and Design. (LEED stands for "Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design." The LEED green building rating system is a program of the U.S. Green Building Council, www.usgbc.org.)
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The community center at UB's Creekside Apartments. It features
daylighting, a sunspace, passive solar heating, heat recovery
ventilation, a masonry stove, instantaneous hot water,
earth-berming, and a variety of materials and products
with recycled content. This project won the Buffalo Building
Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) Earth Award (2002) and
the NY Association of Consulting Engineers Gold Medal Award
for building technology. |
The community center at UB's Creekside Apartments. It features daylighting, a sunspace, passive solar heating, heat recovery ventilation, a masonry stove, instantaneous hot water, earth-berming, and a variety of materials and products with recycled content. This project won the Buffalo Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) Earth Award (2002) and the NY Association of Consulting Engineers Gold Medal Award for building technology.
• University Facilities now has one LEED Accredited Professional on its staff. Additionally, seven members of Facilities Planning and Design participated in LEED training.
• Eleven substantial renovation projects (valued at over $2.0 million) conform to Executive Order 111 guidelines.
• The UB Green Office organized and sponsored two regional green design workshops, i.e. daylighting in schools and LEED training, attended by over 200 local design professionals. These events were co-sponsored by NYSERDA and AIA Buffalo/WNY.
Our green design activities will continue on an accelerated basis this year as we complete the Green Building Design Guidelines and begin using them for all new construction and renovation projects. We intend to make the Guidelines available to NYSERDA, SUCF, DASNY, other SUNY campuses and State agencies -- as well as other campuses nationally and internationally by posting on our website.
We are also applying the Executive Order’s green design mandate to the design of UB’s Bioinformatics building, which has garnered more than $290 million in state and federal private funding. Also, with NYSERDA support, this semester we are working with Wendel Duchscherer (a local Architectural and Engineering firm) and a research team of six graduate architecture and engineering students and UB architecture professor Dennis A. Andrejko, AIA, to study passive ventilation and least-cost cooling options for two of the UB South Campus’ oldest buildings, Hayes and Crosby Halls.
 | UB's Procurement Services purchases only Energy Star
computers, office equipment, and appliances |
Procurement of Energy-Efficient Products – In 2002,UB’s Office of Procurement Services revised equipment purchasing practices to ensure that all computers, monitors, printers, scanners, faxes, and copiers are Energy Star compliant, along with appliances and electronic equipment such as TV’s, VCR’s, videos, and audio equipment. While scientific equipment is not rated by the Energy Star program, we are purchasing state-of-the art, high efficiency equipment. Procurement Services also developed Energy Star bid specification language to be inserted in all formal bids for equipment.
UB's Procurement Services purchases only Energy Star computers, office equipment, and appliances.
To strengthen and reinforce this effort, UB’s Green Purchasing Committee, in conjunction with the campus Environmental Task Force, revised our existing "University at Buffalo’s Environmentally Sound/Energy Efficient Purchasing Policy" so that it specifically references Executive Order 111 and the Energy Star mandate. This amended policy is currently awaiting approval by UB President William Greiner. The Committee has also helped draft a proposed new University policy which would mandate the use of 100% post-consumer content recycled paper for printing/copying and spearheaded the development of an innovative SWAP website designed to reduce waste by allowing individual departments to post and exchange equipment and office supplies that they no longer need and which otherwise be surplused or wasted.
Future activities of the Green Purchasing Committee include continued monitoring to make sure all purchases of equipment are Energy Star, implementation of the SWAP website, publicizing the revised green purchasing policy and new recycled paper policy (once approved), exploring options to establish a "just in time" delivery of 100% post-consumer content recycled paper from a vendor at a competitive cost, and encouraging the purchase of recycled carpeting.
Purchase of Power from Renewable Sources – UB’s Green Power Committee has explored a number of green power purchasing options, though it was not until Fall 2002 that the New York green power market developed enough to make green power purchasing practical. This past October UB became the first SUNY campus to buy wind power when it purchased from Community Energy, Inc., the output of one 1.5 megawatt wind turbine from the Fenner Wind Farm in Fenner, NY (just east of Syracuse). UB then went out to bid for increasing amounts of New York wind energy for 2003 and 2004. Community Energy, Inc., was selected and will be providing 8 million kilowatt hours of wind power to UB in 2003 from five of the ten 660 KW wind turbines at the Wethersfield Wind Farm in Wyoming County (near Warsaw, NY.), and 12 million kilowatt hours of wind power in 2004 from three of the 1.5 megawatt turbines at Fenner. These 2003 and 2004 purchases make UB the largest purchaser of wind energy in New York State. They represent 4% and 6% of UB’s electrical consumption, putting us on track for achieving the Executive Order’s mandated amount of 10% by 2005.
 | UB is purchasing electricity from the Wethersfield Wind Farm
in Wyoming County (show here). |
These early UB wind energy purchases demonstrate leadership and are necessary in order to help establish the New York wind energy and green power markets so that there will be enough capacity in 2005 and 2010 to meet the requirements established by the Executive Order for all State agencies.
Our Green Power Committee is continuing to explore options for meeting UB’s energy needs through renewable energy technologies. We have expressed interest in the following additional sources of green power:
• Co-firing of biomass (farmed willow trees) in the Dunkirk coal-burning power plant.
• Regional landfill gas-generated electricity.
UB is purchasing electricity from the Wethersfield
Wind Farm in Wyoming County (show here).
• Wind power which could be generated by a wind farm on the Buffalo waterfront within a few years.
• A proposal by CMS VIRON to develop the wind energy resource on campus.
• A proposal from the Buffalo District Energy Corporation to supply steam or hot water (to meet campus heating needs) and possibly green electric power generated from regional biomass resources.
Procurement of Clean Fueled Vehicles – UB currently owns and operates a compressed natural gas (CNG) refueling station on campus. The station refuels CNG vehicles for the University as well as for several local municipalities and other state agencies. Over 50 vehicles are currently refueled on a regular basis at the University refueling site. Currently the University owns and operates 32 CNG vehicles, all light duty pickup trucks and vans. We recently purchased a 50+ mpg gasoline-electric hybrid Honda Civic 4-door sedan for use on campus and for business trips. This vehicle’s main power train is electrically powered and uses a small gasoline engine to provide electrical power generation.
The Alternative Fueled Vehicles Committee plans to continue reducing the environmental impact of campus vehicle use with a number of initiatives in 2003:
 | | UB's compressed natural gas (CNG) refueling station |
• Purchase additional CNG Vehicles. Manufacturers presently offer more types of CNG vehicles than any other AFV. The University has 20 dedicated CNG vans on order.
UB's compressed natural gas (CNG) refueling station.
• Purchase additional electric hybrid vehicles. The University has immediate plans to purchase two additional Honda Civic hybrid vehicles. As more types of hybrid vehicles become available, we will continue to purchase additional hybrid vehicles.
• Explore the use of other alternative fuels. Although CNG and or Hybrid vehicles are currently the best options, we will continue to explore the availability of vehicles fueled by other alternative sources such as E85 (85% ethanol), biodiesel, and fuel cell technology when it becomes available.
• Encourage/require all University departments to purchase AFV’s – The participation by all departments who purchase and use vehicles is critical to meeting the EO111 requirements. In order to meet the AFV, as well as many of the other mandates, funding must be dedicated within budgets to environmental issues.
• Investigate available training for our service technicians. UB needs to commit to providing funding for this training in order to provide a reliable fleet of alternative fueled vehicles.
• Develop and implement anti-idling policy for campus vehicles.
IV. CONCLUSION
The University of Buffalo applauds Governor George Pataki for Executive Order 111 and NYSERDA for its compliance program and for the significant support it provides State agencies interested in reducing energy consumption. By promoting "Green and Clean," the Executive Order has the potential to substantially reduce the environmental and dollar costs associated with State agency energy use. It can also significantly advance environmentally friendly green building design and provide "market push" for the development of indigenous New York wind energy and green power – thus promoting the sustainable energy policy and practices so essential to our economy and future well-being. UB is committed to meeting and, where possible, surpassing the requirements of Executive Order 111. We appreciate the opportunity to reinforce this critically important mandate and to provide Statewide energy leadership.
Appendix
I. Summary of Executive Order 111, page 13
II. Full Text of Executive Order 111, page 14
III. UB Reporter Article on Wind Power, page 19
IV. UB Energy Policies
A. Heating Policy, page 22
B. Air Conditioning Policy, page 23
C. Electricity Purchasing Policy, page 24
D. Sustainable Energy Policy, page 25
V. UB Executive Order 111 Committees, page 27
APPENDIX I -- Summary of Executive Order 111
On June 10, 2001, New York Governor George Pataki issued Executive Order No. 111, "Directing State Agencies to be More Energy Efficient and Environmentally Aware." This Executive Order requires all State agencies to achieve a reduction in energy consumption in buildings they own, lease, or operate of 35% by 2010 relative to 1990 levels. State agencies are also required to meet energy performance standards in the following areas:
Existing Buildings – Undertake energy conservation measures, including but not limited to, shutting off office equipment; adjusting setting of space temperatures; turning off lighting in unoccupied spaces; inspecting, re-commissioning or re-tuning HVAC equipment; cycling and restarting equipment to reduce peak loads. Strive to meet Energy Star building efficiency criteria for energy performance and indoor environmental quality.
New Buildings and Substantial Renovations of Existing Buildings – Follow guidelines for the construction of green buildings including guidelines set forth in green building tax credit law and LEED green building rating system. Effective immediately, achieve a 20% improvement over Energy Code for all new construction. Achieve a 10% improvement over Code for substantial renovations of existing buildings. Incorporate Energy Star building energy efficiency criteria.
Procurement of Energy-Efficient Products – Purchase only Energy Star compliant equipment or highly efficient equipment (in the case of non-Energy Star rated equipment).
Purchase of Power from Renewable Sources – Increase purchasing of renewable energy from wind, solar thermal, photovoltaics, sustainably managed biomass, tidal, geothermal, methane waste and fuel cells. 10% of electricity purchases must be "greenpower" by 2005; 20% by 2010.
Procurement of Clean Fueled Vehicles – Increasing percentage of new vehicles must be alternative fuel, including hybrid. 50% of light-duty vehicles acquired by State agencies shall be alternative fuel by 2005; 100% by 2010. Operators of medium and heavy-duty vehicles must implement measures to reduce petroleum consumption and use alternative fuels.
APPENDIX II -- Full Text of Executive Order 111
Executive Order No. 111
DIRECTING STATE AGENCIES TO BE MORE ENERGY EFFICIENT AND ENVIRONMENTALLY AWARE
"GREEN AND CLEAN STATE BUILDINGS AND VEHICLES"
WHEREAS, New York is dedicated to the mutually compatible goals of environmental protection and economic growth;
WHEREAS, New York has adopted measures designed to allow energy markets to operate more competitively and has significantly reduced taxes in order to reduce energy costs and encourage continued economic growth;
WHEREAS, the generation and use of energy has significant impact on the environment, contributing to emissions of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, greenhouse gases, and other pollutants;
WHEREAS, State government is a major consumer of energy, spending approximately $300 million per year and purchasing approximately 1500 new vehicles annually with a concomitant impact on the environment; and
WHEREAS, it is appropriate that State government assume a leadership role in promoting the efficient use of energy and natural resources in the interest of the long-term protection and enhancement of our environment, our economy, and the health of our children and future generations of New Yorkers.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE E. PATAKI, Governor of the State of New York, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and Laws of the State of New York, do hereby order as follows:
I. New Energy Efficiency Goals.
All agencies and departments over which the Governor has Executive authority, and all public benefit corporations and public authorities the head of which are appointed by the Governor (hereafter referred to as "State agencies and other affected entities"), shall seek to achieve a reduction in energy consumption by all buildings they own, lease or operate of 35 percent by 2010 relative to 1990 levels. All State agencies and other affected entities shall establish agency-wide reduction targets and associated schedules to reach this goal and shall also be responsible for establishing peak electric demand reduction targets for each State facility by 2005 and 2010. No buildings will be exempted from these goals except pursuant to criteria to be developed by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority ("NYSERDA"), in consultation with the Division of the Budget ("DOB"), the Office of General Services ("OGS") and the Advisory Council on State Energy Efficiency ("Advisory Council") as established herein.
II. State Buildings Energy Efficiency Practices.
A. Existing Buildings.
Effective immediately, State agencies and affected entities shall implement energy efficiency practices with respect to the operation and maintenance of all buildings that they own, lease or operate. Such practices may include, but shall not be limited to: (1) shutting off office equipment when it is not being used; (2) adjusting the settings of space temperatures; (3) turning off lighting in unoccupied areas; (4) inspecting and re-commissioning or re-tuning heating, air-conditioning and ventilation equipment to ensure optimal performance; and (5) cycling and restarting equipment on a staggered basis to shed electricity loads and minimize peak electricity demand usage. State agencies and other affected entities shall strive to meet the ENERGY STAR building criteria for energy performance and indoor environmental quality in their existing buildings to the maximum extent practicable. Within 180 days of the date of this Executive Order, NYSERDA shall develop guidelines to help agencies and other affected entities implement energy efficiency practices in their buildings.
B. New Buildings and Substantial Renovation of Existing Buildings.
In the design, construction, operation and maintenance of new buildings, State agencies and other affected entities shall, to the maximum extent practicable, follow guidelines for the construction of "Green Buildings," including guidelines set forth in Tax Law 5 19; which created the Green Building Tax Credit, and the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED rating system. Effective immediately, State agencies and other affected entities engaged in the construction of new buildings shall achieve at least a 20 percent improvement in energy performance relative to levels required by the State's Energy Conservation Construction Code, as amended. For substantial renovation of existing buildings, State agencies and other affected entities shall achieve as least a ten percent improvement. State agencies and other affected entities shall incorporate energy-efficient criteria consistent with ENERGY STAR and any other energy efficiency levels as may be designated by NYSERDA into all specifications developed for new construction and renovation.
III. Procurement of Energy-Efficient Products.
Effective immediately, State agencies and other affected entities shall select ENERGY STAR energy-efficient products when acquiring new energy-using products or replacing existing equipment. NYSERDA shall adopt guidelines designating target energy efficiency levels for those products for which ENERGY STAR labels are not yet available.
IV. Purchase of Power from Renewable Sources.
State agencies and other affected entities with responsibility for purchasing energy shall increase their purchase of energy generated from the following technologies: wind, solar thermal, photovoltaics, sustainably managed biomass, tidal, geothermal, methane waste and fuel cells. State agencies and other affected entities shall seek to purchase sufficient quantities of energy from these technologies so that 10 percent of the overall annual electric energy requirements of buildings owed, leased, or operated by State agencies and other affected entities will be met through these technologies by 2005, increasing to 20 percent by 2010. No agency or affected entity will be exempt from these goals except pursuant to criteria to be developed by NYSERDA, in consultation with DOB, OGS and the Advisory Council.
V. Procurement of Clean Fuel Vehicles.
State agencies and other affected entities shall procure increasing percentages of alternative-fuel vehicles, including hybrid-electric vehicles, as part of their annual vehicle acquisition plans. By 2005, at least 50 percent of new light-duty vehicles acquired by each agency and affected entity shall be alternative-fueled vehicles, and by 2010, 100 percent of all new light-duty vehicles shall be alternative-fueled vehicles, with the exception of specialty, police or emergency vehicles as designated by DOB. State agencies and other affected entities that operate medium and heavy-duty vehicles shall implement strategies to reduce petroleum consumption and emissions by using alternative fuels and improving vehicle fleet fuel efficiency.
VI. Role of NYSERDA and Creation of the Advisory Council on State Energy Efficiency.
NYSERDA shall coordinate implementation of this Executive Order and shall assist each agency and affected entity in the fulfillment of the responsibilities imposed herein in a cost-effective manner. To assist NYSERDA in fulfilling the requirements imposed by this Executive Order, there is hereby established an Advisory Council on State Energy Efficiency consisting of the following members, who shall serve ex officio: the President of NYSERDA; the Director of the Division of Budget; the Commissioners of OGS; the Department of Environmental Conservation; the Department of Correctional Services, the Office of Mental Health and the Department of Transportation; the Chairman of the Public Service Commission; the Chancellor of the State University of New York; the Secretary of State; the Chairman of the New York Power Authority; the Chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority; and the President of the Long Island Power Authority. The President of NYSERDA shall serve as the chair of the Advisory Council. The members of the Advisor Council may designate one or more persons to act as their designee(s). The Advisory Council shall meet regularly, but no less than twice a year, for the purpose of advising NYSERDA as to how it can best assist State agencies and other affected entities in achieving the goals of this Executive Order with the greatest degree of cooperative effort and effectiveness. Members of the Advisory Council shall receive no compensation but shall be entitled to reimbursement for any necessary expenses incurred in connection with the performance of their responsibilities.
VII. Assistance and Cooperation.
Every agency and department over which the Governor has executive authority, and all public benefit corporations and public authorities the heads of which are appointed by the Governor shall provide all reasonable assistance and cooperation requested by NYSERDA and the Advisory Council for the purpose of carrying out this order. Such assistance may include the assignment of staff and the provision of support services.
VIII. Participation of other governmental entities.
Local governments and schools districts that are not subject to the requirements of this Executive Order are encouraged to review their energy efficiency practices and procedures, to institute appropriate operational and maintenance modifications, and to accelerate the implementation of energy efficiency projects. NYSERDA, OGS, the New York Power Authority and the Long Island Power Authority are hereby directed to offer any assistance as may be appropriate to assist local governments and school districts to achieve the goals of this Executive Order, including, but not limited to, assistance with procurement.
IX. Repeal of Prior Executive Order.
Executive Order No. 132, promulgated on January 2, 1990, and continued unamended and unmodified, is hereby revoked and superseded by this Executive Order as of the date hereof.
GIVEN under my hand and the Privy Seal of the State in the City of Albany this tenth day of June in the year two thousand one.
George E. Pataki
APPENDIX III- UB Reporter Article on Wind Power
UB becomes largest purchaser of wind power in New York
By Ellen Goldbaum
Contributing Editor
UB has become the state's largest purchaser of wind-generated electricity with a purchase agreement with Community Energy, Inc. for a total of 20 million kilowatt hours.
UB became the first campus in the SUNY system to buy a portion of its electrical power from a commercial supplier of wind-generated electricity in 2002 through the purchase of 1.5 megawatts from the Fenner Wind Farm in Madison County. The current purchase is for approximately half of the output of the entire Wethersfield Wind Farm in Wyoming County. The university plans in 2004 to purchase the output of three 1.5 megawatt wind turbines from the Fenner Wind Farm.
UB's "green" power purchase will provide a significant environmental benefit by reducing pollutants associated with acid rain and smog. It's estimated that by 2004, carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions will be reduced annually by more than 8 million, 92,000 and 36,000 pounds, respectively, as a result, according to Community Energy, Inc.
Lt. Gov. Mary Donohue visited UB last week to praise the university for its commitment to become the state's largest purchaser of wind-generated electricity.
"UB has proven over the years that it is one of the country's leading academic institutions," said Donohue. "Today, we stand here to praise it for not just teaching about environmental responsibility, but for practicing it. UB's commitment to the use of renewable energy sends a tremendous message to the student body, the community, and the state that our actions make a difference. The leadership that UB is demonstrating is what we need to achieve the state's energy security and environmental goals."
Donohue also cited UB for its aggressive efforts in implementing the provisions of Executive Order No. 111, which Gov. George Pataki issued in June 2001, that directs state agencies, authorities, SUNY and other entities to become more energy-efficient and environmentally aware. It established guidelines for improving efficiency, among them the reduction of energy consumption by 35 percent by 2010—relative to 1990 levels—and the procurement of energy-efficient products and alternative-fueled vehicles. It also set energy-efficiency standards for new buildings and renovations, and established requirements for increasing the purchase of renewable power.
"We at UB are pleased and proud to lead the way in utilizing clean, renewable sources of power such as wind energy," said President William R. Greiner. "As the state's largest and most comprehensive public research institution, UB has historically been very aggressive on energy conservation and sustainability issues through many different university initiatives—we see it as a natural outgrowth of our larger public mission."
"Under the governor's leadership," he added, "Executive Order 111 and the newly introduced Renewable Portfolio Standard have created an environment that has empowered UB to become the largest purchaser of wind-generated electricity in New York State—setting an example, we hope, for both the public and private sectors."
Provost Elizabeth D. Capaldi noted that "UB's nationally recognized energy-conservation program is credited with saving more than $9 million in energy costs annually and in earning the admiration and respect of our fellow research universities. With this purchase of wind power, UB is taking a bold and important step into a future where sustainable sources of energy will not just be desirable, but critical."
Commercial wind-power supplier Community Energy is providing its New Wind Energy product with marketing support from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) and its Green Marketing Program, a component of its New York Energy $martSM Program. UB was first contacted by representatives of the Western New York division of New York State Electric and Gas (NYSEG). NYSEG voluntarily started New York State's first green power program in August 2002 as a Community Energy marketing partner.
Under the Governor's Executive Order, state agencies are required to meet 10 percent of their electrical needs with environmentally friendly "green" power generated from renewable sources like biomass, wind and solar by 2005. The percentage will increase to 20 percent by 2010. In terms of future wind capacity, NYSERDA has announced new awards of $17 million to support five new wind projects that would increase the number of wind projects in New York from three to eight, and the installed capacity from about 50 to about 365 MW.
UB began on Jan. 1 paying a small premium to procure 8 million kWh of clean "green" power from the Wethersfield site in Wyoming County, one of the first wind farms in New York State. In 2004, the university will purchase 12 million kWh of wind from the Fenner Wind Power Project, located in the Town of Fenner in Madison County in Central New York. The Fenner project operates 20 huge, 1.5-megawatt, wind-driven generators connected to the New York power grid.
Five of the 150-foot-tall Wethersfield Wind Turbines are being designated as the "University at Buffalo Wind Turbines," while in 2004, three of the larger 300-foot-tall, 1.5 MW Fenner wind generators will be designated to UB. The monthly output of one of Fenner's wind turbines is equivalent to approximately 330,000 kilowatt hours of electricity, enough to power approximately 500 homes.
APPENDIX IV – UB Energy Policies
Heating Policy
BACKGROUND
UB is pursuing increased energy conservation, which will result in both cost savings and decrease environmental impact, as energy use is a major source of pollution and uses huge amounts of natural resources.
POLICY
• Offices will be heated to 68°F from 8:00am to 5:00pm and classrooms will be heated to this temperature from 8:00am to 10:00pm. For off-hours and on weekends and holidays, the temperature will be allowed to drop to 55°F before heating occurs.
• During a severe cold snap or during an extended weekend/shutdown, or due to particular characteristics of some of our facilities, there will be instances when the temperature will drop to 55°F.
• Heating for academic program purposes will be provided on weekends and off-hours as needed. Each Dean’s office should provide the University Facilities Customer Service Department with a list individuals in each departmental office authorized to request off-hour/holiday heating. Requests for off-hour/holiday heating must be received by Customer Service (x71 or 645-2025) by 12:00pm of the proceeding business day.
• University Facilities will utilize the most energy efficient means of supplying heat for approved off-hour/holiday requests.
• Due to an inability to precisely control temperatures, it may be the case that some spaces may be warmer than others, or that central controls will not permit Facilities to raise the temperature in the rest of the facility. In those situations, University Facilities will permit the use of portable space heaters
• Portable heaters not authorized by University Facilities will be removed.
Please report overheated or under-heated areas to University Facilities Customer Service at x71.
Air Conditioning Policy
BACKGROUND
UB is pursuing increased energy conservation, which will result in both cost savings and decrease environmental impact, as energy use is a major source of pollution and uses huge amounts of natural resources.
POLICY
• During the normal working day, all air-conditioned offices (8:00am-5:00pm), classrooms, libraries, and labs (8:00am-10:00pm) will be cooled to 76F. (Cooler temperatures may exist in some areas in order that 76F is not exceeded in other areas in the same fan zone or to keep reheats off.)
• Reheat systems will be bypassed in the air conditioning process whenever possible.
• During the evening and on weekends and holidays, the temperature will be allowed to rise (except on those rooms with scheduled classes on Saturdays).
• University Facilities will monitor special purpose spaces and facilities to determine if modifications to the policy are warranted.
• Supervisors are encouraged to accommodate reasonable requests from employees to wear more casual clothing because of the increased temperatures.
Please call University Facilities Customer Service Office at x71 (or from off campus at 645-2025) to report any air conditioning deficiencies.
If you see any opportunities for energy savings or wish to suggest and energy conservation project, please call Mr. Walter Simpson, the University’s Energy Officer at 645-3528. Any questions regarding this policy should be directed to The Associate Vice President for Facilities, at 645-3643.
Electricity Purchasing Policy
BACKGROUND
The deregulation of the electric industry, currently underway in NYS and across the U.S., presents opportunities and challenges for the University and other energy users. Energy users will be able to shop for the best rates as well as select sources of power consistent with their values. These potentially positive developments, however, need to be weighed against the threats deregulation poses to energy efficiency and other environmental priorities like clean air.
POLICY
The following principles should apply to all electric purchases:
1. Compatibility with Campus Energy Conservation Efforts – The terms and conditions of electricity purchases should sustain or enhance UB’s energy conservation program – not undermine it – by avoiding damaging rate structures and, if possible, by incorporating energy efficiency services.
a) Rate Structure – Electric rates should be structured to maintain appropriate financial incentives for continued energy conservation and efficiency. Declining block or marginal rate structures provides disincentives to conservation and efficiency and should be avoided. Flat rates maintain incentives to sustain a program of campus energy conservation improvement.
b) Energy Efficiency Services – The University will attempt to negotiate electricity purchase agreements which include, as a value-added component, energy efficiency services.
2. Buying Clean Power – UB should buy power from environmentally clean sources as defined by emissions profile, i.e. CO2, SOX, and NOX per kilowatt-hour. Dirty coal power should be rejected in favor of efficiently produced, natural gas-fired electricity. The University should explore buying a percentage of its power from clean, renewable power sources when these are available.
Sustainable Energy Policy
The University at Buffalo's nationally recognized energy conservation program has a history exceeding twenty years. The program has documented annual energy dollar savings in excess of $9 million a year. In 1998, the $17 million demand side management project which the UB conducted with CES/Way International from 1994-1997 was awarded "Energy Project of the Year" from the Association of Energy Engineers.
UB is proud of its role as a national leader in campus energy conservation but we must not stand on our laurels. Our program must strive for continual improvement. Much more can be done.
UB commits to an energy conservation program based on continual improvement. The University will:
• Create and maintain appropriate organizational structures within facilities to enable on-going progress in the energy efficient operation of our campuses.
• Purchase only energy efficient equipment, consistent with performance and durability.
• Maintain or establish energy conservation and efficiency as priorities in facilities maintenance and operation.
• Consistently implement University heating and air conditioning policies.
• Continue the practice of identifying and implementing in-house conservation projects paid for out of University operations budgets.
• Evaluate prospective energy conservation and efficiency capital improvement projects on the basis of life cycle cost/benefit analysis.
• Explore methods for redirecting some portion of energy conservation dollar savings to fund additional conservation measures.
• Utilize creative funding mechanisms and energy service companies to accelerate action on larger energy conservation and efficiency projects which can be structured to pay for themselves.
• Continue efforts to raise energy awareness on campus.
• Reassess campus transportation needs and planning in light of the need to reduce energy use and energy-related emissions.
• Operate campus buses and campus fleet vehicles on natural gas or other clean alternative fuel beyond legally mandated levels.
• Strengthen its commitment to principles of environmentally sustainable green building design for all new construction and major renovations.
• Minimize SOX, NOX and CO2 emissions from campus fossil fuel burning equipment. Eliminate campus reliance on coal in the MacKay Power Plant.
• Develop a carbon dioxide emission reduction plan and measure annual progress. Seek reductions far in excess of Kyoto Global Warming Treaty requirements which call on the United States to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 8% by 2010 (compared to 1990 levels).
• Explore and act on opportunities to employ renewable energy technologies.
• Seek effective implementation of UB's electricity purchasing policy to further promote efficiency, avoid dirty power purchases, and explore options for buying clean, renewable "green power."
• Provide support for clean energy research on campus.
• Provide support for community-based clean energy initiatives.
Our campus energy goal will be to reduce campus energy consumption by an additional 20% by the year 2010.
Approved by President William Greiner, May 2000
APPENDIX V – UB Executive Order 111 Committees
Energy Conservation Committee
Mike Dupre – Chair
University Facilities
Randy Abramo
Tracey Baez
Bruce Buerger, P.E.
Tom Chalupka
Russ Devans
Mike Dupre
Cliff Martin
Fred Menth
Larry Poturalski
John Russo
Craig Sautter
Lou Schmitt
Walter Simpson
Avis Sinclair
Fred Smeader, P.E.
Art Tara
Ken Tarbox
Keith Tramp
Sempra Energy Solutions
Bob Kennedy, P.E.
Frank Primard
Green Building Design Committee
Kevin Thompson – Chair
University Facilities
Mike Dupre
Martin Hohle, P.E.
Gordie Love, P.E.
Robert Puleo
Walter Simpson
Kevin Thompson
Tony Vargas
Michael Wright, AIA
State University Construction Fund
Stephanie Gilman, AIA
Peter Rubin, AIA
Dormitory Authority of the State of New York (DASNY)
Lou Cirelli, P.E.
Sal Renda, AIA
UB Department of Architecture
Dennis A. Andrejko, AIA
New Civic Works
Hillary Brown, AIA
Phoenix Design
Steven Campbell
Green Purchasing Committee
Judy Miller -- Chair
UB Procurement Services
Terry Bell
Beth Fenush
Louise Lougen
Judy Miller
Vergie Oettinger
University Facilities
Erin Cala
John Hayes
Dennis Sagliani
Walter Simpson
Residence Life and Apartments
Dewey Bush
Faculty Student Association
Jeff Mott
Green Power Committee
John Russo – Chair
University Facilities
Mike Dupre
John Russo
Walter Simpson
Avis Sinclair
Procurement Services
Lonny Porter
LepCorp
Denny Frank
Alternative Fueled Vehicles Committee
John Hayes – Chair
University Facilities
John Hayes
Bob Innes
Fred Smeader
Campus Bussing
Chris Austin
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