County of Santa Barbara Update (Lessons learned)

Roy Hapeman11/13/2014

We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors,

we borrow it from our children.-Native American Proverb

1 Megawatt Solar Array

• Project Cost $5.5M less $1.7M Rebate for a net Cost $3.8M• 1st year avoided utility costs $0.3M• 1.21% Loan.

Calle Real Solar

Solar Array is Screwed to the Ground

Lessons• Local vendor worked out great

– Endelos– Smith Engineering Associates– Smith Electric– Penfield & Smith– MarBorg– Specialty Crane– S&S Seeds, Valley Oaks Printers, Coast Valley Testing, Garcia’s Mobile Grill, Jon Keller Survey, Rivera & Sons Excavation, Dudek ,

Growing Solutions, Enviroscaping, Eucario Guzaman Landscaping, United Rental, White Cap Supply, California Electrical Supply, Orchard Supply

• Independent Contractor Commission project• Wire management (every wire shall be secure)• Extra straw for erosion.• Quality US Components ( Solar World Panels ).

The Solar Array is making 9% more power than expected

Month

Expected Power to be Generated

Claimed in Incentive (CSI EPBB ) kWh

Actual Power Generated

kWh Production Days% of Rebate achieved per

month Rebate Expected Rebate Actual Rebate Over /Under

AchievingExpected Total

Rebate Actual Total Rebate Actual % of Total Rebate Achieved

May-12 193,554 204,628 31 106% 0.19 $ 36,775 $ 38,879 $ 2,104 $ 36,775 $ 38,879 106%

Jun-12 190,160 190,111 30 100% 0.19 $ 36,130 $ 36,121 $ (9) $ 72,906 $ 75,000 103%

Jul-12 189,961 198,417 31 104% 0.19 $ 36,093 $ 37,699 $ 1,607 $ 108,998 $ 112,700 103%

Aug-12 190,364 197,000 31 103% 0.19 $ 36,169 $ 37,430 $ 1,261 $ 145,167 $ 150,130 103%

Sep-12 161,778 174,559 30 108% 0.19 $ 30,738 $ 33,166 $ 2,428 $ 175,905 $ 183,296 104%

Oct-12 129,194 156,865 31 121% 0.19 $ 24,547 $ 29,804 $ 5,257 $ 200,452 $ 213,100 106%

Nov-12 109,603 111,806 30 102% 0.19 $ 20,825 $ 21,244 $ 419 $ 221,277 $ 234,344 106%

Dec-12 94,004 100,118 31 107% 0.19 $ 17,861 $ 19,022 $ 1,162 $ 239,137 $ 253,366 106%

Jan-13 98,649 125,773 31 127% 0.19 $ 18,743 $ 23,897 $ 5,154 $ 257,881 $ 277,263 108%

Feb-13 108,529 135,575 28 125% 0.19 $ 20,620 $ 25,759 $ 5,139 $ 278,501 $ 303,022 109%

Mar-13 146,815 167,823 31 114% 0.19 $ 27,895 $ 31,886 $ 3,992 $ 306,396 $ 334,909 109%

Apr-13 166,545 173,957 30 104% 0.19 $ 31,644 $ 33,052 $ 1,408 $ 338,040 $ 367,961 109%

May-13 192,199 203,032 31 106% 0.19 $ 36,518 $ 38,576 $ 2,058 $ 374,558 $ 406,537 109%

Jun-13 188,829 174,689 30 93% 0.19 $ 35,877 $ 33,191 $ (2,687) $ 410,435 $ 439,728 107%

Jul-13 188,632 193,405 31 103% 0.19 $ 35,840 $ 36,747 $ 907 $ 446,275 $ 476,475 107%

Aug-13 189,031 203,091 31 107% 0.19 $ 35,916 $ 38,587 $ 2,671 $ 482,191 $ 515,062 107%

Sep-13 160,645 174,963 30 109% 0.19 $ 30,523 $ 33,243 $ 2,720 $ 512,714 $ 548,305 107%

Oct-13 128,290 154,204 31 120% 0.19 $ 24,375 $ 29,299 $ 4,924 $ 537,089 $ 577,604 108%

Nov-13 108,835 120,423 30 111% 0.19 $ 20,679 $ 22,880 $ 2,202 $ 557,767 $ 600,484 108%

Dec-13 93,346 126,383 31 135% 0.19 $ 17,736 $ 24,013 $ 6,277 $ 575,503 $ 624,497 109%

Jan-14 97,959 120,055 31 123% 0.19 $ 18,612 $ 22,810 $ 4,198 $ 594,115 $ 647,307 109%

Feb-14 107,769 120,892 28 112% 0.19 $ 20,476 $ 22,969 $ 2,493 $ 614,592 $ 670,277 109%

Mar-14 145,787 164,732 31 113% 0.19 $ 27,700 $ 31,299 $ 3,599 $ 642,291 $ 701,576 109%

Apr-14 165,379 189,850 30 115% 0.19 $ 31,422 $ 36,072 $ 4,649 $ 673,713 $ 737,647 109%

May-14 190,854 202,951 31 106% 0.19 $ 36,262 $ 38,561 $ 2,298 $ 709,975 $ 776,208 109%

Jun-14 187,507 200,745 30 107% 0.19 $ 35,626 $ 38,142 $ 2,515 $ 745,602 $ 814,349 109%

Jul-14 187,311 192,339 31 103% 0.19 $ 35,589 $ 36,544 $ 955 $ 781,191 $ 850,894 109%

Aug-14 187,708 202,000 31 108% 0.19 $ 35,665 $ 38,380 $ 2,715 $ 816,855 $ 889,274 109%

Sep-14 159,521 177,420 30 111% 0.19 $ 30,309 $ 33,710 $ 3,401 $ 847,164 $ 922,984 109%

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On Bill Financing• Very Very Large Challenge to Pass Legal • New LED lights : Dark Sky Compliant• DECO lighting (in business for over 56 years)– 10 warranty, 100,000 hour life, if they fail , DECO

will fix them. (LA company, CREE LEDs )

– DECO has lights that are rated for 25 years.– 300 watt sodium vapor to 60 watt LED.

Energy Management Software

• Energy Cap– Good for the price. 100k paid by grant,– Should have asked for more $$

• Good Web Pages– Need to get better on reports– Good benchmarking

• Working out Benchmarking with EPA will be done soon

• Enormous amount of work.

County Utility stats

• Approximately 600 bills per month• Allocate bills thousands of ways• 75% of the bills come in electronically

(electric ,gas)• 25% entered manually ( trash , water, sewer)– Looking at OCR with ECAP

• Web and client versions.

Every County Employee can access the site and see how their building

is doing

Compare Buildings

• 1• 1• 1

Greenhouse Gas Inventor is Live

Schneider Electric Sub Meters

• Great equipment• Web interface• Great Vendor

BenchMarking• We put in our data in the EPA website• EPA website changed• We put in our data in the new EPA website • We changed again to comply with ECAP• Only some types of buildings will benchmark– (no Sheriff, Jail, Fire station,…)– Good for offices

• Based of 2003 data

Bottom line: A work in progress.

What is Next

• More level 2 Electric Vehicle charging stations• DC Electric Vehicle Fast Charger • Lithium Battery 30kw pick shaving system• More Solar on County Buildings in Lompoc• Building Energy Efficiency Standards Policy for

County owned buildings• Natural Gas Boiler cycling time modifications

Greffen Systems: M2G boiler controller.

ZNE Resolution

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED AND ORDERED that:• All new Santa Barbara County owned facilities and major renovations beginning design after 2025 be constructed as Zero Net Energy Facilities with an interim target for 50% of new facilities beginning design after 2020 to be Zero Net Energy. Santa Barbara County departments shall also take measures toward achieving Zero Net Energy for 50% of the square footage of existing Santa Barbara County owned facilities by 2025 and the remaining 50% by 2035.

You need a Goal , This is the County’s

"People with goals succeed because they know where they're going" -- Earl Nightingale, Motivational Speaker

County of Santa Barbara Update (Lessons learned)

Roy Hapeman11/13/2014

We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors,

we borrow it from our children.-Native American Proverb