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Promoting Innovative Promoting Innovative Energy & Air Quality Energy & Air Quality ProgramsPrograms

Energy & Air Quality Conference: Local Governments & Businesses Leading by Example

Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments

April 5, 2004

Sue Gander, Outreach Director

State and Local Capacity Building BranchOffice of Air & RadiationUS EPA

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Overview

E/AQ linkages more crucial than ever

Multiple benefits can promote projects

Great local examples are out there

EPA offers tools, technical assistance, financial support

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State and Local State and Local Capacity BuildingCapacity Building EPA’s State & Local

Capacity Building Branch We support state & local efforts that:

improve air quality and public health increase energy efficiency, renewable

energy promote economic development lower greenhouse gas intensities

Focus on multiple benefits of actions

Measure and showcase results

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What We Do

Build S&L capacity to make decisions informed by environmental, economic & public health concerns Focus on tools and analyses that can assist

states and localities

Generate data and share lessons learned from innovative state and local measures Track developments and synthesize data

Leverage offerings of voluntary federal programs for state and local efforts Connect with ENERGYSTAR offerings, CHP

Partnership, Greenpower Partnership, etc.

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State and Local State and Local Capacity BuildingCapacity Building Major

Energy Challenges Ahead

Significant demand growth predicted

Security presents heightened concern

Reliability being put to the test

Infrastructure needs mounting

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Concerns also MountingNOTE: Dates are illustrative

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State and Local State and Local Capacity BuildingCapacity Building Linking Energy & AQ Goals

Helps Address other Concerns Multiple benefits from strategies that link

energy and air quality strategies: Protect the environment Improve energy supplies, reliability,

security

but also... Reduce costs Protect public health Further economic development

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State and Local State and Local Capacity BuildingCapacity Building Many Great Local

Examples to Follow Numerous examples from MD, VA, DC

Converting to LED Traffic Signals 80-90% more efficient, last 10 times longer &

reduce maintenance costs Denver: 17,036 signals, saved $368,000/year

(energy, materials, labor), cut 6.7 tons NOx, 6.4 tons SO2, 8,894 tons GHGs/year

Philadelphia Cool Roofs Top floor temps reduced 5ºF on very hot days Protects health of low-income and elderly Lowers energy costs, emissions from A/Cs

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State and Local State and Local Capacity BuildingCapacity Building Some of the Ways

EPA Can Help Policy Guidance

Intergating EE/RE Into SIPs Technical Assistance

SEP Toolkit MIST Software Greenpower Partnership CHP Partnership ENERGYSTAR Tools RMI Model

Financial Support

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Implementation Plans (SIPs) Air quality plans can advance energy and

economic goals through EE/RE Several guidance documents available:

Guidance for establishing set-aside Report on state programs (draft) M&V document (draft) Voluntary stationary measures policy

www.epa.gov/ttn/oarpg/t1/memoranda/coverpol.pdf

EPA working with several areas on additional innovations

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State and Local State and Local Capacity BuildingCapacity Building EE/RE through Supplemental

Environmental Projects (SEPs) Enforcement settlements can be used to fund

projects that advance energy & air quality Voluntary option chosen by violator

Localities can work with state to ID project Maryland utility agreed to install small PV systems on

3 public buildings in the same county as the facility -- 2 schools and an environmental center.

SEP Toolkit being developed by SLCBB -- coordinating with US EPA Office of Enforcement Compliance Provides states and localities with information on

how they can pursue energy efficiency/renewable energy projects as one settlement option.

COMING SOON!

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State and Local State and Local Capacity BuildingCapacity Building Integrated Solutions

to Urban Heat Islands Air temperatures in many US cities and suburbs are up to

10°F warmer than surrounding areas Urban heat islands contribute to air quality problems, public

health risks, energy use Urban Heat Island (UHI) reduction measures often decrease

energy use & greenhouse gases but ozone is pressing concern for cities need to determine best ways to get all three

Mitigation Impact Screening Tool (MIST) is a user-friendly screening tool to estimate potential ground-level ozone & energy savings benefits from: increasing urban albedo (e.g., through cool roofs) increasing urban vegetative cover (e.g, trees)

COMING SOON!

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State and Local State and Local Capacity BuildingCapacity Building Other Tools to Assess EE/RE

Costs, Benefits, Opportunities Green Power Partnership

www.epa.gov/greenpower Combined Heat & Power (CHP) Partnership

www.epa.gov/chp ENERGYSTAR

www.energystar.gov/government E-GRID and PowerProfiler

www.epa.gov/cleanenergy/egrid www.epa.gov/cleanenergy/powerprofiler

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Finder -- Rocky Mountain Institute

New web-based tool -- http://finder.rmi.org/ Preliminary analysis to guide investments Helps communities quantify local benefits of

energy efficiency investments in terms of: energy saved (mWh) dollars saved jobs created (year 1, 5, 10) pollution reduced (NOx, SO2, CO2)

Extensive resource section on EE/RE, funding Developed by RMI with EPA support

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Financial Opportunities

EE/RE Funding Opportunities Directory of EE/RE and related assistance

programs (federal, state, foundation) Draft copy released today LISTSERV will announce final

EPA Grants www.epa.gov/ogd/ www.epa.gov/air/grants_funding.html

All Federal Grants Grants.gov

Search fed grants; register to receive notices

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Other Events

DOE Energy Smart America 2004: Tools and Solutions for States and Communities May 11-14, Minneapolis, MN http://www.energysmartamerica.org/

EPA Air Innovations Conference August 10-12, 2004, Chicago

ENERGYSTAR Workshop Spring 2004, Washington, DC area/TBA

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For More Information

Integrating EE/RE into SIPS Edgar Mercado 202-343-9058 or mercado.edgar@epa.gov Art Diem 202-343-9340 or diem.art@epa.gov

Supplemental Environmental Projects Art Diem 202-343-9340 or diem.art@epa.gov

Urban Heat Island - Mitigation Impact Screening Tool Niko Dietsch 202-343-9299 or dietsch.nikolaas@epa.gov

Greenpower Partnership Kurt Johnson 202-343-9231 or johnson.kurt@epa.gov

CHP Partnership Luis Troche 202-343-9442 or troche.luis@epa.gov

ENERGYSTAR Katy Hatcher 202-343-9676 or hatcher.caterina@epa.gov

EGRID and PowerProfiler Joe Bryson 202-343-9631 or bryson.joe@epa.gov

Funding Opportunities Directory Steve Dunn 202-343-9341 or dunn.stevev@epa.gov

State and Local LISTSERV Sue Gander 202-343-9342 or gander.sue@epa.gov