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The Christmas Day blackout was blamed on a "perfect storm" of ice, cold temperatures and high power consumption.  While there's not much that can be done about the weather, at least one group is seeking ways to reduce energy use.

A group of local governments and nonprofits just landed the largest Office of Energy Resources competitive grant made for energy efficiency.

This week the Idaho OER announced that our region won a $700,000 grant to dramatically reduce energy use, spark local job creation and reduce our carbon footprint.  These funds are part of the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which is being overseen by the state's Office of Energy Resources and will leverage approximately $800,000 in additional funds from the partners.

 

Becky's calendar for quarterly facilities walk-thru

Each department has received the most recent spreadsheet with information about their building's energy usage.  Due to the cold last month, only Parks had any reductions in Therms.

Action: Tom and Becky will meet to decide on a format for walk-thrus.  IT will start with finding out what each dept./bldg. is doing and then move on to any seasonal tightening up or preparations they will be taking on or like help on.

3rd Draft - December 23, 2009

Residential Program - NEW CONSTRUCTION:

All new construction projects, excluding LEED (with # energy and # water points (state how many points or what level of certification), are required to comply with the following sections. The exemptions listed above must show their intent to meet the requirements at the building permit review stage and receive final certification under the applicable program, prior to receiving a certificate of occupancy.  (Need to determine if any additional programs would be suitable for an exemption.)

The ERC partnered with 7 local governments to craft a proposal to strengthen energy conservation efforts throughout the region.  Here's what was reported in the Idaho Mountain Express on January 15, 2010.

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City Hall window weatherproofing

Work progresses well and all departments in the building have appreciated the work.  Rick and Tex have also suggested some simple energy retrofits that they noticed could be done when they have other periods of free time. (i.e. adding dampers to heating vents in library, mastic caulk on all accessible heating and cooling ducts, motion sensor on basement light, outdoor window trim that is rotting, adding insulated ceiling to cupola skylights to reduce both winter heat loss and summer heat gain)

A presentation to Blaine County's Board of Commissioners and the City of Hailey's Mayor and Council.

Presented by David Neiger, Populus Sustainable Design Consulting, Boulder CO. This is the entire presentation that he have before the County Commissioners and the City Council members.

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Attending:  Craig Barry; David Hanks; Jen Smith; Shana Sweitzer; Mariel Platt; Tom Blanchard; Jeff Kreyssig; Neil Morrow

Attending: Colleen Daly, Eric Adams; Jen Smith; Shana Sweitzer; Tom Blanchard; Becky Stokes; Craig Barry

Update on the current partners

Efforts will be made to reach out the cities of Carey; Fairfield and Stanley

Attending: Neil ; Diana; Shana; Mariel; Tom; Becky; Angenie; Eric; Craig

OER Update

The recently released RFP was reviewed along with the potential projects.

There was discussion about the Revolving Loan Fund or, more accurately called a Property Assessed Clean Energy program (PACE) and whether this was an eligible activity or not.  Initially we were told it is NOT but subsequently it appears that OER is shifting its position on this and will be amending the RFP accordingly.

 

Attending: Shana Sweitzer; Eric Adams; Neil Morrow; Tom Blanchard; Craig Barry; Kathleen Turner; Becky Stokes; Elizabeth Jeffrey; Mariel Platt; Angenie McCleary Update on EECBG subgrant program

Deadlines:  Open Nov 2; Webinar Nov 10; Deadline Dec 15.

BSTAC Recommended Goals

for a

Green Building Program in Blaine County Idaho

Energy Goals

New Construction

October 12th The Integrated Design Process

Using Home Energy Rating Systems (HERS) to obtain greater Energy Efficiency

Presented and Facilitated by David Neiger - Populus Sustainable Design Consulting,

Boulder CO

Community Campus - Room 301/302

Presentation 5:30-6:30PM (open to all)

Energy Modeling Charrette 6:30-8:30PM

(limited space available for non AIA members, RSVP 788-9815 x24)

*3 CEUs will be available to attending AIA members

(Professionals involved in the design and building industry are encouraged to attend)

 

October 13, 2009 Creating a Green Building Program

A presentation to Blaine County's Board of Commissioners and the City of Hailey's Mayor and Council

Presented by David Neiger -

Populus Sustainable Design Consulting, Boulder CO

Boulder City and Boulder County, CO's experience with adopting and implementing a green building program.

5:30-7:00pm

Hailey City Hall - Council Chambers

THE PUBLIC IS ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND!

HELP's new structure

The new structure suggested looks to lighten the meeting load for committee members as the work load within the departments increases.  Both the intensity of the grant writing that is required at this time and the process of each department developing their 15% carbon reduction plans and data collection systems will require more time than member's work in the past.  For these reasons, meetings will take place once a month to share department information and to provide an information assist for departments as they work towards their reduction goals.  The next meeting is set for Oct. 13, 11-12am

Sustainable Building and Planning Advisory Committee

September 2, 2009 - Meeting Summary

1.    New Business

I. Reviewed updated survey rankings and discussed building program components

a)      Ideas about commercial remodels:

Sustainable Building and Planning Advisory Committee

August 19, 2009 - Meeting Summary

1.    Old Business

I. Committee members shared information gathered from their respective assignments.

 

Sustainable Building and Planning Advisory Committee

August 19, 2009 - Meeting Summary

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Discuss and establish a new HELP chair Review the status of other projects/committees Discuss potential changes in meeting times/frequencies Solid waste contract Idle no more ordinance Next steps

In 2008 the Environmental Resource Center partnered with Sun Valley, Ketchum, Hailey and Blaine County to perform a detailed assessment of their carbon emissions.

At present these are the local groups that are actively addressing climate protection issues (click on any one for a detailed listing of their efforts):

Hailey Environmental Leadership Program (HELP) Blaine Environmental, Economic and Energy Sustainability Team (BEST) Ketchum CDC's Energy Solutions Team (EST)

Following ICLEI's for Cities for Climate Protection program, these local governments began to implement these steps:

Milestone 1. Conduct a baseline emissions inventory and forecast. Based on energy consumption and waste generation, the city calculates greenhouse gas emissions for a base year (e.g. 2000) and for a forecast year (e.g. 2015). The inventory and forecast provide a benchmark against which the city can measure progress.

Hailey City Sustainable Building and Planning Ad Hoc Advisory Committee

The Mission:

To promote an awareness of climate change and improve the sustainability of building and development strategies within Hailey. The City of Hailey Ad Hoc Advisory Committee will assist by:

Serving as a sounding board for sustainable building and development strategies

Sustainable Building and Planning Advisory CommitteeJuly 1, 2009 - Meeting SummaryThe following items were discussed at the meeting:1. Old Businessa) Reviewed preliminary results from forum.2. New Businessa) July 13th (5:30) presentation to Council - discussed what type of information to share with Council and timeframes.  Briefly go over presentation (focus on program types) Update on education and outreach activities Update on Build Smart (Garth) and Ketchum (Mariel) Ask for questions, feedback, foreseeable issues, or specific data that the Council might find helpful. Committee will now develop recommendations.b) Discussed decline in Committee attendees and what we can do to increase participation and attendance. The following tasks were assigned: Call all past attendees/members - MARIEL Call Hailey architects - JOLYONc) Committee will start developing recommendations at the July 15th meeting (next meeting).The following items were assigned at the meeting:Continued from May 3, 2009 Meeting - Chip: Updated info. on Teton building programMariel and Jolyon: Contact committee members or others that might be interested in attending meetings.Jolyon: develop bullet list of presentation items - send to committeeJolyon and Mariel: coordinate on tech. and Power Point.Garth: attend Council mtg. on July 13th to share Build Smart committee highlights and updates.