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June 21, 2012 Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens Smart Energy Use for a Healthier Business Climate and Clean Air
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June 21, 2012 Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens. Smart Energy Use for a Healthier Business Climate and Clean Air. 2012 C4S Air Quality Series Planning Committee. Phyllis Barber Sustainability Coordinator Environmental Management Highmark Thomas Batroney Hatch Mott McDonald - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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June 21, 2012Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens
Smart Energy Use for a Healthier Business Climate
and Clean Air
2012 C4S Air Quality Series Planning Committee
Phyllis BarberSustainability Coordinator Environmental Management Highmark
Thomas BatroneyHatch Mott McDonald
Rachel FilippiniExecutive DirectorGroup Against Smog and Pollution (GASP)
Scott GollaPrincipal Environmental EngineerWestinghouse Electric Company LLC
Gonzalo ManchegoSmall Business Development CenterDuquesne University
Jayme GrahamAir Quality ManagerAllegheny County Health Department
Michelle Naccarati-Chapkis Executive DirectorWomen for a Healthy Environment
Allison RobinsonDirector, Environmental InitiativesUPMC
Heather SageVice PresidentCitizens for Pennsylvania’s Future
Aurora SharrardDirector of InnovationGreen Building Alliance
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Standings as of
June 21, 2012
Leaderboard Update
2011-2012 Green Workplace Challenge Oversight Committee
Beth EdwardsGeneral ManagerMall at Robinson
Rachel FilippiniExecutive DirectorGroup Against Smog and Pollution (GASP)
Christina FrenchOwnerTable Magazine
Aftyn GilesSustainability CoordinatorCity of Pittsburgh
Scott GollaPrincipal Environmental EngineerWestinghouse Electric Company LLC
Scott MatthewsProfessor, Civil and Environmental EngineeringCarnegie Mellon
Michelle Naccarati-Chapkis Executive DirectorWomen for a Healthy Environment
Joyce O’ConnorPrincipalCardinal Resources LLC
William O’RourkeDuquesne University
Aurora SharrardDirector of InnovationGreen Building Alliance
Nagaraj SivasubramaniamAssociate Professor of LeadershipPalumbo-Donahue School of BusinessDuquesne University
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Who’s Participating?
Large Business (1000+ employees)
• Bayer
• BNY Mellon
• Highmark Inc.
• The PNC Financial Services Group
• UPMC
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Medium Business (50-999 employees)
• Del Monte Foods• DMI Companies• Eaton Corporation• Massaro Corporation• Michael Baker Corporation• Oxford Development Company• WESCO Distribution Inc.• WESCO Distribution Inc. – Warrendale
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Small Business (<50 employees)
• Backstage Alpaca• Environmental Planning and Design, LLC• evolveEA• Indovina Associates Architects• Industrial Energy Engineering• Numeritics• OMNI Associates• Pashek Associates, Ltd.• Peter Margittai Architects, LLC• Schwartz Market• Sullivan & Sullivan Consulting, LLC• Sweet & Sons, Inc.
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Observers
• ACTION-Housing, Inc.• ACTION-Housing, Inc. – Pittsburgh
Green House• Allegheny Conference on
Community Development• Allegheny County• Bayer Center for Nonprofit
Management• Bike Pittsburgh• Cardinal Resources LLC• Carnegie Mellon University• Community Design Center of
Pittsburgh• Constellation Energy• Global Links• Green Building Alliance• Greensolve LLC
• North Side Christian Health Center• Oakland Planning and Development
Corporation• Over The Bar Bicycle Café• Pennsylvania Resources Council• Perkins Eastman• Pittsburgh Green Innovators• Pittsburgh Opera• Pittsburgh Regional Center for
Science Teachers• Turtle Creek Valley Council of
Governments• University of Pittsburgh – Mascaro
Center for Sustainable Innovation• Victim Outreach Intervention Center
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Observers - 6/21/12
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39
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8
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66
71
120
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BikePGH
Cardinal Resources LLC
ACTION-Housing - Pittsburgh Green House
ACTION-Housing
Allegheny Conference on Community Development
Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium
Over the Bar Bicycle Café
Oakland Planning and Development Corporation
Global Links
Carnegie Mellon University
Green Building Alliance
Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank
Allegheny County
Total Points
Other Points
Energy Reduction Points
Water Reduction Points
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Small Business - 6/21/12
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0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140
PashekAssociates,
Ltd.
evolveEA
Total Points
Other Points
Energy Reduction Points
Water Reduction Points
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Medium Business - 6/21/12
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23
25
36
42
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WESCO-Pittsburgh
Oxford Development Company
WESCO-Warrendale
DMI Companies
Del Monte Foods
Michael Baker Corporation
Eaton Corporation
Total Points
Other Points
Energy Reduction Points
Water Reduction Points
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Large Business - 6/21/12
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63
115
155
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BNY Mellon
UPMC
Highmark Inc.
PNC
Bayer
Total Points
Other Points
Energy Reduction Points
Water Reduction Points
What have the GWC Participants
Accomplished from September 2011 – April 2012?
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Total Energy Saved
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19,102,725 kWh
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1662 US Households’
Annual Electricity
Usage
More than all of the homes in Regent Square (543), and Friendship (1072) for a year
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Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduced
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8896 MtCO2e
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222 Airline Flights Of 500 miles
1.5 days worth of all flights leaving Pittsburgh Intl. on a typical day
Amount of Water Saved
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48,805,660 gal
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Water used in 514 typical US households in year
Other Air Pollutants Reduced
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Pollutant Amount
NOx 24.6 tons
SO2 93.5 tons
N2O 491 pounds
Mercury 0.85 pounds
Most-Performed Actions in the Competition
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1 – Create an ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager account, and give read-only access to GWC staff (4 pts)
2 – Establish a baseline for your electric usage in Portfolio Manager, and share with GWC staff (8 pts)
3 – Establish a baseline for your natural gas usage in Portfolio Manager, and share with GWC staff (4 pts)
4 – Establish a baseline for your water usage in Portfolio Manager, and share with GWC staff (4 pts)
5 – Include utility costs in Portfolio Manager updates (1 pt per utility type)
11 – Dedicate a staff member as the primary contact for sustainability in your organization (1 pt)
12 – Create and distribute a green newsletter to your employees (1 pt)
32 – Provide bike racks or bike storage (2 pts)
6 – Use Portfolio Manager to develop a carbon emissions inventory of your building portfolio (5 pts)
10 – Create an internal green team (1 pt)
Actions that Generated the Most Points
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• 7 – Achieve energy usage reductions from your baseline• 8 – Achieve water usage reductions from your baseline
– 5% reduction = 10 pts (2 pts for each percentage reduction up to 5%) – 10% reduction = 25 pts (3 pts for additional percentage reductions up to 10%) – 20% reduction = 65 pts (4 pts for additional percentage reductions beyond
10%) • 16 – Purchase green power from a renewable energy source
– 5 points for every 10% of total power usage purchased (over a period of at least 5 consecutive months)
– 100% purchased for 5 months = 50 points – 100% purchased for 10 months = 100 points
• 35 – Purchase CO2 offsets for your company– 5 points for every 10% of natural gas usage offset (over a period of at least 5
consecutive months) – 100% offset for 5 months = 50 points – 100% offset for 10 months = 100 points
Workshop #10: Water Conservation
Save the Date: Friday, July 27, 2012 Registration: 8:30 am
Details:
http://greenchallenge.c4spgh.org
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•October 19, 2012: Transportation Workshop: Cleaner Air and Better Business (Odyssey Day)
• October 19, 2012: Transportation Workshop: Cleaner Air and Better Business (Odyssey Day)
• December 6, 2012: Employee Actions for
Better Business and Cleaner Air
Future Workshops:
