Smart Energy Use for a Healthier Business Climate

Smart Energy Use for a Healthier Business Climate and Clean Air June 21, 2012 Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens

2012 C 4 S Air Quality Series Planning Committee Phyllis Barber Sustainability Coordinator Environmental Management Highmark Jayme Graham Air Quality Manager Allegheny County Health Department Thomas Batroney Hatch Mott Mc. Donald Michelle Naccarati-Chapkis Executive Director Women for a Healthy Environment Rachel Filippini Executive Director Group Against Smog and Pollution (GASP) Allison Robinson Director, Environmental Initiatives UPMC Scott Golla Principal Environmental Engineer Westinghouse Electric Company LLC Heather Sage Vice President Citizens for Pennsylvania’s Future Gonzalo Manchego Small Business Development Center Duquesne University Aurora Sharrard Director of Innovation Green Building Alliance 2

Leaderboard Update Standings as of June 21, 2012

2011 -2012 Green Workplace Challenge Oversight Committee Beth Edwards General Manager Mall at Robinson Rachel Filippini Executive Director Group Against Smog and Pollution (GASP) Christina French Owner Table Magazine Aftyn Giles Sustainability Coordinator City of Pittsburgh Scott Golla Principal Environmental Engineer Westinghouse Electric Company LLC Scott Matthews Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering Carnegie Mellon Michelle Naccarati-Chapkis Executive Director Women for a Healthy Environment Joyce O’Connor Principal Cardinal Resources LLC William O’Rourke Duquesne University Aurora Sharrard Director of Innovation Green Building Alliance Nagaraj Sivasubramaniam Associate Professor of Leadership Palumbo-Donahue School of Business Duquesne University 4

Who’s Participating? Large Business (1000+ employees) • Bayer • BNY Mellon • Highmark Inc. • The PNC Financial Services Group • UPMC 5

Medium Business (50 -999 employees) • • Del Monte Foods DMI Companies Eaton Corporation Massaro Corporation Michael Baker Corporation Oxford Development Company WESCO Distribution Inc. – Warrendale 6

Small Business (<50 employees) • • • Backstage Alpaca Environmental Planning and Design, LLC evolve. EA 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. 7

Observers • • • • 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 8

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What have the GWC Participants Accomplished from September 2011 – April 2012? 13

Total Energy Saved 19, 102, 725 k. Wh 14

1662 US Households’ Annual Electricity Usage + More than all of the homes in Regent Square (543), and Friendship (1072) for a year 15

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduced 8896 Mt. CO 2 e 16

222 Airline Flights Of 500 miles 1. 5 days worth of all flights leaving Pittsburgh Intl. on a typical day 17

Amount of Water Saved 48, 805, 660 gal 18

Water used in 514 typical US households in year 19

Other Air Pollutants Reduced Pollutant Amount NOx 24. 6 tons SO 2 93. 5 tons N 2 O 491 pounds Mercury 0. 85 pounds 20

Most-Performed Actions in the Competition 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) 21

Actions that Generated the Most Points • • 7 – Achieve energy usage reductions from your baseline 8 – Achieve water usage reductions from your baseline • 16 – Purchase green power from a renewable energy source • 35 – Purchase CO 2 offsets for your company – 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%) – 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 – 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 22

Workshop #10: Water Conservation Save the Date: Friday, July 27, 2012 Registration: 8: 30 am   Details: http: //greenchallenge. c 4 spgh. org 23

• October 19, 2012: Transportation Workshop: Cleaner Air and Better Business (Odyssey Day) Future Workshops: • October 19, 2012: Transportation Workshop: Cleaner Air and Better Business (Odyssey Day) • December 6, 2012: Employee Actions for Better Business and Cleaner Air