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County-Wide Resource Efficiency Project for Greening Existing Buildings & Landscapes (The StopWaste.Orp "Green Packages" Project) PRESENTED AT THE MAYOR'S CONFERENCE (APRIL 8, 2009) OBJECTIVE: Create acounty-wide program for improving existing buildings and landscapes that maximizes the long- term benefits from Federal Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) 'formula' distributions to Alameda County jurisdictions, and increases our competitiveness for additional funding BENEFITS: • Implementing green retrofit projects will be easier and more convenient for property owners • Career-track green jobs will be created in the currently depressed construction industry • Multiple funding sources will be leveraged and possibly pooled (e.g. federal stimulus, private, etc.) • Proven green technologies and practices, including recycled content and non-hazardous materials, will be purchased more often, stimulating local supply and manufacturing when feasible • Economies of scale in procurement, installation, financing, and marketing • Economies of scope between energy, solid waste, water, household hazardous waste, etc. • Climate action and diversion goals will be easier to reach and document • Our local economy will be less vulnerable to resource supply disruptions PROJECT COMPONENTS: A. Green Packages (specifications suitable for use in contracts) B. Technical Advisory Group (help make specifications widely accepted and useful) C. Outreach (helps property owners know their retrofit options) D. Training, Verification and Tracking (help property owners and funders maintain quality) E. Leverage Funding for Implementation (multiple sources may be available -see list on last page) KEY DELIVERABLES (Two-Year Project): StogWaste.Org Only Scenario .($130,000 -- $65,000 in each of FY09-10 and FY10-11 Deliverables are: Project Components A, B, and C for Single Family Residential • Project Component A (Green Packages): o Create product and installation specifications for three single-family residential green packages: entry level, advanced, and renewable, in construction specification institute or other appropriate format. Installation of these packages may be funded through various mechanisms, such as AB811 special districts, Mello-Roos districts, federal formula or competitive stimulus funds, private funds, etc. Many of these funders will require standarc specifications to be developed that do not yet exist, in order to ensure quality control over their investments. • Project Component B (Technical Advisory Group): o Form a coalition of regional agencies representing water, air, utilities, city/county staff and other technical stakeholders to review and help integrate the green packages into existing programs. The Group will also coordinate all tasks, and avoid duplication with other entities (e.g. ABAG, Alameda County, cities, utilities).