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November 9, 2009 Section 3: Building Energy Use program will likely be recommended for continued funding. Funding is made available through the Redevelopment Agency as a business development and retention strategy. The Redevelopment Agency held an Industrial Energy Efficiency Resources Fair in October 2009 to connect businesses with vendors and consultants of energy saving technologies such as lighting, solar, boiler/heater/chiller, HVAC, and compressed air. By year end, program grant parameters will be forwarded to the City Council for approval. To date, one grant has been awarded to Ghirardelli Chocolate for phase II of a lighting upgrade project. Funding recommendations for the Industrial Competitiveness Grant program will be based upon supporting projects which result in energy savings that reduce emissions while ultimately yielding cost savings for local businesses. The estimated reduction in carbon emissions from this program could be significant as the City's industrial businesses spend tens of millions annually on natural gas and electricity purchases. In June, 2009, the City joined the East Bay Green Corridor Partnership. This partnership is a previously established effort between the Cities of Richmond, Berkeley, Oakland, Emeryville, the University of California at Berkeley, and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory to create a thriving region of green technology innovation, commercialization and local economic development in a manner that creates high quality jobs and addresses environmental and social concerns. The partnership now also includes the Cities of Albany, Alameda, EI Cerrito and San Leandro and the academic institutions California State University East Bay, Peralta Community College District and the Contra Costa Community College District. This partnership allows cities to work together to obtain grants and leverage funds to support the development of green industry within their cities. Another focus of the partnership is to assist emerging research and newly patented companies connected with U.C. Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley Lab in staying local. The partnership will also create related job training programs to develop the local "green" workforce. The net impact on emissions from this endeavor is unknown and although it may not be measurable, the attraction and support of green businesses ultimately benefits the greater community. Similar to the Residential Energy Conservation Ordinance, a Commercial Energy Conservation Ordinance (CECO) is a mandatory requirement to implement prescriptive energy efficiency measures when a commercial property changes hands. According to the San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR), a CECO can potentially result in an average energy savings of about 10 to 15 percent per commercial building." Time-of-sale ordinances ~~ http://www.spur.org/publications/library/report/critical cooling/option4 ~ *~"~ z~~~ Page 79 w` ,~ ~Bannean~ ~a~