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November 9, 2009 Section 6: Municipal Operations operations. Following the "reduce, then produce" idea, the City's project to generate electricity from renewable resources at the water pollution control plant (WPCP) is underway. City Buildings Since 2005, the City of San Leandro has implemented various lighting and heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) upgrades to City facilities that have contributed to greater energy efficiency. Phase I of a three part Civic Center HVAC and water heating system upgrade was completed in late 2007. The upgrade included replacing three boilers with higher efficiency (90+ percent) boilers. The former boilers were rated at 80 percent efficiency and were inadequate to heat the building. The City is looking to replace 180 tons of cooling, going from 8.9 kW per ton to 5.2 kW per ton. The next two phases of this project are scheduled to take place over the next few years, subject to funding, and will contribute to greater energy efficiency. Other potential future upgrades for the Civic Center include improving insulation, window upgrades, and installing a building controls system which would allow the Public Works department improved control and greater flexibility in monitoring the HVAC system and would also allow the system to be managed remotely, saving valuable staff resources. In November 2007, the City enrolled in the ABAG Energy Watch Partnership and held its initial meeting to ~4~r 4 - - discuss the Energy Assessment Report (EAR). At this meeting, seven buildings were prioritized for energy efficiency audits. As of March 2008, the City has completed three lighting retrofits across Fire Stations 12 and 13, and the South Offices building. In May 2008, the City Council adopted a Municipal Green Building Ordinance. This requires that all municipal projects (new buildings or remodels) at or over $3M in value (indexed to 2008 dollars) be designed/built to LEED Silver or higher and certified with the US Green Building Council (USGBC). The San Leandro Senior Community Center began construction in fall 2008 and the architect has targeted a LEED Silver rating in the project. The architect will submit the application and paperwork for the LEED certification when the project is complete. The Downtown parking garage, which will include 2,000 square feet of office space, is design to achieve LEED Silver certification. ~,~~ ~!" e~~~ Page 44 u' o e~ico ~°~ Fire Station 12