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<br />December 21, 2009 Section 3: Building Energy Use <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Page 20 <br />likely be recommended for continued funding. Funding is made available through the <br />Redevelopment Agency as a business development and retention strategy. <br />The Redevelopment Agency held an Industrial Energy Efficiency Resources Fair in October <br />2009 to connect businesses with vendors and consultants of energy saving technologies such <br />as lighting, solar, boiler/heater/chiller, HVAC, and compressed air. By year end, program grant <br />parameters will be forwarded to the City Council for approval. To date, one grant has been <br />awarded to Ghirardelli Chocolate for phase II of a lighting upgrade project. Funding <br />recommendations for the Industrial Competitiveness program will be based upon supporting <br />projects which result in energy savings that reduce emissions while ultimately yielding cost <br />savings for local businesses. The estimated reduction in carbon emissions from this program <br />could be significant as the City‘s industrial businesses spend tens of millions annually on natural <br />gas and electricity purchases. <br />In June 2009, the City joined the East Bay Green Corridor Partnership. This partnership is a <br />previously established effort between the cities of Richmond, Berkeley, Oakland, Emeryville, the <br />University of California at Berkeley, and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory to create a <br />thriving region of green technology innovation, commercialization and local economic <br />development in a manner that creates high quality jobs and addresses environmental and social <br />concerns. The partnership now also includes the cities of Albany, Alameda, El Cerrito and San <br />Leandro and the academic institutions California State University East Bay, Peralta Community <br />College District and the Contra Costa Community College District. This partnership allows cities <br />to work together to obtain grants and leverage funds to support the development of green <br />industry within their cities. Another focus of the partnership is to assist emerging research and <br />newly patented companies connected with U.C. Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley Lab in staying <br />local. The partnership will also create related job training programs to develop the local ―green‖ <br />workforce. The net impact on emissions from this endeavor is unknown and although it may not <br />be measurable, the attraction and support of green businesses ultimately benefits the greater <br />community. <br />Similar to the Residential Energy Conservation Ordinance, a Commercial Energy Conservation <br />Ordinance (CECO) is a mandatory requirement to implement prescriptive energy efficiency <br />measures when a commercial property changes hands. According to the San Francisco <br />Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR), a CECO can potentially result in an average <br />energy savings of about 10 to 15 percent per commercial building.12 Time-of-sale ordinances <br /> <br />12 http://www.spur.org/publications/library/report/critical_cooling/option4