Sustainable Maryland Application Greenhouse Gas Innovative Demonstration Projects Maryland Smart Energy Community Designation
Points Requested: 10
The City of Hyattsville became a Maryland Smart Energy Community in 2014. Through its designation, the City focuses on to initiatives: renewable energy and reduction of transportation petroleum. Since becoming a part of the program, the City has utilized MSEC grants to purchase electric vehicles, retrofit police patrol cars to save fuel while idling and retrofitted the City’s Humvee to run on biofuel. A copy of the City’s Energy Reduction and Petroleum Reduction Plans are included as an attachment for this IDP item.
Renewable Energy Action Plan Outline I. LETTERS FROM THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT VERIFYING ADOPTION OF THE REAP Attach here is the adoption of the City’s Updated Sustainability Policy and the City’s adopted 5 – Year Capital Improvement Plan. The Plan is a living document and the City expects that the CIP will be revised and re-adopted as part of the FY2015 City Budget. II. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Narrative Summary of the City: o The City of Hyattsville is a Smart-Growth community making it a prime candidate for assistance offered by the State of Maryland and the Federal Government for investment. Hyattsville is located only one mile from Washington DC and is approximately 2.7 square miles of historic and urban residential, commercial, industrial and high-density mixed-use residential/commercial/office and development. The residential neighborhoods of Hyattsville are one of the community’s best-kept secrets. They are thriving, stable enclaves of tree-lined streets with an architecturally diverse housing stock. The City of Hyattsville has convenient access to transit and transportation options for residents and visitors. We are located on the Metro’s Green line, served by two stations: West Hyattsville and Prince George’s Plaza. In addition to Metro, the City is traversed by an excellent network of roads, buses, freight transportation, and rail services including THE BUS, AMTRAK, and MARC. We are also located near the region’s three airports: Baltimore Washington International, Reagan National (accessible via Metro) and Dulles. o The City of Hyattsville is in close proximity to the University of Maryland campus at College Park as well as many other private and public colleges and universities. Public and private schools for all age groups include Northwestern High School and the nationally recognized DeMatha Catholic High School. o Since 2000, the City of Hyattsville’s population has increased from 14,000 to approximately 18,000, and total City budget has increased from $5,8 million to $22.7 million for FY11. This strategic growth is a direct result of community planning, annexation and new high-density transit-oriented and urban infill residential/mixed-use development the City. The geographic area, tax base, community and economic development initiatives, community involvement, and quality of services, all have increased during the past decade. o Additional information about the City of Hyattsville and the surrounding community is available on the City’s website, www.hyattsville.org.
Summary of Municipal Energy Uses and Renewable Energy Projects: o There are a total of five meters that exist in five buildings owned by the City of Hyattsville. The Arcade Building and 3505 Hamilton Street are currently vacant and are not operating at capacity, therefore any future operational use of the building will result in an increase of energy consumption. The buildings and meter energy consumption are summarized in the energy baseline summary below. The City currently does not have any renewable energy installed. o
In 2011, the City completed a facilities assessment which documented existing “asbuilt” conditions, developed a space utilization program and developed a 20-year Capital Improvement Plan intended to identify and budget for short-term and longterm facilities improvements. The CIP identified $5.1 million in short-term facilities improvements and an additional $4.5 million in long-term capital needs, many of which were for providing updated energy efficient HVAC systems, higher grade windows, address identified ADA issues and modernized storm water management systems.
Summary of Energy Use Baseline and Plans for Reductions Total Electricity in Baseline Year (kWh)
1,344,344
20 % Renewable Energy Goal (kWh)
1,075,475
III. ENERGY USE BASELINE INVENTORY Identification of the Baseline Year: Baseline Year = Calendar Year 2011
Local Government Energy Consumption for the Baseline Year Total Electricity in Baseline Year Facility (kWh) Goal (kWh) (-20%) DPW Operations Building – 4633 102,320 81,856 Arundel Place Municipal Offices - 4310 Gallatin Street 1,067,280 853,824 3505 Hamilton Street Arcade Building - 4318 Gallatin Street Magruder Park Recreation Building Total
124,464
9,9571
300
240
49,980
39,984
1,344,344
1,075,475
IV. ELECTRICITY REDUCTION PLAN
Narrative Summary o
Identify Areas of greatest renewable energy potential Based on the energy baseline, the largest energy consumer in the City’s Administrative Offices at 4310 Gallatin Street. The City has taken steps to help address the poor energy efficiency of the building by installing a reflective “white roof” to the building in 2012. A white roof is a highly reflective roof surface provides two environmental benefits: First, it minimizes solar heat gain, thereby reducing costs to cool the habitable space below the roof. Second, it reduces the “heat island effect” common in urban areas, created by the absorption of solar energy by roofs and paved surfaces. The mansards on the building limit the potential area for placing solar panels on the roof and because the main entrance to the building faces south, there is limited opportunity for placing solar panels without negatively impacting the aesthetics of the building. The facilities with the greatest opportunity for renewable energy are the DPW Operations Yard and the vacant building at 3505 Hamilton Street, as both provide roof lines and site footprint to utilize a combination of photovoltaic and geothermal energy for use in operations.
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Overview of Goals for Years 1-3 The goals for years 1 -3 is for the City to identify one or two facilities for renovation and to identify specific renewable energy strategies for each site and for funding to be included in the City’s adopted Capital Improvement Plan. Renewable energy strategies will be built into the program for each facility and designed in conjunction with the architectural and engineering plan and modeled for projecting the benchmark of per square foot energy consumption and costs.
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Overview of Goals for Years 4-5 The goals for Year 4 -5 is to identify, fund and implement renewable technologies into the operations of the additional facilities and to benchmark and assess the renewable energy usage in the facilities that renewable energy exists. Once energy consumption data is available it will be compared to the projected energy model and a report will be provided to document the planning, implementation and operations of renewable energy production and consumption.
Getting to a 20% Renewable Energy Production by 2022 o
Program Management Plan for Implementation, Monitoring and Oversight The City of Hyattsville has been advised by the Environmental Finance Center that the purpose of this Plan is to create an eligibility list for projects.
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Project/ Type
DPW Operations Yard/ Solar Panels 3505 Hamilton Street/ Solar Panels Municipal Offices at 4310 Gallatin Street/ Solar Panels Municipal Offices at 4310 Gallatin Street/ Window Replacement Municipal Offices at 4310 Gallatin Street/ HVAC Rebalancing & Energy Recovery System Magruder Park Recreation Building/Solar Panels 3505 Hamilton
Status
The projects identified below are those that are the most likely projects suitable for MEA’s Smart Energy Communities Program at this time, however we fully expect additional projects to be identified as the City makes decisions on the long-term management of City facilities.
Summary of Energy Audit(s) or Other Sources for Projected Energy Savings Projected Annual Electricity Savings (kWh)
Project
Projected Annual Total Cost Installed Savings Cost ($) ($)
Funding Source Utility Net Source(s) for Incentives Cost for Net Projected ($) ($) Costs Savings
Solar Unfunded & Unscheduled
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD TBD
TBD
Solar Unfunded & Unscheduled
Per 2011 facilities cost estimate Per 2011 facilities cost estimate
Solar
Unfunded & Unscheduled
TBD
TBD
TBD TBD
TBD
$6,000 $7,500
$100,000 TBD
TBD
Per 2011 facilities cost estimate Per January 3, 2012 Technical Report from HESS
TBD
Per 2011 facilities cost estimate
TBD
Building Envelope
Unfunded & Unscheduled
TBD
HVAC
Unfunded & Unscheduled
TBD
TBD
$198,6400 TBD
TB D
Solar
HVAC Unfunded & Unscheduled Replacement
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
Per 2011 facilities cost estimate
TBD
Up to TBD $1,050,054
TBD
TBD
Per 2011 facilities
Street/HVAC Replacement
Option 1: Variable refrigerant volume system Option 2: Water source heat pump system Option 3: Geothermal heat pump system
TOTAL
cost estimate
X=sum(above)
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Electricity Conservation Measures, demonstrate how your projects reach your goal
Total Electricity (kWh)
1,344,344
20 % Renewable Energy Goal (kWh)
1,075,475
Total Project Savings (kWh)
268,868
Remaining Reductions (kWh)
Y = 71,400 – X
All projects total “X” kWh of annual savings, which is less than 20% of baseline = 71,400 kWh. Leaving “Y” kWh to be determined.
Summary of Long-Term Renewable Energy Development Goals –Beyond 2022
Hyattsville Petroleum Consumption Reduction Plan Outline I. LETTERS FROM THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT VERIFYING ADOPTION OF THE PCRP Attach here is the adoption of the City’s Updated Sustainability Policy and the City’s adopted 5 – Year Capital Improvement Plan. The Plan is a living document and the City expects that the CIP will be revised and re-adopted as part of the FY2015 City Budget. II. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Narrative Summary of the City: o
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The City of Hyattsville is a Smart-Growth community making it a prime candidate for assistance offered by the State of Maryland and the Federal Government for investment. Hyattsville is located only one mile from Washington DC and is approximately 2.7 square miles of historic and urban residential, commercial, industrial and high-density mixed-use residential/commercial/office and development. The residential neighborhoods of Hyattsville are one of the community’s best-kept secrets. They are thriving, stable enclaves of tree-lined streets with an architecturally diverse housing stock. The City of Hyattsville has convenient access to transit and transportation options for residents and visitors. We are located on the Metro’s Green line, served by two stations: West Hyattsville and Prince George’s Plaza. In addition to Metro, the City is traversed by an excellent network of roads, buses, freight transportation, and rail services including THE BUS, AMTRAK, and MARC. We are also located near the region’s three airports: Baltimore Washington International, Reagan National (accessible via Metro) and Dulles. The City of Hyattsville is in close proximity to the University of Maryland campus at College Park as well as many other private and public colleges and universities. Public and private schools for all age groups include Northwestern High School and the nationally recognized DeMatha Catholic High School. Since 2000, the City of Hyattsville’s population has increased from 14,000 to approximately 18,000, and total City budget has increased from $5,8 million to $22.7 million for FY11. This strategic growth is a direct result of community planning, annexation and new high-density transit-oriented and urban infill residential/mixed-use development the City. The geographic area, tax base, community and economic development initiatives, community involvement, and quality of services, all have increased during the past decade. Additional information about the City of Hyattsville and the surrounding community is available on the City’s website, www.hyattsville.org.
Summary of Vehicle Use: o The City of Hyattsville vehicle fleet consists of 64 on-road vehicles that are all owned by the City. The vehicle breakdown is as follows: 40 vehicles are used for the Police Department (Streets, Parks & Sanitation) 2 vehicles are used for the Department of Community Services 15 Vehicles are used by the Department of Public Works 4 vehicles are used for Code Compliance, one of which is a fully electric vehicle 2 vehicles are used for Parking Compliance, both of which are fully electric 1 vehicle is dedicated to Administrative services o Summary of Existing Petroleum Reduction Projects: Vehicle replacement of petroleum parking vehicle and code vehicle with Neighborhood Electric Vehicles (NEV’s) Vehicle replacement of full size petroleum vehicles with comparable full size propane or hybrid vehicles Conversion of full size petroleum diesel vehicles to bio-diesel fuel Installation of anti-idling devices in Police Department patrol vehicles
Summary of Petroleum Use Baseline and Plans for Reductions Total Gallons of Gasoline Equivalent
Number of Vehicles Unleaded
41
46,407.70
Diesel
20
19,503.71
Other (Electric)
3
0
Total
64
65,911.41
Baseline 2011 GGE
65,911.41
20 % target reductions
52,729.13
Remaining Reductions
NA
III. PETROLEUM USE BASELINE INVENTORY
Identification of the Baseline Year: Baseline Year = FY2011
Local Government Petroleum Consumption for the Baseline Year Use data from Baseline Deliverable. Attach in the appendix.
IV. PETROLEUM REDUCTION PLAN
Narrative Summary o
Overview of Goals for Years 1-3 Upgrade older, higher mileage vehicles to more fuel-efficient, hybrid, propane, and/or electric vehicles Retire older, less fuel-efficient vehicles without reducing operational capacity or negatively modifying operations; Enact policy that limits idling for municipal vehicles (with exceptions for emergency vehicles); Install anti-idling technology (auxiliary power units) on municipal vehicles.
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Overview of Goals for Years 4-5 Continue to upgrade vehicles as new technology comes to market; Monitor effectiveness of policies.
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Identify Areas of greatest petroleum reduction potential Reduction of idling by municipal vehicles; Replacement of vehicles with higher fuel economy
Getting to a 20% Petroleum Consumption Reduction by (2012 + 5) o o
List Program Management Plan for Implementation, Monitoring and Oversight Please list names/titles of City of Hyattsville staff who will be responsible for implementation
City Administrator – TBD, new CA expected to be in place by March 2013 Jim Chandler, Asst. CA & & Director of Community & Economic Development Lesley Riddle, Director of Public Works Chief Douglas Holland, Chief of Police
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Project Financing Options MEA Smart Energy Communities Grant Program City of Hyattsville Capital Improvement Plan
Project/ Type
Status
Projected Annual Petroleum Savings (GGE)
Projected Annual Cost Savings ($)
Total Installed Cost ($)
External Incentives ($)
Net Cost ($)
Funding Source(s) for Net Costs
Source for Projected Savings Elimination of $4,000 in annual fuel budget
Replace Ford Taurus and S-10 with Neighborhood Electric Vehicles
Approved & complete
1158
$4,000
$49,527
$49,527
$0.00
MEA Grant
Conversion of Petroleum vehicle to bio-diesel
Pending
50
$225
$28,000
TBD
$28,000
TBD
Anti-idling devices for 16 Police patrol vehicles
Replacement of full size petroleum diesel vehicles with comparable fuel efficient vehicles: Call-a-bus Four Full Size Pick-ups TOTAL
Pending
Pending
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946.4 (3.64 gallons/day/ vehicle)
$45,427 ($2,839/ vehicle)
$104,000 ($6,500/pe r)
TBD
$104,000
TBD
2000
$6,900
$140,000
TBD
$140,000
TBD
4,154 gal
$14,331
$272,000
Demonstrate how your projects reach your goal Total Fuel Diesel Consumed (baseline) (diesel gallons)
842.7
Total Fuel Consumed (baseline) (gallons)
18186.9
GGE Baseline
19029.6
20% Reduction Target (GGE)
3805.9
Reductions of Projects Implemented after Baseline Year (GGE)
3995.0
Remaining Reductions
+189.1
All projects total “X” GGE, which is greater than remaining reductions needed = “F” GGE
APPENDIX
References: websites, documents, and outside tools Policy Adoption Minutes Baseline Data Calculations
http://ameri cancityandc ounty.com/p ubsafe/antiidlingdevice201005