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<br />88 <br />Page 6 <br /> <br />3. CaoitaJize on Redwood City's energy conservation efforts to encourage energy efficiency in the <br />commercial building sector <br /> <br />Redwood City will promote its own efforts to inspire energy and water conservation in the <br />commercial building sector. Redwood City is a sponsor of the San Mateo County Green Business <br />Certification program. To become green certified local businesses are required to have an energy <br />and wa.ter conservation audit. Redwood City - City Hall has successfully completed the Green <br />Business Certification as a leading example of what can be accomplished through participation in the <br />program. Redwood City will continue to promote the Green Business Certification program to local <br />businesses and will look to having additional city owned facilities green certified. Redwood City will <br />also continue to partner with our local utilityl Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) to promote rate payer <br />rebates and incentives within the commercial building sector. <br /> <br />Milestones <br /> <br />. Enter City facility data into ENERGY STARls Portfolio Manager and begin tracking energy usage <br />. Establish guidelines for revolving Municipal Energy Fund <br />. Use Municipal Energy Fund and guidelines to implement and track two pilot energy efficiency <br />projects <br />. Refine Municipal Energy Fund process based on results of pilot projects <br />. Promote participation in the Municipal Energy Fund across the City organization <br />. Use Portfolio Manager in tandem with Municipal Energy Fund to communicate energy efficiency <br />results promote energy efficiency in the community <br /> <br />Standard Metrics (required) <br /> <br />Jobs Created: 7.5 (minimum investment of $3001000 in energy efficiency)l <br />Jobs Retained: 1 <br /> <br />Specific Metric Activity <br /> <br />Metric Activity: Government Building Audits (or Government Energy Retrofits) <br />Number of facilities retrofitted: 5 <br />Square footage of buildings retrofitted 5001000 square feet <br /> <br />Program Funds By Source <br /> <br />DOE ARRA Funds: <br /> <br />City of Redwood City Capital Improvement Funds: <br />Packard Foundation: <br /> <br />$3711000 <br />$1501000 <br />$79,000 <br /> <br />lusing national statistics from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, an $300,000 investment in efficiency construction <br />related projects can create 7.5 jobs as reported in lIUsing Performance Contracting to Implement ARRA Projects" <br />distributed by Johnson Controls, Inc. 2009 <br /> <br />3 <br />