GREEN SHEET :: AUGUST 2011
MEMBERSHIP OUTREACH
This month we welcome our newest Member at San Diego Office Interiors. As San Diego's only full-service commercial design/build office interiors firm, sdoi has been successfully meeting thefacility needs of San Diego's leading companies since 1994. They specialize in Sustainable Design, Green Construction Principles, Six-Sigma Project Management, Highly Ergonomic Furniture Solutions and "Off-the-shelf" IT solutions. We also welcome the renewals from our partners at TriNet, San Diego Workforce Partnership, and Ernst & Young.
ADVOCACY
CleanTECH San Diego Hosts CPUC Commissioner
On July 8, CleanTECH San Diego hosted California Public Utilities Commissioner Mark Ferron as part of its educational campaign to expose the policymakers to the region's myriad of cleantech activities and its industry leaders. Commissioner Ferron met with representatives of the region's biofuels, energy efficiency and solar sectors including Solar Gard, Viridity Energy, Soitec and others. In addition, the Commissioner met with the partners of the 'Smart City San Diego' initiative while touring UC San Diego's renowned microgrid. Ferron is the assigned CPUC Commissioner for the Energy Efficiency and Risk/Reward Incentive Mechanism proceedings and the assigned Commissioner on the new Renewable Portfolio Standard and Resource Adequacy proceedings.
CleanTECH San Diego Educates Congress with Clean Economy Network
In July, CleanTECH San Diego joined the Clean Economy Network in Washington DC for meetings with Members of Congress and Administration officials to educate them on the region’s clean energy economy. The primary purpose of these educational meetings was to address the misperceptions and lack of understanding about the measurable growth underway in local markets and to underscore the policy barriers to global and regional competitiveness.
CleanTECH San Diego Participates in Governor's Conference on Renewable Energy Generation
On July 25-26, CleanTECH San Diego participated in Governor Brown's Conference on Renewable Energy Generation at UCLA. This invitation-only two day conference was organized to discuss the Governor's goal of 12,000 MW of distributed generation. Conference attendees included regulators, industry and the environmental community while exploring the challenges and opportunities presented by the Governor's ambitious goal.
CleanTECH San Diego Testifies in Support of City of San Diego's Electric Car Sharing Program
On July 27, CleanTECH San Diego testified before the City Council's Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee in support of Mayor Sanders' all electric car sharing pilot program. This first of its kind car-sharing program will make 300 electric vehicles available for public rentals. This measure was voted out of Committee and now awaits the City Council's final approval. Once approved, the program would be operated in conjunction with car2go who also operates car-sharing programs in Austin and Vancouver.
CleanTECH San Diego Supports Storage Week 2011
CleanTECH San Diego was a supporting organization for Infocast’s Storage Week event at the Rancho Bernardo Inn on July 11-14. This sold-out event featured CleanTECH San Diego member Claus Rubenius of RUBENIUS as a keynote speaker. The conference’s eight sub-events covered the complete range of storage policies, markets, projects, applications, business models and technology platforms. Over 300 registrants from around the nation gathered to network and learn more about this high growth sector.
Smartgrid Subcommittee Convenes To Support Smart City San Diego Success
CleanTECH San Diego’s smartgrid subcommittee convened for its first monthly meeting in July hosted by CleanTECH San Diego Members Lockton Insurance and SDG&E. ClearEdge Power, Viridity Energy, Bank of America, PCN Technology, SDG&E, UBS Financial Services, and other smart grid related companies comprise the committee as they seek future on-ramps to participate in the Smart City San Diego initiative and support that program’s technology needs. This subcommittee will meet monthly to expand lines of member to member communications between our local utility, universities, and smart grid companies.
CleanTECH San Diego Members Indulge in Wine and Cleantech Chatter
CleanTECH San Diego’s 2nd Annual Sip & Sea Members-Only Reception was hosted in July at UBS Financial Services. Overlooking the La Jolla Cove, this anticipated networking event that members come to expect for high level networking was no exception. We thank Board Member Glenn Mosier and UBS Financial Services for hosting the membership and thank the membership for their continued support of their organization.
SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES
Greening San Diego
Having already completed Phase I installation of 968 street lighting retrofits earlier this year, the City of Santee is on track to secure Council approval in August to proceed with Phase II retrofit of the city's remaining 782 street lights. Santee's annual street lighting expenditures will be reduced by $110,000. Padre Dam Municipal Water District has initiated a feasibility analysis for solar PV renewable production on at least five prime sites that have been identified, including several reservoirs with pump stations or other electrical load, as well as the employee parking lot. Greening San Diego program has initiated best practice sharing between UC San Diego and SD County Water Authority and Padre Dam while also facilitating introductions to CleanTECH San Diego's solar PVsupplier members. Speaking to the July 21st Energy Technical Assistance Program (ETAP) Workshop at CCSE, Marty Turock presented his "Collaborating for Bigger Benefits" plan. The case was made for regional collaboration on Parking Garage and Parking Lot lighting retrofits to LED luminaires with bi-level controls showcasing numerous case studies with documented 50-80% cost savings. Ten of the region's largest public agencies have pledged their commitment to participate in this initiative. CleanTECH San Diego is moving forward to secure funding for this launch.
Street Lighting Work Group - SLWG
The San Diego Regional Street Lighting Working Group is on the threshold of transitioning into the "piggyback" phase. All remaining cities/municipalities interested in pursuing roadway and/or residential street lighting retrofits will be able to leapfrog the usual RFP process and "piggyback" off the contracts that have been executed by other cities that have included a Public Agency Participation clause. This permits other agencies to procure streetlights under comparable price and terms. The City of Santa Ana has collaborated with our regional SLWG and is on track to secure Council approval for the retrofit of 250W HPS street lights with 121-watt LED luminaires. They have included the public agency piggyback clause so that the cities of Lemon Grove and Oceanside may also have the option topiggyback.
CREBS Update
The California Solar Initiative (CSI) incentives remain indefinitely suspended in Step 8. Over the last month 12 projects from the Non-Residential Waiting List encompassing 1.66 MW received their CSI incentives from existing CSI reservations that were cancelled. As of June 25, the Non-Residential Waiting List backlog numbers 72 projects totaling 6.6MW and representing $5.4 million in total incentives. CleanTECH San Diego and CCSE encourage any non-residential entities that are proceeding with solar PV installations to submit their reservations to secure a spot on the Wait List.
MEMBERS IN THE NEWS
Carl Kukkonen Lauded in Top Attorneys List
CleanTECH San Diego congratulates Carl Kukkonen for his selection in The San Diego Daily Transcript’s 2011 Top Attorneys List. Kukkonen of Mintz Levin was awarded in the Intellectual Property Transaction category. He also shares his talents on CleanTECH San Diego’s Board of Directors and its Capital Formation Committee.
Waste Management Added 1000th Natural Gas Truck to Fleet
CleanTECH San Diego member Waste Management continues to lead in clean energy by adding their 1000th natural gas truck to their fleet. This addition makes Waste Management the largest owner and operator of clean-running, heavy duty refuse trucks in North America. The natural gas fleet is part of the company’s environmentalsustainability initiative to direct capital spending of up to $500 million per annum over a 10-year period to reduce its fleet emissions. In just one year, these 1000 natural gas trucks will displace eight million gallons of petroleum and eliminate 45,100 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions.
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EDUCATION AND OUTREACH
AUGUST EVENTS
CleanTECH San Diego Education & Outreach Meeting
AUG 10 2011
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California Cleantech Collaboration
AUG 11 2011
8:00AM - 6:00PM
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CleanTECH San Diego Executive Committee Meeting
AUG 23 2011
7:30 - 9:00AM
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DOEMicrogrid Planning Workshop
AUG 30-31 2011
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