GREEN SHEET :: SEPTEMBER 2010
MEMBERSHIP OUTREACH
We welcome the following new members of CleanTECH San Diego: AUSTRADE, the Australian Trade Commission is the Australian Government's trade and investment development agency. They help companies around the world to source goods, services and investment from Australia as well as offering international businesses a single, integrated point-of-contact for all trade and investment inquiries. Nielsen Construction joins the membership roster. With a legacy of building in San Diego and Imperial Counties, the Nielsen family has been a trusted name in Southern California's building industry for 60 years. DECO Lighting also joins the membership ranks. Deco Lighting is a leading manufacturer changing the world of lighting with the latest green technology, energy saving lighting and controls. Deco Lighting is a division of Deco Enterprises in business for over 50 years. We’d like to highlight the membership renewal and continued board leadership from our partners at UBS Financial Services and KPMG.
CLEANTECH SAN DIEGO ANNOUNCES LEADERSHIP ADDITIONS
Underscoring CleanTECH San Diego’s strong growth over the past year, CEO Lisa Bicker unveiled a set of leadership changes and staff announcements to better position the organization to serve its growing membership, implement its initiatives and generally support the clean tech economy in the greater San Diego region. Jason Anderson, current Vice President of SD Regional EDC, will be joining the CleanTECH San Diego leadership team as Vice President and Interim Director of the CleanTECH San Diego Foundation. This important addition to our team underscores the ongoing strategic partnership between the EDC and CleanTECH San Diego. Among other things, Jason will lead our Biofuels programs as well as our Advocacy Committee activities. Holly Lepre has been promoted to Executive Vice President in recognition of her accomplishments on behalf of the organization and Shaina Brown has accepted a promotion and full time professional position with CleanTECH San Diego as a Program Manager. Marty Turock continues his excellent work as a strategic consultant co-chairing our Streetlighting Working Group and leading our Greening San Diego program.
ADVOCACY
CleanTECH Chairman Tapped for "NO ON PROP 23" Executive Committee
CleanTECH San Diego chairman Jim Waring agreed to serve on the Executive Committee for the statewide “No on Prop 23” campaign. CleanTECH San Diego is an active proponent of the developing clean tech economy and has taken an oppose position to Prop 23. As a member of the Executive Committee, Waring will continue to focus on the rational implementation of AB 32 and the important role of economic development in the inevitable transition to a clean tech economy. An Initiative to Suspend AB 32, the Global Warming Act of 2006 is on the November 2, 2010 ballot in California.
If it passes, it will suspend AB 32, California's landmark clean air law. In their campaigns for and against Proposition 23, supporters and opponents have each adopted nicknames for the measure that clarify what they think of it. Supporters call Proposition 23 the California Jobs Initiative and opponents call it the Dirty Energy Proposition. The goal of the initiative is to freeze the provisions of AB 32 until California's unemployment rate drops to 5.5% or below for four consecutive quarters. However, California has only achieved this three times since 1980. AB 32 requires that greenhouse gas emission levels in the state be cut to 1990 levels by 2020, in a gradual process of cutting that is slated to begin in 2012.
Biofuels Initiative
The Biofuels Initiative convened a meeting in August to discuss the EDGE Initiative, a workforce development grant recently awarded to CleanTECH San Diego, BIOCOM, the EDC, SD-CB and the Workforce Partnership. CleanTECH San Diego convened a meeting of its industry partners to outline the details of the grant and discuss opportunities for industry participation, including providing guidance on curriculum development, participation in paid internship programs and job placement initiatives. A formal kick off of the Industry Advisory Group for the EDGE Initiative is scheduled this Fall.
CREBs Coalition
CleanTECH San Diego congratulates Karl Christensen and Santee Schools on the successful start-up of the region's first CREBs-financed solar PV project, the 283kW Hill Creek School PV shade structure. You can view solar production and energy consumption for the school in real-time at the following link: http://www.buildingdashboard.com/clients/hillcreek/ Several other CREBs municipal partners are also in the execution phase of CREBs projects. The San Diego Unified School District Board approved an agreement with AMSOLAR for a Solar Power Purchase Agreement. With this agreement, the number of SDUSD sites that generate electricity with solar systems will increase from 28 to 48 and from 4.17 to 9.37 Megawatts of capacity. This will also increase the District's percentage of solar PV production from 10% to 20% of total energy consumption. The projected savings for the 22-year term of the agreement ranges between $13 and $20 million.
Clean Tech OC and Clean Tech LA Present to CleanTECH San Diego Board
Michael Swords, Vice Chairman of the Steering Committee for Clean Tech LA, and Michael Levin, the Interim Executive Director of CleanTech OC presented their respective regional overview of their organization at the August Board of Directors meeting. CleanTECH San Diego, CleanTECH OC and CleanTECH LA have held a series of meetings and conversations over the past few months to explore ways we can collectively support the clean tech economy in the greater Southern California region.
Clean Enterprise Program
CleanTECH San Diego and SDG&E are working in tandem to develop a Stakeholder Working Group for the 1.4 million smart meter deployment in progress. On October 7, CleanTECH San Diego is officially launching this working group, inviting regional thought leaders to learn about the integration of smart meters in San Diego, and the impacts it will have in creating a "smarter" grid. We salute SDG&E in its recent award as "The Smartest Utility" in the nation by Intelligent Utility Magazine, setting the stage for an opportunity to collaborate and expose the myriad economic and environmental smart meter benefits for businesses. Information about the October 7 event will be available soon.
SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES
GREENING SAN DIEGO
CleanTECH San Diego met with the local government programs groups within SANDAG, SDG&E and ICLEI. This outreach is designed to explore synergies in identifying and implementing new regional energy efficiency projects expected to be identified in SANDAG/SDG&E’s new Energy Roadmap Program. Additionally, the ICLEI/San Diego Foundation/USD GHG Baselining program will be carried out by USD students and is expected this Fall semester. City of Santee is the beneficiary of one of the first new Energy Roadmap audits of its City Hall complex in order to provide the baseline information and benchmarking necessary to advance their EECBG energy efficiency retrofits. Padre Dam Municipal Water District reports it has completed the engineering report for the City of Santee "Recycled Water for Street Cleaners" project. Upon approvals from the California Dept. of Public Health, Regional Water Quality Control Board, and County of San Diego, we will coordinate with San Diego County Water Authority on the issuance of a regional "Technical Information Street Sweeping Guide". In City of Santee alone this project is expected to conserve ~200,000 gallons/year of potable water.
STREET LIGHTING WORKING GROUP
The Cities of El Cajon and Santee officially awarded their contracts for the retrofit of an estimated 1,000 roadway street lights each and both utilizing federal stimulus EECBG block grant funding. Also looking to accelerate the combined economic development and environmental benefits of applying a variety of ARRA stimulus funds for street lighting retrofits, the City of San Diego is now working to complete its formal Request for Bid (RFB) for a minimum of 10,000 street light retrofits in the next month. City of San Diego will be including a public agency "piggyback" clause to allow other local municipalities to prepare follow-on procurements at similar price and terms.
Leveraging some of the field technical studies and references from the SLWG, The Port of San Diego is currently in the design phase of a project to retrofit existing high pressure sodium and mercury vapor parking lot and walk way lighting with energy efficient LED fixtures. The retrofits will take place at the Embarcadero Marina Parks North and South, Spanish Landing Park, and the Port's General Services maintenance facility. This is the first phase of an outdoor lighting project that will retrofit existing fixtures across tidelands with more efficient and lower maintenance LED technology.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
SEPTEMBER EVENTS
Ecotality Informational Meeting: Find out how your business can participate in the largest electric vehicle project
SEP 2, 2010
Time: 10:00 - 11:00 AM PST
Location: La Mesa Community Center, 4975 Memorial Drive, La Mesa, CA 91942
Member Event: New Member Breakfast Series
SEP 7, 2010
Time: 8:00 - 9:30 AM PST
Location: UBS Financial Services: Prospect St, La Jolla
Member Event: CleanTECH San Diego Capital Formation Committee SCRUB
SEP 8, 2010
Time: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM PST
Location: KPMG, 4747 Executive Dr., Suite 600
Ecotality - Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Informational Meeting
SEP 9, 2010
Time: 10:30 - 11:30 AM PST
Location: Chula Vista Council Chambers
274 Fourth Ave, Bldg 100
Chula Vista, CA 91911
Leadership Series: Lunch Session with Feed in Tariff Coalition Director
SEP 10, 2010
Location: Stoel Rives
Members Only: Invitation Only
Ecotality: Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Informational Meeting
SEP 13, 2010
Time: 2:00 - 3:00 PM PST
Qualcomm
6455 Lusk Blvd., Bldg Q
San Diego, CA 92121
Ecotality: Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Informational Meeting
SEP 16, 2010
Time: 2:30 - 3:30 PM PST
California Center for Sustainable Energy
8690 Balboa Ave, Suite 100
San Diego, CA 92123
CleanTECH San Diego Executive Committee Meeting
SEP 21, 2010
Time: 7:30 - 9:00 AM PST
Location: BIOCOM - 4510 Executive Drive, Plaza One. McGraw Conference Room for Executive Committee Members
TSX and CleanTECH San Diego Annual Clean Technology Financing Series
SEP 30, 2010
Location: Estancia Hotel, La Jolla
RSVP: robert.peterman@tsx.com(Invitation Only)
Deloitte Alternative Energy Seminar: Annual Accounting & Tax Update for the Alternative Energy Marketplace
SEP 30 - Oct 1, 2010
Location: Dallas, TX
RSVP: AlternativeEnergy@deloitte.com
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