Greening Duval Schools

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1 Greening Duval Schools Susan Carew, EI, LEED AP Director of Facility Engineering & Energy August 23,

2 Energy and Water

3 In The News Growing needs Aging schools Regulatory compliance Increasing costs Shrinking budget 3

4 In The (Green) News 2012 Best Florida Green School District 2012 USGBC Green Apple Day of Service 2012 Florida Facilities Today Article 2012 USGBC Green Hero Award 2011 Keep Jacksonville Beautiful Government Category Winner Over $400K in JEA Rebates Addnl revenue reinvested in conservation 4

5 Greening DCPS Culture Change Facility Improvements Bill Analysis Awareness/Behavior Green Champions! 5

6 Facility Improvements DCPS Bag of Tricks for New & Existing Schools Electricity use/cost benchmarking Chiller plant optimization New high-efficiency HVAC equipment Optimize EMCS schedules & sequences Lighting retrofits Occupancy sensors for lights & HVAC 6

7 Facility Improvements--Recent Water use/cost benchmarking Water conservation Rain barrels for gardens, landscaping Re-commission irrigation controls Water infrastructure mods Meter size re-commissioning Service consolidation/elimination 7

8 New Schools What gets measured, gets managed. What does not get measured, gets ignored.????? 8

9 Existing Schools Entropy tendency to move from order to disorder 9

10 Bill Analysis Automated system Utility Manager Pro MS Excel Others Page by page review 10

11 Awareness/Education Culture change Awareness/Behavior component became Green Champions! Green Champions are volunteers who promote sustainability in their schools in addition to their regular duties 11

12 Awareness/ Education Green Champion objectives: 1. Reduce operating costs by eliminating waste 2. Conserve natural resources 3. Incorporate environmental stewardship into curriculum 12

13 Green School Components

14 Energy W/S as of for meet T$/FTE/YR R$/FTE/YR cons/sqft/yr cons/fte/yr Rutherford?????????????? West Riverside ES $5.76 $ Grand Park $10.93 $ Brentwood ES $6.09 $ Ortega ES $14.52 $ Central Riverside ES $4.15 $ Ruth N. Upson ES $5.12 $ Fishweir ES $4.31 $ Annie R. Morgan ES $5.74 $ Kirby-Smith MS $10.02 $ Loretto ES $3.18 $ Landon MS $3.46 $ Marine Science $22.20???????? 14.9???????? Robert E. Lee HS $8.95 $ Andrew Jackson HS $9.68 $ Henry F. Kite ES $5.71 $ Baldwin MHS???????? $ ???????? Dinsmore ES $3.40 $ Arlington ES $7.16 $ Thomas Jefferson ES $1.38 $ Whitehouse ES $5.42 $ Garden City ES $5.31 $0.62??????? Oceanway MS $4.85 $ Duncan Fletcher MS $17.69 $ HS Glen ES $6.57 $ Atlantic Beach ES $3.73 $ ???????? Alfred dupont MS $6.73 $ Venetia ES $4.55 $ Lake Shore MS $5.01 $ North Shore K8 $3.83 $ Hendricks Ave ES $3.72 $ Spring Park ES $7.87 $ John Love ES $11.27 $ Lake Forest ES $6.63 $ Paxon HS $10.05 $ Southside Estates ES $3.82 $ Hyde Park ES $3.98 $ Biltmore ES $5.87 $ Ramona ES $7.64 $ Energy W/S as of for meet T$/FTE/YR R$/FTE/YR cons/sqft/yr cons/fte/yr San Pablo ES $20.74 $ Love Grove ES $4.91 $ San Jose ES $4.23 $ Bayview ES $7.52 $ Lake Lucina ES $8.39 $ Terry Parker HS $5.84 $ Englewood ES $5.43 $ ???????? John C. Stockton ES $4.14 $ Woodland Acres ES $12.90 $0.88??????? Englewood HS $4.17 $ Sallye B. Mathis ES $8.68 $ Paxon MS $9.20 $ Pinedale ES $14.96 $ Windy Hill ES $4.57 $ RH Pearson ES $10.33 $ Jean Ribault HS $11.25 $ Cedar Hills ES $5.89 $ Timucuan ES $4.12 $ Highlands ES $6.61 $ Long Branch ES $12.69 $ ???????? DASOTA $5.03 $ Sadie T. Tillis ES $4.70 $ Saint Clair Evans ES $5.84 $ Susie E. Tolbert ES $5.14 $ JA Axson ES $3.98 $ Chaffee Trails ES $8.17 $ West Jax ES $11.45 $ Jax Beach ES $15.98???????? Darnell-Cookman MS $2.74 $ Matthew Gilbert MS $8.22 $ Richard L. Brown ES $6.15 $ S. P. Livingston ES $8.61 $ New Berlin ES $2.99 $ James W. Johnson MS $6.42 $ Stanton HS $2.05 $ John E. Ford K8 $7.52 $ Northwestern MS $15.72 $ George W. Carver ES $6.89 $ Pine Forest ES $6.52 $ ???????? Bartram Springs ES $2.34 $ R. V. Daniels ES $6.73 $

15 Door Prizes Water Efficiency/Gardening Raised bed, garden cart, tools, gloves x 2 Mini-greenhouse, starter trays x 1 Mini-landscape makeover x 1 Soaker hose for rain barrel x 5 Energy Efficiency Home Energy Monitor x 1 Super Smart Home Thermostat x 1 Solar Outdoor Lighting Kit x 2 Solar/wind power experiment kit x 5 Personal desk fan x 2 Recycling Transportation cost for MRF field trip Composting Tumbler x 1 Green Cleaning Bucket of green cleaning supplies x 2

16 Best Practices Field Trips to MRF, Jax Arboretum & Gardens Community Recycling Day Xeriscape low/no water landscaping Rain barrels Green-themed scavenger hunt Green Team reminds other students what can and can t be recycled Campus/community beautification projects Publix Grocery Bags Project Energy/water/recycle audits and metric checks JEA Green Alien ReDuce, ReUse, ReCycle Book swap Collect/store pine cones, decompose, use for mulch. Conservation pledge Thank you notes to business partners and sponsors

17 Continuous Improvement Template for GC application Tutorial for compressing pics Criteria provided at first meeting Guidance from Central Office, How-To manual, green materials for school use, etc. Webinar for GCs who can not attend meeting. Quarterly newsletter announcing: most improved energy, water, recycling metrics solutions to tough problems schools have solved new unique ways to cut costs Recruit more Green Champions PD credit for meetings/training Green corner on DCPS website; better publicity ES, MS, HS partner on Green Team projects

18 Champions Club Green Champion of the Year Steve Sherrill, Sandalwood HS Green Champion of the Year Kelli Heath, JE Ford K Green Champion of the Year Jessica Petote, Timucuan ES Green Champion of the Year Jessica Petote, Upson ES

Champions Club 09-10 Green Champion of the Year Steve Sherrill, Sandalwood HS

JE Ford K8 Environmental Champion 11-12 Green Champion of the Year Award Jessica

19 Champions Club Green Champion of the Year Steve Sherrill, Sandalwood HS Winner of the First Green Champion of the Year Annual EPB-DCPS Kelli Heath, JE Ford K8 Environmental Champion Green Champion of the Year Award Jessica Petote, Timucuan ES Green Champion of the Year Jessica Petote! Jessica Petote, Upson ES

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24 How Can You Help a School? Adopt-A-School Mini-landscape makeover Donate recycling proceeds Help Green Champion with project Donate unneeded office supplies Be a Green Champion sponsor $1,000 platinum, $500 gold, $250 silver, $100 green 24

25 Green Champion Activities Blog to discuss sustainability opportunities Green Champion booth at school carnival Recycle Day ~ community brings items to be re-used, recycled, donated Videos/pictures of students doing audits and interviews Composting unused food Use both side of paper Recycle ink cartridges, eye glasses, pop tops, etc. Grants Small wooden spoons to keep doors unlocked Students debate SJRWMD reps on health of river, etc. Camera purchased with last year s reward to document audits and train occupants Last year s reward used to install solar film in hot spot Rooftop herb garden Use snipe signs to build bird houses Use Green Wheels for research projects/experiments

26 Green Champion Activities Energy/water patrol; report deficiencies to Maintenance Make note pads out of gently-used paper and cardboard food boxes; provide to teachers/students Video productions, Powerpoint PPTs, plays by kids for kids Fundraiser to Adopt-A-Manatee Use of free resources from partners, guest speakers, and/or on-line; field trips to sustainable sites Collect AC system condensate to water landscape/gardens Use homemade solar panels to cook at school carnival Reuse, exchange gently-used books ~ w/ curbside pick up! Wear Green Day to celebrate the school going green Posters signed by students committing to recycle, be sustainable Green tips in daily/weekly announcements Poster, essay, poetry, T-shirt, environmental trivia, birdfeeder building, photography contests

27 Green Champion Activities Plant trees, shrubs, flower gardens, vegetable gardens, butterfly gardens; (materials donated by local businesses) Campus clean up; leaves used for mulch or compost; art contest using collected materials Adopt-A-Road in front of school, clean up Little Jetties, Castaway Island, Dutton Island, Ed Austin Park Use shredded paper to make paper, line pet store cages Collect, clean, repair items for sale at school thrift store Non-meat/cheese leftovers placed at base of trees to decompose; provides nutrients to plants and reduces dumpster load Webpage showing upcoming events, contests, Green Tip Of The Week Hydroponic gardens, rain barrels Collect greeting cards; send to troops, nursing homes, etc. Melt used crayons to make chunky crayons for disabled students Utilize Green Action Guide and Florida Guide to Green Schools

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DCPS Execution report by funding year

DCPS Execution report by funding year Number Fund Source Name PM School % Budget Funding Year 08/09 7 M-84770 Major DW Kitchen Hood AA 3163 Payne, Rufus E. Cancelled Bhide & Hall 95% TBD 0% $100,000 $100,000