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HomeMy WebLinkAboutContract 48446 CITY 8ECREFTARTY G9Ll Better P CONTRACT NO. Buildings@ Fact Sheet U.S.DEPARTMENT of ENERGY WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE ACCELERATOR The Better Buildings Initiative is a national leadership initiative calling on state and local officials,corporate chief executive officers, university presidents, utilities, and other leaders to make substantial commitments to improve the energy efficiency of their buildings and plants, save money, and increase competitiveness. The cornerstones are a commitment to a 20%or more savings target across the organizations'portfolios and a commitment to share strategies that work,substantiated by energy data across the portfolios.The U.S. Department of Energy(DOE) is expanding this initiative to engage leaders in a set of Better Buildings Accelerators designed to demonstrate specific innovative approaches,which upon successful demonstration will accelerate investment in energy efficiency. The Wastewater Infrastructure Accelerator will work over three years with state, regional,and local agencies that are engaging with water resource recovery facilities in their jurisdiction to accelerate a pathway toward a sustainable infrastructure of the future.This DOE initiative will build upon and leverage a substantial portfolio of work, resources and partnerships established by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)and various industry partners to add a new set of partners focused on developing actions and solutions in the energy-water nexus. DOE recognizes EPA's Office of Wastewater Management(OWM) leadership and will coordinate with EPA and this growing coalition on approaches to assist Accelerator partners chart pathways to sustainability. The Accelerator aims to catalyze the adoption of innovative and best-practice approaches in data management, technologies,and financing for infrastructure improvement.Wastewater Infrastructure Accelerator Partners will seek to improve the energy efficiency of their participating water resource recovery facilities by at least 30 percent and ideally integrate at least one resource recovery measure. Partner solutions will provide model plans and road-tested examples that other water resource recovery facilities can follow on their path to a sustainable wastewater infrastructure. Goals of Wastewater Infrastructure Accelerator ► Demonstrate best-practice/cutting-edge approaches and tools toward a sustainable wastewater infrastructure and yield road-tested examples for other facilities ► Document model plans for transitioning to a sustainable infrastructure that will help drive more solutions in the industry ► Develop assessment and decision tools for selecting best-practice approaches and tools on the pathway toward a sustainable infrastructure ► Develop recommendations for post-Accelerator next steps Why Reducing Energy in Water Resource Recovery Facilities is Important Wastewater contains about five times more energy than is needed for its treatment,' resulting in a total annual energy use by municipal wastewater treatment systems in the U.S. of approximately 30 billion kWh.' Energy operations are typically the largest consumers in a community, and reductions in energy usage can yield significant environmental, economic, and social benefits for these communities.The energy use of these systems is expected to increase by up to 20 percent in the coming decades due to more stringent water quality standards and growing water demand based on population growth.' In recent years a growing number of utilities responsible for clean water have been moving from strict wastewater treatment to water resource management,some formally renaming themselves water resource recovery facilities. Energy efficiency in equipment, processes, and operations is a fundamental part of this transition,and energy savings in facility retrofits can reach 50 percent. Facilities can expand this energy-efficient foundation with resource recovery measures to move closer to a sustainable wastewater infrastructure. DOE will help accelerate their movement toward this goal. U.S.DEPARTMENT OF Learn more at betterbuildingssolutioncenter.energy.gov ENERGY Benefits to Accelerator Partners: ►Tools and Resources Access tools, resources, and options for measuring results,operationalizing efficiency and sustainability goals, and funding transition to a sustainable wastewater Infrastructure. ►Technical Expertise Access and leverage technical expertise developed in DOE technology offices, EPA, and other organizations. The sources and analysis available from these organizations will support assessment of technical options and how to package them on the path to a sustainable infrastructure. ► Model Solutions Collaborate with industry peers and stakeholders to create model solutions for technical and financing needs on the path to a sustainable infrastructure. to. National Recognition Receive national recognition from DOE for demonstrating commitment to pursuing a pathway to a sustainable infrastructure,developing road-tested examples for other water resource recovery facilities to use, and raising the visibility of efficiency and sustainability efforts with employees, community, and stakeholders. Accelerator Partner Agrees To: The U.S. Department of Energy Agrees To: ► Recruit one or more water resource recovery facilities ► Appoint a point of contact in the jurisdiction that are committed to reducing ► Provide technical assistance and training about their energy consumption, as measured by overall energy intensity, by 30 percent;and provide a point of energy data management,tools, approaches, contact at each technologies,and options ► Participate in peer exchange and technical assistance ► Develop additional technical tools and/or assistance forums about tools,approaches,technologies,and necessary to meet the goals of the Accelerator options ► Create and facilitate networking and technical peer ► Develop a baseline energy consumption within six exchange opportunities with stakeholder organizations months and other partners to develop best practices and share innovative solutions to. Demonstrate at least a five-percent energy savings ► Leverage full set of tools and resources developed by in each facility by applying low-or no-cost energy stakeholder organizations and compile best practices conservation measures; in at least one of the facilities, and approaches for striving toward sustainable implement one or more measures included in the final infrastructure plan within 12-18 months of the end of the Accelerator ►Assist each participating facility in the development ► Provide national recognition to Accelerator partners of an infrastructure improvement plan that includes and participating facilities for achieving milestones and best-practice energy performance tracking, a package for their leadership in working toward a sustainable of cutting-edge technologies with a focus on resource wastewater infrastructure recovery,and a concrete financing model ► Share results and lessons learned with DOE and other Accelerator partners. DOE, in tum,will share these results with EPA and industry associations For Additional Information, Visit: ► U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to.Water Environment Federation www.epa.gov/aboutepa/about-office-water#Iwastewater www.wdf= 1.NACWA,WEF,and WERE Towards Energy Neutrality at WRRFs—Results and Findings of Recent Research. April 2,2014. Page 5. 2.EPRI and Water Research Foundation. Electricity Use and Management in the Municipal Water Supply and Wastewater Industries. November 2013. Page ix. 3.[bid. Page ix. U.S.DEPARTMENT OF Learn more at betterbuildingssolutioncenter.energy.gov ENERGY Better Buildings@ Partnership Agreement U.S.DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE ACCELERATOR The Better Buildings Initiative is a national leadership initiative calling on state and local officials, corporate chief executive officers, university presidents, utilities, and other leaders to make substantial commitments to improve the energy efficiency of their buildings and plants,save money, and increase competitiveness.The cornerstones are a commitment to a 20%or more savings target across the organizations'portfolios and a commitment to share strategies that work, substantiated by energy data across the portfolios.The U.S. Department of Energy(DOE)is expanding this initiative to engage leaders in a set of Better Buildings Accelerators designed to demonstrate specific innovative approaches,which upon successful demonstration will accelerate investment in energy efficiency. The Wastewater Infrastructure Accelerator will work over three years with state, regional, and local agencies that are engaging with water resource recovery facilities in their jurisdiction to accelerate a pathway toward a sustainable infrastructure of the future.This DOE initiative will build upon and leverage a substantial portfolio of work, resources and partnerships established by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency(EPA) and various industry partners to add a new set of partners focused on developing actions and solutions in the energy-water nexus. DOE recognizes EPA's Office of Wastewater Management(OWM)leadership and will coordinate with EPA and this growing coalition on approaches to assist Accelerator partners chart pathways to sustainability The Accelerator aims to catalyze the adoption of innovative and best-practice approaches in data management,technologies, and financing for infrastructure improvement.Wastewater Infrastructure Accelerator Partners will seek to improve the energy efficiency of their participating water resource recovery facilities by at least 30 percent and ideally integrate at least one resource recovery measure. Partner solutions will provide model plans and road-tested examples that other water resource recovery facilities can follow on their path to a sustainable wastewater infrastructure. Goals of Wastewater Infrastructure Accelerator ► Demonstrate best-practice/cutting-edge approaches and tools toward a sustainable wastewater infrastructure and yield road-tested examples for other facilities ► Document model plans for transitioning to a sustainable infrastructure that will help drive more solutions in the industry P. Develop assessment and decision tools for selecting best-practice approaches and tools on the pathway toward a sustainable infrastructure ► Develop recommendations for post-Accelerator next steps U.S.DEPARTMENT OF Learn more at betterbuildingssolutioncenter.energy.gov ENERGY Wastewater Infrastructure Partners, in collaboration with DOE,will demonstrate practical and effective best practices to accelerate the path to a sustainable wastewater infrastructure. Accelerator Partners and DOE enter into this partnering agreement to facilitate the transition process across jurisdictions. Accelerator Partner Agrees to: U.S. Department of Energy Agrees to: ► Recruit one or more water resource recovery ► Appoint a point of contact facilities in the jurisdiction that are committed to reducing their energy consumption,as ► Provide technical assistance and training measured by overall energy intensity, by 30 about energy data management,tools, percent;and provide a point of contact at approaches,technologies,and options each ► Develop additional technical tools and/or ► Participate in peer exchange and technical assistance necessary to meet the goals of the assistance forums about tools, approaches, Accelerator technologies,and options ► Create and facilitate networking and ► Develop a baseline energy consumption technical peer exchange opportunities within six months with stakeholder organizations and other partners to develop best practices and share P. Demonstrate at least a five-percent energy innovative solutions savings in each facility by applying low-or no- cost energy conservation measures;in at least P. Leverage full set of tools and resources one of the facilities, implement one or more developed by stakeholder organizations and measures included in the final plan within 12- compile best practices and approaches for 18 months of the end of the Accelerator striving toward sustainable infrastructure P. Assist each participating facility in ► Provide national recognition to Accelerator the development of an infrastructure partners and participating facilities for improvement plan that includes best-practice achieving milestones and for their leadership energy performance tracking, a package of in working toward a sustainable wastewater cutting-edge technologies with a focus on infrastructure resource recovery,and a concrete financing model P. Share results and lessons learned with DOE and other Accelerator partners. DOE, in tum, will share these results with EPA and industry associations U.s.DEPARTMENT OF Learn more at betterbuildingssolutioncenter.energy.gov ENERGY 1 Agreement: My organization is committed to forging a path toward a sustainable infrastructure with our partner water resource recovery facilities and agrees to the General Terms of the agreement. " ,- /..? -/— SENIOR EXECUTIVE OFFICER SIGNATURE DATE 5 SENIOR EXECUTIVE OFFICER PRINTED NAME Point of Contact Information: crvS' K©o h/lo,v(i (QT, r� yoo 1T�,Ja7��1 ORGANIZATION ADDRESS DE 317 39x_80-71& o s FwwT . NAME TITLE PHONE NUMBER EMAIL ADDRESS ORi AU&Md • ESTIMATED NUMBER OF PARTNER WATER oQod/l� RESOURCE RECOVERY FACILITIES o� 0__o11gPP J. Kay er, City Secmtary u ��o�3ECt'�o40�� General Terms: ► All parties concur that this agreement is wholly voluntary and may be terminated by any party at any time, and for any reason,with no penalty. ► Partner will not construe, claim, or imply that its participation in the Better Buildings Initiative constitutes Federal Government approval,acceptance, or endorsement of anything other than Partner's commitment to the initiative. ► Partner understands its participation in the Better Buildings Initiative does not constitute Federal Government endorsement of Partner. ► Partner understands that the activities it undertakes in connection with the Better Buildings Initiative are voluntary and not intended to provide services to the Federal Government. Partner will not submit a claim for compensation to any federal agency. ►The Better Buildings Initiative will honor all requests to keep the Partner's information and data confidential. OFFICIAL RECORD CITY SECRETARY FT.WORTH,TX U.S.DEPARTMENT OF Learn more at betterbuildingssolutioncenter.energy.gov ENERGY