From the 2010 Alliance to Save Energy Green Campus Energy Efficiency Summit – Greening the Campus, Building the Workforce

1. Best Practices Application Outline
Jenn Alvarez, Green Campus Lead

2. Application deadline
UC/CSU/CCC SUSTAINABILITY CONFERENCE 2010
Energy Efficiency Partnership Program
Best Practice Awards Application
Application Period: 2 weeks
Deadline: ~ end March or beginning April 2010
Page limit: 5 pages
Traditional Marketing
I. CONTACT INFORMATION
II. PROJECT CATEGORY
- SUSTAINABLE OPERATIONS (Student Energy Efficiency)

3. Content Requirements
III. PROJECT INFORMATION
Project/practice name:
Project/practice location:
Implementation cost:
Estimated annual energy savings (as applicable):
Estimated annual energy cost savings (as applicable):
Description (paragraph in length)

4. Key Components
• Measurable Savings
• Replicable - How is your program a Best Practice? Is it
easily replicable on other campuses?
• Innovative – If your project has been done before, i.e.
residence hall energy competition, how have you made it
new/innovate?
• Collaborative/Sustainable - Design integration – How does
it incorporate multiple disciplines and/or stakeholders? How
has this contributed to the longevity/sustainability of the
project?

5. Green Campus recognized
Winners in Best Practices in Student Energy Efficiency
2005: Humboldt State and UC Berkeley
2006: CSU San Bernardino and UC Santa Barbara
2007: UC Irvine, UC Santa Cruz, Chico State, Humboldt State,
Honorable Mention CSU San Bernaridino
2008: Chico State and UC Berkeley, Honorable Mention UC
Santa Cruz
2009: Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and UC San Diego, Honorable
Mention Humboldt State
2010: YOU!

6. How to Complete a Project Evaluation
Stacy Katz

7. Why is This Important?
• Lays the Foundation for Best Practices
• Provides Green Campus Interns with Valuable Project
Information for the Future
• Great Resource for You!
– Project Documentation
– Skill Documentation
– Leadership and Organizational Documentation
– Great for Interviews

8. Project Category

9. Project Description, Cost, Metrics

10. Project Description, Cost, Metrics
What to Consider:
- Objectives of the Project?
- Who were the stakeholders?
- How did you plan the event?
- Who did you collaborate with?
- How did you identify what the metrics were going to be?
- How did you collect metrics?
- What was the outcome?

11. Soft Metrics, Lessons Learned,
Outreach, Attachments

12. Soft Metrics, Lessons Learned,
Outreach, Attachments
Lessons Learned
-Did things go as smoothly as they could?
-What could you have done to prepare better for next time?
-What really worked?
-What didn’t work?

13. Attachments – Speaker Related

14. Attachments – Marketing Related

15. Attachments – attendee related

16. Thank you!

17. How to write a winning Best Practices
application
Sarah Schneider
Program Coordinator
Humboldt State University

18. Methodology
• Highlight projects that:
– Energy Savings
– Replicable
– Innovative
• Utilized our hybridized SOW/Project Evaluation
• Projects: (constituted bulk of energy savings)
– Bundled project
– Office Energy Audit Campaign (Seminars)

19. Methodology cont…
• Consulted campus lead for metrics
• Included supplemental supportive info
via appendices

20. Tips
• Focus on projects that:
– Energy Savings
– Innovative
– Replicable
• Provide detailed project descriptions with plenty of metrics
• Comprehensive introduction section
• Keep writing concise and strong (e.g. active voice)
• Focus on content of application and maybe include 1 or 2
attachments
• Ink color choice and formatting
• Stay true to the application! (answer the questions)

21. Challenges
• Organization
– Coordination
– Divide sections
• Short turnaround (~2 weeks)
Start early!
• Page limit (~5)
– keeping it concise, comprehensive & well written

22. Sample
Project/practice name: Installation of Network-Based Power
Management Software, Dining Hall Ventilation Control Project
and the Re-commissioning of the Wildlife Building
Project/practice location: Humboldt State University
Implementation cost: $174,338 total cost for all three projects
Estimated annual energy savings (as applicable): 491,449
kWh, 13,890 therms
Estimated annual energy cost savings (as applicable):
$59,454

23. Benefits
• Publicizes your efforts
• Recognition for Program and campus
• Legitimizes your efforts even more so
• Impressive accomplishment to add to your resume
• Great skill to have for future endeavors (i.e. grant
proposals)