1. Update of Environmental
Programs
for the City of Irvine

2. A GENDA
 Introduction to City’s Environmental Programs
 City’s Green Building Accomplishments
 Status Report on Irvine’s Climate Action Plan
Development
 Lessons Learned and Recommendations to Other Cities

3. TAKING INVENTORY
 Sustainable practices
 Environmental stewardship
 Master planning
 Community Support
 Partners & Resources
 Integrated into municipal operations

4. Water Climate
Quality/Runoff Change
Community
Waste Services
Energy
Management
Green
Recycling Pollution Sustainable
Building
Prevention Planning

5. C ITY ’ S G REEN B UILDING
A CCOMPLISHMENTS

6. 2006-FIRST CITY IN
ORANGE COUNTY WITH GB
PROGRAM
2006 - Irvine was first OC City to adopt a
comprehensive voluntary green building
program
 Included checklists for homes, commercial
and apartments
 Included outreach and education materials
such as where to buy local green building
products
 Was recently replaced (2009) with current
third-party verified green building programs
 US Green Building Council’s LEED-NC
 Build It Green’s GreenPoint Rated

7. E ARLY A DOPTION OF CA
G REEN B UILDING C ODE
State of California has adopted
nation’s first statewide Green Building
Code
 Goes into effect statewide January,
2011
 Irvine adopted for new residential
construction with early effective date
of April 1, 2010
 Irvine is 1st in Orange County and 2nd
in the state
 For more information:
http://www.bsc.ca.gov/default.htm

8. ENERGY STAR C ERTIFIED
B UILDINGS IN I RVINE
 ENERGY STAR buildings typically
use 35% less energy and emit
35% less greenhouse gases than
average buildings
 Of the 262 buildings in greater
LA and Orange Counties – 54
were in Irvine
 For more information:
http://www.energystar.gov/

9. 16 LEED BUILDINGS
Project Name LEED Rating
Premier Automotive Group North American Certified
UCI Graduate Student Housing - 1471 Palo Verde Expansion Gold
LPA Irvine Headquarters Certified
Constructive Technologies Group, Irvine (CTG Energetics, Inc.) Silver
UCI Surge Building Gold
UCI Bren Hall Computer Sciences Building Gold
UCI Student Center Expansion Gold
Heritage Fields Information Center – The Great Park Certified
2211 MICHELSON (Hines) Silver
La Jolla Pacific Headquarters Gold
Interior Office Solutions Certified
UCI Anteater Recreation Center Expansion Gold
Airport Professional Building Silver
National Office Furniture Certified
Cisco Linksys Silver
17901 Von Karman Gold
For more information: http://www.usgbc.org/

10. RECENT LEED
CERTIFICATIONS
Hine’s 2211 Michelson
1st LEED-CS “Silver” in CA
La Jolla Pacific Headquarters
1st LEED-CI “Gold” in CA

11. CITY LEED BUILDINGS
 City Council Resolution - December,
2005 requires LEED Certified for
municipal buildings or renovations
over 5,000 sq. ft
 University Park Community Center –
targeting LEED Gold
 Proposed Quail Hill Community Park
– targeting LEED Gold
 Proposed Police Station at the Great
Park – targeting LEED Gold
 Staff is working on LEED-O&M
(Operations & Maintenance)
checklist for City Hall

12. C ITY PARK P LANNING
P ROJECTS

13. U NIVERSITY C OMMUNITY C ENTER
E XPANSION & M ODERNIZATION
 Targeting for LEED-NC “Gold”
 Collecting rainwater in cistern and then into dry well
and then percolate (contain all water on-site)
 Recycling concrete (approx. 1,000 sq ft)
 Shade structure will be a Cool Roof (recycled Coke
bottles and diapers with a 30-year life)
 Tot lot will use extensive recycled materials

14. University Community Center
Expansion & Modernization
Anticipated completion
Spring/Summer 2010
AFTER
Michelson
BEFORE
Yale
University

15. O AK C REEK C OMMUNITY C ENTER
 Winter 2009: Community Meetings
 Winter/Spring 2010: Community Services
Commission approval of park design
 Spring 2010: Design, development of
construction documents, and building
permits
 Estimated 15 months bidding and
 construction period
 FY13/14 – Open to public

16. Q UAIL H ILL C OMMUNITY C ENTER
 Winter 2009: Community Meetings
 Winter/Spring 2010: Community Services
Commission approval of park design
 Spring 2010: Design, development of
construction documents, and building
permits
 Estimated 15 months bidding and
construction period
 FY13/14 – Open to public

17. Targeting LEED O&M
Certification for City Hall
 LEED for Existing Buildings Rating System
 Goal:
 maximizing operational efficiency minimizing
environmental impact
 Addresses whole-building cleaning and
maintenance issues
 chemical use
 recycling programs
 exterior maintenance programs
 systems upgrades

18. S TATUS U PDATE ON I RVINE ’ S
C LIMATE A CTION P LAN

19. W HY D ID I RVINE D O A
C LIMATE A CTION P LAN ?
 Long-standing environmental leadership (1971)
 Signed U.S. Mayor’s Climate Protection
Agreement (2006)
 Protection against litigation from Attorney
General via AB 32 (2006)
 Streamlined CEQA Review (2007)
 Implementation of City’s adopted Energy Plan
(2008)
 Required for EE & Conservation Strategy (2009)

20. C ITY ’ S E NERGY P LAN
City Council Approved in July, 2008
GHG inventory to be completed in 2009
Four key goals:
1. • Involve 100 percent of Irvine residents and businesses
Involve 100% of Irvine residents and businesses
2. • Reduce energy use in buildings City-wide 30 percent by 2015 compared to 2003 levels
Reduce energy use in buildings City-wide 30% by 2015 compared to 2003 levels
3. • Increase percent of renewable energy used in new buildings City-wide 2015 and to 60% by
+ % of renewable energy used in new buildings City-wide to 40% by to 40 percent by
2015 and to 60 percent by 2020
2020
4. • Reduce greenhouse gas emissionsby 2010, by 1990 levels by levels and to 80% below
Reduce emissions to 2000 levels to 2000 to 2010, to 1990 2020 by 2020 and to 80
percent below 1990 by 2050
1990 levels by 2050
http://www.cityofirvine.us/files/2008_June_24_Energy_Plan_FINAL.pdf

22. 6 M ILESTONE P ROCESS
Leadership
Commitment
Monitor/Evaluate Inventory
Progress Emissions
Implement Climate
Establish Target
Action Plan
Develop Climate
Action Plan

25. R ELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN CAP
AND E NERGY
E FFICIENCY &
C ONSERVATION
B LOCK G RANTS

26. F UNDING
GHG Protocol Development : Approx. $200K
Climate Action Plan: Approx $235K
Climate Action Plan Implementation: Approx $120K
Web-based Monitoring and Verification : Approx. $100K
Total Cost: $655K

27. LESSONS LEARNED
 Communication & presentation of
materials is Critical!!
 Within the City, external
stakeholders, public education
 This is unlike anything you’ve
done before
 A quality inventory is key
 Choose the right consultants
 The goal is implementation

28. S AVING R ESOURCES
 Good business sense
 20% saving of ink, etc.
 At the shown size, this
obviously is not very nice, but
at a regular font size it is
actually very usable.
 The Ecofont works best in
OpenOffice, AppleWorks and
MS Office 2007. Printing with
a laser printer will give the
best printing results.

29. RECOMMENDATIONS
 Have trained staff available as resource
 LEED AP, energy background
 Work directly with Developers to help them understand
green building & actual certification process
 Make suggestions
 Revise codes that are incompatible with green building
and/or prevent developer from achieving full green
potential
 Street widths
 Lighting standards
 Renewable (PV)

30. C ONTACT I NFORMATION
Chandra Krout
Environmental Programs Administrator
ckrout@ci.irvine.ca.us