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SustainabilityShaping the now; preserving the future.

NTREG 6-11-16

Jesse Dillard, P.E., CEMCity of Dallas,

Facility Architects and Engineers Public Works Department

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• Sustainability balances economic, environmental, and equity considerations for the benefit of all.

– Promote economic prosperity, healthy communities and environmental improvements

– Addresses vulnerabilities – drought, heat, aging infrastructure– Builds community pride – eyes on the block– Empowers citizens – acknowledges contributions, obtains input– Provides essential services – meets needs, anticipates changes

Why Sustainability?

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Sustainability Plan Format - 2015

• Goal description within each of these six categories

– Air Quality: Improve Air Quality

– Land Use: Promote Smart Growth and Development

– Water Quality: Improve Water Quality

– Materials Management: Better Materials Management

– Energy Management: Reduce Non-Renewable Energy Use

– Social Equity: A More Inclusive Dallas

•Individual objectives with strategies and targets for

achieving categorical goals

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Dallas Organization Chart

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ISO 14001

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Green Purchasing

• Environmentally-Preferred Procurement Green Purchasing, Council Resolution 04-1722

• Clean Fleet Vehicle Policy 01/25/06, Resolution 06-0323

• Compressed Natural Gas Taxicab Ordinance, Council Resolution 10-0729, Ordinance 27831

• Community Gardens Ordinance, Council Resolution 11-0434, Ordinance 28125

• Green Cement Purchasing Policy, Council Resolution 11-0657

• Neighborhood Farmers Markets, Council Resolution 10-2781, Ordinance 28046

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Air Quality

•Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions inventory•Ozone and carbon reduction strategies•Emissions reduction target: 39% over 1990 levels by 2017•Mayors’ National Climate Action Agenda•Air Monitoring

•Leading cause of Dallas air pollution: transportation

Benefits:•Fuel savings•Reduced impacts to air quality•Increased eligibility for grants

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Air: Climate Change

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Air: City Fleet

• 38% of the City’s fleet is now alternative-fueled or hybrid • Early user of Texas Low Emission Diesel (TxLED) and

biodiesel • Operates two public access compressed natural gas

(CNG) vehicle fueling facilities• Electric vehicle charging stations at City Hall and other

City facilities• City Motor Pool

Benefits:• Reduced fuel use• Lower emissions• Shielded from fuel price swings

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Clean Fleet

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Aviation

• Love Field

– Wright Amendment

– Master Plan

• EPA Clean Air Act

• Noise – 65 dB DNL

– Thermal Storage

• Dallas Executive

Airport

• Master Plan• Wild Life

• LIGHT EMISSIONS AND

VISUAL EFFECTS

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Trinity River Corridor Project•A 10,000 acre flood protection solution with opportunities for community revitalization, economic development and creation of a world-class greenway

– Great Trinity Forest• Largest hardwood bottomland urban forest

in the United States

– LEED Platinum Trinity River Audubon Center

– Texas Horse Park at the Trinity

Benefits:

•Redevelopment

•Flood protection

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City Buildings Included:

• City Hall

• KBH Convention Center Dallas

• Central Library

• Meyerson Symphony Center

• Dallas Museum of Art

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Land: Other Initiatives

• SPEERs

• North Texas Council Of Governments

• Dallas PACE

• Brown Fields

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Community/Urban Gardens

Benefits:•Provide food independence•Beneficial repurposing of the land•Overcome food desert pressures•Restore community cohesion•Reduce crime rates through increased visibility

•How far away is your food?

•COD won Local Foods/Local Places– EPA Technical Assistance Grant– Meeting with stakeholders over 2016– Contact GreenDallas at GreenDallas.net

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Land: Farmers Marketdallasfarmersmarket.org/stay-in-touch

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ACHIEVING ZERO WASTE

Residential Recycling

Household Hazardous

Organics Program Community Drop-off

Sites

Electronics Recycling

Commercial Recycling Tire Diversion In-House RecyclingWaste

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Materials: Zero Waste

•Residential recycling at 75.1% participation

•Tons recycled– 53,638 tons in FY13-14

•BOPA Mobile

•Re-use of asphalt, concrete, glass, and sawdust at MBL– 61,686 tons in FY13-14 (no sawdust)

Benefits:

•Extend life-span of landfill

•Creates jobs

•Supports green efforts (buildings, landscaping, gardens)

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Materials: Tires Retire and Electronic

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Materials: Waste to Energy• Enhanced Leachate Recirculation at McCommas Bluff

–Projected to:• Extend life of landfill by increasing breakdown of organic

matter• Release methane for recapture to power and heat homes

• Cogeneration Facility at Southside Waste Water Treatment Plant –Projected to:

• Reduce carbon dioxide and mercury emissions• Reduce grid burden by 30,000,000 kWh per year• Reduce DWU electric bill by 7%, COD by 4%

–Cease the Grease: Fats, Oils and Grease

• Dallas Zoo Waste to Energy study

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Energy

• 100% of the City’s external power comes from renewableenergy

– Renewable energy comes primarily from wind power– Projected reductions: 540,000 tons CO2e per year

• Consistently meeting energy efficiency goals primarilythrough performance contracting

• Lighting retrofits, building upgrades

Benefits:– On-site production increases energy independence– Waste-to-energy reduces wastes– Reductions in emissions

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How Do We Use Electricity?

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City of Dallas

10 Year Consumption

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Px Views

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CIS Department

• Server Optimization• CIS will decommissioned the mainframe computer.

• incorporated about 800 servers into the virtual environment.

– Currently, has placed the SAP, Office 365, and

approximately 30-40 servers on the cloud. Sharepoint was

approximately 50 servers is a consideration for the cloud.

energy savings strategy of the Joulex –

• redundancy is to implement a co-location and replication of

the Data Center environment.

• evaluating the P-25 radio network and Nex-gen.

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Green Power

• EPA names Dallas top (largest Local

government) green power user among U.S.

cities in 2015

– 100%

– 715,000 MkWh

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•DWU bio-gas - approx. 5% city total

•Geothermal HVAC

• South Central Police, Fire Stations #32 & #37, Pleasant Grove Library

•Solar thermal water heating

• City Hall, OCMC, Jack Evans, Central Library

•Solar photovoltaic

• Prairie Creek Library, Hensley Field and Fire Station #27

•Hydrogen Fuel Cell

Other Renewable Energy

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Proposals for nine (7) sites Total: 3,600 KW-DC:Kay Bailey Hutchinson Convention Ctr; 784 KW dc (4% of site)PKR new Livestock Bldg. @ Fair Park – 31.6 KW dc (1% of bldg)Central WWTP –1,999 KW dc (4.2% of site)City Hall – 202 Kw dc (2% of site)Central Library – 125 KW dc (4% of site)Jack Evans Police HQ – 137 KW dc (3% of site)SW Police – 71 KW dc (1% of site)

Park and Recreation Bldgs.• Kiest and Fretz Park Recreation Ctr.• New Fire Stations: 6; 27; 37; 44 and 56• Dallas Police Dept. Bldgs.

• SE, NE, South Central, and North Central Police Stations

• Branch Libraries• Pleasant Grove, White Rock Hills, Fretz Park, and Highland Hills

• McCommas Bluff Landfill

Proposed Solar Sites(% of annual site consumption (kWh))

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Traffic Department

• Traffic Management- congestion management

• LED Lighting

– City owned intersection lights

– Traffic Signals

• 1300 Solar school flashers with battery back-up

• ONCOR Study of LED Street Lights

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Green Building• As of March 2015, 29 City facilities are LEED certified and

24 other projects are registered. • City Manager authorized to reconvene Green Building

Task Force in 2015.

• US Green Building Council registrations (as of March 2015)

– Platinum 14; Gold 61; Silver 130; Certified 346; Registered 280

Benefits:• Reduced energy and water use• Re-use of materials• Increased property value

DPD South Central Police StationBuilt to LEED Gold Standards

6/15/2016

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Dallas Fire Department

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USGBC- EB

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1. Meet min. requirements of GreenBuilt TX; OR� 20% Water Use Reduction� only pre�requisite

2. Meet min. requirements of LEED for Homes; OR� 20% Water Use Reduction� only pre�requisite

3. Meet min. requirements of ICC700; OR� 20% Water Use Reduction� only pre�requisite

4. Meet ALL of the prescriptive requirements

� Storm Water� Water efficiency� Energy Efficiency� Heat Island Mitigation� Indoor Air Quality

Green code for new residential withGreen Code For Residential 4

compliance options

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1. Achieve min. # points for LEED certified level under any LEED rating system or equivalent standard (at least 40 points LEED v.2009) – certification by USGBC

not required;

� 20% Water Use Reduction� only pre�requisite

OR

2. Meet minimum requirements of International Green

Construction Code (IgCC) as adopted in new Chapter

61—Dallas Green Construction Code

� Chapters 3 (Jurisdictional Requirements), 4 (Site Development

and Land Use), 5 (Material Resource Conservation and

Efficiency), 7 (Water Resource Conservation) and 8 (Indoor

Environmental Quality and Comfort), as modified

� Requirements for above�code energy efficiency;

commissioning and existing buildings have been deleted

Green Code For Commercial Buildings

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Water Conservation and Reuse

•Billions of gallons saved since 2001 through publiceducation, audits/inspections, retrofits and replacements, and water restrictions

– Toilet rebate program “New Throne for your Home”– 5 year gallons-per-capita-day average: 199

•Beneficial reuse– Cedar Crest, Stevens Park golf courses

Benefits:– Reduced water use– Reduced energy use– Water resiliency

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Stormwater Runoff

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• Create/preserve undisturbed natural areas

• Use natural drainage with vegetated swales instead of constructing manmade storm sewer system

• Fit design to terrain, limit clearing and grading

• Reduce parking footprint

Intergrated Storm Water

Management

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Social EquityBenefits:• Preserve cultural identity• Increase opportunity naturally• Provide better access• Promote equitable development• Empowers all• Strengthens entire city

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What Can We Do?

• Live today to have enough tomorrow• Civic engagement• Contact lawmakers• Volunteer• Consider individual impacts• Balance needs vs wants

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Parks and Natural Areas

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The Continental Bridge in Dallas

leads to the Trinity Skyline Trail

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A 64-Mile Bike 'Superhighway' Will

Connect Fort Worth To Dallas

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Dallas City Performance Hall

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Questions?