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Climate and Energy

Introduction

What the City is Doing
	Electric Vehicles
	Energy Conservation Block Grants
	Resource Conservation
	Traffic Signals

What You Can Do
	Natural Resources Programs
	Carbon Yeti House

What Businesses Can Do
	What Schools Can Do

Resource Conservation

The city's Resource Conservation Manager (RCM) program is reducing energy, water use and solid waste generation in city operations, thus cutting costs, consumption of natural resources and greenhouse gas emissions. The RCM program is funded in part through a three-year grant from Puget Sound Energy.

Energy Savings
From April 2008 to March 2009 (the baseline), Bellevue buildings targeted by the program used approximately 13 million kilowatt hours of electricity and 346,000 gas therms, costing about $1.32 million.

Highly efficient City Hall chiller plant

Through the RCM program, the city cut energy costs by $392,000 or 16 percent from April 2009 to April 2012 (adjusted for outside temperature variations and excluding savings from capital projects rebated otherwise by PSE).

Total energy savings as of April 2012:

$392,000
2,890 metric tons of carbon dioxide (equivalent to 555 passenger cars per year, calculated using EPA’s eGrid marginal emission factors for NWPP)
3,346,000 kilowatt hours
141,000 therms

Energy conservation projects the city has implemented thus far include:

Certification of City Hall as an ENERGY STAR building in 2008 and 2010;
Lighting efficiency and control upgrades;
Demand-based ventilation strategies for building automation systems;
Building commissioning;
Scheduling mechanical equipment to better match occupancy;
Adjusting hot water temperatures to 120 degrees F;
Installing variable frequency drives on pumps and motors;
Reducing unnecessary plug loads;
Replacing old boilers with highly efficient ones;
Installing low-flow water fixtures such as showerheads and aerators;
Fixing failed equipment and sensors; and
Educating employees about energy efficiency.

To hear more or learn how you can start saving today, contact the Resource Conservation Manager.

Contact Information

Civic Services
450 100th Ave. NE
PO Box 90012
Bellevue, WA 98009
Contact: Emma Johnson
Phone: 425-452-5246
Cell: 425-864-5253
Fax: 425-452-6163
E-mail: ejohnson@bellevuewa.gov