HomeMy WebLinkAbout1998-103-07/07/1998-AUTHORIZING AN INTEGRATED ENERGY DESIGN ASSISTANCE PROGRAM TO ENCOURAGE THE EFFICIENT USE OF ENERGY RESOLUTION 98-103
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AUTHORIZING AN INTEGRATED ENERGY DESIGN ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
TO ENCOURAGE THE EFFICIENT USE OF ENERGY
WHEREAS,on October 19, 1993,the City Council adopted Resolution 93-150 adopting the
Integrated Resources Planning Standard pursuant to the Comprehensive National Energy Policy Act
of 1992,and Resolution 93-151 authorizing the development and implementation of an"Integrated
Resource Plan" for the City's Electric Utility; and
WHEREAS,City Council has in the past appropriated monies in the Electric Utility's budget
for the purpose of developing and promoting energy efficiency programs consistent with the Electric
Utility's Integrated Resource Plan; and
WHEREAS, consistent with the goal of developing and implementing energy efficiency
programs, the City's Electric Utility has developed an "Integrated Energy Design Assistance
Program"(the "Program")which provides that the City would offer financial assistance to certain
of its qualified customers to help in the design of such customers' new buildings or remodeling of
existing buildings to create buildings that are more energy efficient; and
WHEREAS,the Program would achieve this goal by encouraging Electric Utility customers
to design their new buildings and remodel existing buildings using an"integrated design"approach,
which places more emphasis in the design phase of creating a building that is more energy efficient;
and
WHEREAS,to achieve this, the Electric Utility would pay under the Program a portion of
the qualifying customer's costs associated with designing the new building or the remodeled building
in a way that it will have lower energy costs than an equivalent building designed to the minimum
standards of the City's energy code; and
WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to continue to promote the efficient use of energy in
the City,and has determined that the proposed Program would be beneficial to the ratepayers of the
Electric Utility and would promote a valid public purpose.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That the Program is hereby authorized for immediate implementation and will be
available to customers of the Electric Utility who meet the following criteria,provided that the funds
have been appropriated in the Light and Power Fund by City Council and are available for use in the
Program:
A. The customer must be a City of Fort Collins Electricity Utility customer;
B. The proposed project must be new construction or major remodeling of a
building, and the project must be of a scale that allows significant design
flexibility;
C. The project must have, in the City's judgement, a significant prospect of
influencing other projects in that it will be visible to the public, easily
accessible by the public, and a model for other customers of the Electric
Utility;
D. Decisions on basic siting, orientation, and architecture for the project must
not yet have been made or there must be sufficient flexibility in these areas
to yield a successful project relating to design for energy efficiency;
E. The customer must agree that the energy use target for the project is at least
20% better than the minimum standard that the City's energy code would
require for the building;
F. The customer must invite all Electric Utility staff to attend all design
meetings for the project related to energy considerations;
G. The customer must allow the Electric Utility to monitor energy-related
aspects of the finished building and interview design and construction
participants and building occupants;
H. The customer must allow the Electric Utility to publicize information about
the project, including results, for educational/publicity purposes; and
I. The customer must allow public access to the finished building, at a
minimum of four times in the year immediately after the building is
completed, for educational and publicity purposes.
Section 2. For those customers who satisfy the criteria set forth in Section 2 above, and
provided that funds have been appropriated by the City Council and are available for the Program,
qualifying customers may receive from the Electric Utility not more than one half of one percent of
the total project costs to pay a portion of the customer's costs associated with designing the building
to make it more energy efficient.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting ItheCityCouncil held this 7th day of D.
1998.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk