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Green Thinking at City Colleges of Chicago the Weather and Your Landscape 0114.5682 CB&E[0314]32pgr_MSTR.qxp_Layout 1 2/28/14 3:37 PM Page 1 CHICAGOLAND Buildings& Environments » SPRING 2014 Green Thinking at City Colleges of Chicago The Weather and Your Landscape Concealed Carry Law Impacts Building Managers & Owners Chicago Continues Green Leadership Replacement or Restoration of Riser Pipes? Weiss Recognized for Sustainable Building 0114.5682 CB&E[0314]32pgr_MSTR.qxp_Layout 1 2/28/14 3:37 PM Page 2 BuilDings & environMents By Michael c. DaviDs Green Thinking at City Colleges of Chicago the City Colleges of Chicago (CCC) is the largest community college system in illinois and one of the largest in the nation, [ A rendering of the new Malcolm X College and School of Health Sciences, now under construction on Chicago’s Near West Side with 5,700 faculty and staff serving 115,000 students annu- ally at seven colleges and six satellite sites city-wide. CCC is in the midst of a Reinvention, Those sustained efforts a collaborative effort to review and revise are already paying off. programs and practices to ensure students “From an environmen- leave CCC college- and career-ready. Its in- tal, economic and edu- ternationally-renowned College to Careers cational standpoint, initiative partners faculty and staff with strengthening City Col- industry-leading companies prepare leges’ sustainability ef- Chicagoans for careers in growing fields. forts is the right thing The City Colleges of Chicago includes to do,” states Chancel- seven colleges: Richard J. Daley College, lor Cheryl Hyman. “For example, making of its colleges and satellite sites, CCC staff Kennedy-King College, Malcolm X Col- our energy use and buildings more effi- have gained a more sophisticated under- lege, Olive-Harvey College, Harry S Tru- cient reduces the institution’s carbon foot- standing of energy use patterns and acted man College, Harold Washington College print, saves taxpayer dollars and to identify and realize efficiencies. and Wilbur Wright College. The system demonstrates to our students what sus- “This work is ongoing, and we antici- also oversees the Washburne Culinary In- tainability looks like in practice.” pate continued energy savings as our stitute, the French Pastry School, two building management techniques become Energy Efficiency Efforts restaurants, two cafes, five Child Develop- even more sophisticated,” says John Sug- ment Centers, the Workforce Academy, the During the last 10 years, City Colleges rue, Associate Vice Chancellor of Adminis- public broadcast station WYCC-TV Chan- of Chicago (CCC) has achieved significant trative Services for CCC. “From 2003 to nel 20 and radio station WKKC-FM 89.3. reductions in natural gas and electricity 2012, CCC’s annual energy usage has de- From its leaders and facility managers use through the successful adoption of en- creased by 600,000 Therms of natural gas to faculty and students, City Colleges has ergy-saving tools. By taking advantage of a and 13 million kilowatt hours of electric- in recent years worked to embed “Green new tool (Energy Connect) that gives real- ity,” adds Sugrue, who has been with CCC Thinking” at the center of its operations. time access to energy usage statistics at all since 2002. Over the last 10 years, these energy savings averaged $1.2 million a year from the 2003 baseline, saving the City Colleges, and thus taxpayers, signifi- cant money. The institution has seen ten straight years of improvements in this area. Savings during the last three years have been part of a $51 million reduction in operations costs that have been redi- service, installation design rected to the classroom. & To help achieve these energy efficien- for all your hvaC & process systems cies, CCC has used Energy Performance Contracting to automate its buildings and ~ Including ~ reduce energy usage. Building Automation HVAC SERVICES • CONTROLS • PIPING • ENERGY SAVING SOLUTIONS Systems (BAS), lighting retrofits, equip- PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE • FIRE PROTECTION • BACKFLOW PREVENTER CERTIFICATION ment upgrades, occupancy sensors and BOILERS • CHILLERS • PUMPS • REFRIGERATION variable speed controllers are paid for with future energy savings. These upgrades have given CCC building engineers the 24/7 EMERGENCY SERVICE tools they need to track energy usage in real time, find faulty equipment and set 847-229-7600 www.emcortmi.com schedules to reduce energy usage during 2 ChiCagoland Buildings & environments spring 2014 0114.5682 CB&E[0314]32pgr_MSTR.qxp_Layout 1 2/28/14 3:37 PM Page 4 BuilDings & environMents [ New Malcolm X Campus [ Chicago Mayor Emanuel with CCC Chancellor Hyman at Olive-Harvey TDL Groundbreaking unoccupied periods. percentage points above the Illinois Re- helped CCC find opportunities for daily Purchasing energy as a District, rather newable Portfolio Standard. During reduction in energy usage. CCC has also than as separate colleges, has helped CCC FY2014, 18 percent of CCC’s electricity begun piloting an energy usage program realize cost savings. Locking in long-term will be produced from renewable energy at two colleges and a satellite location that rates for electricity and having the flexibil- sources. allows the institution to target savings ity to choose when to lock in natural gas CCC has also found cost-savings by throughout the year. rates for the coming winter has proven to participating in a voluntary curtailment Additionally, CCC is now working be a cost reducing formula. Additionally, program that reduces electricity usage sys- with the Smart Energy Design Assistance City Colleges of Chicago has used aggre- tem-wide if the grid becomes unstable. Center (SEDAC) at the University of Illi- gated energy purchasing to increase re- Participating in this program has saved nois to audit its energy use. SEDAC started newable electricity procurement by ten more than $600,000 since 2008 and has working with CCC in January 2012 to SPECIALIZING IN I PARKING GARAGE CLEANING I PRESSURE WASHING I PARKING LOT SWEEPING I SNOW REMOVAL I WAREHOUSE CLEANING Simplifying Vertical Transportation SUBURBAN 630.532.0345 ELEVATOR GREAT AMERICA AFTER »Modernization »New Construction »Code Upgrades »Maintenance »24 Hour Service 847-783-6200 Serving Metropolitan Chicago, Las Vegas, Milwaukee & Tampa BEFORE www.suburbanelevator.com www.extremepowercleaning.com 4 ChiCagoland Buildings & environments spring 2014 0114.5682 CB&E[0314]32pgr_MSTR.qxp_Layout 1 2/28/14 3:37 PM Page 5 cover story [ City Colleges students participate in Earth Day 2013 at Wright College retro-commission Kennedy-King College. CCC estimates that $150,000 in annual savings is possible at Kennedy- King through the introduction of tar- geted energy scheduling techniques. “City Colleges has always been mindful of energy use at its facilities throughout the city,” says Diane Minor, Vice Chancellor of Administrative Serv- ices, who oversees all of CCC’s facilities. “We decided to hire our first-ever Sus- tainability Manager in 2012 to strengthen our commitment to sustain- able practices and facilities. We continue to see energy efficiencies and savings Y John Brophy, Sustainability Manager at CCC Y New Olive-Harvey TDL Campus and are now incorporating sustainable and clubs that strengthen City Colleges’ ter’s degree in environmental manage- practices into all of our decisions.” commitment to sustainability. He is Co- ment and sustainability from the Illinois A New Sustainability Manager Chair of U.S. Green Building Council’s Illi- Institute of Technology and a bachelor’s John Brophy is City Colleges’ first nois Higher Education Sub-Committee. in political science from Boston College. Sustainability Manager. Since being hired Prior to joining City Colleges, Brophy Brophy’s role focuses on bringing sus- in November 2012, he has among other worked for Green Roof Solutions, a lead- tainable practices into the operations of things facilitated energy savings and recy- ing distributer of American-made green each of the City Colleges—and that in- cling initiatives, prepared applications to roofing components. He has also worked cludes major construction and renovation support the institution’s sustainability ef- for I-Go Car Sharing and was a consultant projects now underway across the city as forts and helped to plan facilities, classes with AllCell Technologies. 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The system’s two high-profile capital projects now under construction are both targeting LEED certification, and they’ve both been designed with input from College to Careers industry partners, who are helping to better align City Colleges’ curricula to workplace de- mands. Since the launch of College to Careers in December 2011, more than 100 industry partners have joined the ef- fort by committing to review curricula and offer City Colleges students and graduates first pass at internships
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