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Action Item 10 |
Provide
Task Force assistance to other federal, state, and local agencies in key
infrastructure areas. |
Due Date |
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10-1 |
Collaborative for High Performance Schools
(CHPS). Continue participating with CHPS to
develop workshops for school officials, architects, and engineers; refine
the CHPS Best Practices Manual; and provide technical
assistance on their model high performance schools grant
projects. |
Ongoing |
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10-2 |
University of California (UC) and California
State University (CSU) Systems. Assist the UC and CSU systems with their sustainable building
programs and actively participate in the planning and design activities
associated with the UC
Merced
campus (including their sustainable building
conference). |
Ongoing |
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10-3 |
Community Colleges (CCC). Assist the CCC system in providing training; expanding
its energy
management program; identifying and supporting the development of model
capital outlay projects (e.g., De Anza College project); and incorporating
an integrated design, life cycle costing, and post-occupancy evaluation
process into its capital outlay process. |
Ongoing |
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10-4 |
Department of Forestry
and Fire Protection (CDF). Continue working with CDF to integrate sustainable
building practices into its new construction and renovation projects. |
Ongoing
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10-5 |
State
Hospitals. Identify opportunities to
incorporate sustainable building practices into state and local hospital
projects.
|
Ongoing |
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10-6 |
Housing and Community Development
(HCD). Assist HCD in developing
sustainable building grant criteria for its various programs, and identify
other areas where incorporating sustainable building
practices is appropriate. |
Ongoing
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10-7 |
Commission on Building for
the 21st Century. Provide technical assistance in
drafting the final report and assist the Commission in implementing any
recommendations that pertain to sustainable building
activities. |
Completed |
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10-8 |
California
State Library. Continue working with the California State
Library to explore training opportunities and incorporate sustainable
building practices into its grant criteria. |
January 2002
|
|
10-9 |
Los
Angeles Exposition Park Sustainable Building Task Force. Provide
ongoing technical assistance to the Los Angeles Exposition Park
Sustainable Building Task Force in the development of its design
guidelines and project specifications, pursuant to the Green Action
Plan. |
Ongoing |
|
10-10 |
Department of Parks and Recreation
(DPR). Continue working with DPR to
integrate sustainable building practices into its new construction and renovation projects.
Develop a training program specific to DPR capital outlay staff. |
Ongoing |
|
10-11 |
Department of Corrections
(CDC). Collaborate with the Department of
Corrections to develop a model sustainable correctional treatment facility
prototype. |
Ongoing |
|
10-12 |
Public
Employees Retirement System (PERS). Provide technical assistance on
the development of the new headquarters project; monitor the PERS high
performance building investment strategy; and explore opportunities to
promote sustainable building practices in other state financing
and investment programs (e.g., the State Teachers Retirement Fund, State
Treasurer, and the Infrastructure Bank and other programs within the
Technology, Trade, and Commerce Agency). |
Ongoing |
|
10-13 |
Department of
Transportation (Caltrans). Continue providing technical assistance on
the new district offices in San Diego and Los Angeles. These projects should become part
of the “Leadership Building”
effort. Identify other
opportunities to incorporate recycled content materials and other
sustainable specifications into the Caltrans’
road construction program. |
Ongoing |
|
10-14 |
Proper Siting Considerations. Develop a partnership with the State Treasurer’s
Office to assist in the implementation of the various initiatives
under the “Smart
Investments Program.” |
Ongoing |
|
10-15 |
Utilities. Work with investor owned utilities
to improve and expand the use and effectiveness of the “Savings By Design”
program. Explore sustainable
building partnership opportunities with the municipal utilities. |
Ongoing |
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10-16 |
Department
of General Services.
- Maximize
opportunities for front-end sustainable building design by working with
the Department of Finance and the Department of General Services on
augmented capital outlay budget packages.
- Infuse
the Department of General Services’ “Excellence
in Public Buildings Initiative”
with outstanding sustainable building practices through the development
of a design competition, a
Governor’s
awards program, and post-occupancy evaluation criteria for state
buildings.
- Support
the Sustainable Procurement Task Force’s
efforts to develop specifications and programs for the purchase of
sustainable, energy efficient, and recycled content products, services,
and materials.
- Develop
sustainable building performance, maintenance, and operation
standards.
- Benchmark state facilities using the federal government’s
Energy Star for Buildings Program.
- Conduct
a series of meetings between the Sustainable Building Task Force and the
Excellence in Public Buildings working group at DGS to determine roles
and responsibilities.
- Continue partnership activities with the California Commissioning
Collaborative and California Fuel Cell Partnership.
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Ongoing |
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10-17 |
Local,
State, and Federal Government. Explore partnership opportunities
with other cities, states, and the federal government, (e.g., the federal Rebuild America Program, Seattle’s
and Pennsylvania’s
sustainable building programs, and the California Green Building
Collaborative). |
Ongoing |
|
10-18 |
Private
and Non-Profit Sectors. Work
with
members of the California Building Owners and Managers Association, the United States
Green Building Council, Global Green, the Natural Resources Defense
Council, and others on sustainable building activities. |
Ongoing |
