What planners need to know

1. What Planners Need to Know:
Driving Energy Efficiency, Clean Energy, and Health
in Our Communities
Cammy Peterson | Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC)
Mike Davis | Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC)
Sarita Hudson | Partners for a Healthier Community, Inc.

2. Metropolitan Area
Planning Council
Clean Energy
at the Municipal and
Regional Level

3. Cammy Peterson
Director of Clean Energy
cpeterson@mapc.org
617-933-0791
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4. 101
municipalities
1,440 square
miles
Nearly 3.2
million
residents
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5. 5
4
MetroFuture
Vision
 Efficient
transportation
systems
 Conservation
of land and
natural
resources
 Improvement
of the health
and education
of residents
 An increase
in equitable
economic
development
opportunities
for prosperity

6. MAPC Clean Energy
1. Regional Energy
Projects
2. Local Energy Action
Program
3. Energy Technical
• ESCO Procurement • Community Aggregation
• Regional Solar Initiative • EVs & Hybrid
Technology
• LED Streetlight Purchasing • Energy Resiliency
• Connecting to incentives + plug-and-play programs
• Community energy and climate baselining, planning, &
strategizing
• Outreach programming and education
• Grant Writing • Solar Permitting and
Zoning
• Green Communities • State and Local Policy
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7. Source: The Barr Foundation, 7

8. LED Streetlights
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9. • Energy and Cost Savings
 Reduce energy use 50% or more
 Reduce maintenance costs significantly due to
long life (20+ years)
 Payback Periods ~7 years
• Improved safety through enhanced
and decreased light trespass and
• Wireless controls enhance safety &
• Additional Financing Help: Green
Communities and Leasing
Streetlight Opportunity:
LEDs
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10. National
Grid Rate
Tariff
Delivery
Rate
($/Annual
kWh)
Delivery
Cost for
50w HPS
Luminaire
Charge for
50w HPS
3rd Party
Maintenance
Cost
Total
Annual
Charges
S-1 $0.04387 $11.19 $60.71 N/A $71.90
S-5 $0.06207 $15.83 N/A $12.00 $27.83
Savings $44.07
50W HPS Example
• 50w HPS billed for 255 kWh/year.
• 3rd party maintenance plans common at
$1/light/month for HPS fixtures 9

11. • Currently assembling next group of
municipalities for collective
procurement
• Attract more competition
• Benefit from economies of scale
• Avoid duplicative administrative
work
MAPC Group LED
Procurements
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12. Outreach Programs
Energy Efficiency & Solar
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13. Outreach Partnerships -
Framingham
July 2013 – October 2015
1649 Completed home energy assessments
771 Homes insulated/air-sealed
102 Homes installed DMS systems
70 Rooftop Solar PV installations completed (440
kW)
Savings
1693 tons of annual GHG reductions
$364,102 aggregate annual savings
$8,200 donated to Framingham Public Library
Foundation to build a new LEED certified branch 13

14. • City partnered with
EnergySage, an online
marketplace for solar
developers
• Offered both residents and
businesses an additional and
convenient opportunity to go
solar
Innovative Solar Campaign
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Outreach Partnerships -
Melrose
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Municipal Solar
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What is a Solar EMS Contract?
 A solar Energy Management Services (solar EMS) contract, also
commonly referred to as a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) or
Net Metering Credit Purchase Agreement (NMCPA), is a long-term
(20-year) contract for services, including:
 PV system design, financing, and installation
 Operations, maintenance, and system removal
 Long-term lease of public space
 PV Electricity
 System performance guarantee
 All of these services can be procured under one solicitation via
MGL c.25A
 Important: This IS NOT a public works contract. It is a service
agreement.

18. What is the Motivation for Entering into a
Solar EMS Contract?
 A solar Energy Management Services (solar
EMS) contract allows public entities to:
Benefit from low-cost solar electricity
…without the costs/risks of ownership (e.g.,
community has no O&M responsibilities)
…at no upfront cost to the community
Hedge against volatility of grid electricity
pricing
Take advantage of solar tax incentives by
partnering with a private developer
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19. Source: Regional Climate Change Adaptation Strategy,
MAPC, 2015
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Energy
Resiliency

20. Thank You!
Cammy Peterson
Director of Clean Energy
cpeterson@mapc.org
617-933-0791

21. LISC Boston’s
Green Retrofit Initiative
Mike Davis, AICP, LEED AP BD+C
Senior Program Officer, LISC Boston

22. Evolution of Program – 3 distinct phases
 Building owner demand (2010-2012)
 New utility program created: LEAN Low-Income Multifamily
 11 Boston nonprofits enrolled in Green Retrofit Initiative
 HUD Energy Innovation Fund (2012-2015)
 Achieve 20% savings
 Expand statewide engaging nonprofits, for-profits, and public housing authorities
 Experience informs policy (2014-2016)
 20 owners: proactive approach across portfolio
 Policy work focused on connecting utilities and housing finance agencies

23. Green Retrofit Initiative 2010 to 2012
 Goal: Building owner demand
 Funder: Barr Foundation
 Building science partner: New Ecology, Inc.
 Low-Income Multifamily Utility Program (LEAN) only open to nonprofits and
public housing authorities 1st year
 Budget: 1/3 nonprofit, 1/3 for-profit, and 1/3 housing authorities
 LISC worked with 11 Boston CDCs
 Benchmarked 5,000 units; used WegoWise to prioritize
 Retrofitted 1,500 units
 Leveraged $5 Mill
 Owner forums to share successes and failures

24. Where Do I Start?
Benchmarking Used to Prioritize Efforts

25. Post-Retrofit Savings Analysis

27. Green Retrofit Initiative 2012 to 2015
 Goal: Achieving 20%+ savings – give us your worst buildings
 Funders: Barr Foundation and HUD
 Building science partner: New Ecology, Inc.
 1 of 12 HUD Energy Innovation Fund grantees
 10+ year affordability means mostly mid-capital cycle projects
 Results
 Benchmarked 12,000 units
 Retrofitted 3,500 units
 Leveraged $12+ Mill
 Lesson learned: Owners do not want additional debt between capital cycles

28. What Kinds of Buildings?
 Small to large, wood and masonry, scattered site and centrally located – each
building is unique
 Urban, town, and rural
 Mostly master-metered heat, water, and DHW. Mostly individual meters for
electricity in units.

29. 2012-2015 Savings Summary
Savings Gas Electric
> 10% 72% 65%
> 20% 54% 50%
> 30% 18% 34%
Read the full report at www.bostonlisc.org
WegoWise Data Savings Analysis with review by Cadmus

30. Green Retrofit Initiative 2014 to 2016
 Work with owners informs policy opportunities
 Funders: Barr Foundation, MassHousing, and Massachusetts Housing Partnership
 Building science partner: New Ecology, Inc.
 20 orgs enrolled for 1 yr: combined portfolios = 29,000+ units
 17 nonprofits get $10k; 3 for-profits participate
 Benchmark portfolio
 Green Asset Management Plan
 2 priority retrofit projects

31. Green Retrofit Initiative 2014 to 2016
 Results
 Savings achieved, yet large opportunities remain
 Noticeable trends with nonprofit v. for-profits
 Importance of organizational leadership buy-in
 Education: How much money are we leaving on the table?
What if… Water Savings ($.018/gallon)
Electricity Savings
($.18/kWh)
Gas Savings
($1.10/therm)
Annual
Totals
Your buildings matched* the
WegoWise median for all
metrics?
$364,736 $3,700 $51,189 $419,625
Your portfolio decreased use by
20%**, across the board?
$188,881 $41,622 $124,289 $354,792
* buildings already at or below the metric were not included in this savings estimate.
**20% is the portfolio reduction target for participants of the DOE Better Buildings Challenge
Source: New Ecology, Inc.

32. Program Work Informs Policy
 Goal: How do we make it easier for owners to do efficiency work at rehab?
 Housing Finance Agencies will share pipeline with MA’s Low-Income Multifamily
Utility Program (LEAN)
 Utilities will create program roadmap for owners
 All LEAN audits will be given to owners
 LEAN will accept 3rd party comprehensive audits
 LEAN will provide incentive commitment 6 months or less from rehab’s
construction closing
 Owner can choose their own general contractor for LEAN rehab work

33. What’s Next?
 Massachusetts Clean Energy Center grant
 Collaborate with Housing Finance Agencies to provide audits for projects
approaching rehab
 Retrocommission underperforming renewables
 Grant goals
 Audits – Getting all parties (owners, lenders, building science providers, state
agencies, utilities) to talk to each other about deep energy savings opportunities
 Retrocommissioning – How do we make sure renewables are installed and
maintained correctly to ensure savings?
 Inform program and policy design so there are more resources and technical
assistance from state level

34. Contact Information
 Mike Davis, AICP, LEED AP BD+C
 Senior Program Officer, LISC Boston
 mdavis@lisc.org
 (617) 338-0411 x233
 www.bostonlisc.org

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Springfield Pay for Success
Asthma Program Model

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What is Pay For Success?
Pay for success (PFS) models are cross-sector
partnerships in which private investors pay
upfront for a social service and government or
healthcare payors repay the investment if and
only if agreed-upon outcomes are met.
If outcomes are not met, investors lose money

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Basic PFS Model
Graphic: “Pay for Success (PFS) Financing,” Social Finance. Found in “Pay for Success: A Primer for Social Innovators,” Social Innovation Fund

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Basic PFS Model
Graphic: “Pay for Success (PFS) Financing,” Social Finance. Found in “Pay for Success: A Primer for Social Innovators,” Social Innovation Fund

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Basic PFS Model
Graphic: “Pay for Success (PFS) Financing,” Social Finance. Found in “Pay for Success: A Primer for Social Innovators,” Social Innovation Fund

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Basic PFS Model
Graphic: “Pay for Success (PFS) Financing,” Social Finance. Found in “Pay for Success: A Primer for Social Innovators,” Social Innovation Fund

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If it works, investors are paid back
Graphic: “Pay for Success (PFS) Financing,” Social Finance. Found in “Pay for Success: A Primer for Social Innovators,” Social Innovation Fund

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If not, the project ends
Graphic: “Pay for Success (PFS) Financing,” Social Finance. Found in “Pay for Success: A Primer for Social Innovators,” Social Innovation Fund
If outcomes not achieved, project
stops here and government/payor
makes no payments to investors.
Outcomes not achieved

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The PFS Opportunity for Asthma
SOCIAL IMPACT
6.8M kids with asthma in U.S. (18.7M adults)
14M missed school days due to asthma
9M families living in unhealthy homes
Sources: Center for Disease Control and Prevention (http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/asthma.htm)
“GHHI: Improving Health, Economic, and Social Outcomes Through Integrated Housing Intervention,” Environmental Justice, Vol. 7, Number 6, 2014
CASHABLE SAVINGS
PROVEN INTERVENTION
40% of asthma episodes caused by home-based triggers
GHHI Healthy Homes Demonstration Project:
66% asthma hospitalizations 62% participants with 0 absences
28% asthma ED visits 88% participants with 0 missed work days
$5k - $15k per hospitalization
$500 - $5K per ED visit
Other Rx & urgent care costs
$56B spent on asthma annually

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Healthy homes part of effective asthma management
• Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Promote
Healthy Homes (2009)
• The Community Preventive Services Task force
recommends the use of home-based, multi-trigger
interventions with an environmental focus for children
and adolescents
• Cost-benefit studies show a return of $5.3 to $14.0 for each dollar
invested
• Home-based triggers cause 40% of asthma episodes1
1Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Commission to Build a Healthier America.
Beyond Health Care: New Directions to a Healthier America Report. April 2009

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Address Root Causes at Home
Unhealthy
Home
Asthma
Episode
Hospital
Visit
Treatment/
Inhaler

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Environmental Assessment &
Health Education Together
Environmental Assessor-Energy Auditor (HHS/BPI)
• Conduct pre-intervention environmental assessments / audits
• Develop comprehensive scopes of work for properties
• Conduct post intervention assessments and audits
Community Health Worker
• Conduct asthma/HH resident education during assessment
• Coordinate client health surveys and data collection
• Distribute HEPA-Vacuum and indoor allergen reduction kit
• Referrals and follow-up client services
• Review asthma action plan
• Medication adherence
• Ongoing education, behavioral reinforcement,
and band follow-up with PCP / care managers

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Healthy Homes Interventions
• Installation of mattress and pillow covers
• Integrated pest management: gel baits, boric acid, glue traps,
reducing entry points, cleaning/behavioral change (clutter)
• Mold remediation
• Venting kitchen, bathroom and dryer; filter replacements
• Removal or steam cleaning of carpets
• Air filtering system installed in child’s bedroom
• Air conditioners and dehumidifiers
• Provision of a HEPA-vacuum and indoor allergen reduction
cleaning kit
• Other Healthy Homes Interventions with leveraged funding
(lead, radon, asbestos)

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Evidence Base for Healthy Homes
• NAEPP Guidelines-based care calls for
1) Assessment of disease severity;
2) Medication;
3) Patient education; and
4) Environmental control
• HHS’s Community Preventive Services Task
Force found “strong evidence of
effectiveness of in-home environmental
interventions” in improving asthma
management and overall quality of life for
asthmatics.
Surgeon General’s Call
to Action to Promote
Healthy Homes (2009)
• Cost benefit studies show a return of $5 to $14 per $1.

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Impact: Building a Business Case
1Peer-reviewed and published in Environmental Justice journal
Green & Healthy Homes Initiative: Improving Health,
Economic and Social Outcomes Through Integrated Housing
Intervention
• 66% reduction in asthma-related client hospitalizations
• 28% reduction in asthma-related client ED visits
• 50% increase in participants never having to visit the
doctor’s office due to asthma episodes
• 62% increase in participants reporting asthma-related
perfect attendance for their child (0 school absences
due to asthma episodes)
• 88% increase in participants reporting never having to
miss a day of work due to their child’s asthma episodes
Environmental Justice, Vol 7. Number 6, 2014

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Reduced Costs = Cashable Savings
• 1 asthma-related hospitalization on average
costs $7506 in Baltimore
• 1 asthma-related emergency room visit on
average costs $820 in Baltimore
Asthma
hospitalizations
and ED visits
Cashable
Savings
[2009-10 data]

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Why Springfield?

52. Percentage of Housing Units Built Before 1940
Old Housing Stock in Springfield

53. Blighted, Condemned, and Vacant
Properties – Spring 2013
1,162 properties listed as blighted, vacant and/or condemned.

54. Environmental Justice Neighborhoods

56. Build Health, 2016

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READY- CHW Intervention
“Reducing and Eliminating Asthma Disparity in Youth”
• 2009 ARRA - High Street Health Center (HSHC) Pediatrics)
• 2011 HUD - (HSHC Pediatrics)
• 2013 -2015 CMMI “New England Asthma Innovation Collaborative
(NEIAC)” - HSHC, Mason Square Health Center, Brightwood Health
Center

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Preliminary Results
– Asthma Control Pre versus Post (N = 119)
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59. • Multi-sector collaborative to address housing and
health
– Include residents and landlords
• Coordinated referral system for concerns related to
housing and health
• Training on Healthy Homes approach
www.springfieldhealthyhomes.org

60. Springfield Pay for Success
• Referrals of pediatric and
adult asthma cases
• Case management by
Community Health
Workers
• Program and data management
• Housing assessment and remediation
• Coordinate leveraged services
• Insurer/Payer

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Benefits of PFS
Progress towards systemic change
Bridges timing gap between service provision
and cost savings
Pay for what works
Stable, flexible funding to service providers
Shifts focus from remediation to prevention
Rigorous program evaluation

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PFS Challenges
Lengthy feasibility and transaction structuring
Cost savings can be difficult to ascertain
Limited supply of appropriate interventions
High transaction costs
Bureaucracies and silos

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Sarita Hudson
Pioneer Valley Asthma Coalition Manager
Partners for a Healthier Community
shudson@partnersforahealthiercommunity.org