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Congratulations to our winners!!!
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On July 24, 2008, at the 5th Annual Economic Development Forum, the Monterey County Business Council announced the winners of the Public-Private Partnership Awards.
Every year, the Monterey County Business Council recognizes public-private partnerships which have contributed to the economic vitality of the communities in Monterey County, such as increasing the tax base of a city or the county, retaining jobs, creating jobs, upgrading the skills of the workforce or other measurable benefit. This year the Council presented awards in two categories: Economic Development Public-Private Partnerships and Green Public-Private Partnerships.
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The Economic Development Public-Private Partnership Award was presented to Ausonio Incorporated, Friends of the Castroville Library, Monterey County Free Libraries, Monterey County Resource Management Agency, Nova Partners, Inc., and Paul Davis Partnership for the Castro Plaza Project in Castroville.
The Castro Plaza project involved construction of a library, a child & family resource center, and a central fountain plaza. This was a public-private partnership in which Ausonio Incorporated partnered with Monterey County Resource Management Agency and the Monterey County Free Libraries as the prime public sector partners. Ausonio Inc. worked with Friends of the Castroville Library, a private non-profit group, to raise much of the funding for the project by private donations. The Paul Davis Partnership provided architectural design, and Ausonio Inc. provided construction management in conjunction with Nova Partners. In the final phase of the project, Friends of Castro Plaza raised private funding to complete the community fountain plaza.
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THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS! |
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Forum Sponsored by:
County of Monterey
AT&T
San Bernabe Vineyards
Blue Pacific Computer
Green Award Sponsored by:
Pacific Gas & Electric
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One of two Green Public-Private Partnership Awards was presented to CSU Monterey Bay and PG&E for the UC/CSU/IOU Statewide Energy Efficiency Partnership. The Energy Efficiency Partnership is a partnership to fund energy efficiency projects on UC and CSU campuses.
Working at the local level, the Partnership leverages CSUMB and PG&E funds to develop projects that result in real energy savings. Projects implemented at CSUMB between 2005 and 2008 include lighting retrofits, heating and ventilation retrofits, and control upgrades. These projects resulted in annual savings of 1,900,000 kwh of electricity, and 60,000 therms of natural gas or 16% and 11% of CSUMB's annual consumption respectively. This reduction in electricity alone is equivalent to the annual usage of 275 homes. Reducing this energy use also moved the campus closer to its Presidents' Climate Change Commitment goal of climate neutrality by eliminating 1,014 of carbon dioxide emissions associated with the campuses energy use.
Between 2005 and 2008 the total value of the projects implemented by the Partnership was $835,000. These funds were expended locally, approximately $740,000 with local contractors, suppliers and engineers and $90,000 to accelerate the hiring of one employee to the University's maintenance staff.
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The other Green Public-Private Partnership Award was presented to Hayward and The Sustainability Academy for their EnviroSmart Program.
Hayward first became interested in promoting the value of green products between 1993 and 1997. EnviroSmart products were launched into the market and they continue to add to them. The products have been chosen because they are the best in their class. A team evaluates the products and based on their recommendations, Hayward adds them to the list of recommended products. Hayward works in conjunction with The Sustainability Academy in Monterey to evaluate and review the criteria of current listings of environmentally preferred building products. The Sustainability Academy works with vendors to determine how to expand the product line. The Academy will be verifying current product information and reviewing products as they relate to any green building certification system (LEED, Build It Green, NAHB), inquiring about new product lines, and assessing how they fit in with Hayward's EnviroSmart criteria. Hayward anticipates that the benefits derived from the process will help build product EnviroSmart awareness.
The strength of Hayward and The Sustainability Academy partnership will help grow the line and allow them to offer more environmentally preferred building products. As more and more builders are being asked to build to the LEED standard (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design), Hayward is uniquely positioned with expertise to help builders achieve those goals. This shows up immediately in the bid process and gives Hayward a significant advantage in earning the business. Because of expertise in these areas, they have recently helped some of our local commercial builders win LEED commercial projects from larger, national commercial builders who were not aligned with a supplier that understands LEED and has a reputation for leadership in this area.
Hayward not only understands LEED but has also built their Truss Plant to the LEED Standard. They have just completed the third printing of the EnviroSmart Brochure and the second printing of the EnviroSmart Products Guide.
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