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Appendix H: Sustainable Asset Management: The Case of Los Angeles Community College District--Thomas L. Hall
Appendix H: Sustainable Asset Management: The Case of Los Angeles Community College District--Thomas L. Hall
Pages 125-134
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is made up of nine colleges (Figure H.1) located throughout Los Angeles County, an area of 882 square miles, which includes 36 cities.
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In a community college district where we have capital funds but limited operational funds, we want to ensure that we design and construct buildings that can be efficiently operated and maintained for many years. As we started on the total construction program for all nine colleges, we began developing guidelines to provide some consistency and efficiency for the colleges and for the architects and engineers hired by the colleges.
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FIGURE H.3 Pierce College botanic garden, reflecting Southern Cali fornia's environment and the need for water efficiency. SOURCE: Courtesy of the Los Angeles Community College District.
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fig h-4.eps bitmap FIGURE H.5 Conference room furniture available at Los Angeles Community College District's furniture procurement showroom. SOURCE: Courtesy of the Los Angeles Community College District.
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With regard to centralized distribution, LACCD is building a number of central plants, with differing characteristics. For example, the Valley College central plant incorporates solar thermal, which takes care of the heat and the cooling load of the campus by using an absorption chiller for cooling and stored hot water for heating (Figure H.6)
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fig h-6.eps 3 bitmaps FIGURE H.7 New infrastructure for centralized energy distribution at Pierce College. SOURCE: Courtesy of the Los Angeles Community College District.
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In a municipal-owned utility territory, however, this has been more challenging. Six of our colleges are in municipal-owned utility Los Angeles Department of Water and Power territory where the municipality has a city charter that says no one can sell energy in its district.
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At one point we were looking at going off the utility grid, but it became apparent that we could use the utility grid to our advantage. Using the grid for energy storage is not out of the question, but we need to work out the details with the utility companies.
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Further complicating the financing package is the use of third parties. In addition, in designing buildings to obtain LEED certification, people perceive "Platinum certified" to be very expensive.
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