Sunnyvale Office Center
505 West Olive Avenue
Sunnyvale, CA 94088-3707
TDD/TYY 408-730-7501
sunnyvale.ca.gov
November 4, 2022
Anthony Eulo, Senior Manager of Public Sector Service
Silicon Valley Clean Energy
333 W El Camino Real
#330
Sunnyvale, CA 94087
Re: Sunnyvale Application for Community Decarbonization Demonstration Grant Dear Mr. Eulo,
I am submitting this application packet for the Silicon Valley Clean Energy (SVCE) Community Decarbonization Demonstration Grant on behalf of the City of Sunnyvale.
The City of Sunnyvale is seeking funding to support the electrification of the new Lakewood Branch Library and Learning Center, in northern Sunnyvale. This funding will also support an education and engagement program to showcase the all-electric attributes of the library and provide information and resources to help community member transition their homes to all- electric. Please find the attached application for details on the components of the all-electric library and workshops and educational materials planned for the building.
Sunnyvale is committed to decarbonizing buildings and transportation within the City, as demonstrated in the City’s Climate Action Playbook. Sunnyvale has partnered with SVCE to achieve this shared goal through grants, community outreach, public education, and collaborative policy making and program design. Sunnyvale looks to expand its partnership with SVCE through the implementation of the Decarbonization Demonstration grant at the Lakewood Branch Library and Learning Center.
Thank you for your consideration and please reach out with any questions.
Sincerely,
Madeline Willett
Environmental Programs Manager
[email protected]
408-730-7798
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1 Per the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment’s CalEnviroScreen 4.0 tool, the Lakewood neighborhood census tract 6085504806 is in the 62 percentile for pollution burden, 68 percentile for diesel particulate matter, and 97 percentile for traffic impacts. 2 Sunnyvale’s non-residential natural gas data was provided by Silicon Valley Clean Energy as part of Sunnyvale’s annual community-wide greenhouse gas inventory reporting.
Project Description
The City of Sunnyvale is requesting $500,000 to support the electrification of the new Lakewood Branch Library and Learning Center and the accompanying education and outreach program. The Lakewood Library will be an all-electric building with the costs of the all-electric heating and cooling system, hot water heater, induction cooktop, and educational programming offset by this grant. The library’s Learning Center will provide a digital display of the all-electric building components and energy use, host educational programming for community members on transitioning to all-electric, brochures, and provide an all-electric, rentable community space. Brochures regarding the facility as well as information guiding community members how to electrify their home will be available in the Learning Center and at events.
The City is excited to develop this resource for the northern Sunnyvale community. Sunnyvale determined that the northern Sunnyvale community members were between 2-4 miles away from the nearest library and had the lowest percentage of library card holders than any other community in Sunnyvale. This region of Sunnyvale has been more impacted by traffic and pollution as the community is bordered by Highway 101 and State Route 237
1. Northern Sunnyvale has been dominated by industrial
and commercial space, and the Lakewood community is a small residential neighborhood within the region. This neighborhood is located the furthest away from other City resources, such as the Community Center and Main Library Branch. The Lakewood Library and Learning Center will provide an accessible, all-electric community space that will benefit the community’s health and overall well-being.
Sunnyvale’s Qualifications
Sunnyvale manages a multitude of construction projects on an annual basis, many of which are grant funded. The below table shows the most recent data on Sunnyvale projects from the Sunnyvale Project Administration team’s eBuilder project management application:
FY 2021/22 FY 2021/22 FY 2022/233
Number of projects
managed
89 95 87
Number of grant
funded projects
19 18 15
Budget of grant funded
projects
$42,341,107 $40,910,753 $36,139,420
Grant funded projects
in construction4
6 7 6
Grant funded projects
completed
3 3 2
This table demonstrates Sunnyvale’s ability to manage a large workload of construction projects and work on both federally and state funded grant projects. The City most often works on both federal and Attachment 2
3Data was pulled in November of 2022, only halfway through this fiscal year. 4Projects are logged in either design, bid, or construction phase. The discrepancy between total number of grant projects and total number in construction or complete is due to them being in different phases and the multi-year nature of the projects.
5Sunnyvale’s non-residential natural gas data was provide by SVCE as part of Sunnyvale’s annual community-wide greenhouse gas inventory reporting.
state Department of Transportation funded projects. Nine of the 15 grant projects in FY 2022/23 are with state and federal transportation departments.
The Lakewood Branch Library and Learning Center project is already through the design phase and is expected to receive permits from the state in early 2023. The Sunnyvale Public Library already offers a variety of environmental and sustainability focused programs and has been a strong partner of the Environmental Services team at Sunnyvale. They currently offer the CoolCooktops induction cooktop loaner program and Home Energy Savings kits through their borrowing library. They also host annual Climate Reality lectures in partnership with the Climate Reality Project. As such, the Lakewood Branch Library educational program is an excellent expansion to both the Adult and Youth services offered.
Methane Reduction Calculations
Sunnyvale non-residential buildings used a total of 24,518,248 therms of natural gas in 20205. This is the most recent data available to Sunnyvale for non-residential gas use. In 2020, there was 56,920,000 square feet of commercial space in Sunnyvale. Using the Sunnyvale specific therm per square foot of commercial space factor, it is estimated that the 20,000 square foot library would use 8,615 therms of natural gas annually. Since the building will be all-electric, all 8,615 therms of natural gas will be avoided. An energy model of the building is included on the following page of this packet which shows the modeled efficiency of the buildings energy system.
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34,496
35,280
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21,871
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24,879
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40,241
39,568
34,751
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28,676
27,023
24,560
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7,362
6,464
5,037
5,311
5,175
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9,559
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10,232
9,617
10,410
11,978
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794
983
913
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28.9 58.9
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10,191
2,326
2,407
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62.8 59.4
41.6 33,487
31,931
431,088
297,451
168.9
114.5
104.5 3,575
3,447
64,381 304,997
24,166
23,016
210,448
77.6 83.8
106.2 46,275
2,602
2,698
126,091
9,321
8,916
87,003
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62.8 877
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Energy Cost Savings:
PG&E E-19S Electricity
PG&E G-NR1 Natural Gas
2.3 0.15
0.00 87,003
Attachment 2
Full Description of the Building Electrification Project The Project is sited at 760 Lakechime Drive in Sunnyvale California. It is adjacent to Lakewood Tech EQ Elementary School and Lakewood Park. The Project is approximately 20,068 SF consisting of a one-story library and learning center with community rooms, a prep kitchen and administrative offices. The City of Sunnyvale strived to design an all-electric building to be the equivalent of LEED Gold and a wide variety of energy strategies were considered and included in the design such as: commissioning; energy use monitoring; efficient design and construction; efficient appliances, systems and lighting; the use of renewable and clean sources of energy, generated on-site or off-site; and other innovative practices.
The final building design is all electric and there will be no natural gas service provided to the site.
Electric versions of the building system were chosen over typical, less expensive natural gas models for three items include the building heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC), the water heater, and the cooktop.
Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning
Heating and cooling for the building will be provided by 12 separately controlled Daikin electric heat pump rooftop HVAC units. The overall HVAC system will include building-level energy meters, or submeters that can be aggregated to provide building-level data representing total building energy consumption. The system will meet the minimum applicable acceptable indoor air quality standards including providing increased ventilation, CO2 sensors in all densely occupied spaces, interior cross- contamination prevention, and MERV-13 filtration. The HVAC system will be controlled through the Building Management System and will meet the thermal comfort criteria for controllability.
Heat Pump Water Heater
An electric Heat Pump Water Heater (HPWH) will provide hot water for the building restrooms and the prep kitchen. A fully integrated heat pump water heater is planned with an 80-gallon capacity. The specified HPWH will transfer heat from the surrounding air into the hot water tank, providing industry leading efficiency. The tank will be insulated with 3” thick CFC free polyurethane foam insulation to minimize stand-by heat loss and will have a Hydrastone Cement lining to ensure long tank life.
Induction Cooktop
An induction cooktop will be installed in the prep kitchen. Unlike traditional stoves which use flame or radiant heat to cook food, an induction cooktop uses electromagnetism to cook food inside the pot or pan. Simply turning on a burner without placing a pot or pan above it will not generate any heat.
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Outreach and Community Education Plan
Scheduled to open to the public in Fall 2024, the Lakewood Branch Library and Learning Center is intended to establish a community hub in north Sunnyvale for the services and programs offered by the City of Sunnyvale, the Sunnyvale School District, and the Fremont Union High School district. Through this joint use facility, residents in north Sunnyvale will gain increased access to information and resources to support lifelong learning. The facility will be open to the public six days per week including nights and weekends on set schedule as well as provide rooms for community use beyond normal operating hours. The Learning Center wing of the facility features program spaces prioritized for school district use, program spaces for Library and Recreation programming, rental spaces for community members, and a hands-on Maker space. As the area of the facility that will provide the greatest accessibility to the public, the Learning Center wing will be the primary location for demonstrating the benefits of community electrification.
The four main components of the City’s outreach and community education plan to highlight the all- electric components with education information about the benefits of using electric versus natural gas- powered building components include:
1) Digital display
A digital display monitor will be acquired and installed in the Learning Center wing. This display will feature an ongoing slideshow of the key electric components such as the HVAC system, induction cooktops, and EV chargers, highlighting the benefits of their use for community members. In addition, there will be a dashboard included in the slideshow that presents an at-a-glance view of energy consumption in the building and compares this usage to estimates of energy use from traditional systems. Building-level energy meters and submeters will aggregate data to show total building energy consumption. Dashboard data will be collected for three months after the facility opens to the public and incorporated as part of the digital display. The dashboard will also be made available online via the Library’s website to make that data available remotely. 2) Educational classes, workshops, and other programming The Library will feature educational classes, workshops, and other programming that help Sunnyvale community members understand the benefits and options for clean electricity, electrifying their vehicles, and electrifying their homes.
The induction cooktop located near the Community Room of the library will be accessible to the community for use during scheduled events and rentals, providing them an opportunity to try out the cooktop. Signage will be developed to explain the use and benefits of the cooktop and will also link community members to the CoolCooktops induction cooktop loaner program offered through the Sunnyvale Public Library.
3) Printed brochure
A printed brochure will be developed and made available to the public in the facility which highlights the benefits and options for community members to electrify their living spaces. 4) Community events
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In addition to hosting its own events, the Library participates in a wide variety of community and school events such as Back to School nights, National Night Out, and more. The Library will share the printed brochure regularly at these events and respond to any questions community members may have about the benefits of electrifying their homes or vehicles, including highlighting Silicon Valley Clean Energy as a valuable resource for current information.
Attachment 2
Project Workplan and Timeline
Building Design and Construction
The design and construction of the building will be managed by City of Sunnyvale’s Assistant City Engineer, Nathan Scribner.
The electric HVAC units, electric heat pump water heater and the induction cooktop will be installed during construction of the Lakewood Branch Library and Learning Center project. The project is fully designed and an application for building permits has been submitted. The following timeline is expected for the project:
Permitting: (Present to early 2023)
Construction Bidding: (early to mid-2023)
Award Construction Contract: (mid 2023)
Construction: (14 months- mid 2023 to late 2024)
Furnish and Occupy building: Late 2024
Education and Outreach
The outreach and educational programs portion of this project will be managed by City of Sunnyvale’s Superintendent of Libraries, Steve Sloan. The educational programs will be folded into the Library and Recreation department’s operations and staffing, no additional staff resources are required.
Educational classes that help Sunnyvale community members understand the benefits of electrifying their homes and vehicles will be offered once per quarter January 2023 through December 2024, beginning first at the central Sunnyvale Public Library facility located at 665 W. Olive Ave., and transitioning to the demonstration site at Lakewood Branch Library and Learning Center in Fall 2024 when it opens to the public. The digital display in the learning center will be purchased and installed during the furnishing phase of the building project. Updates to that display will occur as data becomes available.
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Line Item Description SVCE Grant Funding Other Funding* Total Cost (Line B + C) Electric Rooftop Packaged Heat Pump
HVAC w/ Optimizer (12 Units) 472,314.00$ 60,330.00$ 532,644.00$ Electric Heat Pump Water Heater (80
Gal) 6,286.00$ -$ 6,286.00$ Electric 30" Built-in Induction Cooktop 2,400.00$ -$ 2,400.00$ Speaker honorariums at 8 educational
workshops 4,000.00$ -$ 4,000.00$ Digital display - Hardware, software,
installation 10,000.00$ -$ 10,000.00$ Educational brochures - design, printing 5,000.00$ -$ 5,000.00$ Totals 500,000.00$ 60,330.00$ 560,330.00$ *Other Funding should match Project Funding Sources below.
Project Funding Sources
Please list all the sources of other funding below. The total of Other Funding Sources should match Total Other Funding Contribution above.
Source of Other Funding Monetary In-Kind $ Value
Total Contribution of
Funding from Other Sources
(Line B + C)
City of Sunnyvale General Fund 60,330.00$ -$ 60,330.00$ Totals Other Funding Contributions 60,330.00$ -$ 60,330.00$ Funding Secured
(yes/no)
Yes
Lakewood Library Demonstration Grant; Budget
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