Gwinnett County Public Schools Jim Steele Chief Operations Officer Water Conservation Measures Presented to Governor s Environmental Advisory Council July 11, 2006 FO 7/11/06 1
FO 7/11/06 2 Our M&O budget for FY 2007 is $147,723,450. We average spending $125,000,000/year for capital improvements and construction.
FO 7/11/06 3 FACILITIES & OPERATIONS Balanced Approach Know Them, Delight Them Customer Satisfaction Excellent Services Balance Them Excellent Value Design, Build, & Deliver Them Learn & Grow Manage Costs & Productivity Motivation, Empowerment, & Alignment
FO 7/11/06 4 Objectives How Gwinnett County Public Schools Handles growth in terms of building, maintaining and operating schools Is a steward of taxpayer dollars Builds schools on time and within budget
FO 7/11/06 5 Division Division of of Facilities Facilities & & Operations Operations Chief Operations Officer Chief Operations Officer Jim Steele Jim Steele Office of Continuous Quality Improvement Field Engineer Operations Executive Director Facility Planning & Construction Executive Director Department of Fleet & Grounds Maintenance Director Department of Transportation Director Department of Building Maintenance Director Department of Environmental & Supply Services Director Department of Risk Management Manager Department of Facility Planning Director Department of Construction Director Department of Contracts Engineering Contracts Engineer
FO 7/11/06 6 As of March 2006 Everyday We: Maintain Over 18.8 million square feet of school system space (equivalent to 9,426 2,000 square foot homes) Over 2,972 acres of school system property 60.8 miles of chain link fence 1,570 buses and 429 support vehicles 242% of the building space per craftsman as compared to the national average. Operate - 4 Building Maintenance Districts - 8 Fleet Maintenance Locations - 6 Grounds Maintenance Zones
FO 7/11/06 7 As of March 2006 Everyday We: Transport over 216,000 student trips per day, AM & PM (filling & emptying the Georgia Dome three times) Use over 16,000 gallons of fuel Make over 70,000 bus stops a day Travel over 117,000 miles (26 trips to Los Angeles & back) We are the 4 th largest transporter of students in the U.S. Our accident rate is less than a third of the state average Our cost to transport a student is 36% less than the national average Last year we trained and certified 299 bus drivers and 36 monitors Why transport? If we didn t transport the 108,000 students We could have a 3.9 5.25mile line of cars at each school twice a day.
FO 7/11/06 8 Accomplishments Earned the 2001 Georgia Oglethorpe Award for Malcolm Baldrige Criteria Achievement Combination of privatization and in-house professionals provides the best balance of benefit and value to our customers and stakeholders 83% of our non-construction facilities 2006 summer workforce is outsourced - The work force consists of 208 in-house skilled maintenance workers and 1,012 outsourced skilled workers.
New School Cost Per Square Foot $100.00 $80.00 $60.00 $40.00 $88.50 $62.00 30% less $90.50 $68.20 24.6% less $95.80 $66.30 30.8% less Atlanta Area Average GCPS Average $20.00 $0.00 ES MS HS Good The average new school cost per square foot is 28.5% less than the 2000-2003 Metro Average*. *2000-2003 ES, MS, HS most current comparative data FO 7/11/06 9
FO 7/11/06 10 Savings We saved over $57.4 million dollars in construction costs alone and over $1.26 million dollars in Architect and Engineering fees for the 18 new schools we have opened to date as compared to the metro Atlanta average cost.
FO 7/11/06 11 10,500 GCPS Classroom Needs & Building Plans 10,000+ 9,500 8,500 7,906 9,150 9,127 # of Classrooms 7,500 6,500 5,500 4,500 3,500 2,500 Year 7,230 6,747 6,129 6,079 4,675 4,622 3,675 Number of Classrooms as of 2/27/06: Needed Available In Completed 2002-07 Program In Planned 2007-12 Program 1997 2002 2005 2007 2012 2017 Enrollment 93,509 122,570 144,598 158,118 183,009 200,000+ >
How GCPS Conserves Water In Our Facilities and Operations FO 7/11/06 12 Using storm and ground water for irrigation purposes at high school athletic fields we avoid buying 35,000,000 gallons of water annually. This equates to an annual cost avoidance of approximately $138,524 and reduces the water department s demand.
Low volume flush valves are used in all facilities- Based on the projected enrollment for the 2006-2007 school year of 152,162 students, we will save 136,945,800 gallons of water and avoid paying $973,684. FO 7/11/06 13
Evaluating waterless urinals- With a projected enrollment of 152,162 students for school year 2006-2007, we would save 13,694,580 gallons of water and save $97,368 annually if implemented system wide. FO 7/11/06 14
FO 7/11/06 15 Cooling Tower Water Treatment- By reusing the treated water, a 500 ton cooling tower will avoid using 2,000 gallons of water per day. We avoid using 16,712,400 gallons of water annually for the school system at a cost of $53,981.
FO 7/11/06 16 Evaluating geothermal HVAC system which will eliminate the cooling towers that lose significant water to evaporation and blowdown- For every 1100 student elementary school, built with a geothermal system, we will save 1,520,000 gallons of water and save $4,909 per year lost due to cooling tower evaporation and blowdown and lower heating and cooling costs considerably. Versus
FO 7/11/06 17 Lunch rooms use polystyrene and plastic plates, cups and utensils eliminating the need for washing- We are able to save an estimated 7,920,000 gallons of water per year and $56,311 in cost.
FO 7/11/06 18 Porcelain tile floors eliminate the need for waxing and the subsequent need for stripping saving significant water- On average, we avoid using 1,200 gallons of water annually per school that has porcelain tile floors installed on hard surface areas.
FO 7/11/06 19 Evaluating floor scrubbers that use 65 to 75% less water than conventional floor scrubbers- If we receive the stated manufacturer s efficiencies we will save 5,670 gallons of water per average elementary school per year.
FO 7/11/06 20 Xeroscaping, using low maintenance plant material that requires no irrigation for school lawns and landscape islands avoids using an estimated 35,580,800 gallons of water and saves approximately $143,746 in water costs per year.
FO 7/11/06 21 Limiting where we put hot water and "Point of Use" hot water heaters saves 27,389,160 gallons of water and saves $194,737 per year.
FO 7/11/06 22 Recycled water used by our vehicle washing equipment avoids using an estimated 5,875,000 gallons of water and saves $18,976 annually.
FO 7/11/06 23 Our utility management program, electronic work request system, monitoring water consumption and checking for higher usage patterns saves 523,000 gallons of water per year.