GENERAL INFORMATION: In addition to the obvious financial impacts, the current energy crisis has caused some inconvenience to SRJC operations. At this writing, the Santa Rosa and Petaluma Campuses as well as the Public Safety Training Center at Two Rock have had at least one power outage which interrupted College operations.

A notification protocol, based on a combination of voice mail overrides, email and runners has been developed to notify, when possible, the College Community in advance of an anticipated power outage.

During the period of Stage 3 alerts, the College is attempting to operate as normally as possible. Faculty, student and staff safety is the highest priority concern. To this end, instructional administrators and the College President have issued a set of (see attached) guidelines to assist during periods of inconvenience generated by power outages. College programs and operations have been provided information on how to respond to energy outages during both daylight and evening hours. Programs and operations with special needs have been advised to work with Facilities Operations and College Police in order to insure an orderly departure from classrooms, support space and offices when necessary.

EMERGENCY IMPROVEMENTS: During the power outages, the College discovered that the phone systems in Bailey Hall and the William B. Race Health Sciences Building were inoperable. Battery backup systems for these facilities as well as the College's voice mail system have been purchased and installed. Additionally, the College has increased the number of "stair chairs" utilized to assist disabled individuals in moving down stairwells in multi-level facilities.

EXISTING ENERGY CONSERVATION MEASURES: The College has a long history of investing in and installing major energy conservation measures. These measures have, in the past, assisted the College to either substantially reduce energy costs or to avoid them altogether. For example, the College recently completed an interior lighting retrofit throughout the Santa Rosa Campus. The Energy Management System (EMS), which controls the heating and cooling systems, has been in place for well over fifteen (15) years and continues to assist in the conservation of energy. Continued......

The College has installed several room occupancy sensors through the years in an attempt to shut off as many lights possible. The College's small cogeneration plant paid for itself within its first five years and continues to assist the College in energy savings as well as produce 240 kilowatts of power for the SRJC electrical grid. Eight years ago, the College replaced its Bailey Field lights with more energy efficient units.

Newer facilities have incorporated the latest conservation measures via state-of-the-art mechanical and electrical system designs and nearly all SRJC facilities have had their energy utilization systems modernized. The College has nearly finalized its site lighting retrofit program (high pressurized sodium) and will finish the Santa Rosa Campus when the Emeritus-Plover-Race Quad project is completed early this summer.

ADDITIONAL ENERGY CONSERVATION MEASURES: In response to the current energy crisis, College staff is exploring the possibility of consolidating the locations of its Friday and Saturday classes into as few instructional facilities as is reasonably possible. College staff are evaluating the installation of more room occupancy sensors to automatically shut off lights in unoccupied classrooms, offices and other support spaces. Thermostats are set at the 68 degree level during the winter and at 78 degrees for the summer. The College persists in its efforts to modernize old mechanical units (future projects include replacement of the existing Analy Hall boiler, Shuhaw Hall HVAC system and re-lamping gymnasium lighting systems).

Finally, College staff have been responding to requests that, where feasible, they voluntarily reduce energy usage. This has resulted in several office de-lamping projects, the powering down or shutting off of computers and printers when not in use for at least thirty minutes (30), etc. The College continues to restrict the use of energy draining devices such as space heaters. College staff will continue to further refine its energy conservation efforts.