PORT OF SEATTLE 
MEMORANDUM 
COMMISSION AGENDA               Item No.      7b 
STAFF BRIEFING 
Date of Meeting     March 11, 2014 
DATE:    February 14, 2014 
TO:      Tay Yoshitani, Chief Executive Officer 
FROM:   Dave Soike, Director Aviation Facilities and Capital Program 
Wayne Grotheer, Director Aviation Project Management Group 
SUBJECT:  Airport-wide Energy Conservation Program - Stage III Mechanical Energy
Conservation Project Analysis and Design (CIP #C800658) 
BACKGROUND 
The Stage III Mechanical Energy Conservation project objective is to improve the energy
performance of the mechanical infrastructure system at the Airport. This mechanical
project is a portion of an overall energy conservation program in progress since 2001 that
also includes electrical projects, for example the current upgrade to parking garage
lighting. The conservation program utilizes a partnership between the Port of Seattle,
Washington State Department of Enterprise Services, and an Energy Service Company
(ESCO) in order to facilitate the most cost-effective approach to completing energy
conservation measures to existing facilities.  The program requires that the ESCO
guarantee a level of energy savings prior to construction and then measure and verify the
level of savings after the project is complete.  This is the third mechanical energy
conservation initiative developed by the Port of Seattle. Stage I was completed in 2008
and Stage II was just recently completed. 
This project will provide a 10% internal rate of return for energy conservation measures
that will be one of several to help offset future energy needs for projected building
expansions such as the new International Arrivals Facility and the NorthSTAR projects.
The initial request will fund the analysis and design work to conduct the energy audit,
prepare the project notebook, prepare preliminary designs, calculate the savings, and the 
rate of return for the proposed energy conservation measures. A future Commission
request will be made upon completion of this preliminary phase to execute the revisions
to the infrastructure that meet the payback criteria and verify that the savings to the
Airport are realized.
ATTACHMENTS TO THIS BRIEFING 
Computer slide presentation. 
PREVIOUS COMMISSION ACTIONS OR BRIEFINGS 
October 1, 2013  Aviation Division Capital Budget, Commission Briefing 

Template revised May 30, 2013.