Greater Houston By-Product Synergy Project
Working Meeting
September 18, 2013
OVERVIEW
ABOUT THE US BCSD
Part of the WBCSD Regional
Network, we create
opportunities for our members
to work on authentic
sustainability projects with
industry, government and other
key stakeholders who might not
otherwise have the chance to
collaborate and network.
COLLABORATIVE PROCESS
BPS AND WATER SYNERGY
Our projects use established
work processes to create a
“safe” zone to build trust and
the business relationships
needed for detailed
information sharing to take
action - whether that is about
material exchanges,
watershed initiatives, or energy.
By-Product Synergy (BPS) is the
matching of under-valued
waste, transportation, energy
and other streams from one
facility with potential users at
another facility to create new
revenues or savings,
environmental and societal
benefits.
Leveraging the BPS
methodology, the US BCSD
Water Synergy collaboration
forum provides an engine for
inventive thinking and action
for water quantity, quality and
stormwater challenges.
THE BPS PROCESS
Network
Raw
Material
Communication
Company A
Product A
By-Product
X
Disposal
Processing?
Company B
Raw
Material
X
Product B
EXAMPLE OPPORTUNITIES
Tires – Tire Derived Fuel
Vinyl Acetate – Carpet Adhesive
Food Waste – Energy & Compost
Pallet Reuse
Spent Chemicals Recycling
Off Spec Polymers – Floor Sealant or Fuel
Catalyst Reuse and Recycling
Drilling muds for Fuel
ESTIMATED BENEFITS: HOUSTON BPS
BPS Metrics
Total Cost Savings
Annual Savings
$4,500,000
Waste to Landfill Avoided (tons)
16,000
Life cycle CO2 Emissions (MT eCO2)
19,000
Life Cycle Water Use Reduction (million gal)
400
Life Cycle Energy Use (1000 barrels of oil)
450
Life Cycle Nonrenewable Resources (tons)
32,000
US BCSD MATERIALS MARKETPLACE
CURRENTLY IN DEVELOPMENT
The new US BCSD Materials
Marketplace is a robust tool for
sustainability professionals and
operations managers to post, seek
and exchange underutilized materials
more effectively.
Beta testing begins in October 2013.
CIRRUS STATUS
Cirrus is currently offline, but material updates can be contributed to
sikdar@usbcsd.org. We will maintain a current list of materials in a
secured offline database and will work with members to update
their information and materials when the marketplace is rolled out in
Houston in Q1 2014.
ON WATER
The US BCSD Water Synergy
collaboration forum provides an
engine for inventive thinking and
action for water quantity, quality
and stormwater challenges.
LOUISIANA WATER SYNERGY PROJECT
MULTI-INDUSTRY FORUM
21 company participants come
from different sectors of industry but
face similar challenges regarding
water issues. Collaborative thinking
leads to creative actions to address
those challenges.
HOUSTON WATER SYNERGY
• Provide a multi-industry forum for addressing water management
challenges in Houston
• Achieve tangible water synergy benefits related to water quantity,
quality, and storm water for the participating companies and the region
• Link the efforts of the private sector to those underway in the public
sector; and
• Establish a long-term collaboration plan in this region that fosters mutually
beneficial solutions to mitigate risks and avoids competitive tensions.
LOUISIANA WORKING GROUPS
NUTRIENTS
WETLANDS
reducing nutrients in
the Mississippi River
and Gulf of Mexico.
restoring wetlands
by introducing
treated water,
nutrients, &
sediment from
near-by facilities.
GROUNDWATER
reducing
groundwater use
and risks in high
priority areas.
SYSTEMS SHARING
create synergies
between facilities
through water reuse
or shared
infrastructure for
water supply/water
treatment
RED MUD
evaluating use of
red mud from
alumina production
to reduce costs of
levee construction
NEXT STEPS – WATER SYNERGY PROJECTS
• Replicate the project in other water-stressed regions
• Integrate UVA participatory simulation game
• Increase awareness & support for this business-led approach for
watershed collaboration
PACE FINANCING
Texas
19%
Texas’ industrial sector is a huge,
untapped market for energy saving
retrofits.
Remainder of U.S.
81%
Texas vs. nationwide energy consumption by industry
TEXAS CLEAN ENERGY/WATER CONSERVATION FINANCING - SB385
(PACE)
• 100% project financing
• Repaid via property tax bill
• Long payback period – 20 years
• Payments stay with the property
• No effect on capital budget
• Energy savings offset payments
ELIGIBLE IMPROVEMENTS
Energy efficiency
Renewable energy
Water conservation
PACE AND BPS
Pound-for-pound, material reuse is significantly less energy intensive vs.
virgin materials. BPS opportunities that meet the PACE criteria include:
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Capital investment needed for equipment to implement synergy project
Savings to investment ratio greater than 1
Environmental benefits
• Reduced landfill or incineration disposal
• Renewable energy production
• Avoided virgin materials needed
Examples include: anaerobic digestion technology, chemical reprocessing
equipment, waste heat energy capture equipment, or other material processing
equipment needed to make a synergy project happen.
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usbcsd.org
@usbcsd
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