San Antonio

Leading the Way Forward to theThird Industrial Revolution

9/28/09

Table of Contents

Preface..............................................................................................................................................................................3

San Antonio: Leading the way forward............................................................................................................................5

The Current Economic Circumstance in San Antonio......................................................................................................9

Energy Efficiency: A Critical Foundation Principle.......................................................................................................15

First Pillar: Distributed Renewable Energy.....................................................................................................................23

Second Pillar: Buildings as Power Plants.......................................................................................................................30

Third Pillar: Energy Storage...........................................................................................................................................35

Fourth Pillar: Smart Grids and Smart Infrastructure......................................................................................................42

The Distributed Social Vision.........................................................................................................................................52

Mapping the Transition...................................................................................................................................................57

Supplemental Information...............................................................................................................................................75

Recommendations from Third Industrial Revolution Global CEO Business Roundtable participants...........................80

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Acknowledgements

This report was written by Jeremy Rifkin (The Third Industrial Revolution Global CEOBusiness Rountable), John A. “Skip” Laitner (American Council for an Energy-EfficientEconomy) and Nicholas Easley (Office of Jeremy Rifkin), with active support fromKaren Ehrhardt-Martinez (ACEEE), Chris Knight (ACEEE), and Vanessa McKinney(ACEEE). We express our deep appreciation to the many participants of The ThirdIndustrial Revolution Global CEO Business Roundtable, including Wendy Tobiasson(KEMA), Kaj Den Daas (Philips Lighting), Jeff Drees (T.A.C.), Chad Nobles (Siemens),Colin Harrison (IBM), Boris Schubert (Q-Cells), Laura Berland-Shane (Siemens),Thomas Jensen (SAIC), Peter Duprey (Acciona), Stefano Boeri (Boeri Studio), EnricRuiz-Geli (Cloud 9 Architecture), Al Wynn (CH2M Hill), Cassie Quaintence (Schneider Electric), Ed Cross (Cross & Company), Angelo Consoli (The Hydrogen University),Robert Friedland (Proton Energy Systems), Woody Clark (Clark Strategic Partners),Daryl Wilson (Hydrogenics), Rob McGillivray (Hydrogenics) Byron McCormick, AlanSchurr (IBM), Mark Hura (General Electric), Robert Wilhite (KEMA), and Alan Lloyd(ICCT).And finally, we would also like to express our deep appreciation for the guidance andinsights of Mayor Phil Hardberger (City of San Antonio), Aurora Geis (CPS EnergyBoard), Steve Bartley (CPS Energy), Cris Eugster (CPS Energy), Milton Lee, (CPSEnergy) and the many other knowledgeable and professional staff from the City of SanAntonio, CPS Energy, Alamo Area Council of Governments, Electric Power ResearchInstitute, Nexant, Texas Public Utilities Commission, Solar San Antonio, AmericanInstitute of Architects, Zachry Construction, and Southwest Research Institute.