Well, I have a lot of experience in that world, and it's tough. It's tough, if you're the tenant, to engage an ESCO, an energy service company, to do an energy performance contract; that has to be done by the owner. You have to say to the owner that either they upgrade the facilities or you're starting to shop around, but that they can pass on those upgrade costs through the triple net approach, and you will pay for it that way. They have to take the responsibility and make the changes.
In the case where you own the facilities, the best thing Public Works could do is have a revolving fund set up for the use of all the departments to access capital, create savings, and pay that back, interest free or whatever. That would be a great opportunity to create some opportunities in your existing buildings that you own.
There's the other part that I'll add really quickly. With all of the occupants, one of the best ways to catch their attention and get them engaged is to have a very simple shared savings program where they may get 10% of the savings to spend on whatever they want to do on their facility. You create a carrot. It's money: “I'm willing to turn off the lights, okay, and I care about the environment, but hey, I'm also going to get some of the savings.”
There are some ideas.