Tracking Aspen’s Climate Impact: Trends in communitywide greenhouse gas emissions
Aspen conducts a comprehensive inventory of its communitywide greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions on an annual basis. This emissions inventory provides valuable insights into the largest sources of emissions, to help us understand where to focus our efforts on reducing emissions. The inventory follows standard, accepted protocols to estimate emissions from all major sources, including from […]
Tracking Bellevue’s Climate Impact: Trends in communitywide greenhouse gas emissions
BELLEVUE ANALYZES its communitywide greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions on an annual basis to identify the largest sources of emissions and trends over time. The communitywide inventory measures emissions from our buildings, vehicles, waste, and water consumption. Such an inventory is a useful measure for cities to track progress toward reducing our footprint over time.
Drivers of Change Analysis for Local GHG Emissions: Data for Better Decisions
The City of Bellevue, Washington, and ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability, with funding from the Energy Department’s Cities Leading through Energy Analysis and Planning (Cities-LEAP) program, developed a toolkit to give cities more insight into what is driving changes in local greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from year to year. The toolkit allows cities to […]
Durango, CO: Achieving Sustainability Goals with EPEAT and ICLEI’s ClearPath
EPEAT and ICLEI ClearPath are utilized by the City of Durango to achieve sustainability goals set forth in a Municipal Sustainability Action Plan EPEAT-Registered IT product purchases have resulted in quantifiable environmental benefits, significant cost-savings and public recognition ICLEI ClearPath enables Durango to develop greenhouse gas inventories, forecast scenarios, visualize climate action plans, and track […]
Hayward, CA, Green Energy Generation at City of Hayward’s Water Pollution Control Facility
The City of Hayward’s Water Pollution Control Facility (WPCF) is an award-winning green energy generating site and the first publicly owned treatment works and largest generating account in the California RES-BCT (Renewable Self Generating Bill Credit Transfer) Program. Since the completion of the 1,132 kilowatt (kW) cogeneration facility in 2014, it has been generating an […]
Milwaukee, WI, Pursuing Ambitious Energy Efficiency for Better Buildings with PACE Financing
To solidify itself as a low-carbon leader and support economic growth through energy efficiency, the City of Milwaukee has undertaken a comprehensive energy efficiency program for buildings. Building efficiency in the commercial sector provide particular opportunity for the City to curtail greenhouse gas emissions while epitomizing public-private leadership on greenhouse gas emissions reduction. Utilizing a […]
Norwalk, CA, Participates in Cohort Training Model to Complete GHG Inventory
The City of Norwalk, CA, participated in the no-cost 2017 Statewide Energy Efficiency Collaborative (SEEC) Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Inventory Cohort Session with 19 other agencies across CA. With the help of their CivicSpark Climate Fellow, they were able to complete their GHG inventory for 2012.
Fremont, CA, Microgrid Demonstration Project at City of Fremont Fire Stations
Three City of Fremont Fire Stations are benefitting from a microgrid energy demonstration project that pairs solar photovoltaic (PV) carports with large battery systems to allow the facilities to generate and store their own energy, acting like mini power plants. The project is a public-private partnership between the City of Fremont, the Fremont-based clean technology […]
Case Study: Climate Preparedness in the San Diego County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan Update
Since 2009, the San Diego region’s local governments and public agencies have been working with ICLEI and The San Diego Foundation to address impacts of climate change in the region. This collaboration has resulted in developing the Sea Level Rise Adaptation Strategy for San Diego Bay, which was followed by a series of workshops and […]
Integrating Hazard Mitigation and Climate Adaptation Planning
ICLEI- Local Governments for Sustainability, in partnership with The San Diego Foundation and Scripps Institution of Oceanography, is providing technical assistance and stakeholder engagement around the incorporation of climate change impacts and adaptation in the 2015 update to the San Diego County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan. ICLEI conducted case study and best practices research during […]