Energy Efficiency and Conservation
Agency
- 1 Audits and Assessments
- 1.1 Conducts inventories of greenhouse gas emissions to guide and monitor the City's efforts to encourage emission reductions in City operations and the community as a whole.
o 2005 Government Operations Greenhouse Gas Inventory*
o 2005 Community-Wide Greenhouse Gas Inventory*
o 2010 Community-Wide Greenhouse Gas Inventory*
- 2 Internal Policies and Procedures
- Implemented energy conservation practices in building maintenance supplies, parts and systems in City facilities.
- Participates in the San Francisco Community Power Demand Response Program, reducing city-wide electricity use on peak demand days.
- http://www.sfpower.org
- Retrofits and Upgrades
- 2.1Converted to energy efficient electronic ballasts in City lighting systems.
- Installed energy efficiency upgrades to some City facilities, including $1,422,738 of heating, ventilation and air conditioning improvements identified in the San Mateo County Energy Watch Energy Efficiency Audit, resulting in a projected annual savings of $60,623 in energy cost.
o Resolution 2014-30 Awarding Contract for Energy Efficiency Upgrades, approved 4/7/2014.
- Outside Lighting
- Installed Light Emitting Diode (LED) streetlights on all public streets. PG&E projected that 142,000 kWh will be saved annually in energy through this retrofit, resulting in 81,448 pounds of avoided greenhouse gas emissions.
o Resolution 2012-97 Authorizing Replacement of HPS Streetlights with LED, 11/19/2012
o Press Release on LED Streetlights, 3/8/2011
- Converted all traffic and pedestrian signals to LED's.
o Resolution 98-01 Authorizing the Replacement of Red Incandescent Traffic Lamps with Red Light Emitting Diode (LED) Signal Faces,1/5/1998
o Resolution 2003-42 Authorizing the Replacement of Signal Faces for Pedestrian and Yellow Signal Head Light Emitting Diode Project, 5/5/2003
- Installed solar powered speed safety signs and LED Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacons (RRFBs) near Bowditch Middle School and Edgewater Shopping Center.
o Resolution 2014-117 Approving an Agreement for LED Beacons on Beach Park Boulevard at Bowditch Middle School, 11/17/2014
o Resolution 2014-61 Approving an Agreement for LED Beacons at Port Royal Avenue, 6/16/2014
Community
- Work with Local Businesses
- Work with developers of large projects to develop sustainability plans
o Gilead Sciences Sustainability Plan
- Work with Homeowners and Apartment Owners
- Joined Energy Upgrade California program to encourage energy efficiency retrofits by Foster City property owners
- Joined California FIRST, HERO and Figtree to enable Foster City property owners to access Property-Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing.
o Resolution 2010-23 Authorizing California FIRST Program, 3/1/2010
o Resolution 2014-90 Authorizing Figtree PACE Program, 8/4/2014
o Resolution 2014-91 Authorizing HERO PACE Program, 8/4/2014
- Work with Energy Providers
- Engaged in a study, with County of San Mateo, regarding feasibility of Community Choice Aggregation for San Mateo County jurisdictions.
o Resolution 2015-25 Authorizing participation in CCA Feasibility Study and release of community load data, 3/16/2015