Eugene Climate Plan 2010 Mock-Up/Sector 1 - Buildings and Energy
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This working page is part of the Eugene Climate Planning project, an independent pubic interest consulting project intended to provide background technical analysis in support of the official Eugene Climate and Energy Action Plan (CEAP) project. Comments are appreciated - please login and use the "discussion" tab.
This is part of an expanded technical version of a mock-up carbon budget constructed from broadly accepted mainstream numbers, using a minimum of assumptions. The carbon budget starts with the official City of Eugene greenhouse gas emissions inventory of 2007, and factors in official population projections, with levels simply adjusted to meet the State of Oregon adopted emissions reduction targets.
As well as providing a concrete reference projection of mainstream climate planning targets, this carbon budget may also help illuminate the linear implications of basic facts and choices already made and acknowledged by state and local elected officials.
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[edit] Sector 1 - Buildings and Energy
[edit] O-1. Reduce the total energy use of all buildings built before 2010 by 25 percent.
- This section seems to (mis)match a strong quantitative objective with a series of relatively vague, cultural actions. How do we evaluate whether these actions will cumulatively drive the desired 25% savings by 2030?
A-1.1 - Establish an investment fund with public and private capital to provide easy access to $10 million annually in low-cost financing to residents and businesses for energy performance improvements.
- Seems like a low number to drive quantitative results, esp. with related provision below. Good thing to do. How much impact?
A-1.2 - Require energy performance ratings and consumption disclosures for all homes so that owners, tenants and prospective buyers can make informed decisions.
- Good thing to do. How much impact?
A-1.3 - Require energy performance benchmarking for all commercial and multi-family buildings.
- Good thing to do. How much impact?
A-1.4 - Provide resources and incentives to residents and businesses on energy-reduction actions on existing buildings.
- Good thing to do. How much impact?
A-1.5 - Work with partner organizations to promote improved operation and maintenance practices in all commercial buildings.
- Good thing to do. How much impact?
[edit] O-2. Achieve zero net greenhouse gas emissions in all new buildings and homes.
- By when? the Architecture 2030 timetable? Reductions can be quantified well if timing of zero net is defined.
A-2.1 - Adopt green building incentives for high performance new construction.
A-2.2 - Participate actively in the process to revise the Oregon building code to codify the performance targets of Architecture 2030 (ref).
- This could be quantified in terms of the date when code changes need to go into effect for a given outcome.
A-2.3 - Accelerate existing efforts to provide green building design assistance, education and technical resources to residents, developers, designers and builders.
- Good idea. How much impact?
[edit] O-3. Produce 10 percent of the total energy used within (define area) from on-site renewable sources and clean district energy systems.
A-3.1 - Make the investment fund referenced in Objective 1, above, available to finance distributed generation and district energy systems.
A-3.2 - Establish at least one district heating and cooling system.
A-3.3 - Facilitate the installation of at least five megawatts of on-site renewable energy, such as solar energy.
- Is that the right order of magnitude to indicate 10% of the total energy used? What's the total buildings energy use number for Eugene?
