Install, assist with and promote publicly available EV charging stations or public fueling stations for alternative fuel vehicles.
Create, assist with and promote local food production/distribution within the city:
Adopt a conservation design policy; use a conservation design tool for pre-design meetings with developers and for negotiating development agreements in cities with undeveloped natural resource areas.
Make no/low cost indoor lighting and operational changes in city-owned/school buildings to reduce energy costs.
Replace the city's existing street lighting with Dark Sky-compliant LEDs, modifying any city franchise/utility agreement and adding smart grid attributes.
For cities outside or on the fringe of metropolitan areas, conduct a build-out analysis, fiscal impact study, or adopt an urban growth boundary and a consistent capital improvement plan that provides long-term protection of natural resources and natural systems, and agricultural practices outside the boundary.
Install for one or more city-owned/school buildings one of the following efficiency measures:
Adopt a construction and demolition (C&D) ordinance governing demolition permits that requires a level of recycling and reuse for building materials and soil/land-clearing debris.
Purchase LEDs for all future street lighting and traffic signals.
