Provide a financial or other incentive to private parties who add energy/sustainability improvements, meet the SB 2030 energy standard, or renovate using a green building or energy framework.
Work with the local school district to ensure that future new schools are built using the SB 2030 energy standard and/or a green building framework.
Provide a financial or other incentive to private parties who build new buildings that utilize the SB 2030 energy standard and/or a green building framework.
Require by city policy that new city-owned buildings be built using the SB 2030 energy standard and/or a green building framework.
Conduct a Natural Resource Inventory or Assessment (NRI or NRA); incorporate protection of priority natural systems or resources such as groundwater through the subdivision or development process.
Implement a wastewater plant efficiency project (co-generation, water reuse) or a program for local private business operations (water conservation, water reuse, business co-location).
Improve local energy resilience by minimizing fuel poverty, installing distributed renewable energy systems, and developing microgrids that can improve energy system resiliency.
Protect water supply and wastewater treatment facilities to reduce physical damage and sustain their function during extreme weather events.
Reduce the urban heat impacts of public buildings, sites, and infrastructure and provide resiliency co-benefits.
Protect public buildings and natural/constructed infrastructure to reduce physical damage and sustain their function during extreme weather events.
