HomeMy WebLinkAboutCCWG - Final Recommendations 2.11PROPOSED MEASURE NOTES CITY
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1 Adopt strict community-wide energy code requirements Requirements would exceed current Title 24
codes YES YES YES YES YES YES Likely GHG reductions due to decreased
energy use
2 Require City of Chula Vista-licensed businesses to participate in an energy
audit of their physical premises every three to four years years.
Audits would be implemented in
collaboration with the business licnesing
department.
YES YES YES YES YES YES Likely GHG reductions due to decreased
energy use
3
Require the City facilitate widespread installation of solar photovoltaic (PV)
systems on commercial, residential, and municipal facilities by developing and
implementing a solar energy conversion program.
CCSE currently is administering statewide
CA Solar Initiative (CSI); CV-specific
program would require additional staff
YES NO YES YES YES YES Possible GHG reductions due to shift to
renewable energy sources
4 Recommend that the City of Chula Vista facilitate smart growth around the H
Street, E Street, and Palomar Street Trolley Stations.
These principles were incorporated into
Urban Core Specific Plan, but are hard to
quantify and to gauge performance
YES YES YES YES YES YES
Possible dampening of future GHG
emissions by limiting greenfield
development and its resulting increased
energy use & Vehicle Miles Traveled
5 Incentivize lawn turf removal through in coordination available water district
programs
Water Authority already has related
program/ how does this feed into
Naturscape?
YES ?YES ?YES YES
Possible GHG reductions thru reduced
energy use for water pumping &
treatment
6 Incorporate Alternative Fuels & Alternative Fuel Vehicles into municipal fleet
AFV being integrated into fleet currently, but
no requirement for new AFV vehicle
purchases
YES YES YES YES YES YES
Likely GHG reductions by reducing
municipal petroleum use & can use
existing vehicle replacement funds
7
Reccommend that the City of Chula Vista work with fleets under City authority
to influence to expand their use of alternative fuels and alternative fuel vehicles
(AFVs).
-----------YES YES YES YES YES YES
Possible Protocol doesn't currently
account for fuel usage reductions in non-
city fleets.
CCWG - Final Recommendations 2.11 1 of 1 DRAFT 12/12/07