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“GOING GREEN: BARRIERS AND BEST PRACTICES FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS” CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND THE COMING ENERGY AND CLIMATE CRISIS: SUSTAINABLE ENERGY, ECONOMY AND ENVIRONMENT January 29, 2010 1
“GOING GREEN: BARRIERS AND BEST PRACTICES FOR
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS”
CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND THE COMING ENERGY AND CLIMATE
CRISIS: SUSTAINABLE ENERGY, ECONOMY AND
ENVIRONMENT
January 29, 2010
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Alachua County, Florida2
Total County Population :
247,561
Area (sq/miles): 961
County Seat: Gainesville
Municipalities and Population
Alachua:7,854
Archer: 1,229
Gainesville 122,671
Hawthorne: 1,401
High Springs: 4,739
LaCrosse: 195
Micanopy: 637
Newberry: 4,787
Waldo: 831
UNINCORPORATED Population: 103,217
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Awaking A Citizenry Asleep In
Their Freedom Through Civic Engagement
Community Building Begins in
Conversations
Beginning
with the
Question?
Civic Engagement – Civic Awakening
Question and Discussion4
How do we make an energy efficient and resource resilient community?
1. Introductions
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Environment
Economy
Social Equity
Sustainability Defined
ECSC Overview6
Alachua County Energy Conservation Strategies Commission - over 204 recommendations exploring:
Community Challenges Rising Energy Costs, Climate Change, Peak
Oil Production & Decline Community Opportunities
Create a resource efficient and resilient community
Community Membership7
2. Background
ECSC Members from left to right: Bill Shepherd; Erich Christian; Pattie Glenn; Dwight Adams; Chris Fillie; Eduardo Vargas; Harry Kegelmann; Ed Brown; Ruth Steiner; Fred Depenbrock; Penny Wheat
The old story
Awakening, preparing, visioning community
The new story
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Moving from Old to New Stories
Question and Discussion10
What do you fear? What do you love?How do we find common purpose?
Empower employees
and citizens
Implement technology that serves
the organizatio
n and community
Improve systems of manageme
nt and accountabil
ity
Creating Strong
Democracy
Creating Alternative
Futures
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Alternative Futures
Question and Discussion12
How will you shrink your community’s carbon footprint and grow its civic footprint?
7. Future Steps
Recommendations Categories13
Major Strategic Policies Inviting and Engaging Our Public & Communities Alachua County Government Waste and Energy Implications Maximize Local Food Production and Processing Land Use and Transportation Residential Buildings Innovative Energy Systems and Renewable
Energy Legislative Items
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Energy Hierarchy of Deployment
Conservation
•Powering Down
•Change in Behavior
Efficienc
y
•Building Weatherization
•Mechanical Systems Upgrades
Alternative Energy
•Deployed after maximizing first two
•Solar PV
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US Energy Flow 2008
US Total Energy Flow 2008: 99.3 Quadrillion Btu(3rd) Florida’s Consumption 4.6 Trillion Btu(4th) Florida’s Expenditures $58 Billion
Our Opportunities
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Energy, Emissions and Land Use
Trans-portation;
35%
Residential; 31%
Com-mercial;
21%
Industrial; 7%
Waste; 3% Other; 3%
2.8 Million Tons of CO2 emitted in Alachua County 1998
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Energy, Emissions and Land Use
Electricity; 1,533,717
Gasoline; 850,221
Natural Gas; 111,537
Diesel; 71,720 Methane; 91,072
Paper Products; 55,932
Food Waste; 36,000
2.8 Million Tons of CO2 emitted in Alachua County 1998
Alachua County Implementation
Resource Recovery Park
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Energy and Resource Conservation
Renewable Energy Deployment
Community Opportunities
1. Invest in weatherization & energy efficiency2. Create employment & new local businesses3. Develop sustainable mobility infrastructure4. Maximize local food production5. Maximize renewable energy production
Conclusions and Best Advice
1. Invest in weatherization & energy efficiency
2. Create employment & new local businesses
3. Develop sustainable mobility infrastructure
4. Maximize local food production
5. Maximize renewable energy production
Start now Ask for help Involve and educate your
residents Have land use policies that
address climate change Measure your performance Be ready for the benefits of
coming carbon markets (and your community’s carbon liability)
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Best Policies to create and energy efficient and resource resilient community
Best Advice
6. Conclusions and Best Advice
Ask For Help!
o Climate Communities http://www.climatecommunities.us/
o Association of Counties or League of Cities Organizations
o ICMA, TLGo ICLEI – Local
Governments for Sustainability http://www.icleiusa.org/
o University and Community Colleges
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Policy and LegislativeBest Practices and Technical
6. Conclusions and Best Advice
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Thank you
ECSC Resources24
oTo read the full report in a flip book format please go here: http://issuu.com/msexton/docs/ecscfinalreport
oFor a downloadable pdf version of the report please go here: https://govconnect.alachuacounty.us/committees/ECSC/Strategies/olgies/Shared%20Documents/ECSC%20Report.pdf
oTo access the site and all archived information please go to: http://energy.alachuacounty.us
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Contact Information
Sean McLendonSustainability Program ManagerAlachua County, Florida12 SE 1st St. PO Box 2877Gainesville, FL 32602-2877Ph: 352 548 3765Email: [email protected]: http://alachuacounty.us
