City Council Study Session Agenda and Packet 2014 07 08

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of 44 mt -0O2e. Again, cost estimation is based on an electricity price of $.04 / kWh per Dave Szabados. 6.2 Prioritized Sustainability Actions This section of the report outlines actions the City of Louisville can take moving forward to utilize the information assembled through the baseline energy study. Costs, emission reductions, and policy levers for implementation are identified where possible. 6.2.1 Setting Sustainability Goals The first step in developing a comprehensive sustainability plan after conducting an inventory of CO2e emissions is to use that information to develop concrete, attainable goals. This is generally done by targeting areas where there is significant emissions reduction potential as well as economic and political feasibility to enact change. Once goals are established, strategies to attain those goals can be developed and set in motion. The activity of goal setting should be a joint venture between Louisville's City Council, Sustainability Advisory Board, and other interested stakeholders. The three examples of sustainable initiatives underway described above combined for a total GHG emissions savings of 5,425 mt -0O2e, or 1.5% total GHG emissions attributable to Louisville in 2012. Achieving substantial GHG emissions reductions is not easy. Setting the goal of a 10% reduction in GHG emissions in ten years, based on this 2012 baseline inventory, may be a realistic place to start. Appendix B includes a list of goals set by Golden, CO and a link to the webpage detailing the goals set by Denver, CO. These may be useful for gauging what types of goals are realistic and what timeline they can be enacted within. 6.2.2 Building Sector Commercial, residential, and public energy use combine to make up 55% of total GHG emissions in Louisville. The following set of sustainability initiatives is targeted at this major emitting sector. 6.2.2.1 Low Cost /Low Initial Cost Initiatives Windsource® Purchasing 27 25