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DRAFT <br />18 <br />20 <br />promotion of Boulder County's EnergySmart. Furthermore, the City is <br />beginning to explore a way to support an affordable renewable power sources. <br />17 <br />ET1S6: Promote low-interest <br />financing for residents and <br />businesses to complete <br />energy efficiency upgrades & <br />install renewable energy. <br />4 <br />The City is currently promoting EnergySmart's low interest energy loan <br />program in conjunction with Elevations Credit Union on the website and <br />through outreach materials, such as the water bill insert in September 2017. <br />This was also promoted through the Louisville Sustainability Series Session #1: <br />Energy & Money focused on energy savings held at the Library. <br />This strategy is fully dependent on EnergySmart offerings, as the City has no <br />current capacity or mechanism to develop such a program with a lender. <br />None. Strategy is covered under <br />ET1S1. <br />Wate <br />Internal Target 1: Reduce water usage <br />and improve efficiency of water use with City buildings <br />18 <br />W-IT1S1: Benchmark all City <br />buildings' indoor water use. <br />4 I <br />The Finance department has provided the Public Works Department indoor <br />water use information for all City buildings for the past three years. Public <br />Works regularly monitors usage. <br />A further step could be to transform the information into a dashboard and <br />provide it to the public via the website, if desired. <br />Public Works and the City <br />Manager's Office should discuss <br />what it would like to do with the <br />water usage information provided <br />(e.g. for public or internal usage), <br />as well as how to continue <br />benchmarking on an ongoing basis. <br />19 <br />W-IT1S2: Replace or retrofit <br />City building plumbing <br />fixtures to meet or exceed <br />current code requirements <br />3 <br />Over the past few years, the Public Works Department has worked hard to <br />replace or retrofit City plumbing fixtures. For example, aerator devices have <br />been installed on City building faucets to reduce water usage and many toilets <br />already are 1.6 gallons. Recently, several urinals at the library were replaced <br />for 1/8 gallon flushes. It should be noted that there are still replacements to be <br />made, but this is ongoing, as is appropriate, needed, and within budget. <br />According to the Facilities Manager, an audit would be required and could be <br />reasonably accomplished to determine a more thorough replacement <br />schedule. <br />Continue to replace or retrofit City <br />building plumbing fixtures to meet <br />or exceed current code, as <br />appropriate. <br />Perform an audit on City plumbing <br />fixtures to determine what remains <br />to be done and create an action <br />plan. <br />20 <br />W-IT1S3: Achieve 80% of all <br />the new construction water <br />efficiency points in the <br />USGBC LEED for water use <br />reduction and rain water <br />3 <br />The new Recreation Center is being designed to earn between 60-79 points <br />(gold standard) under the Water Use Reduction & Rain Water Management <br />section of the USGBC LEED rating system. Due to cost, however, the City will <br />not seek formal certification. The efficiency measures are expected to yield <br />significant water usage savings over the life of the building, which would affect <br />Continue to seek 60-79 points <br />under the Indoor Water Use and <br />Rainwater Management sections <br />of the USGBC LEED rating system <br />(or equivalent system) for new <br />DRAFT <br />18 <br />20 <br />