Top-Priority Technical Actions
The task force reviewed a list of 20 potential actions to reduce emissions and improve energy performance and ranked these actions in order of priority. The results are shown below, in order from highest to lowest priority.
- Retrofit homes pre-1980
- Retrofit industrial, commercial and institutional (ICI) buildings
- Stricter codes on new build
- Photovoltaic (PV) net metering
- Electrify transit
- Heat pumps
- Retrofit homes 1980-2017
- Large PV
- Active transportation
- Energy storage
- Electrify fleets (including the municipal fleet)
- Expand transit
- District energy
- Solar hot water
- Wind energy
- Renewable natural gas
- Electrify personal vehicles
- Ride share programs
- Car free zones
- Autonomous vehicles
The task force was further asked to rank the criteria used to set those priorities. They were:
- Technical feasibility/technology readiness
- Best financial payback
- Highest GHG impact
- Upfront cost
- Impacts the largest number of people
- $ per GHG reduction
- Political feasibility (public and Council acceptance)
- Urban resilience
- Profile (charisma/attention-grabbing)
- Regulatory feasibility (i.e. within municipal influence)
- Energy security
- Personal health and safety
It is proposed to create sub-teams to focus on each of the top five actions. These are listed below. These sub-teams will develop detailed and targeted implementation plans for their respective scopes of responsibility, including identifying specific direct actions that the City must take (e.g. policy/regulatory changes, investments) to ensure those plans are implemented successfully.
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