Transportation: Identify highly traveled transit corridors and Using lower end of 30% create routes with 10-minute, peak-hour bus efficiency, emissions Bus Rapid headways. Create dedicated bus lanes, reductions are about Transit foot articulated busses, transit signal 2126 MTCO2e/year for priority, bike storage onboard, and WIFI. the entire bus system. Projections assume increased ridership as service improves, and assumes a diesel electric hybrid, providing a 30-48% reduction of emissions. Residential: Bulk purchase solar panels, with the goal of Through 2020, 200 kW capacity installed per year, which emissions reduced by Solar comes to 1 MW by 2020. Assumes $5/W 2,355 MTCO2e through Electricity installation cost at $0.118/kWh. 2020. Cost savings could Generation be $370,000 by 2020. The Madison report makes GHG emissions projections through 2030 with both conservative and optimistic impacts of the three analyzed strategies. All projections lead to a future where the City of Madison has not reduced its net carbon footprint, but point to a future where the net will be lower than it would have been without the programs. Several recommendations will improve Madison’s inventory process in the future. First, they must identify a consistent timeline for a community baseline year as well as systematically document emissions to make comparisons between years. Also, creating a staff position will help with the uniform and consistent tracking of data. This will ensure that data is complete and usable when it comes time to create an inventory, streamlining the process to make it more efficient and accurate. Key Lessons These reports offer three takeaways for the City of College Park: To make significant GHG emissions reductions, many different programs need to be initiated at the same time, which may call for additional City staff focused on these programs. Data gathering and tracking that is uniform over time will produce better reports for any community to work with. College Park is not alone in seeking to reduce its carbon footprint, and the City of Madison is setting a high bar among Big 10 universities. Nationwide List of GHG-Related Sustainability Activities, by Locality
Transportation: Bus Rapid Transit Identify highly traveled transit corridors and create routes with 10-minute, peak-hour bus headways. Create dedicated bus lanes, articulated busses, transit signal priority, bike storage onboard, and WIFI. Projections assume increased ridership as service improves, and assumes a diesel electric hybrid, providing a 30-48% reduction of emissions. Using lower end of 30% efficiency, emissions reductions are about 2126 MTCO2e/year for the entire bus system. Residential: Solar Electricity Generation Bulk purchase solar panels, with the goal of 200 kW capacity installed per year, which comes to 1 MW by 2020. Assumes $5/W installation cost at $0.118/kWh. Through 2020, emissions reduced by 2,355 MTCO2e through 2020. Cost savings could be $370,000 by 2020. The Madison report makes GHG emissions projections through 2030 with both conservative and optimistic impacts of the three analyzed strategies. All projections lead to a future where the City of Madison has not reduced its net carbon footprint, but point to a future where the net will be lower than it would have been without the programs. Several recommendations will improve Madison’s inventory process in the future. First, they must identify a consistent timeline for a community baseline year as well as systematically document emissions to make comparisons between years. Also, creating a staff position will help with the uniform and consistent tracking of data. This will ensure that data is complete and usable when it comes time to create an inventory, streamlining the process to make it more efficient and accurate. Key Lessons These reports offer three takeaways for the City of College Park: To make significant GHG emissions reductions, many different programs need to be initiated at the same time, which may call for additional City staff focused on these programs. Data gathering and tracking that is uniform over time will produce better reports for any community to work with. College Park is not alone in seeking to reduce its carbon footprint, and the City of Madison is setting a high bar among Big 10 universities. Nationwide List of GHG-Related Sustainability Activities, by Locality foot
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