Overview

·         Year 2006 Baseline – 8.5 Million tons

·         25.5 ton per capita (331, 283 pop.)

Target Plan

·         8% below 2006 by 2012

·         40% below 2006 by 2028

·         84% below 2006 by 2050

·         2% per year

Key Strategies - Voluntary Strategies rather than Regulation

·         Actions that over their life cycle save more money than cost

·         Improve air and water qualities

·         Create local jobs

·         Encourage regional economic competitiveness

·         Building energy use accounts for 75% of Cincinnati GHG Emissions

·         Majority of emission is due to dependence on coal for generation of electricity

·         Created 6 Subcommittees; (transportation; energy; waste, etc.)

Transportation

·         Hybrid buses

·         Electric street car system between down town and uptown

·         Increase bicycle use/“complete streets”

·         Ride share

·         Revamp city parking requirements to require less parking for certain developments

Energy

·         Encourage home energy efficiencies

·         Free CFL bulbs to low income homes

·         “Green loan” program to assist in energy efficient renovations and construction

·         Contractor training

·         Cincinnati Conservation Corp. (For environmental service projects-see Chicago also)

·         Awards/recognition program

Waste

·         Cart based recycling (Lexington already has)

·         “Buying green” program (promotion to increase citizen awareness)

·         Increased commercial recycling

·         Electronic recycling (Lexington already does)

·         Food waste composting

·         Develop “pay as you throw” garbage fees (see also Gainesville, Plano and Lansing)

·         Creation of a recycle bank. Points earned are redeemed at local merchants

Land Use

·         Develop “best construction practice” program

·         Parks reforestation (Lex already has)

·         Plant trees along I-75 corridor

·         Expand community gardening

·         Promote mixed use developments

·         Redevelop brown fields

·         Regional trail system

Advocacy

·         Hold Climate Summit

·         Marketing campaign to sell GHG specific proposals

·          Public Education Program

Food

·         Reduce meat consumption

·         Eating locally program

·         No-till agriculture

·         Reduced packing

Implementation

·         Permanent Climate Protection Steering Committee

·         Staffing for committee by Office of Environmental Quality

·         Regular routine budget funding

·         Annual progress report was suggested

Other Notes

·         Report is 42 pages. Each subcommittee detailed their work as an appendix

·         Produced a graph of the recommendations which includes: GHG savings; costs per ton to implement; payback period.

·         Produced an Implementation Responsibility/Assignment Chart

·         Essentially came up with 70 + recommendations of which 33 assigned simply to further study and 37 to pursue implementation

·         Overall seems more of a general “cookbook” of sustainability issues than a targeted GHG reduction strategy.