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Honolulu Benchmarking Will Cut Costs, Save Energy and Water
On July 6, Honolulu’s City Council unanimously passed Bill 22 to benchmark energy and water use in large buildings citywide. Now the owners of these commercial and multifamily residential buildings must track and report their energy and water use over time. This will empower building owners and tenants with a proven tool to save money and conserve precious resources. With Bill 22’s passage, Honolulu is also taking an important climate action.
San Jose, California, rethinks parking to help people and the climate
By Elizabeth Stampe & Sarah Elkotbeid & Rabi Abinour July 1, 2022 In an important vote for the climate June 14, California's San Jose's City Council unanimously voted for a step to help reduce the city's biggest source of emissions: cars on the road. The council told city staff to reform outdated parking rules and require new developments to support more ways of getting around than just driving. City staff will bring a new policy back to council later this year.
San Jose rethinks parking to help people and the climate
In an important vote for the climate on June 14, San Jose's City Council unanimously voted for a step to help reduce the city's biggest source of emissions: cars on the road. The Council told city staff to reform outdated parking rules, and require new developments to support more ways of getting around than just driving. City staff will bring a new policy back to Council later this year.
Portland Acts on Climate, Equity with Parking Fee
In July 2020, Portland, Oregon declared a climate emergency. An emergency demands action, and today, Portland has taken an important action on both climate and equity. The city passed a resolution to generate revenue by increasing parking rates to start capturing the true cost of driving—to the climate and communities—and using the revenue to provide more transportation options for those who need them most.
San Jose Council Votes For Carbon Neutrality
San Jose, California, the nation's 10th largest city, has voted to achieve net-zero emissions by 2030, although officials acknowledge that net-zero isn't the same thing as zero. Emissions from trucks hauling freight and from existing buildings remain big challenges. Photo courtesy Thomas Hawk / CC BY-NC / Flickr. San Jose, the nation’s 10th largest city, has emerged as a climate leader in recent years, by becoming the biggest city in the United States to make almost all new buildings all-electric.
San José Council votes to go zero emission by 2030
This blog was co-written by Sarah Elkotbeid. San Jose, the nation’s 10th largest city, has emerged as a climate leader in recent years, including by becoming the biggest city in the United States to make almost all new buildings all-electric. But the City’s work isn’t done, as its leaders know. On November 8, the City Council unanimously passed a resolution to go carbon neutral by 2030.
Seattle Orders Building Standard and Walk Zone for Climate
In some good news on climate action, Mayor Jenny Durkan announced an exciting executive order to cut Seattle’s greenhouse gas emissions from the city’s two largest sources: transportation and buildings. Mayor Durkan's announcement came from Glasgow on the first day of the international COP-26 climate meeting. Flickr: Jonathan Moreau Transportation is the source of almost two-thirds (over 60 percent) of Seattle’s climate emissions. Buildings account for another third.
Seattle Code Gets Most Fossil Fuels Out of New Large Buildings
Mariano Mantel via Flickr Seattle’s City Council just voted unanimously to pass strong updates to the city’s building energy code that will significantly reduce the use of fossil fuels in new buildings, effective in March 2021, with some provisions taking effect over the course of the year.
Honolulu's New Climate Laws Will Save Energy and Money
Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell today signed a long-awaited package of climate legislation that will help reduce carbon emissions and save money for residents and the City. The three bills address parking requirements, the role of the resilience office and “benchmarking” city building energy use, and solar power on multifamily buildings. Edmund Garman, Flickr Honolulu faces clear threats from climate change, from sea level rise to more severe storms to coral bleaching.
Honolulu’s New Bus-Only Lane Puts People and Climate First
Honolulu has rolled out the red carpet for public transit with its brand new bus-only lane, the city’s first in 30 years. Now, the most sustainable and safe form of transportation will move people faster and more reliably, too.
San José Moves to Make Nearly All New Buildings All-Electric
The San José City Council voted on Tuesday, December 1, to pass an expansion of its all-electric new construction ordinance. Once passed through a second City Council reading, the all-electric requirement for the 10th-largest city in the nation will cover virtually all building types and sizes.
San José's bold new plan for climate-friendly transit
San José is rolling out the green carpet for biking, thanks to the city council’s unanimous passage of the Better Bike Plan 2025. With the plan’s adoption, the city commits to building a 550-mile network of bike lanes, boulevards and trails to help thousands more people ride safely. The plan is realistic about the past, acknowledging San José’s sprawling 180-square-mile spread, its car-oriented layout and its inequitable history of transportation decisions, which continue to shape people’s lives.
San José’s bold new plan for climate-friendly transportation
San José is rolling out the green carpet for biking, thanks to the City Council’s unanimous passage today of the Better Bike Plan 2025. With the plan’s adoption, the City commits to building a 550-mile network of bike lanes, boulevards, and trails to help thousands more people ride safely.
Honolulu Votes to Build Back Better for Climate
Honolulu Hale, the seat of government for the City & County of Honolulu Teemu008, Flickr A bright spot shone today in the Pacific, as Honolulu’s City Council unanimously passed a new building code that will reduce energy use, cut costs and carbon emissions, and boost Honolulu’s economic recovery with clean-energy jobs. Bill 25, Honolulu’s new building energy code will cut energy use and costs for residents by requiring new buildings to be significantly more energy efficient.
A Proposal To Clear Up Traffic And Clean The Air
Ninety-two hours. That’s how much time the average Honolulu resident spends in traffic each year. What else could you do with that time? April Estrellon/Civil Beat Hawaii mayors know everyone’s got better things to do than sit in traffic. That’s why they just asked the state to study a solution that cities across the country are considering: de-congestion pricing (another name for congestion pricing).
Get Out There: 11 Gorgeous State Parks Near San Francisco
Image courtesy of CaliParks California is home to an incredible number of state parks—11,826 of them, to be exact, according to the app CaliParks, which uses an unfiltered stream of thousands of new photos every day to show real people enjoying real parks. Read on to learn about the Bay Area’s most Instagrammed state parks and where you should go. Why state parks? Oh, come on, you already know Crissy Field and Dolores Park. Time to head farther afield. One crucial tip: know your poison oak.
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