Conduct energy audits of city‐owned buildings and develop ac on plans and benchmarking protocol to phase retrofits and measure performance over me. When purchasing new appliances or electronics, select those that are ENERGY STAR‐cer fied, when feasible. Use energy‐efficient lighting technologies in city facilities, including passive (natural) lighting, compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs), light emi ng diode (LED) lamps, and room occupancy sensors, when feasible. Use LED or other high‐efficiency lamps in city‐owned traffic signals, streetlights, and pedestrian and school crossing signals, when feasible. Request Progress Energy to use high‐efficiency lamps for streetlights the u lity leases to the city.
INCREASE CLEAN (RENEWABLE) ENERGY USE
partnerships; and funding mechanisms, including Federal and State grants and low‐interest loans. Engage Progress Energy, the electricity u lity in Zeph‐ yrhills, to help leverage local, state, and federal resources to increase clean energy production in the city. Make staff costs the basis of the building permit fee for solar energy systems rather than the equipment cost. Amend the Land Development Code to allow solar energy systems as a permi ed accessory use in all zoning districts and modest encroachments into building setback areas to facilitate placement of solar equipment. Amend the Land Development Code to allow small wind turbines in all commercial, industrial and mul ‐ family areas, subject to noise specifica ons.
Clean Energy City Increase clean energy produc on citywide. Amend the Land Development Code to provide for clean energy produc on in the city and to include related standards for permi ed, accessory, or condi onal use in zoning districts; height, setback, visibility, and coverage stand‐ ards for roof‐mounted and ground‐mounted systems; provision of solar‐oriented lots; provision of solar‐ ready construc on; provision of grid‐connected and off‐grid systems; and solar installa ons. Distribute solar‐access guidelines to developers, builders, homeowners, and other building owners. Implement a sustainable building permit expedite pro‐ gram for buildings that employ energy efficiency and clean energy technologies. Consider establishing a Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) program to provide long‐term loans to proper‐ ty owners for energy efficiency, water conserva on, renewable energy, and wind resistance projects.
Sources: U.S. Department of Energy (energy.gov).
Consider use of solar photovoltaic (PV) and solar thermal for city building, grounds, and equipment (e.g., street and cross‐walk ligh ng and hot water hea ng).
U.S. Environmental Protec on Agency (epa.gov/cleanenergy/index.html).
Explore op ons for assis ng local schools in a success‐ ful applica on for the Progress Energy SunSense Schools program, which awards solar photovoltaic (PV) system to select schools that also serve as emergency shelters.
Na onal Resources Defense Council (nrdc.org).
Explore small‐scale clean energy projects that utilize available resources to generate electricity or heat energy; implementa on partners, including public‐private
U.S. General Services Administra on, (gsa.gov). U.S. Green Building Council (usgbc.org).
Sustainability and the Dynamics of Green Building, Eichholtz, Kok, and Quigley, 2010. The Economics of Green Building, Eichholtz, Kok, and Quigley , 2010. Green Noise or Green Value? Measuring the Effects of Environmental Cer fica on on Office Property Values , Fuerst and McAllister, 2008. Does Green Pay Off? Norm Miller, Jay Spivey and Andy Florance, 2008. The Cost of Green Revisited, Davis Langdon, 2007.
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