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What other Communities are Doing for Sustainability: <br />Madison: <br />Madison's Natural Step Pilot Projects: <br />• Identifying energy wasters in City government <br />• Commuting incentive programs for City employees to reduce SOVs <br />• Fuel efficiency standard for the City fleet <br />• Green cleaning supplies and services <br />• Zoning Code rewrite with an eye towards sustainability standards <br />• Solar panels and/or wind power at City facilities <br />• Bio- diesel pilot project for engineering vehicles <br />• Bus wash and vacuum systems at Metro <br />Madison projects already in place: <br />• solar water heating system at Madison Fire Station #8 <br />Madison Metro Natural Step Pilot Project: <br />• install garage door at Metro maintenance facility <br />Madison "Grease Mobile" —bus that runs on used restaurant grease <br />Energy Efficient Standard Building Specifications, James Whitney, AIA,.City Architect <br />Where are they in the development and implementation process? <br />• created standard specs for lighting systems <br />• created draft guidelines for energy modeling <br />• need additional guidelines for day lighting <br />• additional development needed for HVAC heating and cooling systems, more <br />on energy modeling guidelines, and commissioning requirements <br />• future development needed for plumbing systems and electrical power systems <br />and specs <br />End Goal: Building Performance Improvement Carbon Neutral by 2030 <br />Ashland: <br />• Most recent known activity was the approval of providing free office space for the Alliance <br />for Sustainability in the City Hall building for 3 months. <br />Bayfield: <br />• Bayfield recently built a $9 million state -of -the -art sewage treatment plant designed for <br />"zero discharge" into Lake Superior. <br />• Adopted a buy local program <br />• 2008 31 grants were offered to homeowners for energy savings projects and in a second <br />phase of the project, mini -grants will be offered to City businesses for energy saving <br />projects. <br />• Instituted several recycling programs <br />• Energy Star Challenge to reduce energy costs in building by 10% <br />Beloit Initiatives: <br />The following list of programs, projects and activities are all green focused activities that the City <br />has either completed or currently has underway: <br />