sustainability in action ! salt lake city corporation division of sustainability and the environment

Sustainability In Action !

Salt Lake City CorporationDivision of Sustainability and

the Environment

Who we are….Division of Sustainability &

the Environment

Vicki Bennett, Director

Renee Zollinger, Environmental Programs Manager

Debbie Lyons, Recycling Programs Manager

Emy storheim, open space lands Programs Manager

Bridget stuchly, outreach coordinator

Mitch davis, recycling intern

MissionBe a leader in sustainability in

the United States by focusing on 10 key areas

• Air Quality & Climate change

• Community Health & Safety

• Energy

• Food Production & Nutrition

• Housing Affordability & Diversity

• Mobility & Transportation

• Open Space, Parks & Trails

• Recycling & Waste Reduction

• Urban Forestry

• Water Conservation & Quality

Air quality & Climate change

8th worst air in the nation (STPP)

84% electricity from coal (3% renewable)

26% increase in CO2 from Electricity since 1990

CO2 emissions from electricity in Utah

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Source of City CO2e Emissions[Total Emissions by source in tons & % of total]

Electricity 57,935

54%

Natural Gas 14,77614%

Fugitive Emissions17,42517%

Business Air Travel7301%

Fleet fuels 14,389

14%

CO2e Emissions by Department[Department CO2e, in tons and % of City total]

Airport35,965

35%

CED7,533

7%Fire

2,1142%

Police6,709

6%

Public Services30,82529%

Public Utilities21,26020%

Other8491%

Air quality & Climate change

The Road to cleaner air & reducing emissions…

Reduce ghg 20% below 2005 levels by 2020

50% below 2005 levels by 2040

80% below 2005 levels by 2050

through increasing the use of alternative fuels & conservation

Alternative fuelsMethane Recovery

at the Landfill3.2 MW Powerplant

(~ 28,000 MWh/yr)

Solar incentives

Solar america

million solar rooftops

conservation

• LEED Silver requirement for all new city buildings

• Expedited building permiting process for LEED developments & projects

• Converted to energy-efficient red & green LEDs (# of signals up 50%, electricity down 56%)

• ESCo - implement measures to reduce energy consumption • Free Transit passes

conservation

Idle reduction campaign

e2 program for…

businesses

events

citizens

Waste reduction & recycling

The salt lake valley landfill is estimated to have 50 years left until it has reached capacity…

What are we doing to make it last longer???

Waste reduction & recyclingReduce the amount of materials

being landfilled

reusable bag initiative

Bottle water ban

Pay as you throw

Greenwaste bins

Home composting campaign

Waste reduction & recycling

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City improves program

Landfill Diversion rate increases from 2% in 1996 to 16% in 2008

Increase residential recycling to 25% by 2010

Water quality & Conservation

Salt Lake City provides CULINARY WATERto over 326,000 customers

50% of Salt Lake City’s domestic water comes from surface sources:

Big Cottonwood CanyonCity CreekParley’s Creek

50% comes from wells

threats to Salt Lake City’s water sources

development in the canyonspollution from on-site & public

sanitary sewersindustrial pollutants

reduce the overall water consumption in SALT LAKE City

13 % by the year 2025

Water quality & conservation

Reduce outdoor water use by 20%

Reduce indoor water use by 5%

Green purchasing

THE United States consumes 25% of the world's resources with only 5% of the world's population.

we can lessen the impact of our resource use by considering other costs above & beyond the price…

Environmental impacts

Performance & longevity

Safety

Health

Social equity

ECO-Leveraging contracts

Outline environmental considerations in RFPs that give eco-minded companies a competitive advantage in the bidding process

Green purchasing

Educate purchasing agents about the importance of & how to source environmentally preferred products

Incorporate language into Contracts requiring Environmentally responsible practices

Consider the Supply chain

Green purchasing

raw materials acquisition

production

manufacturing

packaging

Transportation & Distribution

reuse

operation

Maintenance

disposal

Buying 100% recycled-content paper can

reduce energy use

by 44%

decrease greenhouse gas emissions by 37%

cut solid waste emissions in half

decrease water use by 50%

practically eliminate wood use

Green purchasing

Thank you