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Lawrence advisory board narrows work plan, votes to prioritize greenhouse-gas KPI
Summary
The Lawrence Sustainability Advisory Board voted to prioritize a citywide greenhouse-gas metric as its primary near-term work-plan focus after reviewing three proposed sustainability KPIs.
The Lawrence Sustainability Advisory Board voted to focus its near-term work on a community greenhouse-gas (GHG) metric after reviewing three proposed key performance indicators (KPIs) for the board’s 2025–26 work plan.
The board chose the citywide GHG KPI — per-capita greenhouse-gas emissions measured in tons of carbon dioxide equivalents — as the priority to develop policy recommendations and potential ordinance language. Board members discussed two other KPIs: pounds per person per day of municipal solid waste disposed and the percent of city electricity consumption met by on-site renewable generation for city facilities.
Board staff member Kathy Richardson, the city’s sustainability director, said the solid-waste KPI had been reworded to be more relatable to residents: “pounds per person per day of municipal solid waste, waste disposed.” Richardson provided a 2024 baseline of 3.12 pounds per person per day for Lawrence and said staff…
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