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City presents Joint Energy Team progress, sustainable design standards and fleet electrification updates
Summary
The Office of Sustainability and General Services updated the committee on the Joint Energy Team (JET), the city's sustainable design standards (SDS), on-site solar, a clean energy revolving fund, and fleet electrification progress and audits.
City staff updated the Governmental Operations and Standing Committee on the Joint Energy Team’s work on energy savings, sustainable design standards implementation, and the green-fleet transition.
Laura Thomas, director of the Office of Sustainability, and Donna Lehi, the city’s energy program manager, presented JET accomplishments, noting the interdepartmental team of more than 100 staff formed in FY24. The presenters said JET has helped the city capture operational savings, standardize asset nomenclature for better maintenance tracking, deploy electric-vehicle (EV) charging contracts for multiple departments, and adopt an Energy Management Administrative Regulation to set citywide expectations for conservation.
Lehi said the municipal electricity portfolio is now about 56 percent renewable and the city’s first city-owned on-site solar installation is now operating…
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