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City resilience office outlines BEPS appeal, streetlight study, ferry changes and watershed grants
Summary
Deputy city manager for resilience and sustainability Jackie Gile updated the committee on a terminated federal BEPS grant (appeal under way), an LED streetlight buyback study showing long-term savings, amendment of a ferry grant to hybrid to preserve $3 million, and $2.25 million in Severn Watershed funding.
Jackie Gile, the deputy city manager for resilience and sustainability, presented a broad set of updates on Jan. 8 covering staffing, grant status, fleet electrification, and community programs.
Gile said the Department of Energy project to incorporate resilience into building energy performance standards (BEPS) was terminated by the federal administration after technical work had already begun; the Resilience Authority has submitted an informal appeal and the city is pursuing reimbursement of incurred consultant invoices to the extent possible.
On LED streetlights, Gile said an analysis by Tango Lighting showed that if the city…
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