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Regional planning commission offers Clifton Park free greenhouse-gas inventory and decarbonization planning
Summary
A senior sustainability planner from the Capital District Regional Planning Commission offered Clifton Park free technical assistance to prepare a municipal greenhouse gas inventory and a decarbonization/mitigation plan, noting such efforts are voluntary and can identify cost savings; the consultant cited Kingston’s $150,000 annual savings from lighting upgrades as an example.
At the July 7 meeting, Josh Dranoff, a senior sustainability planner with the Capital District Regional Planning Commission, told the Town of Clifton Park that CDRPC can provide free technical assistance to perform a municipal greenhouse-gas inventory and to support development of a decarbonization or mitigation plan.
"We can offer free technical assistant to undertake a greenhouse gas inventory of the government operations," Dranoff said, outlining that an inventory would cover municipal buildings, fleet vehicles, heating and cooling systems, refrigerants and any open or closed landfills.
Dranoff described the next step as a decarbonization plan that identifies where emissions come from and options to reduce them over time, and he emphasized the voluntary nature of the programs. "This is totally voluntary," he said, adding that such planning can identify cost savings and technology updates.
As an example, Dranoff cited the city of Kingston, which he said saw an "overall of a $150,000 annual saving" after lighting upgrades and other measures. He noted the town’s existing participation in New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Climate Smart Communities and NYSERDA Clean Energy Community programs and offered to be the CDRPC point of contact for Saratoga County.
Board members thanked Dranoff and noted the town’s prior energy-efficiency work, including conversion of streetlights to LEDs. Dranoff invited questions and said CDRPC has worked with other communities on inventories and mitigation plans.
