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Recognizing Wednesday, October 6, 2021, as Energy Efficiency Day in the City of Philadelphia.
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WHEREAS, Energy efficiency continues to be the cheapest, quickest, and cleanest way to meet our energy needs and reduce utility bills for residential, business, and industrial customers; and
WHEREAS, Energy efficiency can also make our homes and workspaces healthier, safer, and more comfortable; and
WHEREAS, Smarter energy use reduces the amount of electricity we need to power our lives, which helps avoid power plant emissions that can harm our health - especially the health of our most vulnerable populations, pollute our air, and warm our climate; and
WHEREAS, Cutting energy waste saves U.S. consumers billions of dollars on their utility bills every year, up to $500 per household from appliance efficiency standards alone; and
WHEREAS, Implementing energy efficiency and other clean energy policies and programs can help boost economic opportunities and job creation while continuing to move toward a sustainable future; and
WHEREAS, More than 2.4 million Americans were working in the energy efficiency sector prior to the pandemic in local, good-paying, clean energy jobs that couldn't be outsourced and increasing America's recovery efforts by ramping up our efficiency efforts will sustain and create more of them; and
WHEREAS, To achieve its goal of reducing City operations' energy use 20 percent by 2030, the City of Philadelphia is actively pursuing LED streetlighting, active building monitoring, and other efficiency upgrades to municipal buildings and services; and
WHEREAS, The City and the Philadelphia Energy Authority worked with the Philadelphia Museum of Art on a $12 million efficiency upgrade, which reduces energy use by 24%, water use by 8%, and saves the City $750,000 per year; and
WHEREAS, The Philadelphia Energy Authority supported the School District of Philadelphia on energy makeovers, creating energy savings of 15-51%, adding air condition...
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