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File #: 200518    Version: 0 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: ADOPTED
File created: 10/1/2020 In control: CITY COUNCIL
On agenda: Final action: 10/1/2020
Title: Recognizing Wednesday, October 7, 2020 as Energy Efficiency Day in the City of Philadelphia.
Sponsors: Councilmember Gilmore Richardson, Councilmember Green, Councilmember Henon, Councilmember Gym, Councilmember Brooks, Councilmember Thomas, Councilmember Parker, Councilmember Bass, Councilmember Gauthier, Councilmember Domb, Councilmember Squilla
Attachments: 1. Signature20051800
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Recognizing Wednesday, October 7, 2020 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, a retrofit at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, active building monitoring, and other efficiency upgrades to municipal buildings and services; and

WHEREAS, To cut citywide carbon pollution 80 percent by 2050, the City of Philadelphia is launching its Building Energy Performance Policy to reduce energy use in large commercial buildings; and

WHEREAS, Commercial Property Accessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) financing is enabled in Philadelphia and actively providing capital for buildings to conduct e...

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