CLIMATE ACTION PLAN - City of Urbana

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2.5 URBANA’S ENERGY USE A. MONITORING ENERGY EFFICIENCY Monitoring progress towards becoming more energy efficient involves comparing community-wide building energy consumption data from year to year. However, some summers are hotter than others, and winter this year may be milder than the last year. Therefore, energy requirements associated with space heating and cooling respond to fluctuating weather conditions and a direct comparison of raw energy consumption data would be misleading as it does not accurately reflect whether the community is becoming more energy efficient. As a solution, we can compare annual energy use by plotting a graph of monthly energy use against monthly weather conditions. This is done by normalizing community-wide energy consumed per month against a ratio of the Heating Degree Days and Cooling Degree Days in that month. Heating Degree Days (HDD) is a measure used to estimate the amount of energy required for residential space heating during the cold season. Similarly, Cooling Degree Days (CDD) is a measure used to estimate the amount of air conditioning usage during the warm season. To calculate HDD and CDD, 65 o F is assumed to be a comfortable indoor temperature. The mean temperature for the day is calculated by taking the high and low temperature for the day, adding them together and dividing them by two. If the mean temperature is at or above 65 o F, then HDD is zero, that is, no energy was needed to heat indoor space. If the mean temperature is below 65 o F, the HDD equals 65 minus the mean temperature. For example, if the mean temperature was 55 o F, then HDD amount equals 10. Similarly if the mean temperature was at or below 65 o F, then the CDD is zero, that is no energy was needed to cool indoor space. If the mean temperature was 75 o F, then the CDD amount equals 65 minus the mean temperature, amounting to 10. A monthly HDD value and CDD value is reported by the Illinois State Climatologist for their weather station in Urbana. By plotting energy consumed against a ratio of HDD and CDD, we can arrive at yearly trends that account for variations in external weather conditions. This allows us to reach a more accurate yearly comparison of energy efficiency of the building stock after eliminating those consumption changes that are a response to variable external weather conditions. B. WEATHERIZATION In October 2009, the City of Urbana received an Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) to be used toward reducing its carbon footprint. A part of this grant ($72,000) was used to create an innovative program in partnership with Ameren Illinois’ Act On Energy Program. Through this program residents were able to benefit from free residential energy audits and discounts on major envelope improvements. Under this program, residents of Urbana were provided with a free energy analysis of their residence and a compensation of an additional 40 percent of the Act On Energy Incentive available for Ameren customers for undertaking housing shell improvements, namely air sealing, attic insulation and wall insulation. Between 2010 and February 2012, 826 Urbana homes were audited, and 169 homes were retrofitted. Strategies to further reduce residential sector building energy consumption rely on securing additional funding to continue the community weatherization program. The Champaign County Regional Planning Commission Community Services Department also offers a Illinois Home Weatherization Assistance Program (IHWAP) which is designed to reduce energy costs and improve home comfort levels for low income residents. IHWAP is funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and the state supplemental Energy Assistance Fund. Between January and May 2012, a total of 982 units were assisted through this program countywide, including 177 multi-family units in Urbana. City of Urbana 44
2.5 URBANA’S ENERGY USE C. AMEREN ILLINOIS’ TRADITIONAL SOURCES OF ENERGY AND RELATED EMISSIONS AND NUCLEAR WASTE Figure 12 shows the trends in the sources of the energy supplied for Ameren Illinois’ entire service region, and the related greenhouse gas emissions and nuclear waste created for each year between 2007 and 2011. EMISSIONS TYPE 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 CARBON DIOXIDE (LBS) NITROGEN DIOXIDE (LBS) SULFUR DIOXIDE (LBS) HIGH-LEVEL NUCLEAR WASTE (LBS) LOW-LEVEL NUCLEAR WASTE (FT 3 ) 1,625.00 1,825.00 1,844.00 1,800.00 1,768.00 1.76 2.9 1.66 0.95 1.16 3.67 3.86 3.96 3.31 3.5 0.00
Page 1 and 2: CLIMATE ACTION PLAN PHASE 1: INITIA
Page 3 and 4: A MESSAGE FROM THE MAYOR August 31,
Page 5 and 6: 5 GOALS : 15 ACTIONS THE URBANA CLI
Page 7: to reach long-term emissions reduct
Page 10 and 11: 1.1 INTRODUCTION Never in the past
Page 12 and 13: 1.2 CLIMATE CHANGE CONCEPTS A. GREE
Page 14 and 15: 1.3 THE BENEFITS OF LOCAL ACTION Ur
Page 16 and 17: 1.5 A PHASED APPROACH The phased st
Page 18 and 19: 1.7 CITY OF URBANA CLIMATE PLANNING
Page 20 and 21: 1.8 PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT In addition t
Page 22 and 23: 1.9 CURRENT PLANS D. 2004 CHAMPAIGN
Page 24 and 25: 1.10 CURRENT ACTIONS Urbana busines
Page 26 and 27: 1.10 CURRENT ACTIONS has verified a
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Page 35 and 36: 2. METHODOLOGY, INVENTORY, & PROJEC
Page 37 and 38: 2.1 OVERVIEW B. UNIVERSITY OF ILLIN
Page 39 and 40: 2.2 BASELINE INVENTORY A. 2007 EMIS
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Page 53 and 54: 3.1 80% 90% EMISSIONS REDUCTION TAR
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Page 59 and 60: 3.2 GOAL 2: REDUCE EMISSIONS FROM G
Page 61 and 62: 3.2 GOAL 4: PREPARE FOR CLIMATE CHA
Page 63 and 64: 3.2 GOAL 5: PURSUE COORDINATION AND
Page 65 and 66: 3.3 CONSOLIDATED IMPLEMENTATION TAB
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Page 72 and 73: 4.3 ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ACS
Page 74 and 75: 4.4 APPENDIX B: SOURCES AND WARMING
Page 76 and 77: 4.4 APPENDIX C: PUBLIC INPUT SURVEY
Page 82 and 83: 4.4 APPENDIX D: PUBLIC INPUT FORMS
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Page 86 and 87: 4.4 APPENDIX E: CACP GREENHOUSE GAS
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4.4 APPENDIX G: STATE OF ILLINOIS E
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4.4 APPENDIX H: $ 1,000 ENERGY CHAL
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4.4 APPENDIX J: ENERGY AND EMISSION
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4.4 APPENDIX J: ENERGY AND EMISSION
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