CLIMATE ACTION PLAN - City of Urbana

4.4 APPENDIX C: PUBLIC INPUT SURVEY RESULTS
Income tax credits for energy efficient home improvements
Support for non-profits to retrofit
Affordable options
Financial incentives on our power or water bills to somehow make it a no-brainer for us to put
attention on reducing energy use
Low interest loans for renewable energy installations
Tax incentives for purchase of “green” home appliances
Incentives for construction of homes meeting Passive House standard
MISCELLANEOUS
Commercial recycling program (x2)
Accessible resources for offsetting carbon
A variety of options to reduce emissions
Coordination with the university
Providing more opportunities to buy locally, and to buy locally-sourced products
Food waste composting program for restaurants
Locate more grocery stores within walking distance
Encourage native plants versus turf grass
Increase local recycling options
Develop games/competitions to make GHG reduction fun
City should lead by example
Help people prioritize – what should they do first to reduce GHG emission
Barriers to GHG Emission Reductions
Funding assistance programs needed (x5)
Technical assistance is needed to overcome barriers (x3)
Would like to see high speed and light rail systems
It's a matter of getting the ball rolling and a lack of handout material
The research time it takes to gather information and apply it to our business
Bike paths are few and poorly designed. There should be highways for bikes.
There isn't a commercial recycling program
Composting difficult for apartment dwellers
The businesses I would want to patronize do not exist in Urbana (copy shop, office supply store, etc)
Resistance to making changes necessary to create easier access to active transportation modes in the
political process
Not aware of who provides energy audits or how to sign up for assessment of our facility. Because we
don't have outside, objective advice, it is hard to get some of my colleagues to change behavior such as
turning off computers on nights and weekends. If we had outside advice from an expert with numerical
calculations of what we could save that could give us the information we need to make bigger changes
Lack of energy infrastructure
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