Santa Clarita

Silver

Benchmark City Facilities
Work with Community Energy Partnership and benchmark and audit up to 10 City facilities.
Public Works and Parks, Recreation and Community Services

Gold

Business Energy Competition
Encourage businesses to participate in an energy competition that requires benchmarking for participation, annual award program.
Public Works Department and Economic Development Division

Platinum

City Facility Energy Policy
Establish facility energy efficiency policy that provides employees with guidelines, instructions, and requirements for efficient use of the facility such as by turning lights and computers off, thermostat use, etc.
Purchasing, Public Works, Community Development, City Manager’s Office and PR&CS

Silver

Smart Irrigation
Install 430 smart irrigation controllers to replace inefficient irrigation controllers.
Landscape Maintenance Districts

Gold

Methane Heat for Water Reclamation Plant
Encourage Santa Clarita Valley Sanitation District to recapture methane for heat production at their Valencia Water Reclamation Plant.
Environmental Services and City Manager

Platinum

Low Impact Development in City Code
Implement low impact development storm water concepts into the Uniform Development Code.
Environmental Services, Development Services, Community Development

Silver

Sustainable Landscape Standards
Develop and implement sustainable landscaping standards for new commercial construction and renovation of reduce water consumption.
Community Development

Gold

Green Building Training for City Staff
Train appropriate agency staff (such as planners, inspectors, and plan checkers) in green building standards and technologies to facilitate approval and inspection processes.
Community Development and Public Works

Platinum

Regional Green Building Standard
Work with neighboring Los Angeles County to adopt a region wide green building standard.
Community Development, Building and Safety

Silver

Buy Recycled Campaign
Educate community about “Buy Recycled” opportunities.
Environmental Services, Economic Development

Gold

Incentives for Green Waste Recycling
Establish incentives for residents to participate in green waste recycling programs.
Environmental Services

Platinum

Waste Exchange for Reuse
Partner with the state and others to encourage businesses and residents to participate in waste exchanges and similar opportunities to reuse items.
Environmental Services, Economic Development

Silver

Interdepartmental Green Team
Create an interdepartmental green team to 1) promote policy implementation, 2) track policy adherence, and 3) suggest additional items to be included in the agency’s climate-friendly purchasing program, including such tasks as:

• Reviewing and analyzing current (baseline) purchasing by major product categories.
• Prioritizing product categories in terms of greenhouse gas emissions implications and improvement potential.
• Reviewing policies, procedures, organization/staffing for implementation barriers.
• Developing multi-year implementation schedule based on priorities, difficulty, upcoming solicitations.
• Reporting achievements under the policy to policy makers and the public annually

Purchasing, Public Works, Community Development, City Manager’s Office and PR&CS

Gold

Climate-Friendly Purchasing
Require service providers to follow climate-friendly practices, or provide a preference in selecting and contracting with service providers to those that follow climate-friendly practices.
Purchasing, Public Works, Community Development, City Manager’s Office and PR&CS

Platinum

Climate-Friendly Purchasing Education
Educate the public about climate friendly procurement opportunities.
Purchasing, Public Works, Community Development, City Manager’s Office and PR&CS

Silver

Landfill Methane Emissions
For jurisdictions that do not own or operate landfills, calculate the methane emissions associated with the disposal of waste generated within the community.
Community Development

Gold

Transit Maintenance Facility Solar Panels Expansion
Install photovoltaic systems at the Transit Maintenance Facility that will meet the majority of its electrical energy requirements.
Public Works, Transit Division

Platinum

PACE Program Participation
Participate in the Los Angeles County AB 811/PACE program.
Public Works, Community Development and City Manager

Silver

Vehicle Miles Traveled Evaluation
Make reductions in vehicle-miles traveled (VMT) a highpriority criteria in evaluation of policy, program, and project alternatives.
Community Development and Public Works

Gold

Public Transportation Infrastructure
Develop infrastructure improvements such as HOV/HOT lanes and dedicated bus rapid transit right-of-ways.
Community Development

Platinum

Climate Action Plan
Analyze impact of greenhouse gas emissions from land use and transportation sectors in the EIR prepared in connection with general plan updates.
Community Development

Silver

Mixed Use Development
Provide incentives and remove zoning and other barriers to mixed-use and higher intensity development at transit nodes and along transit corridors (existing and planned).
Community Development

Gold

One Valley One Vision Greenhouse Gas Plan
Include a greenhouse gas reduction plan in the General Plan, or include within the General Plan a requirement for development and adoption of a greenhouse gas reduction plan.
Community Development

Platinum

Bicycle and Pedestrian Friendly Community
Consider public health benefits of designing communities that encourage alternatives to single occupant-vehicle travel, such as by being more
bicycle and pedestrian friendly.
Community Development, PR&CS, Public Works

Silver

Local Food Purchasing Policy
Enact a local food purchase policy for agency food purchases.
Purchasing, Public Works, Community Development, City Manager’s Office and PR&CS

Gold

Event Greenhouse Gas Reduction
Audit agency sponsored events and activities to determine greenhouse gas emissions associated with the event/activity.
Purchasing, Public Works, Community Development, City Manager’s Office and PR&CS

Platinum

Event Greenhouse Gas Neutrality
Achieve carbon neutrality at agency sponsored events and activities through conservation, efficiency, alternative transportation, and the purchase of third party verified emission reductions to offset carbon emissions.
Purchasing, Public Works, Community Development, City Manager’s Office and PR&CS

Silver

Regional Blueprint
Participate in the development of a regional blueprint or other long-range planning process to assess the climate impacts of future growth and develop a preferred climate-friendly growth scenario.
Community Development

Gold

Public Involvement in Climate Action Plan
Use public involvement processes to develop recommendations from residents and businesses about the city or county’s climate change action plan and actions the agency is taking to respond to climate change, such as through green building, energy conservation, efficient transportation, and other actions.
Community Development

Platinum

Ongoing Community Involvement
Provide opportunities for interested residents to stay engaged after the initial planning to help monitor and assess ongoing efforts and recommend plan adaptations as needed.
Community Development