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City of Pleasanton Pleasanton Climate Action Plan 2.0 44 for the most GHG emissions within the Pleasanton community in 2017. Passenger and commercial vehicles in Pleasanton accounted for 610,525,132 vehicle miles traveled (VMT) in 2017. Residential, non-residential, and direct access electricity use in Pleasanton totaled 555,929,905 kWh in 2017. Residential and non-residential natural gas use in Pleasanton totaled 22,375,992 therms in 2017. The CAP 2.0 is a policy document containing climate action strategies to reduce communitywide GHG emissions. The CAP 2.0 would encourage energy efficiency in existing residential, commercial, and municipal building stock through new policies and educational campaigns as well as new requirements for proposed new buildings through Strategies BE-1, BE-2, and TLU-3. The CAP 2.0 would also incentivize increased renewable energy production within the City through Actions S3 and P4. Additionally, the CAP 2.0 attempts to reduce transportation-related energy consumption by increasing active transportation and public transit use and reducing VMT through Strategy TLU-2. CAP 2.0 Strategies BE-1 and BE-2 and Action P11 seek to decrease natural gas consumption in new and existing buildings by requiring electrification, incentivizing energy-efficient retrofits, and encouraging LEED-certified development, while Strategy BE-3 and Action S3 encourage the production and storage of local renewable energy. CAP 2.0 Strategies TLU-1 and TLU-2 would provide improvements to the active transportation, public transit and EV programming and infrastructure of the City to reduce energy consumption and GHG emissions from the transportation sector. Additionally, CAP 2.0 Strategies MC-1 and MC-2 relate to reducing waste production and sustainable consumption. Implementation of CAP 2.0 strategies and actions would require small-scale construction. However, energy use for the construction of such projects would be temporary in nature, and construction equipment used would be typical of similar-sized construction projects in the region. In addition, construction contractors would be required to comply with the provisions of CCR Title 13 Sections 2449 and 2485, which would minimize unnecessary fuel consumption. Construction equipment would be subject to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) Construction Equipment Fuel Efficiency Standard, which would also minimize inefficient, wasteful, or unnecessary fuel consumption. Furthermore, per applicable regulatory requirements such as 2019 California’s Green Building Standards Code (CALGreen), which is the CCR Title 24, Part 11, future infrastructure projects would comply with construction waste management practices to divert a minimum of 65 percent of construction and demolition debris. These practices would result in efficient use of energy necessary to construct CAP 2.0-related projects. Upon completion of construction for any CAP 2.0-related infrastructure development and redevelopment, non-renewable energy use would be reduced by increasing renewable energy production and storage and reducing VMT within the City. The purpose and intended effect of the CAP 2.0 is to reduce GHG emissions generated within the Pleasanton community to minimize the effects of climate change, including those emissions generated by energy demand and supply. The CAP 2.0 would not result in the use of non-renewable resources in a wasteful or inefficient manner; rather, it would assist in reducing use of non- renewable energy resources and increasing the production of local renewable energy. Therefore, the CAP 2.0 would result in no impact related to the wasteful, inefficient, or unnecessary consumption of energy. b. Would the project conflict with or obstruct a State or local plan for renewable energy or energy efficiency? Relevant plans and policies that aim to increase energy efficiency and the production of renewable energy include SB 100, the 2019 California Green Building Standards Code (CALGreen or Title 24 Part