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Buildings & Energy | 35Pleasanton Climate Action Plan 2.0 <br />Buildings & Energy <br />Decarbonize buildings, expand the use of renewable <br />energy sources, and use energy more wisely. <br />Buildings & Energy in Pleasanton <br />Building emissions come primarily from powering, heating, and <br />cooling buildings, in particular increasing natural gas use. <br />• Pleasanton’s second-largest source of emissions <br />• 30% of community emissions in 2017 <br />• 20% of these emissions were from natural gas in 2017, and <br />natural gas use increased 9% from 2005 to 2017 <br />Performance since 2012 <br />• Converted 5,400 sodium vapor streetlights to light emitting <br />diodes (LEDs). <br />• Installed solar panels at four municipal buildings. <br />Buildings & Energy Goal(s) <br />Reduce GHG emissions from buildings and associated energy <br />consumption and increase buildings and energy resilience which <br />will result in cost savings, improved public health, and improved <br />infrastructure. <br />Key Performance Indicators (vs. 2017) <br />Success will be monitored in the Buildings & Energy sector by <br />tracking progress against the following key performance indicators: <br />• Reduce building emissions 31%, to ~123,000 MTCO2e <br />• Reduce natural gas consumption 7%, to ~20,900,000 therms <br />• Maintain energy consumption despite population growth <br />• Reduce the carbon intensity of energy 100%, to 0 MTCO2e/kWh <br />• Increase solar and battery permits <br />• Decrease municipal energy use <br />By 2030, 20% of local emissions <br />reductions will come from this sector.