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DRAFT <br />10. Energy Element <br />Program 2.5: Develop an educational program about conservation, renewable <br />energy sources, public and private energy-related programs, and <br />rebates. <br />Program 2.6: Promote using less energy during peak demand periods. <br />Program 2.7: Share information about the link between water and electricity <br />use, i.e, reducing water use reduces the need fox electricity for <br />water pumping. <br />Policy 3: Reduce demand fox electricity and natural gas by establishing guidelines, programs, <br />and incentives that would achieve this end. <br />Program 3.1: Create incentives for energy efficiency. <br />Program 3.2: Identify where insulation would be most beneficial, and consider <br />developing an incentive program to help owners, including <br />apartment owners, insulate their buildings. <br />Program 3.3: Develop a program or a polity that encourages the installation <br />of alternative energy technology in residential, commercial, and <br />public projects. <br />Program 3.4: Develop educational materials to assist property owners in <br />implementing energy efficient upgrades. <br />Policy 4: Reduce heating and cooling energy use in the city. <br />Program 4.1: Encourage a built environment that uses the properties of <br />nature, i.e., passive solar, fox heating and cooling buildings. This <br />would include "living roofs" -such as growing sod or sedum2 <br />on roofs to serve as insulation -and "cool roofs" - or coating <br />roofs with an insulating and light-reflecting liquid material <br />following Title 24 standards of the California Code of Regulations. <br />Program: 4.2: Continue to implement parking lot tree planting standards that <br />would have the effect of substantially cooling parking areas and <br />that would help cool the surrounding environment. Do not <br />require trees to be planted where they would impact the ability <br />of photovoltaic panels to convert sunlight into electricity. <br />2 Sedum is a genus with about 600 species oflow-growing fleshy-leaved herbaceous plants, many of which are evergreen and <br />many of which may be used as ground covers. <br />Energy Clean Copy per PC. 02 07 1 O-1 O <br />Council 6/5/2007 <br />