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b. Provide guidance and assistance to applicants to make compliance with Title 24 <br />energy requirements as effective and efficient as possible. <br />c. Develop plans, with incentives, to exceed State energy and water efficiency <br />standards. Consider fee adjustments or rebates for projects that exceed these <br />standards and that incorporate green building measures that are over and above <br />the minimum requirements. <br />d. Modify the City's lighting standards to discourage excessive lighting. <br />e. Consider developing an ordinance that encourages energy efficiency upgrades and <br />improvements in buildings upon sale. Include the real estate community and <br />other stakeholders in the ordinance development process. <br />£ Promote and support the City's Tool Lending Library for energy-related tools. <br />g. Promote energy and water conservation design features in major renovation and <br />new development projects. <br />h. Encourage pool covers and solar pool heating systems in place of conventional <br />methods for heating pools in public and private facilities and consider possible <br />incentives. <br />i. Encourage the efficient use of water and reduce urban runoff through the use of <br />natural drainage, drought tolerant landscaping, and efficient irrigation systems in <br />major renovation and new development projects. Require new irrigation systems <br />on City property to be efficient. Incorporate these strategies in the Planning and <br />Public Works and Engineering Department policies for development review. <br />j. Promote heat-load reduction strategies such as the use of landscaping to shade <br />new homes and developments and street designs that maximize street tree <br />canopies to reduce local neighborhood heat build up and associated building <br />cooling energy needs and costs. Heat-load reduction strategies should be <br />evaluated in conjunction with other energy-saving strategies, and should be <br />promoted where appropriate. <br />k. Evaluate the feasibility of using light-colored, noise-reducing paving materials in <br />new streets and repaving projects, and revise street standards accordingly to <br />require the use of such materials. <br />1. Encourage the installation ofenergy-saving roofing materials. <br />m. Improve the City's vehicle fleet by replacing older vehicles with less polluting <br />vehicles that are more energy efficient. <br />n. Explore opportunities to reduce vehicle travel distances, the number of vehicle <br />trips in and around Pleasanton, and reliance on the automobile. <br />o. Explore and implement other energy conservation programs and measures that <br />may prove beneficial to Pleasanton's economy and environment. <br />3. Supporting and Developing Ordinances, Policies, Programs, and Legislation <br />a. Develop a General Plan Energy Element that will serve as the policy document for <br />Pleasanton's energy strategy. The Energy Committee (see section <br />"D. Implementation" above) will work with the general public to prepare a draft <br />Energy Element for the City Council's review. The Energy Element shall contain <br />at a minimum a conservation and efficiency section, a renewable energy section, a <br />Page 6 <br />