The City of Oakland is committed to becoming a model sustainable city. Optimizing our use of energy and minimizing associated energy costs and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are important components of this vision. The City is currently developing an Energy and Climate Action Plan to identify, evaluate and prioritize opportunities to reduce energy consumption and GHG emissions in its own government operations and throughout the Oakland community.
Learn more about the Energy and Climate Action Plan and how you can get involved from this overview of the ECAP development process.
City Council Consideration of Preliminary Planning Targets for Development of the Draft ECAP
Consideration of preliminary planning targets for development of the draft ECAP is scheduled on the Public Works Committee agenda for June 23rd, 2009. The Staff recommendation and accompanying report for this item are available on the City’s website.
Agendas and additional information about past and upcoming meetings of the Oakland City Council and Council Committees are available on the City’s website.
Second-Round Public Workshops
The City held two second-round public workshops on April 30, 2009 to gather input on potential Oakland energy and climate goals as well as potential actions the City could consider to reduce energy use and greenhouse gas emissions. View a copy of the presentation given by City staff at these workshops.
City staff continued to take public input on the same topics covered at the April 30th workshops through Friday, May 8, 2009. Below are links to the worksheets used to gather feedback at the April 30th workshops.
Goal-Setting Worksheet
Potential Actions Worksheet – Transportation and Land Use
Potential Actions Worksheet – Building Energy Use
Potential Actions Worksheet – Material Consumption and Waste Reduction
Potential Actions Worksheet – Community Engagement & Advocacy
First-Round Public Workshops
The City held two first-round public workshops to provide an overview of the planned ECAP development process and to gather initial input on potential ways of reducing GHG emissions and issues to consider in the process of developing the ECAP. Use the links below to view copies of the presentations given by City staff at these workshops as well as workshop summaries.
December 11, 2008 Public Workshop: Presentation Workshop Summary
January 28, 2009 Public Workshop: Presentation Workshop Summary
Links to Relevant Adopted City Policy Documents
· General Plan
· Bicycle Master Plan
· Pedestrian Master Plan
· Zero Waste Strategic Plan
· Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Policy
· Civic Green Building Ordinance
Links to Select Other Relevant Documents
· 2005 Oakland Greenhouse Gas Inventory
· Oil Independent Oakland Task Force 2020 Plan
· Oakland Partnership Reports
· State Climate Change Proposed Scoping Plan
· 21st Century Energy Greenprint for the East Bay