Sustainability Highlights

2009 Climate Smart Communities program joined

2009 First ‘Community’ Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory completed

2010  First ‘Government Operations’ Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory completed

2010  Mayor’s Office of Energy and Sustainability founded

2011   Energy Conservation Policy adopted

2012  Climate Action Plan adopted

2012  Electric Vehicle Feasibility Study completed

2012  Capital Region Sustainability Plan completed

2013  Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Plan completed

2013  Sustainability Advisory Committee founded

2015  ‘Five Cities’ Energy Plan completed

2015  Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy joined

2015  Power Purchase Agreement with Monolith Solar approved

2016  Capital Region Electric Vehicle Charging Station Plan completed by CDTC

2017  Unified Sustainable Development Ordinance goes into effect

2018  ESCO agreement with Constellation Energy signed

2019  Climate Smart Communities Bronze certification achieved

2019  Street Light Conversion to LEDs begun

2019  South End Air Quality Report completed by DEC

2020 Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan initiated 

2020 Community Choice Aggregation passed into law

2020 Capital District Zero Emission Vehicle Plan completed by CDTC

2020 2025 Tree Initiative launched