Sustainability Through The Years

Sustainability - Where We're Going
2026 and Beyond (GOALS):
     - Carbon Neutral - By 2050
     - Full Light Duty Vehicle Transition - By 2035
     - Convert all Outdoor Park and Facilities Lights to LED
     - Continue to monitor opportunities for the City to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels, and support the              
        community's ability to adapt to and mitigate the most extreme impacts of Climate Change.

2025: Active- Study on Public EV Charging Deployment Strategy                                                                                               2025: Active- Climate Action Plan, Act Now Albany                                                                                                                           2025: Active- Light-Duty EV Fleet Transition Study                                                                                                                             2025: Active- Heat Island Study of Albany's South End Neighborhoods

Sustainability - Where we are


2024: Invited by the U.S. Department of State and ICLEI to São Paulo, Brazil, to share best practices with Latin American Partner Cities through the Cities Forward Program. 
2023: Streetlight Conversion to LED reaches substantial completion
2023: 100% of City operations powered by renewable hydropower - ACHIEVED
     - Local New York Power
2023: One of 12 Cities invited to participate in Cities Forward - an international sustainable city partnership program
     -Paired with Manaus, Brazil
2022: Funding for additional 14 Level 2 Public Dual Port Chargers - SECURED
     - 22 EV charger stations funded to date
2022: Energy Audits on the City's 27 Largest Buildings - COMPLETED
2022: Office of Sustainability Grows
     - Director of Sustainability role - CREATED
     - First Climate Justice Fellow - HIRED
     - First Clean Energy Interns - HIRED
2021: EV Feasibility Study - COMPLETED
2020: 2025 x 2025 Tree Initiative - LAUNCHED
     -COMPLETED BY 2023!
2020: Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan - INITIATED
Sustainability - Where we started


2019: Office name changed to Office of Sustainability
     -Energy Manager - HIRED
2019: Climate Smart Communities Bronze certification- ACHIEVED
2019: Street Light Conversion to LEDs - STARTED
2019: South End Air Quality Report - COMPLETED BY DEC

2017: Unified Sustainable Development Ordinance goes into effect
2015: Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy - JOINED
2013: Sustainability Advisory Committee - FOUNDED
2013: Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Plan - COMPLETED
2010: Mayor's Office of Energy and Sustainability - FOUNDED
2010: 'First Government Operations' Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory - COMPLETED
2009: First 'Community' Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory - COMPLETED
2009: Climate Smart Communities program - JOINED