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.

Approval of Preliminary Planning Targets for Development of the Draft ECAP

On July 7, 2009, the Oakland City Council directed staff to develop the draft Oakland Energy and Climate Action Plan using a preliminary planning GHG reduction target equivalent to 36% below 2005 GHG emissions by 2020, and annual benchmarks for meeting the target. The Staff recommendation and accompanying report for this Council item 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

· 21^st Century Energy Greenprint for the East Bay