Chicago’s Guide to Completing an Energy Efficiency and Conservation Strategy
Published: February 1, 2009
Posted in Best Practice Programs, Municipal-Sector
In February 2009, the City of Chicago published this guide based on its experiences developing its own Climate Action Plan. It is intended to help recipients of Recovery Act Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) funding; however is useful for any municipality seeking to develop a long term and energy efficiency and conservation plan.
Guidance and Tools include:
- A model plan outline
- A planning process guide
- An analysis process
- Suggested structures for getting input and advice
- Execution options
- Steps to completing a green jobs & economic development plan
- A template RFP
- Methodology for calculating baseline energy use and GHG emissions
- Guidance for developing a large scale building energy efficiency retrofit strategy
