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Resolution to Adopt City Policy on Solar Power Generation and Energy Efficiency in City-owned Facilities
Memorandum
The attached resolution creates a policy to support renewable energy generation and energy efficiency standards in existing and new city buildings.
Staff
Prepared by Council Members Smith & Frenzel
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Whereas, In December 2012, the Ann Arbor City Council passed the Climate Action Plan (CAP) an ambitious multi-strategy vision to reduce our community-wide emissions 8% by 2015, 25% by 2025, and 90% by 2050, relative to year 2000 baseline emissions levels;
Whereas, 20% of the CAP's 2025 electrical savings goal is slated to be met with solar photovoltaics (or equivalent) (i.e., 2.4 MW installed each year, for the next ten years for a total of 24 MW);
Whereas, In June 2016 the City Council unanimously adopted a Resolution Authorizing a Commitment to Making the City of Ann Arbor a Solar Ready Community which called for the City of Ann Arbor to support efforts to make the City a Solar Ready Community and all affected City departments and agencies to adopt the Clean Energy Coalition-developed Solar Ready Community guidelines towards the goal of securing the designation of Solar Ready Community for the city;
Whereas, The State of Michigan Building Code (MBC) prohibits the City from mandating greater energy efficiency than the MBC, therefore the City has little ability to create higher energy standards in private development;
Whereas, The City has the ability to require maximum energy efficiency and use of alternative energy generation at city-owned facilities; and,
Whereas, The following facilities consume a significant amount of electricity and have significant solar power generation capability:
Facility
Electricity Consumption (kWh)
Airport Administration Building
126,080
Buhr Park Bathhouse and Ice Rink
475,480
Burns Senior Citizen Center
28,290
Cobbelstone Farm Visitor's Center
9,643
Farmers Market Building and Grounds
36,880
Fire Stati...
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