Arlington’s Community Energy Project Ensuring a Competitive and Sustainable Community Mid-Atlantic Regional Planning Roundtable March 30,

Community Energy Project Brief background Update on progress Presentation 2

Community Energy Project Arlington’s Current Comprehensive Plan Elements Chesapeake Bay Preservation Historic Preservation Land Use Natural Resources Mgmt Open Space/Public Spaces Public Art Recycling Sanitary Sewer Stormwater Management Transportation Streets, Transit, Biking, Parking, Curbside Mgmt, Pedestrian) Urban Forest Water Distribution System Energy?????

Community Energy Project Smart Growth 4 M M M M M Lower Density Zoning Lower Density Zoning

Arlington’s Journey – Creating & Implementing a Vision “Smart Growth” (1960s) Green Building (1999) Trips to Germany (2000s) AIRE (2007) Community Energy Plan (2010)

Community Energy Project Timeline Jan 2011 Apr 2011 Jul 2011 Oct 2011 Jan 2012 Apr 2012 Jul 2012 Oct 2012 March 2011: TF sent its report to County Board for consideration Quarterly Advisory Group Meetings With Technical Working Group May 2011: Board accepts CES TF Report / adopts related items Implementation Plan (18 mo. effort) Nov 2012: Proposed final CEP and Implementation Workplan

Community Energy Project Insatiable Appetite for Energy About 70% of it in Cities Forecast to double by

Community Energy Project Arlington County - Carbon Footprint 13.4 metric tons for each Resident 2007 Greenhouse Gas Emissions 2,730,000 metric tons / 6,020,000,000 lbs CO 2e by sectorby type 8

Community Energy Project Community Energy Project: Background Three Groups of Benefits Competitiveness Security Environment Supply security Supply quality Flexibility Supply security Supply quality Flexibility Energy cost Employment Investment Energy cost Employment Investment Greenhouse Gas Reduction 9

Community Energy Project Energy efficiency – If you don’t need it - don’t use it Heat Recovery – If it’s already there – use it Renewable energy – If it makes sense, go carbon free Energy distribution – Invest where it makes sense Arlington Community Energy Framework Integrated Solution – Tailored for County! 10

Community Energy Project Task Force recommends a GHG emissions target of 3 metric tons (mt) CO 2 e/capita/year by In 2007, Arlington produced 13.4 mt CO 2 e/capita/year Task Force also recommended Arlington’s target for 2050 be 2.2 mt CO 2 e/capita/year if regional energy plan established. Headline Target: 2050 Greenhouse Gas Emissions 11

Community Energy Project Per Capita GHG Emissions Impacts of Key Energy Policy Recommendations Base Case 12

Community Energy Project Energy Modeling Results 13

Community Energy Project Five Transformation Work Groups: Buildings District Energy / Renewable Energy Transportation Education & Outreach Finance Technical Work Group (TWG) 14

Community Energy Project For more information: Thank you ! Rich Dooley – CEP Coordinator