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ENERGY EFFICIENCY, WHAT ARE THE LEVERS TO REDUCE THE TOTAL CONSUMPTION OF…

- - - - Mandates for the use of
        energy-efficient technologies, such as
        LED lighting, smart thermostats, and
        efficient heating and cooling systems.
    - - Offer incentives or funding
        programs to encourage building owners
        to retrofit their buildings
      - Improve insulation
        
        Adding insulation to walls, roofs,
        and floors (additional insulation,
        caulking, or weather-stripping)
      - Upgrade HVAC systems
        
        Replacing outdated heating, ventilation,
        and air conditioning (HVAC) systems with
        more energy-efficient models
        
        Installing smart thermostats,
        upgrading air filters, and improving
        ductwork
      - Install energy-efficient lighting
        
        Replacing incandescent light bulbs
        with energy-efficient LEDs
      - Improve windows
        
        Replacing single-pane windows
        with double-paned windows or
        adding window film
      - Implement energy management
        systems
    - - Green roofs
      - Permeable pavements
- - - - Collaborate with private companies
        such as ride-sharing services, to
        promote carpooling and ride-sharing
        options
      - Educate the public about the
        benefits of carpooling and ride-sharing
        
        Social medias
        
        Public awareness campaigns
      - Encourage employers to offer
        carpooling or ride-sharing
        programs for their employees
      - Provide incentives
        
        Toll discounts
        
        Free transit passes
        
        Discounted parking fees
      - Provide ride-matching services
        (online or app-based)
        
        Online or app-based
      - Offer preferential parking spots for
        vehicles with multiple passengers
      - Provide carpool lanes (only open to
        vehicles with two or more
        passengers)
    - - Enforce laws that protect cyclists
        
        Ticketing drivers who park in bike lanes
        
        Enforcing bike lanes laws
        
        Requiring drivers to give cyclists at least 3 feet of clearance when passing
      - Launch educational programs
        
        How to ride safely, how to maintain the bikes, how to plan safe and efficient cycling routes
      - Promote cycling events
      - Offer incentives to use bikes
        
        Free bike tune-ups
        
        Discounts on bike gear
      - Integrate cycling with public
        transportation
        
        Create a bike-sharing system at transit hubs
        
        Provide bike racks on buses or train
      - Develop bike-friendly infrastructure
        
        Bike parking facilities
        
        Cycle tracks
        
        Bike lanes
      - Implement a bike-sharing program
    - - Increase public transportation
        accessibility (ex. for disabled
        people)
      - Promote public transportation use
        
        Public awareness campaigns to encourage people to use public transportation
      - Implement new technology
        
        Mobile ticketing platforms
        
        Smart traffic management systems
      - Build new infrastructures
        
        New routes to connect underserved areas of the city
        
        Dedicated bus or bike lanes
        
        Bus or train station
- - - - Require buildings to meet specific
        energy performance targets or use
        specific technologies
        
        High-efficiency HVAC systems or LED lighting
      - Building codes and regulations that
        require energy audits and retrofits
        for existing buildings
    - - Tax credits or low-interest loans, to
        building owners who conduct
        energy audits and retrofits
    - - Offer energy efficiency programs and
        incentives to building owners
        
        Utilities can provide energy audits and retrofits & financing options
        
        Utilities can provide financing options and rebates for energy-efficient upgrades
    - - Training and workshops for
        building owners to identify energy
        efficiency opportunities
      - Access to energy efficiency experts
        and resources
    - - Require building owners to track
        and report their energy use
        through benchmarking programs
- - - - - Administration, public building and
        gymnasiums should not be heated
        above 19 degrees celsius
  - - - - Implementing water conservation
        programs
        
        Campaigns that include tips on
        how to reduce water consumption,
        such as taking shorter showers and
        using low-flow showerheads and
        faucets
      - - No more hot water in
        administration buildings
      - - Providing education and outreach
        
        Educational resources and
        outreach programs to residents
        
        Help residents to understand the benefits of reducing usages
  - - - Use motion sensors when applicable
      - - Turning off public lighting at
        certain times of the night