| Provide Lean Green City Government |
Provide
Lean Green City Government
City government
will lead by example with practices that save money and improve the health
of the people and the environment.
| Goals
|
2004
Actions
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- Increase energy and water efficiency of City buildings and
facilities
- Reduce air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions from City
vehicles
- Buy more environmentally-friendly products
- Design and construct City buildings that are healthier for
people and the environment, and that cost less to own and operate
- Reduce City use of pesticides (especially on golf courses)
- Produce and deliver electricity with no net emission of
greenhouse gases
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- Implement Clean Green Fleet program (continue use of cleaner
diesel fuels, increase purchase of cleaner cares, promote smart
transportation choices by City employees)
- Continue Sustainable Purchasing program (reduce purchase of
products containing persistent toxins, increase purchase of
sustainably produced wood products)
- Continue Sustainable Building program (complete Central Library,
Yesler and High Point community centers)
- Continue City Light clean energy and climate protection
initiatives (focus on local carbon mitigation projects to increase use of/market for
biodiesel)
- Implement Parks' strategy to reduce pesticide use on golf
courses and increase pesticide-free parks
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As a
major landowner, employer, building manager, fleet operator, utility owner
and operator, consumer of goods and services, and service provider, the City
of
Seattle
has both the opportunity and the capacity to
bring about significant improvements in environmental quality in and around
the central
Puget
Sound
region. The focus of the Lean
Green City Government component of the Mayor’s Environmental Action Agenda
is to maximize that leverage by transforming City government into a
model of clean, healthy, resource-efficient, and environmentally responsible
practices.
"The City has to walk the talk. These actions
will improve worker health and safety, protect the environmental quality,
and
in many cases save the City money at the same time". Mayor
Nickels
Links
Agenda
Brochure
2004
Environmental Action Agenda Brochure (PDF 205.9 KB)
Agenda
Summary
2004
Environmental Action Agenda Summary (PDF 73.9 KB)
Complete
Agenda
2004
Environmental Action Agenda Targets & Indicators (PDF
213.1 KB)
Energy & Water Conservation
Energy
conservation programs - City Light
Saving
water partnership - SPU
Washwise
program - SCL & SPU
Water
conservation programs - SPU
Water
conservation potential assessment report - SPU
Water
efficient irrigation systems - SPU
Environmentally Responsible Purchasing
Computers
- A guide to environmentally responsible purchasing
Buy
Recycled program
- DEA
Copernicus
project - green purchasing
- DEA
Sustainable Building
City
of Seattle sustainable building home page
Sustainable
building practices - City Light
City
resources
Climate/Clean Air
Climate
Change - City Light
Pesticide
Reduction - Parks
Puget
Sound Clean Air Agency
Climate
Solutions
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