Beaumont honored for being energy efficient!
Beaumont was recently honored by the Institute
for Local Government and the Statewide Energy Efficiency Collaborative for our
participation in a statewide sustainability and climate change recognition
program, the Beacon Award: Local leadership toward Solving Climate Change.
Beaumont
was recognized for its leadership in making its city buildings more energy
efficient, saving money and promoting sustainability, including reducing electricity
use by 10 percent in agency buildings and operations, saving more
than $125,000 since 2009.
Examples
of recent activities for which Beaumont was honored include:
·
Completing a comprehensive lighting retrofit to the newly
renovated Police Administration Building, saving 119,000 kWh and saving $37,000
this year.
·
Adopting Municipal Green Building Policy that requires all
new municipal building to meet high level green building standards.
·
Retrofitting the heating, ventilation and air conditioning
system at the Beaumont Civic Center to be more energy efficient, saving 31,699
kWh and providing over $13,000 in savings.
“Beaumont is being very aggressive in its efforts to be a
green community, control its energy costs and pursuing the latest technologies
in sustainability,” stated Mayor Pro Tem David Castaldo. “Because of the
prudent decisions of our city staff, and their timeless hours of research in
energy efficiency and through some very wise investments in our own city's
buildings, we have saved our residents precious tax dollars now, and in the
years to come.”
Additional information about Beaumont’s
accomplishments is available at www.ca-ilg.org/BeaconAward/Beaumont.
