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ACEEE Releases 2013 City Energy Efficiency Scorecard

DateTuesday, September 24, 2013 at 04:03PM Print ArticlePrint Article

Click here to read the ACEEE Executive Summary and here to read how Chicago ranks.

The scorecard was compiled by assessing five different areas of city policy and other actions to improve energy efficiency and ranking them on their own individual metrics. The individual scores are combined to produce a cumulative total and overall ranking. The maximum amount of points a city could receive is 100, however each of the five categories is not weighted equally. The five categories are local government operations (out of 15), buildings (out of 29), energy and water utilities (out of 18), transportation (out of 28), and the community as a whole (out of 10). Analysts deciding each city’s ranking evaluated the categories from the perspective of a city’s energy policy and performance as well as its current plans and future actions. Below is a breakdown of the five categories as well as how each category was evaluated:

- Local Government Operations (15 pts possible)

  • Local Government Energy Efficiency Goals (2 pts)
  • Energy Strategy Implementation (4 pts)
  • Procurement and Construction Policies (4 pts)
  • Asset Management (5 pts)

- Community-Wide Initiatives (10 pts possible)

  • Community-Wide Energy Efficiency Targets (2 pts)
  • Performance Management (3 pts)
  • District Energy and Combined Heat and Power (3 pts)
  • Urban Heat Island Mitigation (2 pts)

- Building Policies (29 pts possible)

  • Building Energy Code Stringency (6 pts)
  • Building Energy Code Implementation (6 pts)
  • Requirements and Incentive for Efficient Buildings (9 pts)
  • Benchmarking, Rating and Disclosure (6 pts)
  • Comprehensive Efficiency Services (2 pts)

- Energy & Water Utilities & Public Benefits Programs (18 pts possible)

  • Electric Efficiency Spending (4 pts)
  • Natural Gas Efficiency Spending (3 pts)
  • Electric Savings (2 pts)
  • EE Targets and Requirements (2 pts)
  • Energy Data Provision (2pts)
  • Energy Efforts in Water Services (5 pts)

- Transportation Policies (28 pts possible)

  • Location Efficiency (8 pts)
  • Mode Shift (8 pts)
  • Transit (6 pts)
  • Efficient Vehicles and Driver Behavior (3 pts)
  • Freight (3 pts)
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