This regularly-scheduled sponsored column is written by the Arlington Initiative to Rethink Energy team (AIRE). This county program helps you make smart energy decisions that save you money and leaves a lighter footprint on the environment.
We need your input to help refine the draft Community Energy Plan.
Ask questions, get answers and make your voice heard. If you care about climate action and Arlington’s sustainability journey, this event is for you! Snacks will be provided.
Please join use at Central Library this Tuesday!
Community Energy Plan Open House:
Date: June 4
Time: 7-9 p.m.
Location: Central Library Auditorium
Our lives are increasingly reliant on ever more energy. Air conditioning and heating, lighting, electric cars, tablets and smart phones, TVs and game consoles, and so much more. Energy is a key enabler of humanity’s progress.
It is also linked to global greenhouse gas increases and associated impacts that were recently detailed in the latest UN Climate Report.
The Rethink Energy program is Arlington’s climate action program and is moving the needle on energy efficiency, solar power, green building and more.
Why do we need a Community Energy Plan?
Arlington’s Community Energy Plan was first adopted in 2013. In the same way that Arlington’s smart growth journey was built upon land-use planning and transit, energy planning is the critical next layer to support Arlington’s evolution as a sustainable community.
Arlington County is updating the Community’s Energy Plan. This Plan is ambitious in its scope, but practical in its aims. Residents and businesses can expect a variety of benefits as we work to finalize this long-term plan:
- Reducing energy costs that will save residents and businesses money
- Generating energy locally with the use of renewables and other technologies
- Reaching our carbon reduction goals by 2050
Please join us on June 4 at the Community Energy Plan Open House!
The draft Community Energy Plan update can be found here. An executive summary of the proposed changes can be found here.