City of Madison MPower programs

The City of Madison component of the Mpowering Madison campaign calls for city government to reduce its CO2 'footprint' by 25% by 2011, to eliminate 15,000 tons of CO2, through the following strategies:

¢ Increase the energy efficiency of city facilities by reducing natural gas and electricity consumption. The city is actively implementing green building and energy efficiency practices, and recently created a new Facilities and Sustainability position to focus solely on this issue.

¢ Purchase more energy from renewable sources such as wind and solar and install renewable energy systems on city properties.

¢ Increase fuel efficiency and biofuels in the city's fleet of vehicles. The city is already pursuing this goal through establishing fuel-efficiency standards, the use of hybrid diesel-electric buses, as well as experimentation with biodiesel fuels.

Learn more about how the City of Madison is working towards a sustainable future.

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