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Energy Conservation: Project Design Features
<br />The project would be designed to include green building, energy saving, and water saving measures
<br />and other sustainability features. Consistent with the CALGreen, the project would be required to meet
<br />and comply with the residential mandatory measures that include water efficiency and conservation,
<br />material conservation and resource efficiency, environmental quality, etc. As such, the project would
<br />be designed to reduce wasteful, inefficient, and unnecessary consumption of energy.
<br />Estimated Energy Consumption
<br />The long-term operation of the project would result in transportation energy use primarily for residents
<br />that commute to and from their place of employment. Transportation fuels, primarily gasoline, would be
<br />provided by local or regional suppliers and vendors. As discussed previously, in 2016, California
<br />consumed a total of 348,830 thousand barrels of gasoline for transportation, which is part of the total
<br />annual consumption nationwide of 3,410,051 thousand barrels by the transportation sector.12 Project -
<br />related vehicles would require a fraction of a percent of the total state's transportation fuel consumption.
<br />A 2008 study by Caltrans determined that the statewide average fuel economy for all vehicle types
<br />(automobiles, trucks, and motorcycles) in 2020 would be 18.78 miles per gallon.13
<br />Alternative -Fueled Vehicles
<br />Alternative -fueled, electric, and hybrid vehicles could be used by some project residents. The use of
<br />these types of alternative fueled vehicles would reduce the overall consumption of gasoline by the
<br />project. The effect is anticipated to be minimal in today's current vehicle market due to the relatively
<br />few number of alternative vehicles that are in use. According to the Los Angeles Times, alternative -
<br />fueled vehicles make up approximately 2.3% of all vehicles registered in California.14 The above
<br />transportation fuel estimates for the project do not account for alternative -fueled, electric, and hybrid
<br />vehicles, which are more energy efficient vehicles. Thus, the assessment is a conservative estimate of
<br />transportation fuel consumption. The project would not have any wasteful, inefficient or unnecessary
<br />consumption of energy resources during either project construction of the life of the project because the
<br />project would be required to comply with all applicable state energy conservation measures.
<br />b) Conflict with or obstruct a state or local plan for renewable energy or energy efficiency? No
<br />Impact. The project would be required by the city to comply with all applicable CALGreen energy
<br />conservation measures, including California Code of Regulations, Title 24, Part 6, California Energy
<br />Code. The project would not conflict with or obstruct state or local renewable energy or energy
<br />efficiency requirements.
<br />VII. GEOLOGY AND SOILS: Would the project:
<br />a) Directly or indirectly cause potential substantial adverse effects, including the risk of loss,
<br />injury, or death involving.
<br />i. Rupture of a known earthquake fault, as delineated on the most recent Alquist-Priolo
<br />Earthquake Fault Zoning map issued by the State Geologist for the area or based on other
<br />11 U.S. Energy Information Administration, Table F3: Motor Gasoline Consumption, Price, and Expenditure Estimates, 2016,
<br />https://www.eia.gov/state/seds/sep—fuel/html/pdf/fuel—mg.pdf.
<br />1s California Department of Transportation, 2008 California Motor Vehicle Stock, Travel and Fuel Forecast (June 2009).
<br />14 Los Angeles Times, Electric, hybrid car sales up, California auto emissions down, May 22, 2014,
<br />http://www.latimes.com/business/autos/la-fi-hy-electric-vehicle-sales-up-auto-emissions-down-20140521- story.html. Accessed August
<br />2014.
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