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Table 13 <br />SANTA AHA GENERAL PLAN REVlSlON PROGRAH <br />ENERGY ELEMFNT <br /> <br />This section of this task identifies potential energy conservation measures <br />based on published information and recent documented experience o'f numerous <br />cities throughout California and the United States. The list includes <br />measures in which the City has a justifiable role in energy conservation <br />through its delegated powers such as policy-making, planning, zoning, building <br />code enactment and enforcement, or by virtue of its ownership and operation of <br />physical facilities and fleets of vehicles, or its power to educate and <br />communicate. <br /> <br />It is generally recognized that local governmental energy conservation <br />programs are most cost effective when they are designed to: <br /> <br />1. Educate people about day-to-day energy choices and options at <br /> home or work, <br />2. Provide or encourage use of alternative means of transportation, <br />3. Influence more energy saving design, orientation and location <br /> of buildings, so as to save space heating and cooling energy, <br />4. Minimize energy used in auto trips, <br />5. Provision of economic and other incentives rather than penalties. <br /> <br />Energy conservation measures that have been used in the United States range <br />from information and education to laws and penalties, with a spectrum of <br />measures in between. The range includes: <br /> <br />Education to influence individual free choice <br />Assistance/subsidy to individuals to implement energy measures <br />Municipal operation of its own buildings and fleets (example-setting <br /> and cost-saving) <br />Municipal construction of its own buildings and acquisition of <br /> equipment (example-setting and cost-saving) <br />City property tax incentives <br />City zoning and subdivision incentives <br />City codes - regulations <br /> requirements. <br /> <br />Local energy conservation opportunities can be addressed-to the supply or <br />demand side of the energy picture. Programs most commonly deal with conser- <br />vation and efficiency (reducing demand and making a given amount of energy do <br />more usefu} work). Among demand-side measures are: <br /> <br />- energy conservation building codes to reduce usage of energy <br /> in buildings <br /> <br />alternative means of transport for more efficient home-to-work <br />trips. <br /> <br /> <br />