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Santa Arta Cifatate Action Plan In addition to the retrofits from SCE programs, natural gas retrofits were accomplished through similar programs from the Southern Table 1.2: SCG Program Impacts California Gas Company (SCG). Those pro- grams are reducing an estimated 8,362 MT- 0O2e /year and are summarized in Table 1.2. Program Name Annual Therms Saved Emissions Reduced (MTCO,e /Year) Commercial 1,019,806 5,411 Single Family 258,112 1,370 Multi Family 241,924 1,284 Mobile Home 55,931 297 Total 1,575,773. 8,362 Weatherization is another program that has reduced emissions from residential energy use. The Weatherization program delivered through the Community Action Partnership and funded through Federal grants reached 3,291 low- income households with weather - ization assistance since 2008. Actions taken in homes can include combinations of a num- ber of energy savings measures, such as seal- ing air ducts, insulating, glazing windows, and tuning up or replacing air conditioning and heating equipment. The combined electric- ity and natural gas savings from this program result in an estimated emissions reduction of 1,553 MTCO2e /year. Finally, new solar energy installations on homes and businesses are also reducing emissions. According to the Go -Solar Califor- nia website, 11.9 MW of solar capacity has been installed in Santa Ana since 2008. These installations are estimated to produce an emissions reduction of 5,751 MTCO2e /year.3 Solid Waste, Water and Wastewater The City of Santa Ana has an exemplary recycling program AM with an overall diversion rate AM of 67 %. A comparison of diversion rates from 2008 and IV 51 2011 shows an incremental reduction of landfilled waste that translates to an emissions reduction of 2,060 MTCOze/ year.4 The most significant portion of the total reduction is achieved from diversion of green waste from the landfill, as this reduces a high proportion of landfill emissions. The extraction, delivery, and treatment of water consume large amounts of energy. By conserving water, energy consumption is also reduced. Within the City of Santa Ana, large volumes of water are conserved an- nually through SoCal Water$mart and other programs that provide incentives from the Metropolitan Water District such as irriga- tion controllers, ultra -low flush toilets, clothes s It is likely that this number underestimates the total slightly due to the fact that Go -Solar California only tracks installations that occurred as part of the California Solar Initiative rebate program. Total electricity generated from these systems was calculated using the average annual kWh production per kW installed capacity of 1,678 for systems in the South Coast Air District. 4 This assumes that the waste characterization (percentage of different waste types) and total generation in 2011 were the same as those reported for 2008. s For the calculation of this measure, water conserved was converted to energy consumption using the same values for water use intensity as were used in the baseline inventory. Source: CEO. 2006, Refining Estimates of Water - Related Energy Use in California prepared by Navigant Consulting, Inc. 9 The estimated energy intensity to supply recycled water in the Los Angeles area is 1,841 kWh /million gallons, compared with 11,110 kWh /million gallons for potable water used in outdoor applications. Source: Navigant Consulting. 2008. The Role of Recycled Water in Energy Efficiency and Greenhouse Gas Reduction. Table 4 -13 75B -19