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Santa Aims O tmate Action Ptah <br />Community -wide Energy Measures <br />A Green Business Challenge (Challenge) establishes friendly <br />competition between businesses to improve performance in <br />energy efficiency, water conservation, waste reduction, and <br />other areas. Businesses THE <br />receive recognition for POWER <br />participating, and the IS YO U R,�S. <br />City recognizes those Be Energy Efficient! that achieve the largest <br />GHG emissions reduction. The City of Santa Ana will partner <br />with the Chamber of Commerce to launch the Challenge. <br />In addition to the direct emissions reduction from this <br />measure, the Challenge will be an important channel for <br />promoting SCE and SCG incentive programs and other CAP <br />measures targeted towards businesses. The program benefits <br />participating businesses through reduced costs for energy, <br />water, and waste disposal. <br />The Port of San Diego and the City of Chula Vista currently <br />operate similar programs." There is also opportunity to align <br />with and leverage the California Green Business Program <br />developed by the state.18 A guidebook for starting a Green <br />Business Challenge and sample materials from existing <br />programs are available through ICLEI.19 <br />This program can also generate useful information for the City <br />that can be used to identify additional opportunities to reduce <br />energy use among businesses. The Challenge can also be a <br />good complement to commercial benchmarking as a way to <br />engage smaller building owners in energy efficiency. <br />" http: / /gmenportnetwork.org /; <br />www.chulavistaca.gov/Clean/challenge/Default.asp <br />.e www.greenbusinessca.org <br />'s www.iclelusa.org <br />75B -61 <br />Type of Measure <br />Voluntary <br />Emissions Reduction <br />In 2020 <br />78 MTCO,e <br />Emissions Reduction <br />In 2035 <br />78 MTCO e <br />Co- Benefits <br />Reduced energy cost — <br />businesses; improved air quality; <br />improved health; reduced water <br />use; reduced waste generation <br />Cost to City <br />Low to Medium <br />.... I .......... I.......... <br />Private Cost <br />Low to Medium <br />Potential Funding Sources <br />City Funds, SCE and SCG, <br />Sponsorships <br />Ease of Implementation <br />Medium <br />