During their 82nd Winter Meeting in Washington, D.C., in January, the USMC unveiled the results of a survey in which nearly 300 cities provided data about how they are deploying energy technologies to make their city operations and communities more energy efficient. The full report is available – Energy Efficiency and Technologies in America’s Cities – as is a related press release.
Among a number of key findings, the report lists the
following areas currently targeted by cities for energy efficiency, along
with the percent of cities reporting each; up to three responses per city were
possible:
- Public Buildings (83%)
- Outdoor Lighting (54%)
- Wastewater Treatment (21%)
- Water Supply (20%)
- Traffic Management on Roads (16%)
- Public Transit (16%)
- …
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