COMPLETE: 13 Milestones

B1: Demonstrate leadership in developing a carbon neutrality plan for municipal operations.

• Plan and hold Annual North Texas Climate Symposium.

• Plan and implement multi-sector, multi-media, multi-target outreach and engagement program for businesses, education and community stakeholders.

• Update OEQS Website to support greater reach for outreach and engagement.

• Continue to work with City departments to incorporate CECAP efforts into EMS Objectives and Targets.

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B2: Achieve Level 3+ Airport Carbon Accreditation at Love Field for carbon neutral operations and maintain accreditation for DFW, and pursue for Dallas Executive Airport.

• After achieving Level 4 Airport Carbon Accreditation, define long-term carbon management strategy towards emissions reductions.

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B3: Develop clear and comprehensive educational program for building owners and tenants about existing energy efficiency programs.

• Continuously update the Whole Home Dallas resource hub to provide tenants and homeowners information on how to reduce energy use and utility bills.

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B4: Implement a citywide building weatherization program through partnership with community organizations.

• Continue Whole Home Dallas Weatherization Campaign, and provide ongoing environment and sustainability targeted outreach and education, to raise awareness of benefits of home weatherization upgrades.

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B5: Identify new financing mechanisms to accelerate energy efficiency improvements in existing buildings.

• Explore feasibility of implementing City programs to incentivize energy efficiency measures for commercial and residential buildings.

• Expand participation in the City's existing PACE financing program.

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​B6: Establish a building efficiency and electrification program (for existing buildings) to replace appliances and systems with other efficient and cost-effective options.

• Implement Whole Home Dallas - Energy Efficiency outreach & engagement program.

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B8: Implement a better buildings challenge that expands the 2030 District goals beyond Downtown Dallas.

• Energy Benchmarking 10 additional City buildings in Energy Star Portfolio Manager for a total of 195 City buildings.

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B13: Establish urban greening factor requirements for new developments that quantify how projects contribute to urban greening for reduced stormwater runoff and urban heat island

• Continue work with Zoning Ordinance Advisory Committee (ZOAC) and CPC to adopt greening factors as part of parking reform

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B15: Evaluate potential city-owned properties for the creation of 'resilience hubs'.

• ​Evaluate funding opportunities for creation of resilience hubs