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1 Current Climate Smart Initiatives1
Updated: 3/8/23
Ref.
No.
Climate Smart/
Pathway to
Carbon
Neutrality by
2030 Focus Area
Project Title Project Description Est. City
Council Date
for
Consideration
of Approval
Lead Department
1 Reduce the Miles
We Travel in Our
Vehicles by at
least 20 Percent
Parking and
Transportation
Demand
Management
Policy
Implementation
This policy removes parking minimum
requirements citywide and implements
transportation demand management
requirements to expand transportation
options in and near new developments.
Final Ordinance approved on 12/6/2022,
will go into effect on 4/10/23. Currently
training staff and updating City processes
to accommodate new policy.
N/A Planning, Building,
and Code
Enforcement
(PBCE)
2 Move to Zero-
Emission Vehicles
California Electric
Vehicle
Infrastructure
Project
The California Electric Vehicle
Infrastructure Project (CALeVIP) is a
$14 million rebate program for Level 2
and Direct Current Fast Charging
infrastructure co-funded by San Jose
Clean Energy (SJCE) and the California
Energy Commission. CALeVIP launched
in December 2020. The Center for
Sustainable Energy, which is
administering the program, continued to
review the applications and issue
incentives. As of December 2022, 96
Level 2 and 11 Direct Current Fast
N/A Community Energy
Department (CED)
1 City staff provides biannual Climate Smart updates covering initiatives across department to City Council. In addition, DOT p rovides in-depth transportation updates in December and June each year.
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2 Chargers funded by the program are
operational. Projects are to be completed
through 2025.
3 Move to Zero-
Emission Vehicles
Direct Current Fast
Charging Hubs
Pilot
In November 2022, City Council
approved SJCE to implement a Direct
Current Fast Charging Hubs pilot
program to increase access to affordable
and reliable electric vehicle charging in
low-income and disadvantaged
communities. SJCE will execute tolling
agreement(s) with vendor(s) to establish
one to three hubs at City-owned sites.
SJCE will control variable retail pricing
to encourage midday charging and
improve charging affordability. Hubs are
expected to become operational in Fiscal
Year 2023-2024 or Fiscal Year 2024-
2025.
N/A CED
4 Move to Zero-
Emission Vehicles
Delivering Zero
Emissions
Communities
(DZEC) Initiatives
The DZEC grant was awarded to San
José in June 2021 to support work
towards reducing GHG emissions from
urban freight. Work under the grant
includes the analysis of commercial
freight GHG emissions data, an analysis
of strategies the City could use to address
urban freight emissions, working with an
Equity Task Force, and conducting
informational interviews with
commercial freight companies. This
grant was extended through June 2023.
N/A Department of
Transportation
(DOT)
5 Move to Zero-
Emission Vehicles
E-carshare Pilot
and Expansion of
DOT staff is working with a number of
community-based organizations and
residents on the eastside to develop a
TBD DOT
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3 Electric Micro-
mobility
grant proposal for an e-carsharing
program.
DOT plans to submit an application to
the Clean Mobility Options program for
the expansion of Bay Wheels "Bike
Share for All" discount program into
Mayfair, an undeserved
community/Equity Priority Community
in East San Jose.
6 Move to Zero-
Emission Vehicles
Electric Vehicle
Service Equipment
(EVSE)
Installations
DOT staff is working with SCJE and
other departments to identify priority
sites for EV charger installations. Staff is
considering applying to the Caltrans
Sustainable Transportation Planning
Grant to develop an EV Charging
Infrastructure Network Plan for the City.
Staff is also considering applying to the
CALSTART Communities In Charge
incentive program to deploy L2 EVSE in
priority city-owned facilities. Staff
anticipates grant funding may be
available in the fall to support further
EVSE installations, with subsequent
rounds for the next two years. The
chargers would serve area residents, City
staff and fleet vehicles, and possibly an
e-carshare program.
TBD DOT
7 Move to Zero-
Emission Vehicles
Electric Vehicle
(EV) Reach Code
Update
Return to Council in March 2023 with an
update on the reach code for electric
vehicle charging requirements at new
multi-family properties.
March 28, 2023 Environmental
Services
Department (ESD)
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4 8 Switch our
Appliances from
Fossil Fuel to
Electric
Energy Efficiency
Programs
SJCE secured $5.1 million from the
California Public Utilities Commission
(CPUC) and $500,000 in federal relief
funds to launch two energy efficiency
programs, beginning in September 2022
through late 2024. The Home Appliance
Savings Program offers 50-70 percent
discounts on energy efficient
refrigerators, clothes washers, and dryers
and free smart thermostats to moderate-
income single-family households as well
as single-family households located in
disadvantaged communities. The Energy
Efficient Business Program provides 80-
90 percent incentives on energy-efficient
upgrades to heating, ventilation, and air
conditioning (HVAC), refrigeration, and
hot water distribution systems for small
and medium commercial buildings,
including schools. SJCE is on track to
serve more than 1,000 residential
customers, 300 businesses, and 9 schools.
N/A CED
9 Switch our
Appliances from
Fossil Fuel to
Electric
Building
Electrification
Upgrade
Accelerator
Program
ESD executed a master agreement with
BlocPower LLC and anticipates a launch
in Q1 or Q2 2023.
N/A ESD
10 Switch our
Appliances from
Fossil Fuel to
Electric
Replace on
Burnout Ordinance
(RBO) Analysis
Conduct analysis on RBO, which could
require electric appliance upon
replacement/ permitting, and stakeholder
engagement.
Incorporating
into Building
Electrification
Special Session
in Fall 2023
ESD
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5 11 Power our
Community with
100 Percent
Carbon-neutral
Electricity
Solar Access
(Disadvantaged
Communities-
Green Tariff
Program)
The Solar Access program offers
customers with low incomes living in
disadvantaged communities a 20 percent
bill discount and 100 percent solar
energy from a solar facility in Northern
California. The program is entirely
funded by the CPUC. Staff began
enrolling customers in November 2021,
and the program became fully subscribed
as of June 2022, with more than 800
customers. The program is expected to
run for 20 years.
N/A CED
12 Cross-cutting Zero Emissions
Neighborhood
(ZEN) Pilot
Climate Smart developed a ZEN program
concept with the support of the Climate
Challenge. The ZEN is intended to bring
a suite of Climate Smart building,
mobility, and water improvements to
households in a pilot neighborhood. The
Santee neighborhood was selected based
on equity data indicators, input from
local community-based organizations,
and interest from residents. The ZEN
pilot design will be co-created with the
participating households and with phase
one grant-funded urban greening
measures expected to be completed by
the end of 2023.
N/A ESD/ Amanda
Leonis
13 Cross-cutting GoGreen Teams Climate Smart is evaluating lessons learned from Phase I and expects to
relaunch Phase II in Q1 2023. For Phase
II, staff is planning to partner with CBOs
and have Community Climate Solutions
launch a school program in at least two
N/A ESD/ Viri Nguyen-
Santoyo
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6 schools. Staff is also drafting an
implementation plan and a data tracking
tool to utilize throughout Phase II; which
will take place from February –
September 2023.
14 Cross-cutting Climate Smart
Challenge
Staff continue to promote the City’s
Climate Smart Challenge platform,
which currently has 913 users.
Participants have completed more than
1,000 climate actions that have resulted
in over $45,000 saved, 150 tons of CO2
reduced, and 169,000 gallons of water
saved.
N/A ESD/ Viri Nguyen-
Santoyo
15 Cross-cutting Climate Smart San
Jose Update
Update Climate Smart to include carbon
neutrality goal and new Elements.
TBD ESD
16 Cross-cutting Climate Advisory
Commission
City Council directed staff to return with
recommendations on establishing a
Climate Advisory Commission, to be
merged with CED’s existing
commission, for consideration of funding
as part of the FY 23-24 budget process.
April 4, 2023 ESD
17 Cross-cutting Energy and Water
Building
Performance
Ordinance
(“Building
Performance
Ordinance”)
The Building Performance Ordinance
requires property owners of large
commercial and multi-family properties
20,000 square feet in size and above to
benchmark these properties’ energy and
water use and report this to the City
annually using the U.S. EPA
ENERGYSTAR Portfolio Manager®
platform. On a rolling five-year cycle,
starting in 2023, buildings will also have
to complete one of two “Beyond
Benchmarking Pathways,” through which
N/A ESD
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7 they will have to either 1) demonstrate
high performance or performance
improvement; or 2) complete an audit,
building re-tuning, or targeted efficiency
actions with the goal of improving their
performance. Staff share energy and
water data with buildings via customized
scorecards.
18 Cross-cutting 1 Day/ 1 Action This project is an art/ social media campaign to engage and inspire our
community to take climate action.
N/A Office of Economic
Development and
Cultural Affairs
19 Other New Climate
Smart Natural and
Working Lands
(NWL) Element
In a partnership with and with matching
funding from the Santa Clara Valley
Open Space Authority, a project and
technical working group, and community
input, the City drafted an NWL Element
which lays out new Climate Smart NWL
indicators, metrics, and progress
milestones. The Element will be
presented for City Council consideration
and, if approved, incorporated into the
Climate Smart plan.
April 4, 2023 ESD
20 Other New Climate
Smart Zero Waste
Element (ZWE)
The ZWE will address GHG emissions
from the solid waste sector. It will assess
and reevaluate the prioritization of the
City’s zero waste strategies and address
related critical issues regarding recycling
markets, changing waste regulations,
domestic reuse potential, local
infrastructure related to waste and
landfill capacity.
Fall 2023 (est.) ESD
21 Other Advanced
Metering
AMI will allow residents and commercial
businesses to view water usage data in
N/A ESD
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8 Infrastructure
(AMI)
Deployment
nearly real-time, increasing potable water
usage awareness and leak detection
efficiency. San José Municipal Water
completed a pilot of three AMI
technologies and is developing a scope of
work to solicit bids for deployment of
AMI to more than 26,000 service
connections. San Jose Water Company,
which services approximately 80 percent
of the city, will conduct a phased AMI
deployment during the next few years.
22 Other Integrated Water
Infrastructure
Program (IWIP)
The objective of the IWIP is to integrate
existing water infrastructure to create a
cohesive distribution system conveying
stormwater, non-potable groundwater,
and recycled water to maximize
underutilized assets and increase the non-
potable water supply. ESDs Water
Resources Division staff is collaborating
with partner agencies to evaluate
additional pilot projects, including an
expanded pilot project to assess the
efficacy of bioretention ponds to expand
recycled water applications by improving
recycled water quality and to diversify
San José’s water resources portfolio.
N/A ESD