Climate Action - Tompkins County Climate Protection Initiative
Rebooting the Future | "The future ain’t what it used to be."
Description: "The future ain’t what it used to be."
The Ithaca 2030 District recently released its fourth annual progress report. As the report shows, the District as a whole in 2022 reduced its energy consumption by 27% from the baseline and realized a savings of 40% in water use . Thus, at the end of last year, we were over three-quarters of the way toward the 2025 energy goal and 80% of the way towards the 2030 water target.
The latest greenhouse gas inventory showed that buildings in the city make up an estimated 58% of emissions in Ithaca, with the commercial sector contributing 38%. Clearly, achieving the city-wide goal of carbon neutrality by 2030 depends in great measure on dramatically reducing the carbon footprint of our buildings.
The Ithaca 2030 District—the flagship program of the Tompkins County Climate Protection Initiative (TCCPI)—is a voluntary effort by property owners and tenants to improve the energy and water performance of their buildings as well as to bring about cuts in commuter transportation emissions.
Climate Action - Tompkins County Climate Protection Initiative
Rebooting the Future | "The future ain’t what it used to be."