Environmental Sustainability Program
Sustainable development... "meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs."
- United Nations Brundtland Commission Report, 1987
New Program Helps Residents Save Energy and Money!
ENERGY UPGRADE MOUNTAIN VIEWEnergy Upgrade Mountain View, or EUMV, is a City-sponsored program that offers no-cost home energy assessments for both homeowners and renters, with a goal of helping residents save money on their utility bills by reducing their energy use.
EUMV will provide up to 1,500 home assessments for qualified Mountain View residents on a first come, first served basis...free of charge. EUMV focuses on identifying those energy-saving actions that provide the greatest savings at the lowest cost, and residents will be selected for either a low-energy or high-energy assessment depending on their energy use.
Energy Upgrade Mountain View is being funded through the Federal Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program, and was developed to help the City meet its greenhouse gas reduction goals.
For more information or to sign up, visit the Energy Upgrade Mountain View web site.
To view the press release, click here.
TOPIC AREAS
Council Meetings
Council Environmental Sustainability Committee
Current and Past Projects
Environmental Sustainability Task Force
Recycling and Zero Waste
Helpful Links
"Green Mountain View" Community Group
Council Meetings
The City Council reviews and debates sustainability-related strategies, policies, and projects on an on-going basis.
The next such meeting will be:
Date & Time:
Venue:
Documents:
Agenda:
Previous Meetings
Council Environmental Sustainability Committee After receiving the Environmental Sustainability Task Force's recommendations in September 2008, the City Council created the Council Environmental Sustainability Committee (CESC) to analyze and prioritize the recommendations. After a series of meetings in late 2008 and early 2009, the Council approved the CESC's 2008-2011 "Environmental Sustainability Action Plan" and recommended green building policy for public projects during the Council meeting on March 24, 2009.
The CESC meets on an as-needed basis to review sustainability programs and projects and make recommendations to the full Council. The CESC will hold its next meeting as follows: Date & Time: Thursday, December 1, 2011, 6:00pm
Venue: Atrium Conference Room at City Hall, 1st Floor
500 Castro Street
Documents: Meeting Packet
Agenda: (1) Single-use bag and polystyrene container ordinances
(2) Environmental Sustainability Action Plan 2
Previous Meetings
| May 23, 2011 | Packet | | |
| April 11, 2011 | Packet | | |
| Dec. 8, 2010 | Agenda | Staff Report | Minutes |
| June 2,2010 | Agenda | Staff Report | Minutes |
| Nov. 10, 2009 | Agenda | Staff Report | Minutes |
| Oct. 7, 2009 | Agenda | Staff Report | Minutes |
| Jun. 23, 2009 | Agenda | Staff Report | Minutes |
| Feb. 24, 2009 | Agenda | Staff Report | Minutes |
| Jan. 26, 2009 | Agenda | Staff Report | Minutes |
| Dec. 15, 2008 | Agenda | Staff Report | Minutes |
| Nov. 12, 2008 | Agenda | Staff Report | Minutes |
| Oct. 23, 2008 | Agenda | | Minutes |
Current and Past Projects
For information about the City’s current sustainability actions and past accomplishments,
click here
Environmental Sustainability Task Force
For information about the 2008 Environmental Sustainability Task Force, click here.
Recycling and Zero Waste
In 2006, Mountain View residents and businesses diverted 72 percent of materials from the landfill through the City's recycling, reuse and waste reduction program services. One of the items in the Environmental Sustainability Action Plan was creation of a Zero Waste Plan. As a result, a study to characterize Mountain View's remaining waste was conducted and a draft Zero Waste Plan was created. The draft vision provides that by 2025, all discarded materials are recovered for their highest and best use, and no materials are sent to landfills or incinerators. To achieve that vision, the goals call for an 80 percent diversion rate by 2015 and a 90 percent diversion rate by 2020.
More information about the City's recycling services and Zero Waste Plan can be found at www.MVRecycle.org.
Helpful Links
"Green Mountain View" Community Group
Mountain View community members have formed a new citizen-led group to educate community members how to live more sustainably, and through research and advocacy work to encourage the City Council to create policies that foster a healthy and sustainable future. Green Mountain View meets on the first Monday of each month, 6:30pm-8:30/9:00pm, in the Mountain View public library Community Room at 585 Franklin Street.For more information about Green Mountain View, visit http://www.greenmountainview.org/
