Best Practice Case Studies

A key part of the Best Practices Coordinator role is to share best practices of local governments, so that others can learn from them!

If you are a local government with an energy efficiency or sustainability program or project that you’d be willing to share – or if you have a topic on which you would like to see a case study – send an email to ahacker@civicwell.org.

Looking for more case studies? Find case studies posted to News and Updates here.

Case Studies

Experiences Successfully Engaging Elected Officials (Fact Sheet)
Using Community Energy Data to Drive Program Success (Fact Sheet)
Alameda County’s Revolving Energy Fund (Alameda County Energy Fund)
Association of Monterey Bay Area Governments’ Regional Greenhouse Gas Inventory Collaborative (AMBAG Interns)
Berkeley’s Financing Initiative for Renewable and Solar Technology (Berkeley FIRST) *
Chula Vista’s Free Resource and Energy Business Evaluations (FREBE)
- Authorizing Documents for Program
  1. http://lfweblink.chulavistaca.gov:27630/Weblink8/DocView.aspx?id=60956&dbid=0
  2. http://lfweblink.chulavistaca.gov:27630/weblink8/0/doc/75076/Page1.aspx
  3. Ordinance http://www.codepublishing.com/ca/chulavista/
    (See Title 20, Section 20.04.050)
Chula Vista’s Sustainable Communities Program (CV-SCP)
Energy Managers (Energy Managers)
Huntington Beach’s Integrated Demand Side Management (IDSM)
Local Ordinances Exceeding State Building Energy Efficiency Standards (Reach Codes)
North Park Main Street Energy Makeover (North Park)
Regionally Integrated Climate Action Planning Suite (RICAPS-2)
San Diego Regional Street Lighting Working Group (San Diego SLWG) *
San Rafael’s Green Building Ordinance (San Rafael Green Building)
- Authorizing Documents for Program
  1. http://www.cityofsanrafael.org/green
San Jose’s Energy Fund (San Jose Energy Fund)
- Authorizing Documents for Program
  1. Council Action Establishing Fund
    http://www3.sanjoseca.gov/clerk/Agenda/02_08_05docs/02_08_05_2.4.pdf
  2. Policy Manual
    http://www.sanjoseca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/16112
Sierra Nevada Green Jobs (Sierra Nevada Green Jobs)
Sonoma County Energy Independence Program (SCEIP)
Valley Innovative Energy Watch Benchmarking (VIEW Benchmark)
West Covina Energy Action Plan (West Covina EAP)
Cool California (CoolCalifornia.org)
Institute for Local Government
1. Sustainability Best Practices Framework https://www.ca-ilg.org/sustainability-best-practices-framework
2. Sustainability Best Practices During the COVID-19 Crisis https://www.ca-ilg.org/covid-sustainability-best-practices

* Updated fact sheets