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Buildings & Energy in Pleasanton <br />Building emissions come primar ly from powering, heating, and <br />cooling buildings, in particular increasing natural gas use. <br />Pleasanton's second-largest source of emissions <br />30% of community emissions in 2017 <br />20% of these emissions were from natural gas in 2017, and <br />natural gas use increased 9% from 2005 to 2017 <br />Performance since 2012 <br />• Converted 5,400 sodium vapar streetlights to light emitting <br />diodes (LEDs). <br />• Installed solar panels at four municipal buildings. <br />Buildings & Energy Goals) <br />Reduce GHG emissions from buildings and associated energy <br />consumption and increase buildings and energy resilience which <br />will result in cost savings, improved public health, and improved <br />infrastructure. <br />Key Performance Indicators (vs. 2017) <br />Success will be monitored in the Buildings & Energy sector by <br />tracking progress against the following key performance indicators: <br />• Reduce building emissions 31%, to —123,000 MTCO2e <br />• Reduce natural gas consumption 7%, to 20,900,000 therms <br />Maintain energy consumption despite population growth <br />• Reduce the carbon intensity of energy 100%, to 0 MTCO2e/kWh <br />• Increase solar and battery permits <br />• Decrease municipal energy use <br />Pleasanton Climate Action Plan 2.0 Buildings & Energy 35 <br />