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City of Pleasanton—Vineyard Avenue Residential Project <br />15183 Consistency Checklist Consistency Checklist <br /> <br />75 <br /> <br />trips and material delivery trips to construction sites. Temporary electrical grid <br />power may also be provided to construction sites. Development consistent <br />with the Housing Element Update would be required to comply with <br />standards for new construction established by the State and Bay Area Air <br />Quality Management District (BAAQMD) and development standards in the <br />California Energy Code, CALGreen, the Municipal Code and other <br />applicable federal, State, and local laws. The Housing Element Update EIR <br />concluded with adherence to applicable regulations, development <br />consistent with the Housing Element Update would not result in wasteful, <br />inefficient, or unnecessary consumption of energy during construction. <br />Operational Energy Usage <br />The Housing Element Update would be considered to result in a potentially <br />significant impact if it would result in wasteful, inefficient, or unnecessary <br />consumption of energy resources defined as conflicting with three energy <br />conservation goals. These are (1) decreasing overall per capita energy <br />consumption, (2) decreasing reliance on fossil fuels such as coal, natural gas, <br />or oil, and (3) increasing reliance on renewable energy sources. <br />Development consistent with the Housing Element Update is considered <br />consistent with the decreasing overall per capita energy consumption <br />criterion for the following reasons. Energy consumption related to per capita <br />transportation would decrease from that experienced by the region’s current <br />per capita transportation energy consumption patterns. Development <br />consistent with the Housing Element Update could result in a maximum of <br />18,029 residents, and the per capita energy consumption is estimated at <br />1,946 kilowatt hours (kWh) per year and 5.28 Metric Million British Thermal Unit <br />(MMBtu) per year, both of which would be below the County’s average <br />electricity and natural gas consumption rates. <br />Development consistent with the Housing Element Update is considered <br />consistent with the decreasing reliance on fossil fuels criterion for the <br />following reasons. Implementation of the Housing Element Update would <br />result in population growth which outpaces the forecasted VMT growth, <br />which would result in a relative decrease from the County per capita <br />consumption rates for natural gas and electricity. Because of the incremental <br />increase of renewable and carbon-free generation sources for in-state <br />electricity sales through 2045 as required under SB 100—a decrease in per <br />capita natural gas and transportation fuels translate directly to a decrease in <br />reliance on fossil fuel energy resources. Various strategies contained in the