2016 Sustainable Denver Summit

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1 2016 Sustainable Denver Summit Energy Breakout Table Topics 1) Fuel Switching in Buildings 2) Increase Zero Emission Vehicle registration a. Charging Infrastructure b. Market Penetration 3) Fuel Switching in Vehicles a. Heavy Duty b. Light Duty 4) Smart City Infrastructure a. Multi-modal Technology b. Autonomous Vehicles c. Freight Efficiency Corridors d. Traffic Flow/lighting Technology 5) Social Equity in Renewable Energy Access 6) Green Bonds 7) Market Based Carbon Reduction 8) Net Zero New Construction a. Residential b. Commercial 9) Add-ons to Distributed Solar a. Net-Metering b. Battery Storage 10) Energy Efficiency in Existing Buildings a. Residential b. Commercial 11) Carbon Accounting Food and Health Table Topics 1) Sustainable Regional Food Production a. Increase supply for Colorado Foods b. Preserve agricultural land and water

2 c. Beginning farmer/rancher development d. Farm transitions 2) Healthy Food at Schools a. Growing Food at Schools b. School Meals and Youth Hunger Relief c. Integrating Food in School Curriculum d. Comprehensive Health Education at Schools e. Farm to School & Garden to Cafeteria 3) Connecting Colorado Food Businesses a. Linking Supply and Demand b. Supply Chain Transparency c. Setting Local Food Purchasing Goals d. Community Kitchens e. Public Market/Food Hub (aggregate, process foods) f. Institutional Purchasing of CO Foods 4) Community-Based Access to Healthy Food a. Alternative Healthy Food Retail (e.g. Mobile) b. Healthy Corner Stores c. Neighborhood Grocery Store Recruitment 5) Urban Food Growing a. Support gardens and farms b. Land for community gardens c. Home, Community, and School garden networks d. Classes on growing, preserving and selling food 6) Connecting Food Waste to Hunger Prevention a. Food Assistance Enrollment b. Food Assistance Incentives c. Food Rescue 7) Healthy Food Education, Promotion, and Incentives a. Cooking, Shopping, & Nutrition Education b. Increase Demand for Colorado Foods c. Decreasing Demand for Unhealthy though Sugar sweetened beverages d. Zoning for healthy, unhealthy food

3 e. Healthy meetings and healthy vending Housing Table Topics 1) ADUs and Tandem Housing 2) Renter Protections 3) Land banking/community Land Trusts 4) Preservation of Affordable Housing 5) Prospering in Place 6) Housing/transit Connections 7) Increase Diversity in Housing Materials Breakout Table Topics 1) Support efforts to develop a community education/outreach campaign a. Increase general awareness about recycling and compost b. Engage the community to participate in services already available 2) Organize a Policy Campaign Residential Recycling a. Help increase or change policy around residential incentives for advancing residential recycling and composting 3) Organize a Policy Campaign Multi-Family Recycling a. Help increase or change policy around incentives for advancing recycling and composting in multi-family residential 4) Commercial Technical assistance working group a. Work to create a how to for commercial recycling. What are some of the barriers and how can businesses overcome them? 5) Recycling, Composting and Climate Change a. As one of the cheapest and fastest options for impacting climate change we need help to ensure recycling and compost are more prominent in the City and State Climate Action Plans 6) Front Range Infrastructure Working Group

4 a. Lead and aid in developing a network of communities and businesses that can aid in advancing infrastructure to advance waste diversion on the metro area 7) Municipal Facilities and Venues a. How to do more internally in the City Potential Density & Mobility Breakout Table Topics/Areas 1) Overarching a. Coordinate Foster support for mobility ballot initiatives. Organize your neighborhood/company commuter challenge. Shift your commute and share your story. Create a mobility buddy program to disperse knowledge. Foster support for progressive parking techniques. Encourage benefits of parking maximums vs. minimums and how building less parking can improve affordability and congestion. Organize community mobility groups that will advance all mobility conversations at the neighborhood scale. Revive Living Streets initiative to make streets better public places. b. Participate Commitment to reach out to # of people to participate in Denveright planning process as it is the best way to ensure progressive policies are baked into City plans. 2) Safety a. Increase public awareness about the danger speeding poses for all road users. b. Commit to obey speed limits and always set cruise control to speed limit. c. Discourage distracted driving when traveling with peers. 3) Bicycling a. Commitment to ride a bicycle for # of trips per week. b. Participate in BikeDenvers Bicycle Ambassador program. c. Organize a biking school bus to help kids experience multi-modal mobility. 4) Walking a. Commitment to walk for # of trips per week. b. Organize a WalkScope data collection day. c. Organize a monthly neighborhood walk. d. Organize a walking school bus to help kids experience multi-modal mobility.

5 5) Transit a. Commitment to ride transit for # of trips per week. b. Share positive transit experiences with your peers. 6) Work Place a. Encourage your employer to provide comprehensive transportation benefits beyond parking. b. Organize your company s commuter challenge and help coworkers shift modes. 7) Equity a. Foster support for affordable transportation modes. b. Advance discussions about sharing economy and how shared mobility options can reduce costs for those who need it most. 8) ROW Game a. Play game to experience mobility tradeoffs. Water Breakout Table Topics 1) Residential Projects a. rain gardens b. rain barrels c. landscape change d. downspout disconnect 2) Community Projects a. alley clean ups b. community rain garden c. community lead landscape change 3) Education and Awareness (community wide) a. dog poop clean up b. get irrigation off impervious surfaces 4) Low Impact Development a. fees b. policies c. research d. stakeholder engagement process