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The San Jose Convention Center
uses a cogeneration system for
heating, cooling, and lighting.
Planning for this project began
during the city's participation in
the Sustainable City Project.relationships. San Francisco is pro-
moting interdepartmental coopera-
tion on projects ranging from city
facilities to public education."
Broomhead thinks cities can no
longer afford to support energy proj-
ects that are just energy projects,
especially in an era when resources
are so scarce. "Sustainability projects
have to be multiservice and multipur-
pose," he says.
One such project is an environmental
fair booth displayed around the city
as an educational outreach effort to
citizens. It's a result of a partnership
among four city departments-
Energy, Environmental Regulation
and Management, Household Haz-
ardous Waste, and Water. In this
hands-on booth, people get tips on
ways to save energy, use less water,
and dispose of hazardous household
wastes. The booth is so popular that
it's booked for the next 6 months.
"People are drawn to the booth
because they have to walk into it to
discover what it's about," explains
Broomhead. The booth is being used
in schools and in numerous street
fairs around the city.
In addition, local officials established
a Commission on the Environment
to advise the San Francisco Board of
Supervisors. This group, which was
created with input and encourage-
ment from city departments, pro-
vides a central point of contact on
environmental issues.
San Jose, California
Although San Jose's Energy Manage-
ment Program had completed many
energy projects before joining the
Sustainable City Project, those proj-
ects were essentially isolated. The
Sustainable City Project enabled San
Jose to lay the groundwork for a com-
prehensive energy policy that linked
energy concerns with environmental
and economic issues.The Bay City added a sustainability
framework for developing all city
policies, not just energy policies. Pol-
icy decisions are no longer made in
isolation. Each policy is evaluated for
its potential contribution to the sus-
tainability of the city as a whole and
for potential links to other policies.
Links among policies help garner
support for implementation from
other city departments and non-
government organizations. For exam-
ple, a policy on housing density in
specific areas of the city encourages
collaboration between the housing
department and the transit agency.
Calvin Broomhead, project manager
at San Francisco's Bureau of Energy
Conservation, believes one of the
most important lessons learned from
the Sustainable City Project is that no
single approach to sustainability
exists. "The path to sustainability is
different for every city because of the
variability in terms of culture and
politics," says Broomhead.
Even though the Sustainable City
Project officially ended several years
ago, Broomhead says San Francisco
has continued on the path to sustain-
ability. "The things that have lasted
are the organizational things we
tried," he says. "Sustainability is
about creating partnerships andEach policy is
evaluated for its
potential contributionto the sustainability
of the city as a whole.
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