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Bay Area Climate Collaborative

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The Bay Area Climate Collaborative (BACC) is a 501(c)3 initiative of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group through its Sustainable Valley Foundation. The mayors of San Francisco (Gavin Newsom), San Jose (Chuck Reed) and Oakland (Ron Dellums), launched the BACC with the Silicon Valley Leadership Group and business and civic leaders to accelerate the clean energy market, enabling a healthy, safe and globally competitive Bay Area. The BACC includes a 10-point action plan including advancing solar energy, energy efficiency, electric vehicles, and green jobs. The BACC is dedicated to providing leadership to the region for making the local clean energy economy a reality.

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History

The Bay Area Climate Collaborative was initiated March 6, 2009 at the signing of the Bay Area Climate Compact. The signing ceremony was held in Redwood City, CA at Silver Spring Networks, and was attended by leaders of local governments, agencies and businesses, as well as members of the press.

Partners at time of launch included:

  • City of Oakland
  • City of San Francisco
  • City of San Jose
  • Silicon Valley Leadership Group
  • Bay Area Council
  • Joint Venture Silicon Valley

    • Compact

    The Bay Area Climate Change Compact, signed by the Cities of San Francisco, San Jose and Oakland, states the cities' commitment to creating a public-private identity that best serves the region and all of its municipalities, institutions and communities in helping to meet the state of California's goals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions (AB 32). The compact also stated their dedication to helping Bay Area communities prepare for and adapt to the impacts of climate change.

    As of August 2010, 15 regional municipalities have signed the Bay Area Climate Change Compact.

    Vision

    The BACC's vision is to enable a healthy safe and globally competitive Bay Area through collaborative action on climate change. Its coordinated efforts from governments, businesses and NGOs, will be a model for regional action in California, the nation, and the world.

    Approach

    The BACC fosters alignment of business and government leaders across the region to advance critical clean energy solutions. Projects include:

  • Spearheading the "Local Governments EV Fleet National Demonstration Project" - an initiative to deploy plug–in electric vehicles to municipal fleets throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, as a national demonstration project.
  • Working with green building experts to assemble a detailed Bay Area assessment of green building standards and provide guidance to local governments to encourage common green building standards leadership.
  • Working with agencies to establish regional guidelines for residential solar permitting and electric vehicle chargers intended to reduce costs and accelerate implementation.
  • Educational workshops and networking events to deliver vital information to top–level public and private sector decision makers about the latest in energy efficiency, clean transportation and renewable energy.

    • The BACC has specific goals it promotes in the following action areas:

  • Green Building
  • Solar Energy
  • Transportation
  • Electric Vehicles
  • Energy Efficiency
  • Clean & Green Workforce
  • Water Resource Management
  • Climate Action Plans
  • Public Action
  • Waste Reduction

    • References

    Bay Area Climate Collaborative Wikipedia
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