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HomeMy WebLinkAboutcoa.cclc.ag.03192008COMMERCIAL CORE & LODGING COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING SISTER CITIES MEETING ROOM CITY HALL March 19, 2008 8:30 a.m. 8:30 I. Roll call II. Public Comments not on the agenda III. Commissioner Comments IV. ZGreen -Sally Spaulding V. Portable Carts - Shae Singer VI. Car Sharing - VII. Adjourn t d L Z L t L V to ~o id %:' m m 7,. m UUU~:'UUnU f0 i6 ~ 10 iV [: 10 UU' Una-' U E d t x O T a a v s_ C a h c r C 0 U C d XZ V 3 ~ ~ a ~k d ~ '~ t LL C V r y xc ,. u ac y+ m i W io 10 U f~~~ t ~~ U U! U N :V i i:) ~ ~ 00 ~`1 iD ~ <V Vf V 00 Of O M 1~ N M O „] N N N N M V t~ Q~ M oD r ~ r M N ~~. G M - - - i I ~ M N ~q r O n W ~- i~ c> ° i ~ C~ 1~ ~ " v ~~ i~i o I i , v rnl ~J m Vi uJ i- ~ c D ~ n 1 ~~ N I~ I M M N Q~ t~l ~ V 1n M c u !7 N ~~ t <~i ~ M f r ~ ~(i ~ ~ !) I h N ry ` ~ ti Y Ol 4 • ~ V f0 o w tD ~! r- v N I ~ W frt r 1~ C1 M 00 ~ -1 M ~ M N ('J ~ ° M N V v i. ~ n IN ~ T~aC. _ N ao ~ ~ N w CJ n C~ °oi N ~ $ e ~ ~ c i! N R i! ffpp rr a 1l~ ~p i! iR R 4 # V U ry`ry U U U U U ' ^ c c n ^ ~ ^ ^ .- 1 t ~ Vl N 1~- m __._ yl 888$~~$~~~888° « tt 4~~244~pp~pp ~ ~yy ~WW U U V U U U V V rLi^^l'CH^ m 10 V N S W (O S N° r r r r ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~~~~a~W U U U U U U l U U ~ ~ ~ I Aspen ZGree><i Taking Action Today for a Greener Tomorrow The ZGreen Program is amulti-pronged program designed to reduce the environmental impact of Aspen's residents, businesses, and events. This unique program provides tangible ways to minimize environmental impacts and offers the option for carbon neutrality through the local Canary Tag carbon offset program. Whether you live in Aspen, or are just visiting, the ZGreen Program can help you do your part to reduce Aspen's contribution to global warming. ASPEN ZGREEN ~.~.~.ti~. The Citizen Program lays out a guideline for green living and creates a network for citizens who want to be proactive in their lifestyles. While education is a key component, the program goes beyond awareness by enabling each individual to track and reduce home energy use, water use, and air pollution. In order to become a ZGreen Citizen, participants must commit to taking 5 new actions to reduce their environmental footprint. Once citizens have committed to taking action they are offered the option to offset the remainder of their carbon footprint. Throughout the year ZGreen Citizens will receive green tips, updates and event information from the City to keep them involved as active environmental citizens. ASPEN ZGREEN ~~~~~~~ The Business Program certifies and acknowledges those businesses that are committed to creating a healthy environment by reducing their energy use, air pollution, and water consumption. It also requires each business to fill out and submit an Energy Tracker - a spreadsheet that tracks the business's energy use for a year. The Energy Tracker allows businesses to see how much energy is being used, where best to target energy efficiency measures, and finally how much they would need to offset to be carbon neutral. Lastly, the certification and public recognition of the ZGreen Business program rewards the participating businesses through positive press, increased marketing exposure, and demonstrated community leadership. ASPEN ZGREEN ~.~.n....~. The Events Program works with internal and community events and meetings to help these events reduce energy use, air pollution, and waste generation. Like the business program, events must also achieve certification by implementing green meeting practices. Greening an event is also an effective way "in" to businesses and organizations and thus can act as a first step in greening their entire business operation. he Canary Tag Program is the first municipal government carbon offset program in the United States. Canary Tags is a voluntary offset program that works to create investment in carbon mitigation and capture technologies as well as renewable energy and efficiency projects in our regional community. Each Canary Tag represents an investment that offsets one ton of carbon dioxide equivalent.