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NCTCOG Whitepaper & BMP: Integration of Energy Resilience into Hazard Mitigation Planning

The NCTCOG whitepaper Integration of Energy Resilience into Hazard Mitigation Planning is intended to provide local governments and hazard mitigation planners with an assortment of energy resilience options to consider for incorporation into their Hard Mitigation Plans. The whitepaper is accompanied by the complementing Best Management Practices for Incorporating Energy Resilience into Hazard Mitigation Planning.

Texas is accustomed to extreme swings in weather and natural disasters which can impact the reliability and availability of energy services. These disasters are expected to increase as we deal with the impacts of a changing climate, leaving local governments in a position where more than ever they may need to consider incorporating energy resilience plans into their Hazard Mitigation Plans.

Some of the options outlined in the whitepaper are faster to implement with quick wins while others take a longer-range planning approach with significant investment to ensure the greatest measure of energy resilience. Communities are encouraged to consider which measures best suit their needs, capabilities, budget, scale, and desired level of energy resilience.

National Climate Assessment

NCTCOG Whitepaper: Texas’ Mandated Local Government Energy Reduction Goal: Challenges and Best Practices

NCTCOG Whitepaper: North Central Texas Biogas Assessment

Persigo Wastewater Treatment Plant

City of Plano’s Green Business Certification

2019 Watersense Partners of the Year Award – City of Plano

2019 Watersense Excellence Award Winners – City of Allen

2019 Watersense Excellence Award Winners – City of Frisco

Practical Creek Care - A Handbook for Stewardship

Database of Climate Ordinances Now Available to Planners

Energy Resources and Model Policies

Case Study: Development of an Energy Management Plan for Tarrant Regional Water District

Tarrant Regional Water District (TRWD) is one of the largest raw water transmission systems in North Central Texas, serving 11 counties and providing water to more than 2.1 million people. TRWD has more than 100 facilities, ranging from large office buildings and reservoir spillways to guard lights.

Better Buildings: Rural K-12 School Workforce Development and Training

This guidance document includes materials, trainings, and certification courses designed to provide building operators of rural K-12 school facilities with actionable steps to improve their energy efficiency knowledge and create comfortable, cost-saving, and energy-efficient learning environments.

A Guide to Zero Energy and Zero Energy Ready K-12 Schools

This document addresses school owners, project teams, utility and fuel providers, and local stakeholders and identifies their roles in enacting Zero Energy school buildings. The document highlights the benefits of Zero Energy buildings such as increasing student performance, increased fiscal stability, and making communities more resilient.

Wimberley, Texas - Blue Hole Regional Park

Informed by a stakeholder-led design process, the Blue Hole Regional Park aims to protect and enhance the site's ecologically sensitive areas. the park offers an enhanced swimming hole, an extensive interpretive education program, sustainable features, and active recreation amenities for thousands of annual visitors.

Whitepaper: Local Government Energy Reporting Requirements in Texas

As the largest energy consumer in the United States, Texas’ demand for power is growing faster than any other state and continues to rise as the population grows. In fact, Texas’ demand for power continues to grow faster than any other state in the U.S.

San Francisco, California - Market Square

The Market Square project focused on a two-building complex in historic downtown San Francisco, California. It involved historic renovation, adaptive use of a historic building, and renovation/integration of a smaller, more contemporary building. The project is located on a one-block site in the Mid-Market area of downtown San Francisco, an emerging location for tech tenants and new multifamily development.

Plano, Texas - Water Wise Landscape Tour

The Water Wise Landscape Tour is an annual educational tour of residential homes with drought-tolerant, native, and adapted landscapes. The tour is free of charge to residents to visit homes.

Plano, Texas - Water Conservation Rebate Program

The Water Conservation Rebate Program offers rebates to residents who install rain/freeze sensors, high efficiency toilets, and pressure reducing values.

Plano, Texas - The Great Update Rebate

The City of Plano's The Great Update Rebate program is designed to provide pertinent rebates to homeowners of older properties to update and maintain their homes.

Plano, Texas - Green Business Certification

The City of Plano's Green Business Certification (GBC) program recognizes businesses that have taken steps toward sustainability in the areas of general education, waste reduction, energy efficiency, water efficiency, pollution prevention, and sustainable purchasing.

NCTCOG Sustainability in the Built Environment Case Study Map

This interactive map highlights buildings and communities throughout the North Central Texas region that have been certified by third-party organizations that recognize sustainable excellence in the built environment.

Los Angeles, California - Elmer Avenue Neighborhood Retrofit

The Elmer Avenue Neighborhood Retrofit transformed a typical residential street into a model "green street" by incorporating stormwater best management practices (BMPs) that capture and filter runoff from a 40-acre area.

Houston, Texas - Buffalo Bayou Promenade

Buffalo Bayou Promenade is a 23-acre urban park and recreation area that transformed an overgrown, trash-soaked urban greyfield into a thriving waterfront. The $15 million landmark project both improved flood control capacity and transformed a marginalized space beneath the freeway into a safe, welcoming place for pedestrians.