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Parks and Environmental Services
Municipal Lawn and Garden Equipment Conversion
June 4, 2019
Staff report: Alternative Fuel Equipment Conversion
2019 BUDGET
• RAQC Grant $20K
• BFO Match $20K
Alignment and Resources
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STRATEGIC
OBJECTIVES
Environmental Health
• 4.1 CAP Goals
• 4.2 Air Quality
CITY PLAN
Principle ENV 4
• 4.4 Ozone Attainment
• 4.6 Fuel Consumption
Staff report: Alternative Fuel Equipment Conversion
Local Ozone Contributors
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Data from Denver 2017c Local Source Analysis, available through http://views.cira.colostate.edu/tsdw/
Staff report: Alternative Fuel Equipment Conversion
Local Role
Transportation
Planning
Transportation
Master Plan/City
Plan/Transit Plan
Municipal
Efforts
Commercial Lawn
and Garden
Equipment
Community
Efforts
Rebates for
electric lawn and
garden
equipment
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Ozone Management
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Equipment
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Impacts and Feedback
PUBLIC EMPLOYEES ENVIRONMENT
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Equipment Conversion
NEXT STEPS
• Remainder 2019
• 2020 Funding
• Goal: Full Electric
Conversion
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Back up slides
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Funding Timeline
2016
• $30K BFO
(CAP Related)
2017
• $50K BFO
• $15K RAQC
2018
• $50K BFO
2019
• $20K BFO
• $20K RAQC
2020
• $20K BFO
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Staff report: Alternative Fuel Equipment Conversion
Conversion Strategy
New Technology
ProGreen Expo
Green Industry Expo
Equipment Demos
Long-term
Equipment Trials American Green
Zone Alliance
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What is Ozone?
• Not emitted directly from
sources
• Formed through photochemical
(sunshine driven) reactions
• Fossil fuel combustion (Nitrogen
Dioxide)
• Biogenic/petroleum-based
evaporative emissions
(Volatile Organic Compounds)
• Good up high, bad nearby!
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Municipal Carbon Reduction
This is what is currently only for municipal goals, but Molly probably has
a better slide ready image.
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Municipal
Staff report: Alternative Fuel Equipment Conversion