County Climate Mitigation Initiative Poll

You have arrived at the first County Climate Mitigation Initiative Poll. If you arrived here but aren't sure what the project is about, please visit the County Climate Mitigation Initiative home page.

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* 1. Address

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* 2. County

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* 3. Has your county prepared the following plans; for definitions of each type of plan, see box below this question:

	Yes	Partial	No
Greenhouse gas reduction plan?	Greenhouse gas reduction plan? Yes	Greenhouse gas reduction plan? Partial	Greenhouse gas reduction plan? No
Energy management, energy efficiency plan and/or Local government energy audit (LGEA)?	Energy management, energy efficiency plan and/or Local government energy audit (LGEA)? Yes	Energy management, energy efficiency plan and/or Local government energy audit (LGEA)? Partial	Energy management, energy efficiency plan and/or Local government energy audit (LGEA)? No
Renewable energy plan?	Renewable energy plan? Yes	Renewable energy plan? Partial	Renewable energy plan? No
Sustainability plan?	Sustainability plan? Yes	Sustainability plan? Partial	Sustainability plan? No
Vehicle fleet plan and/or electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure plan?	Vehicle fleet plan and/or electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure plan? Yes	Vehicle fleet plan and/or electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure plan? Partial	Vehicle fleet plan and/or electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure plan? No

A Greenhouse Gas Reduction Plan is one which identifies, inventories and constructs a plan to reduce major sources of GHG emissions in the community which the plan covers.

An Energy Management and/or Energy Efficiency Plan is one which identifies, inventories and suggests the best opportunities to reduce energy usage through equipment and infrastructure improvement, monitoring or replacement. A Local Government Energy Audit (LGEA) is one of those plans conducted through the Board of Public Utility's New Jersey Clean Energy Program.

A Renewable Energy Plan lays out the potential for the use various types of renewable energy on facilities owned or controlled by the entity writing or sponsoring the plan; the types of renewable energy can include solar photovoltaic, wind, ground source, geothermal, hydropower and more.

Sustainability Plans can address many areas of government operation including energy use, energy procurement, emissions reductions, vehicle fleet and charging equipment purchasing, ecosystem conservation and other organizational operational issues. Often, the plan needs to identify and balance the effects of actions on the region’s economy, equity, quality of life and environment. Sustainability Plans often contain some or all of the work that might be contained in other separate plans including housing plans, renewable energy plans, transportation and mobility plans, and so on.

Vehicle Fleet Plans and/or Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Infrastructure Plans aim to guide the management of vehicle acquisition and disposal; drivers; fuel consumption and/or charging windows; maintenance schedules and systems, various environmental, safety and other laws and more.

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* 4. If 'Yes' or 'Partial' and any of the reports are publicly available for download, what are the web addresses? If they are available some other way, please provide how to obtain the information if you cannot email them. If you have them but are prevented from providing them, we would appreciate if you could share the reasons why you cannot.

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* 5. Does your county have an inventory of the following?:

	Yes	Partial	No
County buildings?	County buildings? Yes	County buildings? Partial	County buildings? No
County land holdings including parks, beaches, forests, agricultural lands and other non-built lands?	County land holdings including parks, beaches, forests, agricultural lands and other non-built lands? Yes	County land holdings including parks, beaches, forests, agricultural lands and other non-built lands? Partial	County land holdings including parks, beaches, forests, agricultural lands and other non-built lands? No
County-controlled roads?	County-controlled roads? Yes	County-controlled roads? Partial	County-controlled roads? No

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* 6. If 'Yes' or 'Partial' and any of the reports are publicly available for download, what are the web addresses? If they are available some other way, please provide how to obtain the information if you cannot email them. If you have them but are prevented from providing them, we would appreciate if you could share the reasons why you cannot.

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* 7. Does your county know the square footage of county-owned or controlled buildings?

Yes

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* 8. If 'Yes', please enter the value below:

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* 9. Does your county know the number of streetlights on county-controlled roads?

Yes

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* 10. If 'Yes', please enter the value below:

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* 11. If the county owns or manages one or more of the following types of systems itself or through controlled entities such as an authority or agency, is the system managed to reduce methane release either through:

	Reduced methane generation techniques	Methane capture and use	Flaring	Other
Sewage treatment plant	Sewage treatment plant Reduced methane generation techniques	Sewage treatment plant Methane capture and use	Sewage treatment plant Flaring	Sewage treatment plant Other
Landfill	Landfill Reduced methane generation techniques	Landfill Methane capture and use	Landfill Flaring	Landfill Other

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* 12. If 'Other', please list:

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* 13. In addition to any traditional recycling program the county may run, does the county currently run any additional waste diversion or reduction programs to reduce emissions, environmental impact, waste or other negative consequence? These programs can include freecycling events, hazardous waste diversion programs, reusable water bottle programs, drug recovery, tire recycling, food waste recovery and so on.

Yes

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* 14. If 'Yes', please list the programs:

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* 15. If you were to receive assistance or funding for any of the inventories or emissions reductions projects associated with the above, in what order would you rank them from most to least important? Would you choose any other inventories or projects, and what would they be? Rank each item by dragging them higher up the list for higher priority and lower down the list for lower priority. You will have a chance to describe ‘Other’ below.

Greenhouse gas reduction plan
Local government energy audit (LGEA), energy management, and/or energy efficiency plan
Renewable energy plan
Sustainability plan
Vehicle fleet plan and/or electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure plan
County building inventory
County land holdings inventory
County-controlled roads inventory
Sewage treatment plant methane emission measurement, generation and/or capture system plan
County landfill methane emissions measurement, generation and/or capture system plan
County recycling plan
Other

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* 16. If 'Other', please list what other activities you would prioritize:

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* 17. If funding became available to perform a larger number of decarbonization activities beyond the strict limits of what the county mostly or fully controls, what additional activities would your county consider taking on? These could include engaging citizens, municipalities, or non-profits in greenhouse gas and associated pollutant reduction projects, sequestration, pollutant monitoring, or reducing the impacts of those pollutants.

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* 18. What are your constraints in performing all of the work mentioned above?

Budget

Staffing

Internal capacity limits

External partner capacity limits

Time

Other

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* 19. If 'Other', what are the other limits to completing this work?

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* 20. What is the most pressing issue related to climate and energy that your county faces? And what haven't we asked about in this survey that we should ask you?

Remember, if you haven't already, visit the landing page for the County Climate Mitigation Initiative for more information on this project. Thank you for taking the time to fill out this survey and we are looking forward to working with you as we move forward on this exciting initiative.