6 Appendix A: Index of Case Studies by Place
Arizona
Arkansas
Arlington, VA
- Provide a density bonus for affordable housing
- Enable property-assessed clean energy (PACE) financing
Austin, TX
- Provide consumer-oriented programs to incentivize energy efficiency retrofits and appliance improvements
- Redesign bus network to prioritize ridership over coverage
- Subsidize first-mile/last-mile transportation services
Bergen, Norway
Berkeley, CA
Birmingham, AL
Bogota, Colombia
Boston, MA
- Create a fund to implement energy savings projects
- Provide green-oriented job training and education pathways
- Encourage carsharing strategies
Bridgeport, CT
Buffalo, NY
California
- Encourage accessory dwelling units
- Revise zoning codes in medium to large cities to facilitate upzoning
- Promote a Solar Renewable Energy Certificate program
- Provide incentives for households to install solar generation and storage, particularly for vulnerable customers
- Use green infrastructure to improve stormwater management
Centennial, CO
Chicago, IL
- Enable property-assessed clean energy (PACE) financing
- Create a scholarship fund for students wishing to pursue eco-conscious careers
- Encourage mortgage refinancing
- Engage automobile manufacturers as stakeholders in the EV market
Cleveland, OH
Colorado
Columbus, OH
Davis, CA
Dayton, OH
Decatur, IL
Detroit, MI
Dublin, CA
Estonia
Georgia
Glendale, CA
Greenville County, SC
Hartford, CT
Hayward, CA
Houston, TX
- Redesign bus network to prioritize ridership over coverage
- Develop carbon capture & storage facilities
Indianapolis, IN
Johannesburg, South Africa
Kansas
- Create a scholarship fund for students wishing to pursue eco-conscious careers
- Pay remote workers to move to new location
Kansas City, MO
King County, WA
London, UK
Los Angeles, CA
- Provide consumer-oriented programs to incentivize energy efficiency retrofits and appliance improvements
- Provide green-oriented job training and education pathways
- Provide commercial rebates for commercial building owners to install EV charging stations
Los Angeles County, CA
Luxembourg
Madison, WI
Madrid, Spain
Massachusetts
Melbourne, Australia
Menlo Park, CA
Milwaukee, WI
- Set energy savings standards on all public buildings and provide financial and technical assistance for commercial private sector energy savings
- Enable property-assessed clean energy (PACE) financing
- Promote urban gardens as a substitute for displaced ecosystem services
Mexico City, Mexico
Minneapolis, MN
- Revise zoning codes in medium to large cities to facilitate upzoning
- Eliminate minimum parking
- Fund economic development using tax-base sharing
- Rezone areas around transit stations and commercial corridors to allow for high-density residential development
- Reduce vehicle speed limits
Montana
Montgomery County, OH
Muskegon, MI
Nebraska
New York City, NY
- Encourage micro-units
- Create a fund to implement energy savings projects
- Provide green-oriented job training and education pathways
- Offer continued training and support post-employment
- Offset negative externalities of traffic through tolls
- Charge for parking
- Reduce vehicle speed limits
- Promote cool surfaces to reduce heat island effect
- Use green infrastructure to improve stormwater management
- Develop pneumatic waste collection systems
- Charge for waste disposal except recycling and compost
Norfolk, VA
Oakland, CA
- Provide green-oriented job training and education pathways
- Use green infrastructure to improve stormwater management
Oregon
Palo Alto, CA
Paris, France
Pasadena, CA
- Create local transportation demand management ordinances
- Provide grants to income eligible residents for the replacement of high-emission cars with low-emission cars
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
- Offer job creation tax credit
- Reduce vehicle speed limits
- Promote urban gardens as a substitute for displaced ecosystem services
Phoenix, AZ
Pittsburgh, PA
Port Arthur, TX
Portland, OR
- Give carpoolers priority parking at transit stops
- Use green infrastructure to improve stormwater management
- Install smart streetlights
Prince George’s County, MD
Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Richmond, CA
Sacramento, CA
San Diego, CA
- Provide training and coaching for low-income workers, rather than unemployed workers
- Install smart streetlights
San Francisco, CA
- Eliminate minimum parking
- Encourage micro-units
- Provide a density bonus for affordable housing
- Develop a shared equity program for high-density housing
- Enable property-assessed clean energy (PACE) financing
- Encourage mortgage refinancing
- Develop public employment program
- Pursue public-private partnerships for commercial development
- Create local transportation demand management ordinances
- Use BRT corridors to reduce travel times on public transit
- Promote the use of e-scooters and dockless bicycles to reduce reliance on private cars
- Charge for parking
- Ban personal vehicles from certain areas
- Promote permeable pavement to increase groundwater absorption
- Use green infrastructure to improve stormwater management
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
- Encourage carsharing strategies
- Provide grants for pollution remediation and reduction initiatives
- Provide grants to income eligible residents for the replacement of high-emission cars with low-emission cars
San Jose, CA
- Set energy savings standards on all public buildings and provide financial and technical assistance for commercial private sector energy savings
- Implement “reach” codes which go beyond state minimum requirements for energy use in building design and construction
- Reclaim urban streams and rivers to increase groundwater absorption and filtration
San Mateo County, CA
Santa Clara County, CA
Seattle, WA
- Encourage accessory dwelling units
- Provide consumer-oriented programs to incentivize energy efficiency retrofits and appliance improvements
- Offset negative externalities of traffic through tolls
- Charge for waste disposal except recycling and compost
Seoul, South Korea
South Holland, IL
St. Louis, MO
Stanford, CA
Stockholm, Sweden
Tacoma, WA
Toronto, Canada
Tulsa, OK
Tyson, VA
Vancouver, Canada
Ventura County, CA
Vermont
Washington, DC
- Promote solar development in Opportunity Zones
- Promote a Solar Renewable Energy Certificate program
- Promote the use of e-scooters and dockless bicycles to reduce reliance on private cars
Wembley Park, UK
Wisconsin