Tag Archives: 2023

Native Tree Planting 3/11

Everyone Welcome!

Saturday, March 11 from 8:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Join us to make our region greener and our air cleaner!

The Sacramento Tree Foundation invites us to join in their upcoming event to plant over 100 Native seedlings along the Franklin Creek Trail in Elk Grove. The Tree Foundation provides all the necessary tools and supplies to care for trees.

Participants will receive a short, hands-on training on site. After learning the tools and techniques, participants will split up into groups and begin planting trees throughout the site. This is a great way to get outdoors and make a difference.

Register now to secure a spot and learn more: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/elk-grove-native-tree-planting-registration-523089253037?discount=sierraclub. The Sacramento Tree Foundation will send you an email with logistics and directions to the site.

City of Sacramento launches new custom energy modeling platform Xerohome

Xerohome is a free platform available to residents of single-family homes in the City of Sacramento. Folks can visit https://xerohome.com/app/#/ and type in their address. The tool will then show you the carbon footprint of your home, and a breakdown of how your home is using energy. Users can add additional information to make the model “smarter,” and then choose from a menu of upgrades such as a heat pump hot water heater or heat pump HVAC and see the estimated costs, available rebates, and projected utility bill savings. It’s a user-friendly way for people to understand what electrification could mean for their individual home. The results are really encouraging here in Sacramento—100 % of single family homes are projected to see utility bill savings with electrification.

If people are interested in checking out the tool but don’t live in a single family home within the City limits, they can use the address 222 Demo street to try it out.

The City of Sacramento will also be holding two virtual workshops focused on their Existing Building Electrification Strategy—one on 3/1 focused on Residential buildings, and one on 3/8 focused on commercial. Registration links can be found on the project webpage.

ECOS Support for City of Sacramento Transportation Infrastructure Adaptation Plan Grant Application

On February 22, 2023, ECOS submitted a letter of support for the City of Sacramento Transportation Infrastructure Adaptation Plan Grant Application to The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) Sustainable Transportation Planning Grant Program.

Below is an excerpt.

Sacramento is one of California’s oldest cities and our city’s transportation infrastructure is some of the oldest in the region. Sacramento is also home to over a half million people and three-quarters of the region’s disadvantaged communities. This older infrastructure is not ready for the current and worsening strain of climate change. Award of this funding would allow the City to begin the necessary work to ready our community’s transportation network for the increasing risk associated with climate change and ensure a high level of service to our most vulnerable community members.

Click here to read the letter.

Urban Design Townhall | Urban Design to Create Resilient Communities 2/22

Moderator:
Stephanie Reich, AIA | Design and Historic Preservation Planner, City of Santa Monica

Panelists:
Kate Collignon | Partner, HR&A Advisors

Egon Terplan | Lecturer in City & Regional Planning, UC Berkeley

Luiz Barata | Senior Planner/Urban Designer, Waterfront Resilience Program, Port of San Francisco

Phoenix Armenta | Senior Manager for Climate Equity and Community Engagement, San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission

Earn 1.5 LU | HSW for attending [pending approval]

Description
What is the responsibility of the Architect and allied professions in focusing on Resilience and Adaptation to create/enhance Resilient Communities? What is the role of the architect and allied professions in protecting health, safety and welfare?

Climate change renders many areas in California, the country and the world virtually uninhabitable, or at higher and higher risk. In this Urban Design Townhall, made in partnership with the Resilient Design Committee, attendees will learn the importance of incorporating resilience and adaptation into daily practice. This conversation will explore resilience and adaptation in design, such as ethics of rebuilding in hazardous areas, how to prepare for greater density needs due not only to the housing crisis but to inevitable climate migration, and best ways to shift the systems building and regulating construction to a resilience model.

Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0rfuivrTMuGdRmHleM5OeJ0oJdnOW5arp3

More information and additional resources can be found here: https://aiacalifornia.org/

Saving Sacramento’s Special Places – 3/1 Presentation

Have you ever wondered how local conservancies and trusts protect our region’s important habitats? Join Sacramento Valley Conservancy Acquisition Specialist Steve Schweigerdt to see how it is done and to understand how parallel efforts like 30 x 30 and local habitat conservation plans factor in. Find out about the diverse and important habitats in our region and learn about the many challenges facing local conservation efforts to save them, and understand how these relate to the opportunities available. And finally, find out how you can help save the last great habitats remaining in our region.

Wednesday, March 1, 2023, 6:00 pm, via Zoom

Link to join: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6656164155
To phone in: 669-900-6833, Meeting ID: 665 616 4155