Who's Cool?
OTHER VIRGINIA COOL COMMUNITIES
Arlington
Climate disruption is one of the most serious challenges facing our world today. Local governments must take steps to address this growing threat. Arlington County launched an ambitious initiative in 2007 to significantly reduce its own emissions. This campaign, Fresh AIRE – Arlington Initiative to Reduce Emissions, is a collaboration between County government, businesses, organizations, and individuals.
- Fresh AIRE: Arlington Initiative to Reduce Emissions
- Arlington's Progress With Emissions
- County Building Retrofits
- Arlington's Green Fleet
- Smart Growth and Transit
- LED Traffic Signals
- Clean Power
- Green Building Programs
- Trees and Arlington
- Waste to Energy Facility
- Arlington's Progress With Energy Reduction
- ROI: Energy Efficiencies Yield Big Paybacks
Fairfax County
Fairfax County is helping to lead a national effort for counties to reduce global warming emissions 80 percent by 2050, an achievable average annual reduction of 2 percent. The Cool Counties Climate Stabilization Declaration also urges the federal government to adopt legislation requiring an 80 percent emissions reduction by 2050 and calls for fuel economy standards to be raised to 35 miles per gallon within a decade.
U.S. Cool Counties Climate Stabilization Declaration (signed July 16, 2007)
Fairfax County, working in partnership with the Sierra Club and King County, Wash., has produced a roadmap showing the kinds of concrete actions through policies and programs that counties can take to reduce their emissions, including seven key areas: energy efficiency, renewable energy, greening vehicle fleets, land use, transportation, water conservation and education.
- Templates to Becoming a Cool County
- Fairfax County's Efforts at Becoming a Cool County
- Board of Supervisors Environmental Improvement Program
- Cool Neighborhoods
- Fairfax County Joins Cool Capital Challenge
- Board of Supervisors Adopts Green Building Policy
Roanoke Valley
Founded in August 2006, Roanoke Valley Cool Cities Coalition is an independent, all-volunteer, Virginia non-profit corporation, organized as a 501(c)(3) public charity. The coalition consists of 150 member/affiliates including businesses, non-profit groups, and individual activists. In all, coalition members represent over 15,000 area citizens. Familiarly known as "Cool Cities", the coalition is managed by a volunteer board of directors headed by Dr. Diana Christopulos of Salem. The board is comprised of representatives from the business, environmental, and academic communities; a full list of board members can be found on the coalition's web site at www.rvccc.org. RVCCC has an active community outreach program and offers free lectures and a variety of presentations to a wide range of community groups. Cool Cities board members are actively involved with local governments to encourage and assist them as they seek to implement smart energy solutions that will benefit taxpayers and the environment.