Post on 09-May-2020
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Organizational Sustainability:Key Performance Indicators
As a best-managed city, Austin is committed to integrating sustainability into our day-to-day operations. This report card tracks 10 focused indicators of the City of Austin’s sustainability performance, including impacts related to our employees, facilities, fleet, and purchases. The measures reflect sustainability as a balance among prosperity and jobs; conservation and the environment; and health, equity, and cultural vitality.
Measuring and sharing information about our performance as an organization helps us showcase our achievements and challenges so we can track progress and manage change.
PERFORMANCE KEY
TARGET MET
IN PROGRESS
TARGET NOT MET
Stated performance goal achieved or exceeded.
Performance goals and strategies under development.
Stated performance goal not achieved.
CARBON FOOTPRINTCO2e Emissions from City Operations
53,77957,521
90,000
80,000
70,000
60,000
30,000
MTCO2e
71,554
GOAL: 5% EMISSIONS REDUCTION PER YEAR
59,301
2011 2012 2013 2014
% of C
IP Meetin
g LEED S
ilver
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%0%
100%
Th
ousa
nd
Sq
Ft
of L
EED
Pro
ject
s
93,136
75%
100%
24,56922,637
TARGET MET
GOAL: 100% COMPLIANCE WITH LEED SILVER OR BETTER FOR APPLICABLE PROJECTS
GREEN BUILDING% New CIP Meeting Minimum LEED Silver Certification / New Square Footage of LEED-Certified City Projects
400
350
300
250
200
150
100
50
0
Gal
lon
s/S
q. F
oot
IN PROGRESSTARGET MET
Use Cost
500,000
600,000
550,000
850,000
950,000
900,000
650,000
700,000
750,000
800,000
$
$708K
$690K$754K
20
30
40
50
10
WATERGallons of Potable Water Per Square Foot Used at City Buildings and Their Sites / Cost
PERFORMANCE
$943K
20142011 2012 2013
1,800,000
1,500,000
1,200,000
900,000
600,000
300,000
0
60,000,000
56,000,000
52,000,000
48,000,000
44,000,000
64,000,000
MMBtu $
Use Cost
1,680,000
TARGET NOT MET
ENERGYAnnual Building Energy Use / Cost at Exisiting Facilities
PERFORMANCE
$55M$53M
$58M
1,670,0001,590,000 1,622,164
$62M
20142011 2012 2013
Does not include regulated emissions from power plants or land ls; includes electricity used at power plant facilities, electricity for pumping and treating water, and fugitive emissions from wastewater plants
PERFORMANCE
205,284
100% 100%
2011 2012 2013 2014
GOAL: 5% WATER USE REDUCTION PER YEAR GOAL: 5% ENERGY REDUCTION USE PER YEAR (SB 898)
TARGET NOT MET
46 gal/sq ft
34 gal/sq ft 32 gal/sq ft39 gal/sq ft
40,000
50,000
Carbon Offset Purchase
54,645
TARGET METPERFORMANCE
PERFORMANCE KEYTARGET MET
IN PROGRESS
TARGET NOT MET
12% 18% 21%
ZERO WASTEPercent Recycled at City Office Facilities
20142012 2013
100%
TARGET NOT MET
VEHICLES & EQUIPMENT% Alternative Fuel or Hybrid Fleet Vehicles Owned / Purchased
0%
80%
60%
40%
20%
Miles 0 10 20 30 40 6050
$ %
% S
pen
t on S
ustain
able Pu
rchases
10,000
20,000
25,000
30,000
35,000
40,000
45,000
50,000
4%
3%
2%
1%
0%
5%
Th
ousa
nd
s of
Dol
lars
($)
7,000
6,000
5,000
4,000
3,000
2,000
1,000
0
# of Employees
3.2%
3.9%
3.2%
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TARGET MET
IN PROGRESS TARGET NOT MET
GOAL: 40 MILES OF NEW BIKE FACILITIES & 12.5 MILES OF NEW SIDEWALKS PER YEAR
GOAL: IN DEVELOPMENT GOAL: 5% INCREASE IN PARTICIPATION PER YEAR
Parks Non-Parks
PERFORMANCE
18,000
15,000
0
5,435
4,338
GOAL: 5,000 TREES IN NON-PARKS PER YEAR & 3,100 TREES IN PARKS PER YEAR FOR A TOTAL OF 8,100 PER YEAR.
Total 9,773
Total 7,307
Total 11,471
TARGET MET
GOAL: 95% OF ALL NEW VEHICLE PURCHASES ARE ALTERNATIVE FUELED OR HYBRID GOAL: 5% INCREASE IN DIVERSION PER YEAR
12,000
9,000
6,000
3,0003,290
4,017
# of Trees Planted
6,949
4,522
10,948
4,206
Total 15,154
20142011 2012 2013
GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE &STORMWATER MANAGEMENT
CITY RIGHT OF WAY
Owned Purchased
61%
99%
63%
94%
68%70%
96%
68%
96%
New Bike Lanes New Sidewalks
Reconstructed Sidewalks
34.6 5.5 7.8
37.9 5.4
38.3 7.5 5.1
28.6 3.6 4.9
PERFORMANCE
15,000
4.7%
$26M
$37M
$30M
$48M
PERFORMANCE PERFORMANCE
20142011 2012 2013
5,000 5,3195,711
4,854
20142011 2012 2013
TARGET NOT METPERFORMANCE PERFORMANCE
PROCUREMENT WORKFORCE
2014
2013
2012
2011
9.7
0.5
1.8
Urban Trails
TARGET MET
0.97.1
2011 2012 2013 2014
Number of Trees Planted
Miles of New Bike Lanes, New Sidewalks, andReconstructed Sidewalks
Number of Employees Engaged in Wellness Activites$ / % Spent on Sustainable Purchases