Innovative Counties Honored for their Sustainability Achievements
The Counties of Sacramento, Santa Barbara and San Diego each carried home three Beacon Spotlight Awards after being recognized by the Institute for Local Government at the CSAC Innovation Summit for their measureable achievements in reducing energy, natural gas and greenhouse gas emissions.
The County of Sacramento received two gold level Spotlight Awards for implementing retrofits in agency buildings that have resulted in an energy savings of 16-percent, and for achieving natural gas savings of 18-percent.