Title/Name/Summary
The Village of Orland Park Energy Efficiency and Conservation Municipal Action Plan or ECOMAP
History
The Village of Orland Park was selected by Commonwealth Edison, an Exelon Company, for a Community Energy Challenge. The ComEd Community Energy Challenge is a competitive program designed to help municipalities develop and implement energy efficiency and conservation projects that reduce energy use while advancing municipal sustainability objectives.
The Village of Orland Park is recognized by ComEd as one of twelve communities that has demonstrated commitment to leadership in environmental and energy issues. Like the other eleven communities, Orland Park was asked to create a municipal energy plan to reduce the amount of energy used by municipal operations, residents and businesses while achieving complementary community objectives. This plan is called the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Municipal Action Plan (ECOMAP).
For the first year of ECOMAP, the goal is to reduce the energy footprint of the Village by 0.5% to 1.5% or begin the downward trend in energy consumption and establish a benchmark for future reductions. As a municipal action plan, ECOMAP outlines seventeen (17) tasks and over one hundred (100) deliverables and recommendations that will help meet the goals and objectives of the plan while improving the quality of life in Orland Park from an energy perspective.
ECOMAP is part of Orland Park’s smart energy initiative that will assist in the transformation of the way Orland Park residents, businesses and visitors acquire, use and think about energy. To do this, the plan seeks to:
· Revise code amendments, planning and development review procedures, and municipal economic development loans and incentive programs to increase energy savings;
· Target homes, businesses, schools and colleges, and faith communities for energy savings and to market energy saving products
· Work with the insurance community to develop mitigation st...
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