Denver's Climate Action Plan and 2020 voter-approved 0.25% Climate Protection Fund commit the city to net-zero greenhouse-gas emissions by 2040 and 100% renewable electricity by 2030. The Office of Climate Action, Sustainability & Resiliency (CASR) administers programs.
Denver City Council and voters in 2020 approved Ordinance 307, the Climate Protection Fund, a 0.25% sales-tax measure raising about $40 million annually for emissions-reduction work. The companion Climate Action Plan adopts 2025, 2030, and 2040 emissions targets, including 100% renewable electricity by 2030 and net-zero community emissions by 2040. The Office of Climate Action, Sustainability & Resiliency (CASR) administers programs covering building energy, transportation electrification, waste diversion, and equity-focused community investments. Programs include Energize Denver building benchmarking, e-bike rebates, heat-pump and solar incentives, and resiliency planning for heat and air-quality threats. Climate equity criteria steer at least half of all dollars to historically underserved neighborhoods.
The Climate Action Plan itself is not directly enforced against residents, but linked rules like Energize Denver Performance Requirements impose escalating per-square-foot penalties on large buildings missing energy-use targets.
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Denver's Sustainable Purchasing Policy (Executive Order 123) directs city agencies to prefer environmentally preferable, energy-efficient, recycled-content, ...
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Denver's Green Buildings Ordinance (DRMC §10-300) and the 2022 Energy Code amendments require most new and reroofed buildings over 25,000 square feet to inst...
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