Collaboration is key for the ongoing
sustainable evolution of Phoenix.
“We’re working with established
partners to help us with technology
and innovation,” confirms Hartman.
“For our retrofits, we’re utilising the
expertise of Ameresco, Honeywell,
Trane, McKinsey and Noresco. They
bring decades of experience to help
us achieve our goals with systems that
are easy to use and operate.” These
efforts are part of the city’s 2020
goals to retrofit 185 City buildings
to make them 20% more efficient.
“Ameresco is also running our 91st
Avenue biogas facility as well as being
the contractor that build it,” he adds.
What sustainability trends has
Hartman identified globally, and
across the US, that can support
Phoenix with its 2050 goals? “I’m
excited about the potential to purchase
renewable energy,” he observes.
“We’re in a regulated environment,
so it needs to be in partnership with
our utilities. We’re looking at options
like virtual power purchase agreements
and ways you can procure energy
from renewable sources that are
equivalent to, or less than, current228
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