utility pricing. It is possible to save
money when you buy renewable
energy.” Allied to this, Hartman is keen
to make these opportunities available
through community solar projects by
partnering with a utility to implement
solar and help reduce electricity costs
in lower-income areas. “We also hope
to partner with Clearway Energy to
provide clean electricity to the district
cooling system to offer carbon-neutral
cooling to downtown buildings.”
Hartman believes that, from a
carbon pollution point of view, there
are huge opportunities to apply the
same learnings from making buildings
more energy-efficient to transporta-
tion. “There’s a real move towards
electrification of transportation,” he
notes. “Norway’s electric vehicle sales
now make up more than 70% of the
market and countries like China see
electrifying cars and buses as the
solution to pollution.”
Elsewhere, the Street Department
just completed an upgrade of its
95,000 street lights to LED. It may
have cost $30mn but Hartman points
out that it pays for itself out of the
energy savings, with the net savings
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