Mayor Reed’s Green Vision – adopted unanimously in October 2007 – is a bold 10-point plan to make San Jose the World Center of Clean Tech Innovation. This ambitious and comprehensive 15-year roadmap to solve environmental problems and grow the local economy focuses around three elements – Clean Tech Innovation, Sustainability, and Green Mobility.
Since its adoption, San Jose has:
- Created 1,500 new Clean Tech jobs and numerous Clean Tech companies like SunPower, NanoSolar, SoloPower, Stion, Sunwize, Sopogy and Fat Spaniel.
- Partnered with a private company to construct the first organics-to-biogas facility in the nation, which will help divert waste and create new sources of renewable energy;
- Adopted a Green Building Policy for City buildings and privately built industrial, commercial, and retail buildings; and
- Piloted the use of energy-efficient LED streetlights and installed solar on city facilities, saving money and energy for the city.
Mayor Reed’s “60 Day Solar Challenge” successfully pushed numerous local solar companies to offer no/low down-payment financing and lease programs to residents interested in installing solar on their homes. He also joined the mayors of San Francisco and Oakland in creating the Bay Area Climate Change Compact.
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