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Electric Vehicles, LED Lighting, Low-Energy Buildings And Solar Anchor City Energy/Climate Efforts According To New Conference Of Mayors' Report


WASHINGTON, Nov. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The United States Conference of Mayors (USCM) today released a new report showing how cities are using energy technologies and infrastructure upgrades to advance local energy and climate goals, helping the U.S. make further progress in addressing its growing energy and climate challenges.

The 103-city survey finds that all-electric vehicles, LED lighting, low-energy buildings, and solar energy development now dominate the local energy agenda as mayors strive to make their cities more energy efficient and less carbon dependent.

The findings are particularly timely as the federal government embarks on a broad-based effort to implement the massive new infrastructure law, which includes many new program initiatives to reduce energy use and carbon emissions across the entire U.S. economy.

Mayors identified "all-electric vehicles" for the first time as the most promising technology for reducing energy use and carbon emissions in their cities. Deploying electric vehicles more quickly and broadly is a goal of the new infrastructure law as well as other major legislation now working its way through the Congress.

In addition to making all-electric vehicles their most promising technology choice, mayors identified:

These findings highlight how the nation's mayors continue to lead the nation on energy and climate action, as these leaders work to change how cities use energy and how they source energy to reduce carbon emissions.

"Local energy and climate action has long been leading the nation's response to these challenges," said USCM President Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley. "These findings are both timely and useful for accelerating and expanding the public and private efforts taking place in American cities. But cities cannot do this alone, and we're grateful that President Biden and leaders in Congress have come together to chart a new energy and climate agenda, one that we believe will come to rely increasingly on mayors and local action for its future success."

"As we've witnessed over the last decade, local action on global climate challenges can lead to more jobs, savings to taxpayers, and a better quality of life for all of us," said New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell who chairs the Conference's Energy Committee. "The report will serve as a platform for mayors to exchange ideas about how to achieve these goals, and it will help to guide the private sector and federal policy makers about how they can best contribute to the effort."

"Mayors have been global leaders on these issues for nearly two decades, as we witnessed again in Glasgow at COP26," said USCM CEO and Executive Director Tom Cochran. "We applaud the Administration and Congress for finally putting the full might of our national government behind an expanded climate agenda, one that we hope will rely more on mayors and local action."

This research, undertaken with support from Signify, a USCM partner and the world leader in lighting, will help mayors and their cities progress their local energy and climate action plans.

"This report shows that mayors' priorities are clear: there is a need to invest in energy-efficient technologies that can quickly and effectively reduce carbon emissions while delivering ancillary benefits to their cities and citizens," said Vince Ridgell, Vice President of Public Sector Infrastructure, North America, Signify. "What it now takes is collaboration. At Signify, we pledge our support to turn these plans, and the benefits of modernized infrastructure, into reality."

The full Conference report can be found here.

About the United States Conference of Mayors -- The U.S. Conference of Mayors is the official nonpartisan organization of cities with populations of 30,000 or more. There are more than 1,400 such cities in the country today, and each city is represented in the Conference by its chief elected official, the mayor. Like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter.

SOURCE U.S. Conference of Mayors


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