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 transportation . “ 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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