Past Meetings

Nothing Found!!

Meetings

Back To Resources

  • 2021 RICAPS Multi-City Working Group Meetings
    DATE TOPICS
    January 26
    Webinar    		 Complying with AB1236, Permit Streamlining Law for EV Charging Stations, EV Infrastructure Reach Codes, City Insights on EV Policy Implementation, Peninsula Clean Energy Updates: Single-Family Electrification, Case Study Development Project: Estimated Costs of Electrifying 10 Single-Family Homes, Highlights of Facilities Working Group Launch.

    Presentations
    February 23
    Webinar

    Coordinated Support for Municipal Energy Upgrades, How Cities Can Host Clean Tech Pilots, Update: Power on Peninsula Solar + Battery Program, Feedback via Mentimeter.

    Presentations
    March 23
    Webinar

    City of Piedmont’s Newly Adopted Reach Codes for Existing Homes, City of Brisbane’s Building Efficiency Program for Commercial and Industrial Buildings, CPUC 101.

    Presentations
    April 27
    Webinar

    Water Supply Estimates and Results of BAWSCA’s 10-Year Demand Study, Sustainable San Mateo County Updates: Sustainability Dashboard and Sustainability Ideas Bank, Water Upgrades $ave On-Bill Financing via BayREN.

    Presentations
    May 25
    Webinar    		 Including Fugitive Methane Emissions in GHG Inventories, Research Results: Heat Pump Water Heater Permitting in San Mateo County, Neighborhood Electrification Pilots, Fostering Collaboration with School Communities on Climate Action.

    Presentations
    June 22
    Webinar    		 Thrive Alliance: Building Relationships and Creating Cross-Sector Collaboration, The Next Stage of Local Climate Planning: From Technocratic and Siloed to People-Centered and Connected, Frameworks for Collaboration.

    Presentations
    July 27
    Webinar    		 Berkeley's Draft Existing Buildings Electrification Strategy, Emerging Strategies for 2022 Reach Code Efforts, Program Updates (RICAPS Commercial Electrification Measures and Preview of August 17 Facilities Working Group), Climate action Priorities for San Mateo County Cities

    Presentations
    August 24
    Webinar    		 Key Takeaways from the IPCC 6th Assessment, BayREN's Regional Heat Pump Water Heater Program for Contractors, Peninsula Clean Energy's Heat Pump Water Heater Rebate, Redwood City Building Electrification Rebate Program, PCE's Home Upgrade Program for Income-Qualified Customers

    Presentations
    September 28
    Webinar    		 Peninsula Clean Energy Updates (Annual GHG Reporting, New Data Access Platform, Latest Market Research) and BayREN Program Overview and Listening Session

    Presentations
    October 26
    Webinar    		 Introduction to C/CAG’s New Executive Director, Lessons Learned from Recent Building Electrification Policy Study Sessions, and BayREN Local Government Policy Calculator for Existing Single-Family Buildings

    Presentations
    November 16
    Webinar    		 SB 1383 Compost Procurement Requirements and Discussion on a Collaborative Approach Across Jurisdictions

    Presentations
    December 14
    Webinar    		 RICAPS 10 Year Anniversary and 2022-23 RICAPS Program

    Presentations

     
  • 2020 RICAPS Multi-City Working Group Meetings
    DATE TOPICS
    January 28
    Webinar    		 Travel Emissions in Inventories and the CAP Update, Airline Travel and Consumer Behavior, Emissions Reductions Strategies at SFO, Mayor of Bayville: MTC/ABAG’s Experiment with Digital Engagement, Upcoming Recology Fleet Upgrades to Reduce GHGs

    Presentations
    February 25
    In-person    		 Resources for Integrating Health and Equity into Climate Action Planning, Pairing OpenIDEO Digital Platform with On the Ground Community Engagement in Sunnyvale, Panel Discussion: Enlisting Community-Based Organizations to Reach Specific Populations in Half Moon Bay

    Presentations
    March 24
    Webinar    		 Faith Organizations and Sustainability Efforts (Connecting with congregations, Resources for congregations, Online engagement platform and vestry resolution for electrification, Technical support and fundraising for solar and water conservation projects, Lessons learned from EV charging program for congregations), Peninsula Clean Energy EV Charging Program

    Presentations
    April 28
    Webinar

    BayREN Updates and New Programs to Address Equity and COVID-19, SMC Energy Watch Updates, RICAPS CAP Template Update, Convergence of Electrification Efforts

    Presentations
    May 26
    Webinar    		 Peninsula Clean Energy Updates, Community GHG Inventories Energy Data, Bay Area Energy Atlas, RICAPS CAP Template and Tools Update

    Presentations
    June 23
    In-person    		 Teleworking: Now and Post COVID-19, Community GHG Inventories Transportation Data, Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) Modeling, Streetlight Data, Google Transportation Data

    Presentations
    July 28
    Webinar    		 San Mateo County Recovery Coordination Council, Menlo Park Climate Action Goals and Implementation Strategies, Support for Electrification and Decarbonization Efforts from the Building Decarbonization Coalition

    Presentations
    August 25
    Webinar    		 Relaunch of San Mateo County Energy Watch, High-potential CAP measures for Countywide Collaboration, Investing in Resiliency for Public Facilities, Silicon Valley Clean Water Project: Biosolids to Biochar, Community GHG Inventories Waste and Wastewater Data

    Presentations
    September 22
    Webinar    		 Electrification of Existing Single Family Homes: Potential GHG Impact of Electrification Measures, Electrification Products and Policies, Reducing Costs, Contractors' Perspective

    Presentations
    October 27
    Webinar    		 Updates from Peninsula Clean Energy, EV Adoption and Infrastructure: State and Regional Context, EV Resources and Consumer Attitudes in San Mateo County, Beyond Gasoline Initiative

    Presentations
    November 17
    Webinar    		 Trends in Reach Codes and Climate Action Plan Goals, Code Trainings for Building Officials, Update on Evolving Offerings for Municipalities, Consideration of New CAP Measures, Sustainable San Mateo County Sustainability Ideas Bank and Sustainability Scorecard

    Presentations
    December 15
    In-Person    		 Residential Programs (BayREN single-family and multi-family update, PCE updates, systems mapping project for decarbonization of existing single-family homes), Small Business Programs (PCE $250 bill credit, BayREN commercial program an microloan status, OOS Small Business Resources Center), Municipal Programs (BayREN codes trainings and workshops, status of inventories, facilities working group, strategy for developing decarbonization policy for existing municipal facilities)

    Presentations
  • 2019 RICAPS Multi-City Working Group Meetings
    DATE TOPICS
    January 29
    Webinar    		 2019 Programs: Bay Area Regional Energy Network, Green Business Program, climate action planning technical assistance, and more.
    Presentations
    February 26
    In-person    		 Peninsula Clean Energy: Climate Action Plan Data, Municipal Reach Code Project, Electric Vehicle Resources, and Community Pilot Project updates.

    Presentations
    March 26
    Webinar    		 Preparing for Earth Day and Bike Month: messaging with social media, Home Energy Analytics & energy efficiency messaging, update on CAP electrification measures, and Commute.org.

    Presentations
    April 23
    In-person    		 Hosted by the Peninsula Humane Society & SPCA: How litter impacts wildlife, electrification technology and promoting electrification, and updates on the reach code effort in San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties.

    Presentations
    May 28
    Webinar    		 Updates on reach code initiative, EV technical assistance, 2019 SunShares program, 2016 & 2017 community GHG inventories, and PCE community programs. Presentation on San Jose benchmarking ordinance.

    Presentations
    June 25
    In-person    		 BayREN Workshop, SMC Energy Watch Program Changes, Reach Code Support Tools.

    Presentations
    July 23
    Webinar    		 Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS), Resilience in Public Buildings, Resilient Solar on Public Facilities and Faith Institutions, July 31 Climate Ready Collaborative Convening, C/CAG Energy and Water Strategy Update, and Sustainability Ideas Bank.

    Presentations
    August 27 In-Person Sustainable San Mateo County's Sustainability Ideas Bank, SMC Energy Watch Program Offerings for Municipalities, Municipal EV Fleet Roadmap, Strategy for 2030 CAP Updates, Workshop: Pathways to Green Jobs

    Presentations
    September 24 Webinar Climate Action 2.0 and BayREN Regional Effort, Emerging Trends and Best Practices in Climate Action Planning, Burlingame's Climate Action Plan, Peninsula Clean Energy's Programming Roadmap, Climate Emergency Declaration by County of San Mateo, RICAPS CAP Template Update Strategy

    Presentations
    October 22 In-Person Consumption-based Inventories, Edible Food Recovery Program, Carbon Sequestration, Transportation Innovations, Adaptation and Equity, Decarbonizing Existing Buildings and Transportation

    Presentations
    November 26 Webinar Climate Ready Schools, Youth Climate Ambassadors Leadership Program, High School Internship Program, Highlights from the Urban Sustainability Directors Network (USDN) Conference, Status of RICAPS CAP Template, BayREN's New Commercial Program, SMC Energy Watch Updates

    Presentations
    December 17 In-Person Incorporating Adaptation into Climate Action Planning, RICAPS Information Sharing Platform, GHG Community Inventory Preview

    Presentations
  • 2018 RICAPS Multi-City Working Group Meetings
    DATE TOPICS
    January 23
    Webinar    		 Carbon Fee and Dividend Legislative Proposal; 2017 United Nations Climate Change Conference and the Conference of the Parties (COP23) Recap; Managing Emissions from Refrigerants.
    Presentations
    February 27
    In-person    		 How do Cities Track CAP and Sustainability Progress, San Mateo County Open Data Portal Update, How Does Your City Celebrate Earth Day, Beacon Awards Update.
    Presentations
    March 27
    Webinar    		 Electric Vehicle Charging Readiness Ordinance, Tesla; Updating the San Mateo County Energy Strategy; Finding the Finance for Sustainability; Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE).
    Presentations
    April 24
    In-person    		 Energy Efficiency Opportunites for Local Governments, SMCEW, PG&E, Panel Discussion: Engie, CLIMATEC, Schneider Elecric Presentations.
    Presentations
    May 22
    Webinar    		 Electrification, EV Charging Infrastructure Study Findings, Santa Monica EV Action Plan Presentations.
    Presentations
    June 26
    In-person    		 Harnessing the Power of Peninsula Clean Energy: Updates on strategic priorities; discussion on load shaping, building electrification, transportation electrification, and distributed energy resources.
    Presentations
    July 24
    Webinar    		 BAAQMD funding awardees, Title 24 and reach codes for decarbonization, engagement with building officials on Title 24 compliance, County of San Mateo’s disposable food service ware ordinance.
    Presentations
    August 28
    In-person    		 Sustainable Transportation: California Energy Commission school bus conversion grant, Safe Routes to School, countywide transportation programs, Commute.org, alternative commute incentives.
    Presentations
    September 25
    Webinar    		 Climate Adaptation: California’s Fourth Climate Assessment, Los Angeles Regional Collaborative for Climate Action and Sustainability, Sea Change San Mateo County, Climate Change Preparedness Action Plan, Adaptation Planning Toolkit, San Mateo County Climate Collaborative, Burlingame General Plan Update, Half Moon Bay Local Coastal Program Update.
    Presentations
    October 23
    In-person    		 Zero Net Energy: Tour of newly opened Half Moon Bay library, updates on local ZNE projects, and ZNE technical services for local governments.
    Presentations
    November 26
    Webinar    		 Water Conservation: Update on water conservation programs, WaterLink and dual plumbing model ordinance, and Leak detection pilot study.
    Presentations
    December 18
    In-person    		 Transportation and end of year wrap-up: Transportation electrification and County of San Mateo 2018 program successes.
    Presentations
  • 2017 RICAPS Multi-City Working Group Meetings
    DATE TOPICS
    January 24
    Webinar    		 Call for projects: BayREN ZNE municipal engineering technical assistance; City of Palo Alto electrification efforts; City of Boulder electrification efforts; City of SF electrification perspectives and open discussion; Update on CPUC energy data privacy rules.
    Presentation
    February 28
    In-person    		 Cross-department Collaboration on Sustainability Projects: San Mateo County, City of Fremont, City of San Carlos; Peninsula Advanced Energy Community (PAEC) Update on Policy Analysis; Beacon Award Update.
    Presentation
    March 28
    Webinar    		 Open Data Portal Update; Energize Fresno; Innovative City Data Practices (Hitachi); Update on CPUC energy data privacy rules.
    Presentation
    April 25
    In-person    		 Earth Day Celebrations and Launch of Library Kits, Leveraging Sustainability and Climate Action for Economic Development, San Mateo County Energy Watch success story: Frattoria e Mare.
    Presentation CCAEmissionsAvoidedTool
    May 23
    In-person    		 PAEC Progress to date (Best practices and gap analysis, Selection of model ordinances for benefit-cost analysis and results, Review of model ordinances), Facilitated break-out discussion groups (EV Infrastructure, Electrification and zero carbon heating, Solar carports).
    Presentation
    June 20
    Webinar    		 US DOE Initiatives related to ZNE City Incentive Programs, Brisbane Adopted Mandatory Solar PV and Cool Roof Ordinance, PAEC Solar Siting Survey results, ECO100 brainstorming for joint marketing efforts.
    Presentation
    July 25
    Webinar    		 Overview SMC Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Trends, BAAQMD EV Program and Policies, PG&E EV Charge Network Program and Pilot, PAEC EV Charge Master Plan.
    Presentation
    August 22
    In-person    		 Energy Storage & Local Government, Business Case for Battery Storage, Energy Storage & EV Charging: Redwood City Case Study, Battery Storage & the Grid: PAEC Integration Capacity Analysis.
    Presentation
    September 26
    Webinar    		 Microgrids: Drivers and Opportunities, Financing & What’s Next, The Santa Rita Jail Microgrid, Challenges and Opportunities in the Integration of Advanced Building Technologies, Streamlining Interconnection: How PG&E’s Pilot Will Impact Local Deployment of Solar and Energy Storage, The Magic of the Microgrid at UCSD.
    Presentation
    October 31
    In-person    		 Setting the Stage for Cultural Change for Deep Emissions Reductions: Role of Marketing and Outreach, Local efforts across SMC, City of Brisbane Marketing and Outreach, Sustainability Messaging for Sea Change SMC, Sharing Best Pracitices in Sustainability Marketing & Outreach.
    Presentation
    November 28
    Webinar    		 Future of transportation in California, high speed rail, 2040 Countywide transportation plan and broader transportation trends.
    Presentation
    December 12
    In-person    		 Project Drawdown, Emissions Trends in San Mateo County: 2005-2015, Celebrating Sustainability Success in 2017, Burlingame's ECO100 Opt Up plan.
    Presentation
  • 2016 RICAPS Multi-City Working Group Meetings
    DATE TOPICS
    January 26
    Webinar    		 Review of 2015 and looking forward 2016.
    Presentation
    February No meeting held.
    March 29
    In-person    		 Energy Ordinances - Residential Energy Conservatin Ordinance (RECO), Commercial Energy Conservatin Ordinance (CECO), Home Energy Score (HES), National Bike Month Resolutions.
    Presentation
    April 26
    Webinar    		 Energy Ordinances, Update on BayREN Home Energy Score (HES) working group, HES and Asset Rating.
    Presentation
    May 24
    Webinar    		 OPR State Climate Efforts Update, Sea Level Rise Vulnerability Assessment Update, Foster City Levee Project, Half Moon Bay Local Costal Program, Colma-San Bruno Creek Sea Level Rise Vulnerability Assessment.
    Presentation
    June 28
    In-person    		 City of San Mateo-New Solar PV Requirement, cool roofs and EV charging (presentation); Statewide Energy Efficiency Collaborative(SEEC) current climate project programs and resources (presentation), Overview of RICAPS initiatives related to building energy ordinances
    Presentation   Agenda
    July 26
    Webinar    		 Sustainability updates from Portola Valley: Greywater and PV/solar thermal readiness policies.  Progress towards voluntary/mandatoryHome Energy Score ordinances. San Mateo County Open Data Portal demonstration: Socrata Perspectives. Growing Solar in San Mateo County
    (presentation). SunShares Update.
    Agenda
    August 23
    In-person    		 SMC Zero Net Energy Strataegic Plan, Overview of BayREN Zero Net Energy Initiatives and Template Policy Language Development Presentation PG&E Support for Reach Code Cost-effectiveness Studies, CEC Peninsula Advanced Energy Communities (PAEC) Grant
     Presentation Agenda
    September 27
    Webinar    		 Beacon Award celebration! Cracking the nut of existing buildings for climate action. Innovative policy approaches for zero energy new buildings, Menlo Park. Leading by Example: Municipal buildings policies for zero net energy, City of Hayward, County of San Mateo.
    Presentation
    October 25
    In-person    		 Community and Municipal GHG Inventory Updates for San Mateo County. Open Data Portal – How it’s Shaping Up for Cities. Go CO2 Free Community Engagement Tool.
    Presentation
    November 22
    Webinar    		 October RICAPS interactive activity results, BayREN Zero Net Energy Forum and San Mateo County PACE program updates, Peninsula Clean Energy Program and Participation, Urban Sustainability Directors Network (USDN) key initiatives related to carbon neutrality and electrification.
    Presentation
    December 13
    In-person    		 Energy Innovations to Transform our Communities; Peninsula Advanced Energy Communities; RICAPS 2016 Celebrations and Achievements; What's Ahead for RICAPS 2017.
    Presentation
  • 2015 RICAPS Multi-City Working Group Meetings
    DATE TOPICS
    January 27 (Agenda) Sustainability Circles (presentation), Updates (EE campaigns, Water conservation, ZNE workshop, SAMCAR collaboration, Beacon Award), Template for annual report to council (template file), Online tracking of CAP progress (City of Berkeley - presentation, San Mateo County Open Data Portal).
    All presentations
    February 24 Webinar (Agenda) Drought update (presentation), San Carlos drought emergency ordinance (presentation), Water conservation outreach (presentation), Menlo Park Conserve-a-Scape program, PG&E Green Option (presentation), other updates (BayREN, 2016 Update to Title 24, ZNE workshop, LR2C2 Meeting, SSMC & Beacon Award, Sustainability Circle preview).
    All presentations
    March 31 In-person (Agenda) Interactive session to discuss: Current major sustainability initiatives, new/desired initiatives, barriers to implementation, next steps.
    April 28 Webinar (Agenda) Takeaways from 3/31 RICAPS meeting, partnership and grant opportunities, PACE update, online progress tracking, Beacon Award update, Step Up and Power Down pilot, small business outreach challenge, Zero Energy workshop update.
    All presentations
    June 2 Webinar (Agenda) Governor's Executive Order for 2030 climate target (OPR presentation, BAAQMD presentation), Peninsula SunShares (presentation), program updates (Zero Energy workshops, Beacon Award data collection, energy efficiency outreach campaigns, water conservation), preview of upcoming meetings.
    All presentations
    June 30 In-person San Carlos (Agenda) Results of needs assessment survey, small business outreach challenge - lessons learned and next steps, Zero Energy workshop - recap and next steps.
    All presentations
    July 28 Webinar (Agenda) Accelerating EV adoption, Alternative Fuel Readiness Plan for San Mateo County, different models for EV charging infrastructure, transportation fund for Clean Air: Charge! Program, lessons learned from EV charging installations, PACE updates
    All presentations
    August 18 Online CAP progress tracking
    presentation
    August 25 (Agenda) Water conservation (Belmont presentation, school water auditing pilot and BAWSCA update presentation, H2Oknow presentation, discussion), online CAP progress tracking presentation, plans for 2016. All presentations
    September 22 In-person Daly City (Agenda) Results: Community GHG inventories for 2011-2013 and plan for 2015 municipal GHG inventories (presentation), Beacon Award debrief and next steps, SMC Energy Watch updates (small business campaigns, school Prop 39 efforts, Living Lab opportunity, online CAP tracking, Comprehensive Energy Recommendations).
    All presentations
    October 27 1:30pm Webinar (Agenda) October RICAPS interactive activity results, BayREN Zero Net Energy Forum and San Mateo County PACE program updates, Peninsula Clean Energy Program and Participation, Urban Sustainability Directors Network (USDN) key initiatives related to carbon neutrality and electrification.
    All Presentations
    November 17 1:30pm Webinar (Agenda) RecycleWorks updates (County Green Business programand RecycleWorks Volunteer Academy), San Mateo County vulnerability assessment (presentation), SB 350 and AB 802 policy updates (presentation), active transportation updates (presentation), Zero energy ready "interventions" (presentation), general updates.
    All presentations
    December 15 1:30pm In-person Brisbane Agenda will focus on Zero Energy.
    (Presentation)
  • 2013 RICAPS Multi-City Working Group Meetings
    DATE TOPICS
    June 25 BAAQMD and CEQA
    July 23 Climate adaptation -- Follow up from June 4 workshop
    August 27 Codes and Standards
    September 24 Bike Share
    October 29 Safe Routes to School
    November 19 Climate adpatation, Input to Joint Policy Committee
    December 17 Implementation best practices, Colma case studies