Office of Sustainability & Resilience 2025 Annual Progress Report

Strategic Energy Plan Implementation SEP Resolution Directives Progress In 2022, the Greensboro City Council approved the Strategic Energy Plan (SEP), which addresses the City of Greensboro’s Resolution 19-0770, to provide a plan for municipal operations to transition to 100 percent renewable energy by 2040 The following section of the Annual Progress Report provides status updates on each recommendation outlined in the City’s DIRECTIVE 8

reductions in energy use, and help to identify the optimal rates for each of the City’s approximately 1,100 electrical service accounts with Duke Energy.

Prepare an updated GHG inventory every two years.

Strategic Energy Plan. These updates reflect measurable progress, key milestones achieved, and areas where implementation is ongoing. Since the establishment of the Office of Sustainability and Resilience in 2022, significant strides have been made toward advancing the Plan’s goals. Now approaching the five-year implementation marker, the Office is well underway in executing the recommended strategies, coordinating across departments, and integrating energy efficiency and sustainability practices into City operations. This progress demonstrates the City’s continued commitment to reducing energy consumption, lowering operational costs, improving resilience, and advancing long-term environmental stewardship. Recommend practices and tools to measure avoided costs and return on investment resulting from implementation of renewable energy projects. In September 2025, OSR awarded a contract to the consulting firm Nimble Energy to develop a comprehensive energy management and data analysis platform. The development of the software system is essentially complete, with fine-tuning and customization of the interface in progress. This system will provide advanced tools that will identify energy-efficiency measures, enable significant DIRECTIVE 4 STATUS: Completed

STATUS: In Progress

In December 2025, OSR executed a contract with consulting firm Fresh Coast Climate Solutions to prepare updated Greenhouse Gas inventories for 2022, 2023, and 2024, at both the community-wide and municipal operations levels. These inventories will use widely accepted protocols for greenhouse gas reporting and validation. The resulting emissions calculations will measure progress toward the SEP’s emissions reduction goals, and as a key component in Greensboro’s effort to recertify in the LEED for Cities program. This project is expected to be completed by June 2026. The contractor will also train OSR staff to prepare future inventories in-house.

DIRECTIVE 9

Publish an annual progress report.

STATUS: Ongoing

The first annual progress report was published in March 2024. This document is the third annual progress report. OSR will continue to publish progress reports annually throughout SEP’s implementation. Corresponds to Prioritized Action 28 .

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