Office of Sustainability & Resilience 2025 Annual Progress Report

Energy Goals, Strategies, and Actions Progress

Water Resources Department ENERGY USE BY DEPARTMENT

Transportation & Transit Departments

GOAL 2

GOAL 2

Reduce electricity demand by 40% from 2007 to 2025.

Increase LED streetlamp conversion by 5% per year.

STRATEGY 2.1 Increase equipment efficiency. A2.1.1 Audit water and wastewater equipment. A2.1.2 Implement efficiency measures suggested by audit. Preliminary figures put electricity use by the Water Resources Department at 69,845 megawatt-hours (MWh) in 2025, a 2.0% increase since 2019. In May, the department introduced the GSO WaterWise Portal, supported by the City’s system-wide upgrade to smart meters. GSO WaterWise offers customers customized usage alerts, access to near real-time water use data 24/7, enhanced customer service, and personalized water conservation tips. An extensive outreach campaign ensured widespread awareness of the portal and its features. In 2025, Water Resources and the OSR collaborated to distribute 721 water and energy conservation kits to Greensboro residents registered in GSO WaterWise. The kits were funded through the City’s federal Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant award. Corresponds to Prioritized Action 24 . STATUS: Ongoing

STRATEGY 1.1 Increase the conversion of street lighting to LED. A1.1.1 Work with Duke Energy to ensure conversion meets the yearly goal.

STATUS: Ongoing

The Greensboro Transit Agency (GTA) was a division of the Transportation Department (GDOT) until 2023, when it became a separate department. Preliminary figures put the two departments’ combined electricity use at 7,409 MWh in 2025, a 70.8% decrease from 2019. GDOT works with Duke Energy to coordinate the LED conversion of the company’s more than 27,400 streetlamps and other public outdoor lighting units. LED streetlamp conversion data for 2025 was not available for inclusion in this report. However, data on the energy used by Greensboro’s streetlamps show LED conversions are having a significant impact. Total energy consumption by streetlamps dropped from 18,276 MWh in 2022 to 1,952 MWh in 2025 – a reduction of 89.3%. Corresponds to Prioritized Action 21 .

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