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In January 2021, the BCC accepted the 2030 Sustainable Operations & Resilience Action Plan (SORAP) as a phased approach to becoming a top-ranked community among its peers. Consisting of seventeen goals within six focus areas, SORAP's intent is to implement a series of internal actions and best practices to achieve a variety of benefits including reduced risks and costs, support for critical programs and services, minimized environmental impacts and improved quality of life for our residents. 2025 marked the half-way point for the plan, prompting the Office of Sustainability and Resilience to capture the progress made over the last five years and plan to move the goals and actions forward through 2030. SUSTAINABLE OPERATIONS AND RESILIENCE ACTION PLAN SUSTAINABLE OPERATIONS AND RESILIENCE ACTION PLAN
ENERGY & CLIMATE ACTIONENERGY & CLIMATE ACTION Goals 1-3 advance County efforts for climate action, clean renewable sources of energy, and widespread energy efficiency and reductions. The County has expanded solar installations across multiple facilities totaling 6.2 MW of capacity, potentially supplying 9.5 GWh of clean energy and saving $1.3 million, annually, while continuing to support programs to enhance the adoption of solar throughout the community. The County has continued its commitment to addressing energy burden for residents through new and expanded programs.
BUILDINGS & INFRASTRUCTURE BUILDINGS & INFRASTRUCTURE Goals 4–6 advance County work reducing environmental impacts and improving operational efficiency through enhanced performance standards, infrastructure retrofits, and expanded risk and resilience assessments. Since 2023, the Office of Sustainability & Resilience has been focused on implementing high performance building standards across our Capital Projects as well as supporting professional training for 27 staff members to earn LEED Green Associate accreditation. This certification builds foundational knowledge in green building principles and supports the advancement of sustainable design and operations across County projects. Additionally, there has been a focus on operational efficiency with projects such as LED lighting retrofits, HVAC and chiller upgrades, and roof sealing, reducing operational costs and extending the useful life of existing assets.
WATER USE & QUALITYWATER USE & QUALITY
MOBILITY & FLEETMOBILITY & FLEET
Goals 13–15 focus on reducing solid waste generation across County operations and promoting more sustainable consumption practices internally and with our Solid Waste collection customers. The County has executed an administrative regulation aimed at reducing single-use products which included training for 184 staff members on compliance and implementation. To further support waste reduction and recycling, 240 side-by-side landfill and recycling stations have been installed across County facilities to improve proper waste sorting and increase recycling participation. To impact resource consumption, several paper reduction initiatives across multiple departments has resulted in significant savings. For the BCC agenda, this digital workflow has saved about 300 cases of paper and $11,500 annually.SUPPLY CHAIN & MATERIALS MANAGEMENT SUPPLY CHAIN & MATERIALS MANAGEMENT
TREES & LANDTREES & LAND