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Organizational Sustainability:Key Performance Indicators

As a best-managed city, Austin is committed to integrating sustainability into our day-to-day operations. This report card tracks 10 focused indicators of the City of Austin’s sustainability performance, including impacts related to our employees, facilities, fleet, and purchases. The measures reflect sustainability as a balance among prosperity and jobs; conservation and the environment; and health, equity, and cultural vitality.

Measuring and sharing information about our performance as an organization helps us showcase our achievements and challenges so we can track progress and manage change.

PERFORMANCE KEY

TARGET MET

IN PROGRESS

TARGET NOT MET

Stated performance goal achieved or exceeded.

Performance goals and strategies under development.

Stated performance goal not achieved.

CARBON FOOTPRINTCO2e Emissions from City Operations

53,77957,521

90,000

80,000

70,000

60,000

30,000

MTCO2e

71,554

GOAL: 5% EMISSIONS REDUCTION PER YEAR

59,301

2011 2012 2013 2014

% of C

IP Meetin

g LEED S

ilver

90%

80%

70%

60%

50%

40%

30%

20%

10%0%

100%

Th

ousa

nd

Sq

Ft

of L

EED

Pro

ject

s

93,136

75%

100%

24,56922,637

TARGET MET

GOAL: 100% COMPLIANCE WITH LEED SILVER OR BETTER FOR APPLICABLE PROJECTS

GREEN BUILDING% New CIP Meeting Minimum LEED Silver Certification / New Square Footage of LEED-Certified City Projects

400

350

300

250

200

150

100

50

0

Gal

lon

s/S

q. F

oot

IN PROGRESSTARGET MET

Use Cost

500,000

600,000

550,000

850,000

950,000

900,000

650,000

700,000

750,000

800,000

$

$708K

$690K$754K

20

30

40

50

10

WATERGallons of Potable Water Per Square Foot Used at City Buildings and Their Sites / Cost

PERFORMANCE

$943K

20142011 2012 2013

1,800,000

1,500,000

1,200,000

900,000

600,000

300,000

0

60,000,000

56,000,000

52,000,000

48,000,000

44,000,000

64,000,000

MMBtu $

Use Cost

1,680,000

TARGET NOT MET

ENERGYAnnual Building Energy Use / Cost at Exisiting Facilities

PERFORMANCE

$55M$53M

$58M

1,670,0001,590,000 1,622,164

$62M

20142011 2012 2013

Does not include regulated emissions from power plants or land ls; includes electricity used at power plant facilities, electricity for pumping and treating water, and fugitive emissions from wastewater plants

PERFORMANCE

205,284

100% 100%

2011 2012 2013 2014

GOAL: 5% WATER USE REDUCTION PER YEAR GOAL: 5% ENERGY REDUCTION USE PER YEAR (SB 898)

TARGET NOT MET

46 gal/sq ft

34 gal/sq ft 32 gal/sq ft39 gal/sq ft

40,000

50,000

Carbon Offset Purchase

54,645

TARGET METPERFORMANCE

PERFORMANCE KEYTARGET MET

IN PROGRESS

TARGET NOT MET

12% 18% 21%

ZERO WASTEPercent Recycled at City Office Facilities

20142012 2013

100%

TARGET NOT MET

VEHICLES & EQUIPMENT% Alternative Fuel or Hybrid Fleet Vehicles Owned / Purchased

0%

80%

60%

40%

20%

Miles 0 10 20 30 40 6050

$ %

% S

pen

t on S

ustain

able Pu

rchases

10,000

20,000

25,000

30,000

35,000

40,000

45,000

50,000

4%

3%

2%

1%

0%

5%

Th

ousa

nd

s of

Dol

lars

($)

7,000

6,000

5,000

4,000

3,000

2,000

1,000

0

# of Employees

3.2%

3.9%

3.2%

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TARGET MET

IN PROGRESS TARGET NOT MET

GOAL: 40 MILES OF NEW BIKE FACILITIES & 12.5 MILES OF NEW SIDEWALKS PER YEAR

GOAL: IN DEVELOPMENT GOAL: 5% INCREASE IN PARTICIPATION PER YEAR

Parks Non-Parks

PERFORMANCE

18,000

15,000

0

5,435

4,338

GOAL: 5,000 TREES IN NON-PARKS PER YEAR & 3,100 TREES IN PARKS PER YEAR FOR A TOTAL OF 8,100 PER YEAR.

Total 9,773

Total 7,307

Total 11,471

TARGET MET

GOAL: 95% OF ALL NEW VEHICLE PURCHASES ARE ALTERNATIVE FUELED OR HYBRID GOAL: 5% INCREASE IN DIVERSION PER YEAR

12,000

9,000

6,000

3,0003,290

4,017

# of Trees Planted

6,949

4,522

10,948

4,206

Total 15,154

20142011 2012 2013

GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE &STORMWATER MANAGEMENT

CITY RIGHT OF WAY

Owned Purchased

61%

99%

63%

94%

68%70%

96%

68%

96%

New Bike Lanes New Sidewalks

Reconstructed Sidewalks

34.6 5.5 7.8

37.9 5.4

38.3 7.5 5.1

28.6 3.6 4.9

PERFORMANCE

15,000

4.7%

$26M

$37M

$30M

$48M

PERFORMANCE PERFORMANCE

20142011 2012 2013

5,000 5,3195,711

4,854

20142011 2012 2013

TARGET NOT METPERFORMANCE PERFORMANCE

PROCUREMENT WORKFORCE

2014

2013

2012

2011

9.7

0.5

1.8

Urban Trails

TARGET MET

0.97.1

2011 2012 2013 2014

Number of Trees Planted

Miles of New Bike Lanes, New Sidewalks, andReconstructed Sidewalks

Number of Employees Engaged in Wellness Activites$ / % Spent on Sustainable Purchases