Sustainability

Appendix 5: KPIs that indicate emissions reduction progress

Strategy 1: Achieve County-wide Net Zero 2050 alignment

#	KPI	Source	2021	Target (2030)	Change
1	Global warming discussion	Yale Climate Opinion Survey	39%	70%	+31%

Strategy 2: Sustainable land use

#	KPI	Source	2021	Target (2030)	Change
2	"Good Growth"	accepted metric does not exist yet	n/a	implementation of Envision 2040	n/a
3	Tree Equity	Tree Equity Score .org	33	0	-33

Strategy 3: Reduce emissions at the source: Transportation
Reduce the amount of fossil fuels used in transportation

#	KPI	Source	2021	Target (2030)	Change
4	Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT)	NV Department of Transportation	3,988,225,465	3,589,402,919	-10%
5	Mode Split – Vehicle	Google Environmental Insights Explorer (EIE)	98.7%	89%	-6%
5	Mode Split – Walk	Google EIE	0.74%	5%	+4%
5	Mode Split – Bike	Google EIE	0.28%	3%	+2%
5	Mode Split – Transit	Google EIE	0.24%	3%	+2%
6	Zero Emissions Vehicles (ZEVs)	NV Department of Motor Vehicles	3.84%	10%	+6.16%

Strategy 3b, c: Reduce emissions at the source: Buildings
Reduce electricity energy use in buildings

#	KPI	Source	2021	Target (2030)	Change
7	kWh / dwelling / year (Residential)	NV Energy	8.32	7.90	-5%
8	kWh / building / year (Commercial)	NV Energy	98	93	-5%
9	kWh / building / year (Industrial)	NV Energy	9,401,643	8,931,561	-5%

Strategy 3d: Reduce emissions at the source: Waste
Reduce emissions related to waste sent to landfill

#	KPI	Source	2021	Target (2030)	Change
10	Per capita waste (lbs)	Waste Management	1,240	1,116	-10%

Strategy 4: Produce cleaner energy
Reduce the burning of fossil fuels for energy; shift to renewable energy

#	KPI	Source	2021	Target (2030)	Change
11	Natural gas therms / dwelling / year (Residential)	NV Energy, SW Gas	624	530	-15%
12	Natural gas therms / building / year (Commercial)	NV Energy, SW Gas	3,649	3,102	-15%
13	Natural gas therms / building / year (Industrial)	NV Energy, SW Gas	111,995	95,196	-15%
14	% renewable purchased electricity	NV Energy	39.7%	50%	10.3%

1. Global warming discussion – Percent of people in Washoe County who “discuss global warming at least occasionally.” (source: Yale Climate Opinion Map)
2. “Good growth” – Industry-accepted, easy-to-calculate metric does not yet exist.
3. Tree Equity - # of “block groups” in Washoe County with a Tree Equity score < 70 (source: Tree Equity Score)
4. Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) - VMT by all vehicle types in Washoe County. Includes inbound and outbound trips, in-boundary trips and through-trips in Washoe County. Note: data source (NDOT) is different than GHG Inventory Source (Google EIE), which does not include through-trips, per Global Protocol for Cities (GPC) (source: Nevada Department of Transportation)
5. Mode Split % of trips by different modes in Washoe County during the calendar year (source: Google Environmental Insights Explorer)
6. Zero Emissions Vehicles (ZEVs) # of ZEVs registered in the state of Nevada, divided by total vehicles registered in Nevada. ZEVs include Electric Vehicles (EVs), Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs), Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEVs), Biodiesel, and Hydrogen vehicles. (source: Alternative Fuels Data Center, US Department of Energy)
7. kWh / dwelling / year (Residential) Total kWhs used by all residential buildings in Washoe County, divided by the total number of residential dwellings served (source: NV Energy)
8. kWh / building / year (Commercial) Total kWhs used by all commercial buildings in Washoe County, divided by the total number of commercial customers served (source: NV Energy)
9. kWh / building / year (Industrial) Total kWhs used by all industrial buildings in Washoe County, divided by the total number of industrial customers served (source: NV Energy)
10. Per capita waste (lbs) Annual pounds (lbs) of all landfill and recycling waste generated by members of Washoe County and processed by Waste Management, divided by population (Source: Waste Management and Nevada State Demographer)
11. Natural Gas therms / building / year (Residential) Total therms used in residential dwellings, divided by the total number of residential dwellings served (source: NV Energy, Southwest Gas)
12. Natural Gas therms / building / year (Commercial) Total therms used in commercial buildings, divided by the total number of commercial customers served (source: NV Energy, Southwest Gas)
13. Natural Gas therms / dwelling / year (Industrial) Total therms used in industrial buildings, divided by the total number of industrial customers served (source: NV Energy, Southwest Gas)
14. % renewable purchased electricity NV Energy’s progress on its Renewable Portfolio Standard commitment of 50% renewable electricity by 2030. (source: NV Energy)