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Program Description

  Energy and Sustainability

The Energy and Sustainability (ES) program is responsible for facilitating comprehensive energy and sustainability strategies across County operations. It leads the County's green government programs which crosscuts County departments and DGS divisions. Specifically, ES supports, implements, or facilitates programs to improve energy efficiency, expand clean energy use, promote sustainable sites, enable clean transportation, encourage environmentally preferable purchasing, and foster resource saving behaviors by County employees. These initiatives foster collaboration, leadership, innovation, and performance measurement to ensure the County delivers the highest quality services at the lowest environmental impact.

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Program Contacts

Contact Pooja Kapoor of the Department of General Services at 240-777-6028 or Alicia Singh of the Office of Management and Budget at 240-777-2780 for more information regarding this department's operating budget.

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Program Performance Measures

Program Performance MeasuresActual FY24Actual FY25Estimated FY26Target FY27Target FY28
Amount of grants and incentives received for Energy and Sustainability initiatives (in dollars)$1,429,697$1,163,055$1,151,025$1,151,025$1,151,025
Utility savings delivered by Energy and Sustainability initiatives (in dollars)$1,007,309$1,311,252$1,070,428$1,070,428$1,070,428
Reduction in greenhouse gas emissions delivered by Energy and Sustainability initiatives (metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)4,51710,97712,07512,07512,075
County facility, fleet, and streetlight greenhouse gas emissions (metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) 1116,381117,109115,792115,792115,792
1  FY24 to FY25 GHG emissions increased largely due to Silver Spring Aquatic Center 1,721 MTCO2e. Forward projections FY26, FY27, and FY28 based on FY23, FY24, and FY25 average.
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Program Budget Changes

FY27 Recommended ChangesExpendituresFTEs
FY26 Approved8469253.50
Multi-program adjustments, including negotiated compensation changes, employee benefit changes, changes due to staff turnover, reorganizations, and other budget changes affecting multiple programs.323080.00
FY27 Recommended8792333.50