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Energy Success Stories

The City of Visalia has a long history of environmental stewardship. The Natural Resource Conservation Division was created in 2007 to provide guidance, education, and management of the city’s natural resources to help assure adequate water supplies, meet recycling mandates, reduce energy consumption, improve air quality and generally preserve and conserve our limited resources.  There have been a variety of energy conservation projects completed to date. 

The City was awarded two Beacon Spotlight Awards from the Institute for Local Government for energy savings in City facilities and implementation of several sustainability programs.  Read all about it at the Beacon Press Release.

Part of Visalia’s long-term water conservation strategy is the upgrade of its water treatment plant. The upgrade will enable the plant to treat wastewater to a higher quality, producing recycled water that meets state and federal standards required for irrigation use. At $140 million, it’s the largest capital project in the city’s history, and possibly the most challenging.  To learn more, click here.

The West Acequia Parking Structure is in use 24 hours every day of the year as it is accessed by the nearby regional hospital employees and patients. This creates great opportunity to use efficient technologies and save thousands in both kilowatt-hours (kWh) and dollars.  To learn more about the West Acequia parking lot energy efficiency story click on City of Visalia - VIEW Success Story

City of Visalia completed lighting retrofits at seventy-eight (78) traffic signal locations, including the replacement of 1,306 incandescent bulbs with LED bulbs.  The project has reduced electrical consumption by over 80%. For more information, review the LED Traffic Light Project.

The photovoltaic solar array at the MV Transportation bus yard at 525 N. Cain is a 200 kW system constructed on top of a new carport shade structure used by facility employees and visitors.  The electricity produced by the system offsets the electrical requirements of the facility, and is enough to power over 40 homes.  This one installation is expected to save the City and taxpayers over a quarter of a million dollars over the next 25 years.  And employees and guests now have shaded parking!  

    

     

               
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