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Washington DC Carbon Neutrality Framework

Washington DC Carbon Neutrality Framework

Washington, DC
United States
Washington DC Carbon Neutrality Framework

Introba provided design analytics for the Washington DC Carbon Neutrality Framework in Washington DC, United States.

The District of Columbia Department of Energy and Environment (DOEE) retained Introba to develop a strategy that builds on past energy planning work and provides a pathway for the District to reach carbon neutrality by 2050. Introba (formerly Integral Group/Elementa Engineering) worked with DOEE to identify possible strategies, including building retrofits, building and vehicle electrification, and waste management to reduce city-wide carbon emissions. The analysis helped quantify each strategy and provided time-based performance benchmarks for the District to measure progress. The project team subsequently developed a community engagement framework to inform a comprehensive decarbonization plan which optimized carbon emissions reductions, equitability, and resilience. The team actively used analysis to inform policy and regulatory development in the District. 

In addition to developing the carbon neutrality framework, Introba also worked with DOEE on a detailed geospatial analysis of building electrification to evaluate grid capacity constraints and resiliency risks. The electrification analysis helped demonstrate the potential for non-wires alternatives (building efficiency improvements, demand flexibility, etc.) as a cost-effective pathway to address grid capacity constraints.

Sustainability

  • Carbon Neutral Target 

Project Highlights

  • Framework built on past energy planning work and provides a pathway for the District to reach carbon neutrality by 2050 

  • Identified strategies, including building retrofits, building and vehicle electrification, and waste management, to reduce city-wide carbon emissions 

  • Developed a community engagement framework to inform a comprehensive decarbonization plan which optimized carbon emissions reductions, equitability, and resilience 

  • Provided geospatial analysis of building electrification to evaluate grid capacity constraints and resiliency risks and pathway to address constraints 

Photo Credit: Elementa Engineering DPC

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