County building energy costs increase despite significant reductions in natural gas, electricity use  - The Ithaca Voice

County building energy costs increase despite significant reductions in natural gas, electricity use  - The Ithaca Voice

their Green Facilities Policy effective in 2013. The policy outlined the steps the county could take to reduce carbon emissions from county buildings, and led to the 2022 initiation of the Green Facilities Capital Project.  Twelve years later, the county has begun to reap what it sowed with natural gas and electricity usage falling between 2023 and 2024, as the various Green Building Project strategies have taken shape.  County facilities used n…