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Welcome to Green Wilshire Center District & Wilshire Center/Koreatown Cool District Program
Let’s Go Green!
If you live or work here it is time to calculate your carbon footprint; join your fellow citizens today in learning your CO2 emissions score. Find out how to save money with energy conservation efforts, and much more. The Wilshire Center District is committed to conservation of energy as a means of creating a sustainable environment for our future. The District will reach its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction target only when every individual does his/her part to save energy, reduce waste and drive less. Join us in making a difference in our community.
 The Wilshire Center District initiated the first Cool District in North America. On July 19, 2007, the Wilshire Center Business Improvement District’s Board of Directors made the pledge to reduce the district’s greenhouse gas, GHG, emissions by at least 2% per year over the next 40 years (an 80% reduction below the 2009 baseline). We have begun working with ARUP
on doing additional energy audits for
about 25 buildings using CRA/LA
funds (ww.crala.net) These free
energy assessments will provide a
preliminary analysis of your
building’s current energy usage as
well as information on
equipment/operational upgrades to
reduce your energy bills. The
highlighted upgrades will be chosen
specifically for your building’s needs,
and the reports will show how quickly
an investment in these upgrades will“pay back” in energy savings. Later,
potential financing and rebate
opportunities will be presented to each
building owner. Go the GREEN BUILDING tab above for more on the audit program.
A low carbon vision for the District in 2050
The District will be a place where residents and workers can rely on public transit, walking and biking. Cars would run on electricity supplied by solar, wind power, and other renewable energy. Individuals and businesses will have reduced their carbon footprint (CO2) by 80 percent. New and existing buildings will have achieved net zero energy consumption through increased energy efficiency and a shift to renewable energy sources. No waste will be sent to landfills, but will be converted to energy. And most of the food eaten in the district will be produced organically and within a few hundred miles.
CLICK HERE to View the Wilshire Center/Koreatown
Green Building Retrofit Program PowerPoint Presentation
Learn more about AB 32 and California's Road Map to a Clean Energy Future, visit: www.arb.ca.gov/cc/cleanenergy/cleanenergy.htm
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We had a successful Green Block Party on October 16th on S. Normandie between 7th and 8th Streets, which encouraged people who live and work here to develop more green practices. We discussed the Carbon Master Plan with the aid of a questionnaire. Special thanks to Jamison Services for providing parking at this event. The Wilshire Center BID, with help from KYCC, CRA/LA, WCKNC, DOT, PACE, Sierra Club, Eco-Village, ARB, LADWP and many others planted 4 trees, FEED 400 families breakfast and lunch (for free), UNITED ALL ETHNIC GROUPS of the area to work and play together, provided free (musical) entertainment, distributed environmentally friendly information, picked up trash, cleaned graffiti, gave kids FREE face painting, got to know our neighbors better, talked about how we're going improve our communities (not just talk, we DID) and MUCH more. The event was a huge success, thank you to everyone who participated.
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