by Nicole Shen
- L.A. was the first city to require that city-owned buildings be built to meet Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) specifications – the internationally recognized standard for constructing eco-friendly buildings.
- L.A. has the highest solid waste recycle rate of any large American city – 62 percent.
- The Los Angeles Convention Center is the largest solar-generating complex in North America.
- Nearly 10 perecent of all L.A.’s energy comes from renewable resources, including solar and wind power.
- L.A. boasts the single-largest fuel cell power plant at any university in the world, at the California State University Northridge (CSUN) campus in the San Fernando Valley.
- Eighty percent of the City’s trash trucks and street sweepers run on natural gas.
- The Port of Los Angeles is slashing in port-air pollution by half with its five-year Clean Air Action Plan. It will replace diesel-powered equipment with clean, natural gas and electric-powered equipment.
- L.A. boasts the nation’s largest fleet of clean, green buses – 2,500 – all powered by compressed natural gas.
- L.A. recycles more than 850 tons of restaurant food waste a month into compost that is sold to local farms and vineyars.
- Los Angeles International Airports (LAX) uses non-polluting green soucres for up to 35 percent of its electrical power.
Courtesy of LA INC. The Los Angeles Convention and Visitors Bureau – www.discoverlosangeles.com
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