1. The Emerald Cities Approach to Sustainable Communities John Morrill, Vice President for Sustainable Development Emerald Cities Collaborative September 26, 2011 Solutions for Sustainable Communities National Housing Conference | Center for Housing Policy Washington DC

3. Mission:

4. Green our cities

5. Build our economy

6. Strengthen democracy

7. We will do this through clean energy retrofits and related sustainability infrastructure9/22/2011 2

8. The First Wave of Emerald Cities Seattle Milwaukee Portland Cleveland San Francisco Providence Oakland New York City Los Angeles Atlanta 9/22/2011 3

10. Representatives of local constituencies:

11. Community-based organizations (varied)

12. Labor unions, particularly building trades

13. Local businesses and business interests

14. City government

15. Local energy interests9/22/2011 4

17. Identify and develop energy/water/sustainability projects

18. Develop and place project labor agreements and community workforce agreements into project work

19. Monitor project implementation

20. Measurement and verification of energy, GHG reduction, workforce compliance

21. National staff support Local Councils9/22/2011 5

23. Affordable Multifamily housing

24. OtherMultifamily housing

25. Municipal, universities, schools, hospitals (MUSH)

26. Other commercial & institutional propertiesParticular sweet spot, cascading benefits 9/22/2011 6

28. Standardized agreements

29. Regulatory oversight + authorization

30. Expedited approvals

31. Inter-Agency coordination

32. Leverages private investment

33. Revitalized public housing assets

34. Section 3 achievements

36. Pension Funds

37. Utility Cos

38. Foundations

39. Federal Gov’t

40. State Housing Agencies

41. EE Industry

42. Alt Energy Players

43. Carbon Market Players

44. Project identification

45. Procurement

46. Project management

47. Resident participation

48. Contractor/construction management

49. Asset management

51. EE & AffHsg investment

52. Geographic and project risk diversification

53. CSR/Mission investing

54. Economic development & job creation

55. Accelerated capital investment

56. Community /resident benefits

57. Energy cost control

58. Deep retrofits

60. Coordination of HUD and PHA relations

61. Project feed-in from ten Emerald Cities

62. Job training/CWAs/PLAs

63. Community engagement

64. TA and capacity building

65. Mission objectives

66. Program mgmt. income

67. Large-scale initiative

68. Measurable outcomes9/22/2011 7 Emerald Cities Collaborative

70. Inclusive workforce training targets communities of need, local projects with local workers

71. Union workers are the best-trained in the land, yield quality work

72. Aggregating projects to achieve scale helps with financing, reduces transaction costs, yields other economies of scale9/22/2011 8

73. Thank you. John Morrill, CEM jmorrill@emeraldcities.org 202-449-9781 www.emeraldcities.org 9/22/2011 9