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City's Sustainability Plan Earns Award
ARCHIVED PRESS RELEASE: Published 12-8-2011
The City of Tulsa's Sustainability Plan has won a Silver Award
for the consulting firm that helped create it.
URS Corp., under the direction of Mayor Dewey Bartlett, worked
with Tulsa's Director of Sustainability Brett Fidler to
create the plan that was honored by the American Council of
Engineering Companies of Texas in its Engineering Excellence Awards
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Judging was based on "uniqueness, originality, technical value
to the engineering profession, complexity and how successfully the
project met the needs of the client."
Bartlett announced completion of the Sustainability Plan in late
October, saying he believes it is a critical tool to drive Tulsa
toward a national leadership position for using strategies centered
on clean energy and sustainability to stimulate economic
growth.
"This energy efficiency study provides a strategy for saving tax
dollars and enhances our ability to work toward creating
energy-related economic development opportunities, and ultimately
jobs," Mayor Bartlett said. "Tulsa has the legacy, resources and
the institutional knowledge of the entire energy industry to lead
the way."
URS Corporation developed Tulsa's plan over the course of six
months with extensive input from city employees. The plan focuses
on the City of Tulsa's assets with regard to energy management,
water management, solid waste and recycling, fleet management,
procurement, alternative and renewable energy and economic
development. It outlines and prioritizes many energy and water
management initiatives to be implemented for savings. The plan
gives step-by-step instructions on how to use resources more
efficiently and be good stewards of taxpayer dollars. It also
provides specific directions for the City of Tulsa to take action
today and start leading the way into a new economy.
To read the full plan, visit: www.cityoftulsa.org/sustainability.
To view a video of the breakdown of the Sustainability plan, visit:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLLzm2amUU4
