In August and September of 2020, the Office of Environmental and Energy Coordination conducted a round of outreach to the community to ask for your opinions on a variety of climate-related questions and concerns. The information you provided is being used to inform the development of the county’s first-ever Community-wide Energy and Climate Action Plan, or CECAP.

As we close out a year dominated by a massive public health crisis coupled with a serious economic downturn, it’s important to remember and celebrate our successes. 2020 marked the first full year of work on the Fairfax County Community-wide Energy and Climate Action Plan, or CECAP, to address greenhouse gas emissions locally.

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Throughout November, the Community-wide Energy and Climate Action Plan (CECAP) team of staff and consultants have been working to prepare for the initial meetings of the CECAP Working Group sector-specific subgroups, taking place December 1st and 2nd. Per ...

Since its inception, development of the Community-wide Energy and Climate Action Plan (CECAP) has been driven by the county’s interest in having community representatives bring their expertise, experience, and perspective to discussions about goal-setting and greenhouse gas mitigation strategies.

The COVID-19 pandemic required the planning process…

In late September, the Community-wide Energy and Climate Action Plan (CECAP) Task Force met to review the results of the public engagement that took place in early September, and to discuss greenhouse gas mitigation goals. The meeting was very productive and resulted in the Task Force making final recommendations for both a long-term target goal and an interim year…

The past four weeks have been very eventful for the Community-wide Energy and Climate Action Plan (CECAP). Following the CECAP Task Force meeting on July 29, county staff and ICF prepared for the first round of formal public…

More than 95 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Fairfax County comefrom cars and trucks on our roads, energy use in our homes and businesses, waste management processes, and other community sources. Controlling our greenhouse gas emissions is not only good for the environment around us, it’s also important for our health and our economic well-being.

In July, as summer reached its peak, development of the Community-wide Energy and Climate Action Plan (CECAP) accelerated considerably. In the latter half of the month, the nine district-level Focus Groups and the Task Force met to discuss materials that county staff and…

In late August and early September, Fairfax County residents, workers, and other stakeholders will have the opportunity to participate in a series of three virtual public meetings, to provide input on the Community-wide Energy and Climate Action Plan (CECAP) currently in development.

These three meetings will be facilitated conversations about the direction the county is heading in…

In Fairfax County, transportation is one of the largest sources of greenhouse gas emissions, producing 5.2 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2018 alone. From cars and trucks traveling along our roads, to rail transportation like Metro and the VRE, to off-road vehicles like construction equipment, our carbon footprint from transportation is considerable. In this article, we’ll…