Environment and Energy

The EE highlights below were pulled from the 2025 Annual Report and identify significant progress made to support this area in calendar year 2024. Each highlight is categorized under the relevant Indicator of Community Success, demonstrating our dedication to this area.

Each of the ten community outcome areas will have its own dashboard that highlights headline metrics. These metrics will inform and guide community leaders, practitioners and advocates in making data driven decisions. To help the community better understand and navigate the dashboard, a tutorial video has been created using Healthy Communities as an example.

The interactive dashboard below provides an overview of the eight headline metrics for EE and enables the reader to access more detailed data and a narrative for context and clarity. Headline metrics for the remaining outcome areas are in progress. Data will be reviewed regularly to assess trends, inequities, and alignment with the strategies included in the plan.

Climate Action Dashboard: Fairfax County has adopted ambitious climate action goals for both emissions reduction (addressing the cause of climate change) and resiliency (addressing the effects of climate change). The Climate Action Dashboard includes overall metrics pages for both emissions reduction and resilience. Additionally, the dashboard includes sector-specific pages for metrics relating to Buildings, Energy Supply, Transportation, Waste, and Natural Resources, as well as metrics associated with Community Services.

County Government Energy Dashboard: To support its Operational Energy Strategy, the county is committed to reducing its energy use in order to save money, lower its greenhouse gas emissions and promote a more sustainable future. The Government Energy Dashboard provides energy use, cost, and emissions data for buildings and facilities.

For more information visit the Office of Environmental and Energy Coordination (OEEC) website.