City of Santa Fe Leadership in Sustainability
Santa Fe is #YourSustainableCity, and our team at the City of Santa Fe is walking the talk when it comes to sustainability! The solar energy projects and facility improvement measures (FIMs) marked on this map will reduce the City’s energy and water consumption and will help us achieve our goal of a carbon neutral Santa Fe by 2040.
Click below for project-specific details for each location!
Santa Fe Municipal Airport
Installing 133.76 kW of solar energy and 237 energy-saving lighting fixtures. Fixing air leakage. Greenhouse gas emissions avoided every year are equivalent to the energy usage of 30 homes for a year. $27,750 taxpayer dollars saved every year.
Bicentennial Pool/Alto Park
Installing 73.87 kW of solar energy, 624 energy-saving lighting fixtures, 38 water saving fixtures, and an energy-saving transformer. Fixing air leakage. Greenhouse gas emissions avoided every year are equivalent to the energy usage of 20 homes for a year. Savings 76,000 gallons per year. $24,306 taxpayer dollars saved every year.
Fort Marcy Recreation Complex
Installing 281 energy-saving lighting fixtures and 35 water-saving fixtures. Fixing air leakage. Greenhouse gas emissions avoided every year are equivalent to energy usage of 21 homes for a year. $5,587 taxpayer dollars saved every year
Genoveva Chavez Community Center
Installing 1,156 energy-saving lighting fixtures and 177 water-saving fixtures. Fixing air leakage and repairing existing solar panels. Greenhouse gas emissions avoided every year are equivalent to energy usage of 94 homes for a year. $62,405 taxpayer dollars saved every year
La Familia Medical Center
Installing 641 energy-saving lighting fixtures and 79 water-saving fixtures. Fixing air leakage. Greenhouse gas emissions avoided every year are equivalent to energy usage of eight homes for a year. $11,287 taxpayer dollars saved every year,
Santa Fe Convention Center
Installing 1,156 energy-saving lighting fixtures and 130 water-saving fixtures. Fixing air leakage. Greenhouse gas emissions avoided every year are equivalent to energy usage of 40 homes for a year. $47,878 taxpayer dollars saved every year.
Southside Library
Installing 111 kW of solar energy, 788 energy-savings lighting fixtures, 27 water-saving fixtures, and an energy-savings transformer. Fixing air leakage. Greenhouse gas emissions avoided every year are equivalent to the energy usage of 27 homes for a year. $21,687 taxpayer dollars saved every year.
Santa Fe Municipal Airport
Installing 133.76 kW of solar energy and 237 energy-saving lighting fixtures. Fixing air leakage. Greenhouse gas emissions avoided every year are equivalent to the energy usage of 30 homes for a year. $27,750 taxpayer dollars saved every year.
Bicentennial Pool/Alto Park
Installing 73.87 kW of solar energy, 624 energy-saving lighting fixtures, 38 water saving fixtures, and an energy-saving transformer. Fixing air leakage. Greenhouse gas emissions avoided every year are equivalent to the energy usage of 20 homes for a year. Savings 76,000 gallons per year. $24,306 taxpayer dollars saved every year.
Fort Marcy Recreation Complex
Installing 281 energy-saving lighting fixtures and 35 water-saving fixtures. Fixing air leakage. Greenhouse gas emissions avoided every year are equivalent to energy usage of 21 homes for a year. $5,587 taxpayer dollars saved every year
Genoveva Chavez Community Center
Installing 1,156 energy-saving lighting fixtures and 177 water-saving fixtures. Fixing air leakage and repairing existing solar panels. Greenhouse gas emissions avoided every year are equivalent to energy usage of 94 homes for a year. $62,405 taxpayer dollars saved every year
La Familia Medical Center
Installing 641 energy-saving lighting fixtures and 79 water-saving fixtures. Fixing air leakage. Greenhouse gas emissions avoided every year are equivalent to energy usage of eight homes for a year. $11,287 taxpayer dollars saved every year,
Santa Fe Convention Center
Installing 1,156 energy-saving lighting fixtures and 130 water-saving fixtures. Fixing air leakage. Greenhouse gas emissions avoided every year are equivalent to energy usage of 40 homes for a year. $47,878 taxpayer dollars saved every year.
Southside Library
Installing 111 kW of solar energy, 788 energy-savings lighting fixtures, 27 water-saving fixtures, and an energy-savings transformer. Fixing air leakage. Greenhouse gas emissions avoided every year are equivalent to the energy usage of 27 homes for a year. $21,687 taxpayer dollars saved every year.
The solar projects at these seven city facilities highlighted above are just a small part of the City’s work to install solar arrays at 17 sites that add 2.75 megawatts of renewable energy to the City of Santa Fe’s portfolio. In addition to solar, we’re also working on several other FIMs that will reduce both energy and water consumption, including: retrofitting or replacing lighting fixtures with LEDs; recommissioning and upgrading plumbing fixtures; building envelope improvements, including sealing around windows and doors to improve comfort and efficiency; and, replacing old transformers with high-efficiency models.
In total, this work is estimated to save us more than $750,000 per year in utility costs, with approximately $500,000 per year of the savings resulting from solar. The water conservation measures are estimated to directly save over 2.2 million gallons a year. This project is also estimated to reduce CO 2 emissions by more than 6,742,000 pounds per year, the equivalent of taking 588 vehicles off the road.
Neal Denton, Sustainability Officer, nhdenton@santafenm.gov
