This is a draft of city and parish projects that fit the activities and focus areas of the EECS

1. Current
Energy Efficiency and Conservation Activities for the
Shreveport Community
-City of Shreveport, Caddo Parish and Caddo Parish School Board-
10.29.09
The following is a summary of the energy efficiency and conservation activities
for the Shreveport community by focus area for the Comprehensive
Energy Efficiency and Conservation Plan:
Building Energy Efficiency:
1. Energy Efficiency upgrades to City Buildings – Lighting and HVAC
upgrades that include 33 buildings? (number and square feet of buildings?
Funding? Types of upgrades?)
Clean and renewable Energy Sources:
1. Landfill Methane Recapture – The city has installed a methane recapture
project at the landfill. The methane is used at the local General Motors
assembly Plant.
Waste and Pollution Reduction:
1. Curbside Recycling – The city has implemented curbside pickup for single
stream recycling of most residential trash except food & hazardous waste.
2. Household hazardous Waste Collection – (Describe and how funded?)
3. Sewerage Sludge Recycling – 100% of the sewerage sludge from waste
treatment is processed into “class EQ” materials for use on local farms. No
sludge is going to the land fill. (how funded and how distributed?)
4. Recycling of Sewerage Effluent (Gray Water?) – A pipeline is being
installed from a waste treatment plant to the Industrial Port of the Red
River (funding? who uses? how processed?)
5. Ozone Abatement – The city has implemented an ozone abatement
program (describe? Funding?)
Transportation / Land Use:
1. Bio-diesel Fuel Blend to reduce fossil fuel use –
a. City Diesel fuel fleet now uses a blend of 10% bio-diesel (how
funded?)
b. Caddo Parish is using B10 or B20 in the entire vehicle fleet
c. Caddo Parish Schools are using B10 or B20 in the entire bus fleet

2. 2. Hybrid Electric Vehicles – Sportran is using 2 hybrid electric buses in their
public transit fleet and the city is adding 3 hybrid electric cars. (Funding?)
3. Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) – The City / Sportran is phasing in CNG
for the bus transit fleet of (number?) buses (how funded?)
4. Intelligent Transportation System – the city is installing in phase an
intelligent traffic signalization system (status? And how funded?)
5. Vehicle Pollution Control – Caddo Parrish and Coddo Parish School Board
received grant funding to install pollution control equipment on their diesel
fleets
Green Business Incentives / Workforce:
Energy Education / Outreach:
Other: