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<br />5C <br />Page 14 <br /> <br />. Redwood City's residential buildings emit 1.26 tonnes of C02 equivalent per capita. As <br />with many cities in California and the rest of the United States, the residential sector is <br />the single building sector with the most emissions. <br />. Redwood City reports slightly fewer residential emissions than other selected cities. <br />. Redwood City's commercial and industrial building emissions, which combine to 1.62 <br />tonnes of C02 equivalent per capita, are higher than other selected cities. <br />. San Mateo's overall profile is the most similar to Redwood City in terms of total <br />emissions from both residential and industrial or commercial buildings, perhaps because <br />of a similar land use make-up and regional location. <br /> <br />Table 2: Per Capita Building Sector Emissions in Selected Bay Area Cities, in Tonnes of C02 <br />E . I <br /> <br />:qUlva ent <br /> Commercial and <br /> Residential Industrial Commercial Industrial Combined <br />Redwood City 1.26 0.75 0.87 1.62 <br />San Mateo 1.46 N/A N/A 1.38 <br />El Cerrito 1.62 N/A N/A 0.92 <br />Hercules 1.43 N/A N/A 0.83 <br /> <br />Source: Cities of Redwood City, San Mateo, EI Cerrito, and Hercules, 2005 Greenhouse Gas Inventories <br /> <br />Watts of Solar Energy Capacity .Installed Annually in Redwood City <br /> <br />Redwood City's well-known sunny climate makes it a good location for use of solar energy. <br />Solar energy capacity is defined as the amount of energy able to be produced from solar sources <br />like photovoltaic panels and passive water-heating solar panels. It can be measured in terms of <br />watts installed. Highlights of solar capacity installed in Redwood City include: <br />. Redwood City has installed a total of 555,877 watts of solar capacity and an average of <br />61,764 watts of solar capacity per year since 1999. <br />. Installation of solar energy production capacity has increased in the past nine years, <br />highlighted by 207,347 Watts (37% of the nine year total) of capacity installed in 2006 <br />and 442,84 3 Watts (80% of the nine year total) of capacity installed from 2004- 2007. <br />. Despite increasing installation, solar energy accounts for an extremely small percentage <br />of overall energy consumed in Redwood City. The 555,877 watts of solar capacity <br />installed since 1999 remains less than one one-millionth of the 1,195 billion watts of <br />energy consumed by residential, commercial, and industrial uses in Redwood City in <br />2005. <br /> <br />Redwood City <br />Page 4 <br /> <br />Sustainability Indicator Analysis <br />