Centre City Green

Program Elements

Centre City Green has three principal proposed elements.

Green Buildings: At the heart of the program are new "green building" measures that will ensure buildings built in the future use less water and less energy, reduce automobile demand, and create healthy indoor and outdoor spaces for people. With the adoption of the State's new CalGreen building codes in January 2011, California will have some of the most stringent environmental building standards in the country. To increase performance beyond those standards, CCDC is developing an incentive-based program based on the principal of rewarding those building owners and developers who exceed California green building standards. Those incentives are currently being defined with the City of San Diego Development Services Department, through public input.

Downtown Lighting: A new Downtown Lighting Master Plan, currently under development, will provide new energy efficient lighting strategies for buildings, streets and sidewalks. SDG&E has partnered with CCDC in the funding of a portion of this program.

Green Streets: A new, pilot "Green Streets" program will be designed to make downtown streets places for people and not just for cars. The program will create healthier outdoor spaces that are more pedestrian and bike friendly, add more greenery, celebrate transit, use less energy and water, improve air quality and reduce storm water pollution in the San Diego Bay. The Green Street Pilot Project will be launched downtown in the coming year to kick-off the program.