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increase in transportation emissions is mostly due to the increase in vehicle miles <br />travelled to account for trips outside of Carrboro. In addition, the food, goods, and <br />services emissions are not accounted for in the community based estimates. <br />2) There is a notable difference between emissions estimates for the 27510 and 27516 zip <br />codes. The greater emissions in 27516 is due to differences between contributing factors <br />such as vehicle fuel use and economic indicators (e.g., property value, income). <br />Additional discussion of the potential for emissions reductions as the plan's recommendations <br />are pursued is provided in the following section. <br />Anticipated Emissions Reductions from the Community Climate Action Plan <br />This section provides a qualitative /preliminary assessment of the climate mitigation benefits, by <br />sector, associated with implementing the CCAP. <br />Community Buildings <br />Between 2011 and 2013, with $311k of ARRA federal funding supports, the Carrboro WISE <br />program was successful in driving energy efficiency retrofits for 113 single- family and <br />multifamily units and providing 5 commercial loans for projects in 3 separate commercial <br />buildings. The projects were estimated to achieve 21% energy savings and a total of almost $40k <br />a year of savings for these homeowners /businesses (Table 1). This resulted in a 0.1% reduction <br />of the total community buildings emissions footprint. This funding also supported an energy <br />efficiency outreach and education program that reached 77 additional Carrboro residents with <br />support from Clean Energy Durham's "Pete Street" program. Although the WISE/Pete Street <br />efforts reached a small percentage of the entire community during this 2+ year window, it <br />nevertheless offers a foundation and lessons learned for looking towards future reductions from <br />energy efficiency improvements for buildings. <br />s This public funding provided administrative, subsidy /incentive, and technical support and leveraged significant private funds <br />from homeowners and businesses as well as additional subsidies from utilities. <br />6 These cost savings were estimated using 2013 PSNC ($1.05) and Duke Energy ($0.093) rates. <br />El <br />