The Office enhances Oklahoma City's sustainability efforts by providing technical recommendations, sustainability planning and outreach services to within the organization and our community.
The City's first sustainability plan, adaptokc, was unanimously adopted as an amendment to the comprehensive plan, planokc at the June 11, 2020 Planning Commission(PDF, 214KB) meeting and was unanimously received by City Council(PDF, 1MB) on July 7, 2020.
The purpose of the office is to integrate sustainability principles into decision making for improved economic, environmental and social health.
Current projects
- EECBG: Permit-Ready Resilient Home Plans
- EECBG: Electric Vehicle fleet studies and strategic plan
- EECBG (AARA): Energy Efficiency Assessments in City Facilities (report coming soon)
- Preparing for adaptokc update
Internship opportunities
The Office of Sustainability can consider interns who will earn course credit from a college or university course. Express your interest by filling out this form.
The Office of Sustainability does not currently have funding available for paid internships. To view available paid internships, search here.
EECBG Awards
The Office of Sustainability was originally funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Program via the US Department of Energy (US DOE) through an Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) in 2009.
US DOE highlighted one project in 2012 - the expansion of the City's Compressed Natural Gas fueling station. More information about the City's 2009 EECBG award is available here(PDF, 36KB).
In 2024, the City received a second EECBG grant funded via the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The City is using this funding for these two activities:
- Permit-Ready Resilient Home Plans
- Electric Vehicle fleet studies and strategic plan